REVIEW: The Entertainer, Garrick Theatre ✭✭✭✭
The Entertainer’, a brilliantly performed play paralleling the breakdown of the British Empire and the decline of music hall, which concludes Kenneth Branagh’s season at the Garrick.
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The Old Vic 2017 Season will feature Daniel Radcliffe
The Old Vic has announced three productions today which will join their already anounced schedule of shows for 2017. The new shows are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax and Girl From The North Country. The Old Vic celebrates the 50th anniversary of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead which premiered on its stage. This is the play that made Tom Stoppard’s name overnight. Against the backdrop of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, this mind-bending situation comedy sees two hapless minor characters, Rosencrantz (Daniel Radcliffe) and Guildenstern (Joshua McGuire), take centre stage. Increasingly out of their depth, the young double act stumble their way in and out of the action of this iconic drama. In a literary hall of mirrors, Stoppard’s brilliantly funny, existential labyrinth sees us witness the ultimate identity crisis. Season 25 February – 29 April 2017 – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Tickets are now on … Read more
REVIEW: Fiona Jane Weston … And West End Friends, Phoenix Artists Club
In miniature, a marvelous insight into the life and work of artists in musical theatre, with something a little bit different about it, drawing a nice crowd, reminding us of things we cherish, and giving us some brand new stuff, too. Who could ask for anything more?
VIDEO: Dreamgirls in Rehearsals
Like many of you, everyone at BritishTheatre.com is impatient to see Casey Nicolaw’s new production of Dreamgirls which is now in previews at the Savoy Theatre starring Amber Riley. Book your Dreamgirls tickets now. Dreamgirls premiered on Broadway nearly 30 years ago and this new production will be the first UK production ever! The production has released this great video clip taken during rehearsals for Steppin’ To The Bad Side. We hope that enjoy this sneak peek behind the scenes. BUY TICKETS FOR DREAMGIRLS AT THE SAVOY THEATRE
Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein To Open In West End
Mel Brooks has announced that his musical Young Frankenstein is heading to the UK. Based on his 1974 of the same name, Young Frankenstein will open at the Newcastle Theatre Royal for a limited pre-West End engagement from 26 August to 9 September 2017, before opening in London’s West End in Autumn 2017. Following a limited Broadway run, Young Frankenstein is being re-worked. Brooks will work with co-writer Thomas Meehan and collaborate with Broadway director and choreographer Susan Stroman for for this all-singing all-dancing new production. Young Frankenstein, the wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Mary Shelley classic, see’s Frederick Frankenstein, an esteemed New York brain surgeon and professor, inherit a castle and laboratory in Transylvania from his deranged genius grandfather, Victor Von Frankenstein. He now faces a dilemma – does he continue to run from his family’s tortured past or does he stay in Transylvania to carry on his grandfather’s … Read more
SHOW OF THE MONTH: The Bodyguard – Dominion Theatre – Save up to 53%
SHOW OF THE MONTH – The Bodyguard. Beverley Knight stars as Rachel Marron and Ben Richards take on the role of Frank Farmer in the stage musical version of the classic film The Bodyguard, which features a score of Whitney Houston’s greatest hits. BritishTheatre.com is pleased to bring you the following great offer.Band A Tickets: Was £62.50 now £29.50, saving 53% Valid on Monday evening and Wednesday matinee performances from 1 November to 15 December Book by 30 November Band A Tickets: Was £62.50 Now £39.50, saving 37% Band B Tickets: Was £52.50 Now £32.50, saving 38% Band C Tickets: Was £42.50 Now £27.50, saving 35% Valid on Tuesday to Thursday evening performances from 1 November to 15 December Book by 30 November BOOK TICKETS FOR THE BODYGUARD AT THE DOMINION THEATRE AND SAVE Join Our Mailing List For Other Great Offers
Damian Lewis Returns To the West End in Edward Albee Classic
Following his appearance in the acclaimed production of David Mamet’s American Buffalo, Damian Lewis will return to the West End in Ian Rickson’s production of Edward Albee’s Tony Award-winning play The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? at the Theatre Royal Haymarket for a strictly limited twelve week season from 24 March 2017. Tickets are now on sale. Best known for his on-screen roles in Homeland, Wolf Hall and most recently Billions, he has regularly returned to the stage in productions at the National Theatre, Almeida as well as in the West End. Lewis will appear on stage alongside Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor Sophie Okonedo. Okonedo made her Broadway debut in the 2014 revival of A Raisin in the Sun for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. In 2016 she received a second Tony nomination for her portrayal of Elizabeth Proctor in … Read more
REVIEW: Ragtime, Charing Cross Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
The show has been seen in London several times recently, and it is clearly a work that repays revisitation, and reinterpretation. I will certainly be back to see this version again.
