F*cking Men Transfer To The Vaults
Following three sell-out, critically acclaimed runs both at The Edinburgh Fringe and in London, The King’s Head Theatre production of F*cking Men will transfer to The Vaults in Waterloo
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REVIEW: La Boheme, King’s Head Theatre ✭✭✭
While Adam Spreadbury-Maher’s version of Puccini’s La Boheme is original and beautifully sung, it struggles to capture all the magic of the original. A stronger libretto would transform this from a solid production to a must see.
Verbatim Play False Choices To Be Staged At King’s Head
A new verbatim play about suicide will be presented at London’s King’s Head Theatre as part of #Festival46, a festival of new work showcasing bold, ambitious and crucial voices in British Theatre. Matthew has just killed himself by jumping off Waterloo Bridge. Clara drowned herself on June 2, 1962. They meet in The Grey. False Choices is set in The Grey; the place people go moments after they’ve committed suicide. In The Grey, people make choices, understand their lives and find human connection. False Choices is the first play written by Megan Cronin. The play has been developed through workshops and shared readings at The Pleasance Theatre. Megan is part of the High Tide Writer’s Academy 2016 and the Young Vic Directors Program. False Choices will be presented at the King’s Head Theatre on 25, 29 and 30 July 2016. BOOK FOR FALSE CHOICES
Prisoner Cell Block H Star Brings One Woman Show To King’s Head
Award-winning Australian actor Amanda Muggleton is to bring her one-woman show The Book Club to London’s King’s Head Theatre for a limited four-week season from Tuesday 11 October 2016. Tickets are now on sale. Deb can’t quite shake the feeling there’s something missing in her life. Her kids have left home. Her husband is sport-obsessed. Meanwhile, she dreams of getting love letters in the post from Martin Amis. When her friend Trish pushes her to join the eccentric local book club, self-confessed bookaholic Deb decides there’s nothing to lose. Little does she know her fantasies will start to become reality…. Amanda Muggleton is one of Australia’s most versatile leading ladies. Born in Stepney, London, she emigrated to Australia in 1974. She is a two-time Helpmann Award-winner for her portrayal of Maria Callas in Master Class and another for the musical, Eureka. She has won other awards for The Book Club, … Read more
UK’s First Gay Play Comes To Kings Head Theatre
The UK’s first ever openly gay play comes to the King’s Head Theatre as part of their 2016 Queer Season. Colin Spencer’s Spitting Image is a witty and groundbreaking piece examining societies reaction when gay couple Gary and Tom concieve a child in sixties London. Originally produced at the Hampstead Theatre Club in 1968, the play marked a radical sea change in British society. It was met with acclaim, transferring to the West End’s Duke of York Theatre, and moral outrage in equal measure. At the time, homosexuality had been decriminalised the previous year and the passing of the Theatres Act meant that for the first time since 1737, new plays were free from oppressive government censorship. Artistic Director of the King’s Head Theatre, Adam Spreadbury-Maher says: ‘Spitting Image and I have been on an incredible journey this year. Considered too controversial for publication back in the sixties, I had … Read more
Saucy Jack Hits The King’s Head in April
Award-winning cult musical Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens celebrates the show’s 20th Anniversary with a season at London’s King’s Head Theatre under the direction of original writer/curator Mike Fidler. In a seedy cabaret bar on the dark side of a distant planet, artistes are being picked off by a serial killer with a penchant for sequins… Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens is a truly immersive theatrical experience. The audience are the patrons of Saucy Jack’s bar, relaxing at tables, drinking and dancing while the show explodes around them. Saucy Jack was originally born at the Edinburgh Fringe as an alternative comedy musical in 1995, the show has since received acclaim world-wide including three West End seasons. Dust off your glitterboots, set your disco beams to stunning and join in with this all singing, all dancing, disco spectacular. Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens runs at the King’s Head … Read more
REVIEW: Something Something Lazarus, King’s Head Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Something Something Lazarus is something unusual, something unique, and bodes well for the future of musical theatre in the UK.
Critical revivals and London transfers for King’s Head Theatre spring season
Following hot on the heels of an audacious winter season, the King’s Head Theatre will show two critical revivals plus London transfers for three Edinburgh Fringe success stories between April and July. After the success of Trainspotting, artistic director of the King’s Head Theatre, Adam Spreadbury-Maher returns to the director’s chair for Strangers in Between. First staged by Sydney’s Griffin Theatre Company in February 2005, Tommy Murphy’s play won the New South Wales Premiere literary award. Adam said: “I’m delighted to be bringing this brilliant play by one of Australia’s finest playwrights to audiences in London for the first time.” Before that, April will see the venue’s first full cabaret season, complete with on-stage tables and a pop-up bar to welcome hit cult musical Saucy Jacks and the Space Vixens, as well as a musical comedy taxidermy puppet show from avant-garde performance artist, Charlie Tuesday Gates; Sing For Your Life. … Read more
