Macbeth UK Tour – National Theatre
The National Theatre’s acclaimed production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth will undertake a UK tour in 2018-19. The Macbeth UK Tour starts at the Lowry in September.
Rufus Norris
Theatre in 2018 – The Year Ahead In London Theatre
Theatre in 2018 – Star names, revivals, transfers and new writing lie ahead for what promises to be another exciting year for London theatre.
FIRST LOOK: Will Young and Louise Redknapp in Cabaret UK Tour
We are pleased to bring you Pamela Raith’s great first look production images of Will Young and Louise Redknapp in Rufus Norris’ acclaimed production of Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret which is now touring the UK. Playing to packed houses at the New Wimbledon Theatre where the production opened on 21 September and broke box office records for a 12-show run, Cabaret is proving a hit … Read more
REVIEW: Mosquitoes, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Slickly directed by Rufus Norris, Mosquitoes entertains and enlightens although, if I may use one of its metaphors, it lacks bite.
Casting Announced For Mosquitoes At National Theatre
Full casting has been announced for Mosquitoes at the National Theatre. Alice is a scientist. She lives in Geneva. As the Large Hadron particle collider starts up in 2008, she is on the brink of the most exciting work of her life, searching for the Higgs Boson. Jenny is her sister. She lives in Luton. She spends a lot of time Googling. When tragedy throws … Read more
Cabaret UK Tour
Bill Kenwright’s multi-award-winning production of Cabaret returns in 2017, directed by National Theatre Artistic Director Rufus Norris. Internationally renowned singer/songwriter, Will Young, reprises his Olivier Award-nominated performance as the enigmatic Emcee alongside musician and presenter Louise Redknapp, who makes her stage debut as Sally Bowles. With a score that includes Cabaret, Maybe This Time, Money Makes The World Go Round and Wilkommen, Cabaret is … Read more
REVIEW: My Country – A Work In Progress, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
One of the best elements of the evening was us, the audience, the British, still laughing at ourselves and appreciating the irony of the lies politicians speak and the truths people live. It made me feel strangely patriotic.
REVIEW: Our Country’s Good, National Theatre ✭✭✭
Nadia Fall has misunderstood the play and, by seeking to make her mark on it, has come dangerously close to obliterating its impact. Bad casting and bad direction, however, is not enough to completely scupper Wertenbaker’s great play. In the end, the magical words she wrote come through – overcoming lightweight performances, an indulgent set, too grand a space and some interesting, but tiresomely intrusive, music.