Alastair Campbell News

From stand-up comedian and TV legend Harry Hill and his long-time collaborator Steve Brown comes the premiere of the rock opera the world has been crying out for: a reckless reappraisal of the life of former Ugly Rumours front man and Britain’s first pop Prime Minister Tony Blair. 

It was announced today, x March, that Matt Forde (Spitting Image, Have I Got News For You, The Last Leg) has added Gary Neville, Lisa Nandy and Tom Tugendhat to the upcoming guest line-up of his West End Political Party fortnightly residency at The Duchess Theatre, while the Christmas special with Jacob Rees-Mogg and Rosena Allin-Khan has been rescheduled for the 11th April.

A lesson not just in history, but in theatre, from an ensemble and creative team in complete command of complex, riveting material

RED Entertainment has announced that Kimberly Wyatt will join the previously announced Clive Mantle, Harriet Thorpe, John Lyons, Jacqueline Leonard, Patrick Pearson, and and Ashford Campbell in the UK tour of Dead Lies.

A rock opera about the life of former prime minister Tony Blair is coming soon to London. The opera, titled Tony! (A Tony Blair Rock Opera), was adapted by comedian Harry Hill.

Tour de force, Grace Campbell survived a childhood in British politics, to become a critically acclaimed comedian, writer, filmmaker and activist. Storming the Edinburgh Fringe with a complete sell out run, she is about to embark on a national tour, kicking off in London at the Soho Theatre on 17th February 2020.

Brexit looks at, well, Brexit and finds comedy in the twists and turns it forces upon the new Prime Minister, Adam Masters - but the jokes could be funnier and the satire more biting.

Gordon Buchanan, who will be presenting Equator From The Air on BBC 2 from Sunday 26 May, will be embarking on a UK tour this Autumn which includes a visit to St Helens.

Everybody's favourite bear-wrestling global strongman Vladimir Putin has finally achieved his ultimate goal - a chat-show on the BBC.

Simon Beaufoy's THE FULL MONTY gets down to business at the King's Theatre in Glasgow later this month with an all-star cast and stellar moves as part of the production's final ever UK tour.

The story of six out-of-work, impoverished steelworkers from Sheffield with nothing to lose, the original film took the world by storm and the stage version has become one of Britain's most successful shows. It was adapted for stage by original scriptwriter Simon Beaufoy, whose other film credits include The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen and Slumdog Millionaire.

As we enter the New Year with Britain's impending departure from the European Union creeping closer, leading political comedian Matt Forde will further render the complexities of our tumultuous times with four additional London performances of his critically acclaimed and continually evolving stand-up show, Brexit Through The Gift Shop. Following two raucous performances at The Southbank Centre which kick started his 25 date nationwide tour in December 2018, Matt returns to this venue on the 7th and 12th March and will play Westminster's The Other Palace on the 28th January and the 19th March.  

David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers's presentation of the Sheffield Theatres production of Simon Beaufoy's THE FULL MONTY, which won the UK Theatre Award for Best Touring Production, is currently touring the UK & Ireland for the final ever time and will be on the Wyvern Theatre stage from Mon 29 October - Sat 3 November.

David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers's presentation of the Sheffield Theatres production of Simon Beaufoy's The Full Monty is currently touring the UK & Ireland for the final time and comes to Darlington Hippodrome for a week-long run from Monday 12 November.

The award-winning stage production of the smash hit film THE FULL MONTY is on its way to Storyhouse in Chester in less than two weeks boasting an all-star cast.

David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers's presentation of the Sheffield Theatres production of Simon Beaufoy's THE FULL MONTY, which won the UK Theatre Award for Best Touring Production, will tour the UK & Ireland for the final ever time in 2018/19, opening at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham on 3 September 2018. Further tour dates include Chester, Dublin, Killarney, York, Bromley, Swindon, Birmingham, Darlington, Stoke, Norwich and Sheffield with more dates to be added.

David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers's presentation of the Sheffield Theatres production of Simon Beaufoy's THE FULL MONTY - which won the UK Theatre Award for Best Touring Production - will tour the UK and Ireland for the final ever time in 2018/19.

David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers's presentation of the Sheffield Theatres production of Simon Beaufoy's THE FULL MONTY, which won the UK Theatre Award for Best Touring Production, will tour the UK & Ireland for the final ever time in 2018/19, opening at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham on 3 September 2018. Further tour dates include Chester, Dublin, Killarney, York, Bromley, Swindon, Birmingham, Darlington, Stoke, Norwich and Sheffield with more dates to be added.

Following a sold-out and critically acclaimed Edinburgh Festival Fringe run, the UK's leading political comedian and star of Dave's award-nominated Unspun Matt Forde is taking his new show on a nationwide tour from 25th March – 8th June which includes a run at London's Soho Theatre from 3rd-7th April. In turbulent political times, find the funny side of the worldwide political shitstorm as Matt picks apart the rhetoric, reacts to our Conservative/DUP/Labour/SNP (delete as appropriate) government and celebrates the best and worst coming out of Westminster. Now with added Trump

The End of History, a new musical by the creative team behind Blair on Broadway ('An unmissable evening in the theatre - Sir Derek Jacobi), opens for a three-week run at the Tristan Bates Theatre, Covent Garden, on 14th November.