Clare Burt News

The Almeida Theatre announces its new season: Almeida Greeks.

Casting is today announced for the World Premiere of Game, Mike Bartlett's provocative new play, directed by Sacha Wares and designed by Miriam Buether. The cast will include Georgina Beedle, Clare Burt, Daniel Cerqueira, Kevin Harvey, Chloe Hesar, Jodie McNee, Mike Noble, Ben Righton, Richard Sumitro and Susan Wokoma.

Tim Firth's award-winning musical plays in the newly refurbished Lyceum Theatre

In 2013, This Is My Family, a new musical comedy from the pen of Tim Firth (Calendar Girls), took Sheffield by storm - smashing Box Office records, attracting critical plaudits and winning the prestigious UK Theatre Award for Best Musical. Now, this hilarious show takes to the Belgrade Theatre stage from Tues 28 Oct - Sat 1 Nov as part of a limited national tour.

The actress will revisit the character in a new short film she directed.

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE just opened at the Young Vic and is booking to Friday, September 19, 2014. Gillian Anderson is Blanche DuBois, Ben Foster is Stanley and Vanessa Kirby is Stella in Tennessee Williams' timeless masterpiece. As Blanche's fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace - but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski. Visionary director Benedict Andrews returns to the Young Vic following his Critics' Circle Award-winning Three Sisters.

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE opens at the Young Vic on Monday, July 28, with previews from tonight, July 23 and is booking to Friday, September 19, 2014. Gillian Anderson is Blanche DuBois, Ben Foster is Stanley and Vanessa Kirby is Stella in Tennessee Williams' timeless masterpiece.

Following a critically acclaimed, award-winning run last year in the Studio, Daniel Evans' production of Tim Firth's musical This Is My Family returns to Sheffield Theatres from Thursday 9 - Saturday 18 October, ahead of a national tour to Royal & Derngate Northampton, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Liverpool Playhouse and The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.

Last summer, BroadwayWorld reported that The National Theatre's 'documentary-style' musical LONDON ROAD would be made into a feature film, with screenplay by playwright and book writer Alecky Blythe and director Rufus Norris. Composer Adam Cork adapted the score.

Tim Firth's new musical about the family opens in Sheffield

Carrie Dunn reviews the Landor's 21st anniversary production of Closer Than Ever

West End stars Clare Burt, Ria Jones, Glyn Kerslake and Michael Cahill are the quartet of performers in the Landor's 21st anniversary production of Maltby and Shire's CLOSER THAN EVER.

Carrie Dunn talks to the quartet of West End stars

CLOSER THAN EVER is a joyous, award-winning musical revue, featuring 25 memorable songs by composers Maltby and Shire, in which they turn an unblinking and frank spotlight on lives and loves, relationships and fantasies, wicked satire and the ache of love unrequited or dimmed by time. The result is truly a revue for today.

The Landor Theatre's acclaimed production of ‘Smokey Joe's Cafe' is to extend its record-breaking run by three weeks. The first major production of the musical since its West?End run at the?Prince of Wales Theatre in 1996, will now play until Sunday September 12. It had been booking to August 12.

The Landor Theatre's acclaimed production of ‘Smokey Joe's Cafe' is to extend its record-breaking run by three weeks. The first major production of the musical since its West?End run at the?Prince of Wales Theatre in 1996, will now play until Sunday September 12. It had been booking to August 12.

The Landor Theatre's acclaimed production of ‘Smokey Joe's Cafe' is to extend its record-breaking run by three weeks. The first major production of the musical since its West?End run at the?Prince of Wales Theatre in 1996, will now play until Sunday September 12. It had been booking to August 12.

The London cast of HAIR will appear in a one night only cabaret show at the Prince of Wales Theatre in whatsonstage.com's 'Live in the Delfont Room' series, whatsonstage.com reports. The performance, described as a 'musical journey of pop, rock, folk, musical theatre and gospel music,' will benefit TheatreMAD, an AIDS relief organization.

The London cast of HAIR will appear in a one night only cabaret show at the Prince of Wales Theatre in whatsonstage.com's 'Live in the Delfont Room' series, whatsonstage.com reports. The performance, described as a 'musical journey of pop, rock, folk, musical theatre and gospel music,' will benefit TheatreMAD, an AIDS relief organization.