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Photos: Go Inside Opening Night for STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Oct 4, 2023

The stars were out in force to celebrate the opening night of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends at the Gielgud Theatre. Check out the photos below!

Photos: Inside Rehearsals for The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company's KING LEAR
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Oct 3, 2023

Images have been released from inside the rehearsal room for The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s King Lear. Check out the photos here.

Video: LES MISERABLES Celebrates 15,000 Performances in London's West End
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2023

Les Miserables celebrated it's 15,000th performance in London's West End on 28 September 2023. Check out videos of the cast celebrating the milestone here!

Review: QUIZ, Chichester Festival Theatre
by Gary Naylor - Sep 29, 2023

Did they do it? It's a 50/50 and you decide. And you have a lot of fun getting there too.

Photos: First Look Inside Rehearsals for World Premiere of LYONESSE, Starring Kristin Scott Thomas
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Sep 29, 2023

Rehearsal images have been released for the world premiere of Lyonesse by Penelope Skinner, directed by Ian Rickson and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions. This searingly funny and passionate new play stars Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James alongside James Corrigan, Doon Mackichan and Sara Powell.  It will run at Harold Pinter Theatre from 17 October – 23 December 2023. Check out the photos below.

Review: 2:22 A GHOST STORY, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
by Mary Baillie - Sep 29, 2023

If you go to 2:22 A Ghost Story expecting traditional spine-chilling phantoms, you will be disappointed. Renouned in the West End for starry casts and numerous awards, 2:22 A Ghost Story isn't really a ghost story at all. Far from the horror genre one might expect, the piece is more of an amusing but long-winded exploration of how we define ghosts and how we view ghost believers... with the occasional jumpscare.

Photos: First Look At The UK National Tour of QUIZ
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 26, 2023

Production images have been released for Quiz, on a UK Tour this autumn, starring renowned comedian, Rory Bremner, as Chris Tarrant, and Emmerdale star Charley Webb, in her first professional stage role as Diana Ingram.

Photos: Tony Iommi Joins BLACK SABBATH - THE BALLET on Opening Night
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2023

Birmingham Royal Ballet has released first-look production shots from their sold-out world premiere production of Black Sabbath - The Ballet which continues performances at Birmingham Hippodrome until Saturday 30 September. Check out the photos here!

Interview: 'It's Really Bizarre But So Amazing': Actor David Kristopher-Brown on Returning to THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA after 16 Years
by Kat Mokrynski - Sep 21, 2023

BroadwayWorld recently had the chance to speak with David Kristopher Brown, who returns to play Piangi sixteen years after he was in the ensemble in the very same theatre. We discussed coming back to His Majesty’s Theatre, some of his favourite scenes in the show, and even how Phantom of the Opera and High School Musical may be more similar than you think!

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For the UK Tour of QUIZ
by Stephi Wild - Sep 12, 2023

Rehearsal photos have been released for Quiz, on a UK Tour this autumn! Learn more about the tour and check out the photos here!

PEAKY BLINDERS: THE REDEMPTION OF THOMAS SHELBY Returns to Stages Next Year
by Stephi Wild - Sep 12, 2023

Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby will return to stages next year. Learn more about the show and where you can catch it here!

Review: 2:22 A GHOST STORY, Theatre Royal Bath
by Cheryl Markosky - Sep 7, 2023

2:22 A Ghost Story runs at Theatre Royal Bath until September 9, and then tours the UK until summer 2024.

Photos: First Look at the UK Tour of 2:22 - A GHOST STORY
by Stephi Wild - Sep 6, 2023

All new production photos have been released for the UK tour of Danny Robins’ 2:22 - A Ghost Story. Check out photos from the show, and learn more about how to get a performance, here!

Review: 42ND STREET, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Fiona Scott - Aug 22, 2023

“Come and meet those dancing feet” on Hope Street, where the UK tour of 42nd Street is making its Glasgow stop at the Theatre Royal. This sparking revival of this show-within-a-show started life at the Leicester Curve earlier this year.

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For THAT FACE at the Orange Tree Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 17, 2023

Orange Tree Theatre presents the first major London revival of Polly Stenham’s That Face. Josh Seymour directs the previously announced Niamh Cusack alongside Kasper Hilton-Hille, Dominic Mafham, Sarita Gabony and Bridgerton’s Ruby Stokes in this powerful and darkly comic exploration of what happens when children become parents to their parents. Go inside rehearsal in new photos!

David Tennant Criticises 'Ludicrous' West End Ticket Prices
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Aug 9, 2023

David Tennant has said that 'ludicrous' theatre prices threaten future of British TV and film.

Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Aug 17, 2023

Well what a show for Artistic Director Tim Sheader to bow out on. Since 2007, Sheader has made Regent's Park Open Air Theatre a real theatrical destination and his revival of musical La Cage Aux Folles is gloriously frothy, deeply funny and completely fabulous.

Photos: First Look at LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Aug 7, 2023

All new photos have been released from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, now playing at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. The musical features a book by Harvey Fierstein, with Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman, based on the play by Jean Poiret.

Photos: First Look at the UK Tour of 42ND STREET
by Stephi Wild - Aug 7, 2023

All new photos have been released from the UK tour of 42nd Street. Samantha Womack will star as Dorothy Brock, alongside Michael Praed as Julian Marsh, Faye Tozer as Maggie Jones, Les Dennis as Bert Barry and Nicole-Lily Baisden as Peggy Sawyer.

Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S ROMEO & JULIET, Sadler's Wells
by Franco Milazzo - Aug 7, 2023

In Matthew Bourne’s dystopian take on the classic love story, there are leaps aplenty - and not just in the physical sense.

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