Neil Austin News

It has been announced that the suspension of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child performances in the West End has been extended to Sunday, 18th July 2021. 

Multi-award-winning theatrical event Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will resume performances in Melbourne on February 25, after a hiatus of 49 weeks. The landmark production suspended a record-breaking run at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre after public health measures were imposed by the government due to COVID 19.  

Emmy-winner Megan Mullally will hit the high seas as Reno Sweeney in a reimagined UK production of Anything Goes from Tony-winner Kathleen Marshall!

After a record breaking on-sale and due to phenomenal public demand, THE SHOW MUST GO ON! LIVE AT THE PALACE THEATRE will play a further two dates and will now run from 11th to the 15th November.

Tonight, the Olivier Awards will be announced in a special online broadcast. We'll be updating the list of nominees LIVE throughout the evening.

The Theatre Support Fund+, the team behind 'The Show Must Go On!' campaign and Take Two Theatricals present, THE SHOW MUST GO ON! LIVE AT THE PALACE THEATRE for four performances on 13, 14 & 15 November 2020 at the Palace Theatre, London.

The London Palladium has hosted the world's biggest stars over the course of its history. Today, like all theatres across the UK, it is dark. On Thursday, September 17, Magic Radio will bring together over 70 leading figures from across musical theatre at the venue, united for the first time, to shine a spotlight on theatre at a time when its very existence is under threat.

Mike Bartletta??s tragicomedy Albion returned to the Almeida stage in early 2020 and is now captured on film for the BBC. Set across the four seasons in a country garden, it teases out the disintegration of dreams and family alongside the upcoming spectre of the UKa??s exit from the European Union.

We had a chat with lighting designer Neil Austin and playwright Chinonyerem Odimba to discuss the groundbreaking work done by Freelancers Make Theatre Work, an organisation that advocates for the rights of freelance workers in theatre. We learned their thoughts about the current artistic climate in the UK, where they see the industry going, and what so desperately needs to change.

The overworked and underfunded NHS is on our minds more than ever before. As part of its free digital streaming series in partnership with The Guardian, Hampstead Theatre has made available Nina Raine's stirring medical drama Tiger Country on its website. It is available to stream until Sunday 26 April.

Company has announced a standing room ticket policy for the new production's engagement. It was also announced that Company will host a one-time-only lottery this Saturday, March 7 where all 24 standing room locations for that evening's performance at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street) will be offered free to lottery winners.

The 2020 Oliver Award nominations have been announced!

James Graham is set to adapt his play Ink into a feature film, according to Deadline.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has established a new standard for blockbuster plays in Australia, drawing more than 325,000 attendees through the doors of the Princess Theatre in a run now entering its second year.

Every Wednesday, March 4 a?" April 1 The exclusive West Coast production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will celebrate Magical Mischief in the Wizarding Worlda?"five special performances in San Francisco where fans discover ways to play with magic and revel in the mischief when it goes wrong.

The 2020/21 Mirvish Theatre Season has been announced, featuring 13 shows, including the North American premiere of & Juliet!

Public booking opens for Disney's Frozen on 6 March at 10am. The production will reopen the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane, on 11 November, with previews from 30 October 2020; and is currently booking until 28 March. With music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and book by Jennifer Lee, Frozen a?' directed by Michael Grandage - opens for groups and schools booking on 24 February 2020.

The internationally acclaimed, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, will make its Japanese premiere in the summer of 2022.

Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt opens tonight at the Wyndham's Theatre.

Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt, directed by Patrick Marber and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, continues at the Wyndham's Theatre until 13 June 2020.