Photo Coverage: A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL With Brydon, Jensen and Harman!August 30, 2012Trevor Nunn directs Alan Ayckbourn's A Chorus of Disapproval opening at the Harold Pinter Theatre this Autumn. The cast comprises Rob Brydon, Nigel Harman, Ashley Jensen, Jessica Ellerby, Barrie Rutter, Paul Thornley, Susan Tracy, Banham, Daisy Beaumont, Georgia Brown, Rob Compton, Matthew Cottleand Steven Edis.
Photo Coverage: LOSERVILLEAugust 23, 2012Loserville hits the West End in October - here's some shots from the original production at the West Yorkshire Playhouse!
MAMMA MIA! Announce BBC Children In Need Gala At Novello Theatre, Sept 12August 22, 2012The smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will be holding a special Gala performance in support of BBC Children in Need at the show's new home, the Novello Theatre, on Wednesday 12 September 2012. The night will include special guest appearances by BBC Radio 2 presenters Vanessa Feltz, Anneka Rice and Penny Smith. Sir Terry Wogan will be there to mark this special night, along with a celebrity-packed audience to help celebrate MAMMA MIA!'s third London home.
EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews; COMPANY, C Venues, August 16August 21, 2012Having not particularly enjoyed last year's Sunday In The Park With George, my friend and I were somewhat wary when the time came to attend the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's centrepiece of their 2012 Fringe season. It's another Sondheim show, but a more palatable, melodic one, so I was expecting a more enjoyable experience.
EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: WITHOUT YOU, Underbelly, August 16August 21, 2012It's not often one gets to see a live performance by an actor who originated a role on Broadway so conclusively that every other take on the part (in this case, Mark Cohen in RENT) seems like an imitation. Visitors to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe can do just that this year by attending Without You, a one-man show starring Anthony Rapp, from the original cast of Jonathan Larson's groundbreaking, Pulitzer Prize-winning rock opera.
EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: HI-DE-HOMO, C Venues, August 12August 13, 2012Having whipped Fringe audiences into something of a big gay frenzy last year with their enormously charming and very much sold-out offering 'Little Shop of Homos', the London Gay Men's Chorus Ensemble - a new name; last year they were known as Far From Kansas - are back. 'Hi-De-Homo', their holiday camp-set new show, may not offer much to please fans of subtlety and nuance but those who fancy an hour of musical comedy glee in the company of a varied and talented group of gay men will find it delightful. Or at least I did.
EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: FLANEURS, Summerhall, August 8August 9, 2012There are two kinds of people in the world, says storyteller Jenna Watt: bystanders and flâneurs. The former are those who see a stranger in the midst of a random attack such as a mugging, and dismiss their responsibility to the stranger in need. The latter, the flâneurs of the world, are those who take action; flâneurs are the vigilante heroes of the modern urban landscape.
EDINBURGH 2012: BWW Reviews: WHY DO YOU STAND THERE IN THE RAIN?, C+2, August 1 2012August 1, 2012Peter Arnott's new play takes its name from the Woody Guthrie song, and tells the story of the 'Bonus Expeditionary Force': 25,000 world war one veterans who marched to Washington in 1932 to seek promised payments from the US government. Instead of a grateful welcome in recognition of their sacrifice, they were met with murderous force in the shape of bullets and bayonets.
Zoe Birkett to Play 'Maureen' in RENT, Greenwich Theatre, Sept 2012July 27, 2012Zoe Birkett, who shot to fame in 2002 as a finalist on the first series of Pop Idol, won by Will Young, and has gone on to appear in the West End in Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical, Thriller Live, What A Feeling, Respect La Diva and Hair, is to play Maureen Johnson in a new London production of the multi award-winning musical Rent.