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Liminal will perform their next immersive installation, Marilyn Monroe contre les vampires, at Disjecta Gallery, 8371 N Interstate Ave, Portland OR from 8-11 December. An operatic multimedia installation performance of a 1972 darkly comic play written by influential enfant terrible filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 

Actor, vocalist and activist Theodore Bikel died July 21, 2015 at age 91 in Los Angeles. He will be remembered in a memorial concert in New York City, titled 'Remembering Theo - an evening of music, laughter and love,' September 27 in The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (68th Street between Park and Lexington Ave.). The evening will feature musical performances by many of Bikel's friends and treasured colleagues.

Lazarus Theatre Company's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore has opened at Soho's Tristan Bates Theatre. This production merges John Ford's gory and uncomfortable 17th century classic with the current trend for immersive theatre - once in the auditorium, audience members are greeted by a butler, who proffers a tray of wine. Even the traverse format of the staging, with a large table placed centre stage, seems to invite the audience to take part in this notoriously taboo drama.

'If only the world loved black people as much as they love black culture' - an excerpt Bola Agbaje's powerful new piece, 'Bitches'

Actor-musician Simon David revives his sell-out show, 'Simon David: Virgin' for the Camden Fringe Festival.

Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan's brilliant adaptation of George Orwell's formidable novel has returned the West End, following international tours and its very successful London run last summer. Perhaps not typical summer-viewing, this production combines the fantastic and too-true to create something really thought-provoking.

A few days after cast change, I checked in with 'Mamma Mia's new Sophie Sheridan: the lovely Sanne den Besten., who was kind enough to share a little of her Abba and other musical theatre experiences.

The musical - or pantomime? - of the year has arrived at the Prince Edward Theatre. We check it out!

Kenneth Branagh and Rob Ashford direct Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the penultimate show of the Branagh Company's year long residency at the Garrick Theatre. This well-known cast includes Richard Madden, Lily James, Derek Jacobi and Meera Syal.

A moving new adaptation of Wilde's only novel has hit Trafalgar Studios; this thought-provoking, philosophical piece uses only four actors to tell the intricate story of a man and the visual manifestation of his soul.

Shakespeare's bloodiest drama is playing at the New Wimbledon Studio for one more week.

After its very successful run at the Southwark Playhouse last year, Lin Manuel Miranda's In the Heights has returned to London.

This new, dark-humoured play takes us to the murkier regions of public relations.

Anna Ziegler's new play Photograph 51 is one of this year's more anticipated theatrical events, in part due to its star-studded cast: Nicole Kidman and Stephen Campbell-Moore take the lead, under the wonderful direction of Michael Grandage. This production seems to be all I have come to expect from the Michael Grandage Company: it is brave, articulate and just plain interesting.

Almost nine years after its amateur UK premiere, See What I Wanna See is back - with the same director, Adam Leson. Having previously directed the show at his university, Lenson now brings us See What I Wanna See's long-awaited professional European debut.

A quick insight into what's happening this September in London's theatres...

Ellis will soon return to the West End stage with Sweet Charity at Cadogan Hall. Kerry took the time to discuss some of her wealth of experience, her latest project and what she loves about the industry.

London's first full run of the Green Day musical, American Idiot, opened last night.

A quick glance into what's entering and departing the West End this month. Happy viewing!