Gina McKee & More Join Cast of Trafalgar Transformed's RICHARD III
by Caryn Robbins - May 07, 2014 Gina McKee (Di & Viv & Rose, King Lear, Ivanov, Our Friends In The North, Notting Hill) will play Queen Elizabeth, alongside the previously announced Martin Freeman...
Richard Fleeshman, Jenna Russell & More Star in URINETOWN at St. James Theatre, Beg. Tonight
by BWW News Desk - February 22, 2014 Jamie Lloyd is directing the UK premiere of URINETOWN The Musical, with music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann and book and lyrics by Greg Kotis. The musical runs at the St James Theatre from tonight, 22 February until 3 May 2014, with opening night on 11 March 2014....
Samantha Barks, Iain Fletcher to Lead OLIVER! UK Tour
by Nicole Rosky - October 26, 2011 Cameron Mackintosh, in association with Southbrook Group Limited and Stage Entertainment UK, announced today full casting for the national tour of Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Lionel Bart's smash hit musical OLIVER!, opening at Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff on 20 December 2011, with prev...
JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE Extends at Duke of York's Theatre, Thru Jan 17
by Christina Mancuso - June 26, 2014 'What ho! Turns out, Jeeves and I belong on stage. I'm having a splendid time at the Duke of York's Theatre with Jeeves and we shall continue recounting the complex case of that ghastly girl Gussie Fink-Nottle, my Aunt Dahlia and that dastardly cow-creamer until 17 January 2015. Of course Jeeves wil...
William Morrow to Publish New Agatha Christie Novel by Sophie Hannah, Sept 2014
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2013 William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, today announces plans to publish the first-ever new Agatha Christie novel, fully authorized by the Christie estate, to be penned by international bestseller Sophie Hannah. The deal for World English rights was negotiated by Daniel Mallory, VP, ...
Richard Fleeshman, Jenna Russell & More to Star in URINETOWN at St. James Theatre, Feb. 22
by Christina Mancuso - October 11, 2013 The cast for URINETOWN The Musical includes Katie Bernstein (Little Becky Two Shoes/Mrs Millennium), Cory English (Old Man Strong/Hot Blades Harry), Richard Fleeshman (Bobby Strong), Madeleine Harland (Soupy Sue/Cladwell's Secretary), Rosanna Hyland (Hope Cladwell), Julie Jupp (Old Woman/Josephine S...
Alice Bailey-Johnson, Ian Bartholomew and More Set for OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR - Full Cast Announced!
by Christina Mancuso - October 22, 2013 Casting is announced for OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR, a Theatre Royal Stratford East Production:...
Casting Announced for UK and Ireland Tour of NOISES OFF
by Kelsey Denette - January 22, 2013 Casting is announced for the UK tour of Michael Frayn's multi-award-winning backstage comedy Noises Off. Following its acclaimed run at The Old Vic and then at the Novello Theatre in the West End, Noises Off will tour theatres across the UK and Ireland from 27 March 2013....
FOX Acquires Film Rights to Agatha Christie's MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
by Caryn Robbins - December 19, 2013 Fox has acquired film rights to the iconicmystery novel 'Murder on the Orient Express' from Acorn ProductionsLtd/Agatha Christie Ltd, the UK based rights holding production arm ofRLJ Entertainment, Inc. (...
Honeysuckle Weeks, Charity Wakefield and Alec Newman Star in THESE SHINING LIVES in Finsbury Park, Beg. Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2013 Honeysuckle Weeks, Charity Wakefield and Alec Newman will star in Melanie Marnich's These Shining Lives, set to kick off the first season at the Park Theatre in Finsbury Park. Loveday Ingram will direct the show from tonight, May 8, with designs by Tim Shortall. The show runs through June 9, 2013....
Armstrong, Fleet et al Join Cast of BBC PROMS
by Caryn Robbins - June 28, 2012 Joining the already announced Anthony Andrews as Professor Higgins, and Annalene Beechey as Eliza, acclaimed British actors Alun Armstrong, James Fleet and Siân Phillips are to join glittering stars of the stage Jenny Galloway and Julian Ovenden at the BBC Proms performance of Lerner and Loewe's My ...
'Foyle's War' to Return With New Episodes
by Kelsey Denette - February 23, 2012 Acorn Media, ITV, and Eleventh Hour Films today confirmed a new series of Foyle's War starring Michael Kitchen (My Week with Marilyn, Out of Africa) and created by celebrated novelist and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz (The new Sherlock Holmes novel House of Silk, Alex Rider novels, Midsomer Murders,...
Linda Bassett, David Burke and More Cast in Donmar's ROOTS - Full Cast Announced!
by Christina Mancuso - August 12, 2013 Donmar Warehouse presents Arnold Wesker's ROOTS, 03 October 2013 - 30 November 2013, Press Night: Tuesday 8 October 2013. Director: James Macdonald, Designer: Hildegard Bechtler, Lighting Designer: Guy Hoare, Sound Designer: Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Video Designer: Dick Straker...
Casting Announced for UK and Ireland Tour of NOISES OFF
by Kelsey Denette - January 22, 2013 Casting is announced for the UK tour of Michael Frayn's multi-award-winning backstage comedy Noises Off. Following its acclaimed run at The Old Vic and then at the Novello Theatre in the West End, Noises Off will tour theatres across the UK and Ireland from 27 March 2013....
Acorn TV Streams Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench in Playing Shakespeare
by BWW News Desk - December 19, 2011 On Monday, Dec. 19th, Acorn TV, the first streaming service specializing in British television, adds Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Ben Kingsley, and David Suchet in the critically-acclaimed Shakespearean master class series PLAYING SHAKESPEARE, and Richard Bradford in the 1960s spy seri...
YES, PRIME MINISTER to Launch UK Tour in January 2012
by Nicole Rosky - October 31, 2011 The smash hit production of Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay's play Yes, Prime Minister will tour again from January 23, starting at Chichester Festival Theatre....
Besterman, Shaw, Gemmel et al. Set for Papatango New Writing Festival
by BWW News Desk - December 19, 2011 Papatango have teamed up with one of London's leading new writing venues, the Finborough Theatre to present the winning entries in the 2011 Papatango Playwriting Competition 2011, featuring this year's winning play Foxfinder by Dawn King which will play for a four week limited season from 29 Novembe...
Tobias Menzies Signs on for Starz's New Series OUTLANDER
by Tyler Peterson - August 08, 2013 Starz in association with Sony Pictures Television has announced today that Tobias Menzies ('Game of Thrones,' 'Rome,' Casino Royale) will play the roles of both Frank Randall and Jonathan 'Black Jack' Randall in the original series 'Outlander.' The series adapted from Diana Gabaldon's international...
Peter Gill Returns To Cardiff To Direct Chekov's A Provincial Life
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2012 Peter Gill, returns to his native city with a portrait of provincial life in 1890s Russia. Based on Chekhov's short story, A Provincial Life follows one young man's struggle to exchange his privileged position for the life of a worker. ...
Shane Attwooll, Ben Caplan, and More Lead Theatre503's PLAYING WITH GROWNUPS, Beg. Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2013 Playing with Grownups at Theatre503 stars TV actors Shane Attwooll of Foyle's War and Ben Caplan of Call the Midwife starring along with Daisy Hughes and Trudi Jackson....
Rob Brydon, Ashley Jensen Join Cast of A CHORUS OF DISAPROVAL - Final Casting Announced
by Caryn Robbins - July 25, 2012 Trevor Nunn is to direct Rob Brydon, Nigel Harman and Ashley Jensen in Alan Ayckbourn's A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL, opening at the Harold Pinter Theatre in the Autumn. Jessica Ellerby, Barrie Rutter, Paul Thornley and Susan Tracy will join previously announced company members Teresa Banham, Daisy Beaum...
NOISES OFF Comes to the Lyceum This May
by Kelsey Denette - April 22, 2013 Following a critically-acclaimed sell out run at The Old Vic and the West End, Noises Off comes to the Lyceum Theatre from Monday 13 - Saturday 18 May....
Shane Attwooll, Ben Caplan, and More Lead Theatre503's PLAYING WITH GROWNUPS
by Sally Henry Fuller - April 23, 2013 The cast has been confirmed for Playing with Grownups at Theatre503, with TV actors Shane Attwooll of Foyle's War and Ben Caplan of Call the Midwife starring along with Daisy Hughes and Trudi Jackson. Rehearsals commence Monday 22 April....
THE SUSPECT Available on Blu-ray and DVD 4/22
by Caryn Robbins - April 15, 2014 Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, brings you THE SUSPECT on DVD and Blu-ray on April 22, 2014....
John Gordon Sinclair and James Lance to Lead West End's PERFECT NONSENSE, June 30
by Christina Mancuso - May 16, 2014 John Gordon Sinclair and James Lance will play iconic duo Jeeves and Wooster in the Olivier Award-winning hitPerfect Nonsense in the West End and on tour, replacing the current cast, Robert Webb and Mark Heap, from 30 June 2014. Co-writer Robert Goodale will take over from Mark Hadfield as Seppings.... |