Review: PHANTOM PEAK: THE PLATYPUS PARADE, London
by Franco Milazzo - April 04, 2023 Can the best get better? In my 2022 year-end roundup, I ranked Phantom Peak as my favourite immersive show of 2022, ahead of bigger shows like Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City and TV show-based drama Peaky Blinders: The Rise. The latest iteration has a new platypus theme and even more mysteries to solve ...
Review: VINTAGE DUKEBOX at Theatre on the Bay Dazzles with 1920s Glamour, Talent and Fun
by Jaime Uranovsky - June 20, 2023 Whenever I have the privilege of attending a LAMTA show, I just know that I am going to be blown away – it is inevitably the highlight of that week for me and for whichever lucky friend or family member has successfully vied for the plus-one ticket....
Broadway Records Founder Van Dean To Launch New Label, Center Stage Records
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 10, 2024 Broadway Records Founder Van Dean is set to launch a new label called Center Stage Records, expanding his influence in the entertainment industry....
Jonathan Maitland's THE INTERVIEW Will Be Available to Stream Online This Month
by Stephi Wild - December 01, 2023 Presented by Original Theatre Online in association with Park Theatre, Jonathan Maitland's play The Interview starring Tibu Fortes as Martin Bashir and Yolanda Kettle as Diana, Princess of Wales, will be available to stream online from 21 December 2023, following its recent stage premiere. ...
Video: Watch the TWISTERS Trailer With Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos & More
by Michael Major - February 12, 2024 Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the Oscar nominated writer-director of Minari, Twisters stars Golden Globe nominee Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the Crawdads Sing, Normal People) and Glen Powell (Anyone But You, Top Gun: Maverick) as opposing forces who come together to try to predict, and possibly tame, th...
Dua Lipa to Release BARBIE Movie Single This Friday
by Michael Major - May 22, 2023 Dua Lipa is set to release 'Dance the Night,' a new single from the upcoming Barbie movie soundtrack, this Friday. The song will be released at 7:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 25. 'Dance the Night' is from 'Barbie: the Album.' Further information on the album has not yet been revealed. Listen to a pre...
Cast Revealed For FAREWELL MISTER HAFFMANN at Bath Theatre Royal
by Stephi Wild - July 05, 2023 Adam Blanshay Productions and Norel Productions have announced full casting for Jean-Philippe Daguerre’s Farewell Mister Haffmann, the English language world première of one of France’s most successful new plays....
THE PADDINGTON BEAR EXPERIENCE to Open at London's County Hall Later This Year
by A.A. Cristi - March 28, 2023 The Paddington Bear Experience is the first ever large-scale interactive experience inspired by everyone’s favourite bear to open in London. ...
Andy Nyman, Jenna Russell and More Will Star in HELLO DOLLY! in London, Starring Imelda Staunton
by Aliya Al-Hassan - November 02, 2023 Andy Nyman, Jenna Russell, Tyrone Huntley and Harry Hepple will join Imelda Staunton in Dominic Cooke's production of Hello Dolly, coming to London in 2024....
JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION OF 'THE WAR OF THE WORLDS' - THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE Will Relocate
by Stephi Wild - June 09, 2023 Friday 9 June marks the 45th anniversary of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds, one of the best-selling albums of all time. In tandem, Composer and Producer Jeff Wayne announces that the multi-award-winning immersive experience, described as 'boundary pushing, pulse quickening' an...
Jonathan Maitland's THE INTERVIEW Will Be Available to Stream Online This Month
by Stephi Wild - December 01, 2023 Presented by Original Theatre Online in association with Park Theatre, Jonathan Maitland's play The Interview starring Tibu Fortes as Martin Bashir and Yolanda Kettle as Diana, Princess of Wales, will be available to stream online from 21 December 2023, following its recent stage premiere. ...
Full Cast Set For Thomas Ostermeier's Production of Ibsen's AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
by Stephi Wild - October 26, 2023 FULL CAST ANNOUNCED for Thomas Ostermeier's production of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. Matt Smith leads an incredible cast in this bold reimagining of a prescient masterpiece. Opening at Duke of York's Theatre in Feb 2024....
Photos: Inside Rehearsal For THE CRUCIBLE Transferring From the National Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 18, 2023 The National Theatre has released rehearsal photos for the highly anticipated West End transfer of director Lyndsey Turner’s acclaimed production of The Crucible....
Full Cast Set For Imelda Staunton-Led HELLO DOLLY! at the London Palladium
by Stephi Wild - March 20, 2024 The complete cast has been revealed for this summer's new production of Hello, Dolly!, as one of the most iconic musicals of all time comes to The London Palladium....
Critics' Pick: Franco Milazzo's Best of 2023 in Review
by Franco Milazzo - December 31, 2023 What a year! I pulled out my notebook over a hundred times and came away, more often not, with a happy heart. Below is a condensed list of the very best - and worst - that I saw....
TREASON THE MUSICAL Takes Autumn Tour to Edinburgh, Sheffield and London
by Stephi Wild - March 21, 2023 This Autumn will see the highly anticipated British musical premiere its first full production in select theatres across the UK. Kicking off with a bang on 25 October at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Treason will continue to Sheffield Lyceum Theatre on 31 October and finally explode into London's...
RSC Announces Full Cast for MACBETH Playing This Summer
by Aliya Al-Hassan - July 03, 2023 The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced the full cast for Wils Wilson’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s gripping and brutal tragedy, Macbeth, which opens in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from Saturday 19 August – Saturday 14 October 2023....
Neil LaBute's THE SHAPE OF THINGS Will Be Available to Stream Next Month
by Stephi Wild - July 28, 2023 Neil LaBute’s Olivier Award nominated dark comedy The Shape of Things, presented by Trish Wadley Productions in association with Bethany Cooper Productions and Park Theatre, will be available to stream on Original Theatre’s digital theatre website from 8 August 2023 at 7pm....
RSC Announces Full Cast for MACBETH Playing This Summer
by Aliya Al-Hassan - July 03, 2023 The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced the full cast for Wils Wilson’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s gripping and brutal tragedy, Macbeth, which opens in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from Saturday 19 August – Saturday 14 October 2023....
ROMEO AND JULIET Comes to Austin Shakespeare in May
by Stephi Wild - April 19, 2024 Austin Shakespeare, in conjunction with the University of Austin, presents Shakespeare’s classic love story, Romeo and Juliet, at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, May 23 to June 9, at the Curtain Theater....
A Record Breaking 38,000 People Flocked To Southside For A Diverse Lunar New Year Programme
by A.A. Cristi - February 12, 2024 A record-breaking 38,000 people attended Lunar New Year celebrations in Southside, Birmingham. The festival featured performances, craft activities, and traditional arts to celebrate the new year....
PEAKY BLINDERS Returns to the Birmingham Hippodrome This Month
by Stephi Wild - May 03, 2023 Rambert and Birmingham Hippodrome’s dance theatre show, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby is back by popular demand at Birmingham Hippodrome between Tuesday 23 and Saturday 27 May....
Cast Revealed For FAREWELL MISTER HAFFMANN at Bath Theatre Royal
by Stephi Wild - July 05, 2023 Adam Blanshay Productions and Norel Productions have announced full casting for Jean-Philippe Daguerre’s Farewell Mister Haffmann, the English language world première of one of France’s most successful new plays....
Full Cast Set For New Musical BILLIE THE KID at the Vaudeville Theatre
by Stephi Wild - October 02, 2023 The full cast has been announced for new British musical ‘Billie the Kid’, with music and lyrics by Gez Mercer, book by Conway McDermott and Gez Mercer, directed by Kerry Kyriacos Michael. Find out who is starring in the musical here!...
West End Stars Will Celebrate Shakespeare Folio 400 Anniversary at Special Public Event Next Week
by Stephi Wild - October 30, 2023 On Wednesday 8 November, the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare's first folio, St Martin in the Fields London will host an exclusive screening of an original film shorts collection by the BAFTA nominated film maker Jack Jewers that reimagine six of Shakespeare's most popular speeche... |