Latest Articles About Call The Midwife on PBS
COTTON FINGERS Will Embark on Ireland Tour
by Stephi Wild - April 02, 2019 National Theatre Wales are delighted to announce an island of Ireland tour of Cotton Fingers, written by award-winning writer Rachel Trezise and starring Northern Irish actor, Amy Molloy. This timely, politically-charged production, written during the referendum to repeal the 8th amendment in Irelan...
Steffan Harri, Laura Main to Go 'Green' in SHREK THE MUSICAL on Tour
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2017 Believe all 'ogre' again! SHREK THE MUSICAL today announces casting for the major nationwide tour....
Casting Announced For OUTLYING ISLANDS at The King's Head Theatre
by Stephi Wild - November 26, 2018 Award-winning Atticist have announced the stellar cast who will bring to life Outlying Islands this January - a revival of Scottish playwright David Greig's powerful play, not seen in London since 2002....
Theatr Clwyd Announces Cast of All-Female LORD OF THE FLIES; Kate Lamb, Gina Fillingham and More
by Julie Musbach - August 08, 2018 Following the announcement earlier this year of Sherman Theatre and Theatr Clwyd's collaboration, the cast for their co-production of William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies has been announced....
Directors And Cast Announced For Debut Plays At Edinburgh Fringe
by Stephi Wild - July 18, 2018 BBC Arts and Avalon announce today the casting and directors for DEBUT - a unique new initiative enabling four professional creatives - Bim Adewunmi, Katherine Parkinson, Beryl Richards and Frank Skinner - who have never written for the stage before to create their debut play. All four plays will be...
Full Casting Announced For Sheffield Theatres' Major Revival Of Githa Sowerby's RUTHERFORD AND SON
by Stephi Wild - December 17, 2018 Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres, Robert Hastie, today announces the full casting for Caroline Steinbeis' major revival of Githa Sowerby's Rutherford and Son. Steinbeis directs Esh Alladi (Richard), Laura Elphinstone (Janet), Brian Lonsdale (Martin), Marian McLoughlin (Ann), Ciaran Owens (Joh...
CALL THE MIDWIFE and SHREK THE MUSICAL's Laura Main To Switch On Edinburgh's Christmas Lights
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2017 This year's Light Night will see Aberdeen-born actress Laura Main, star of BBC's Call the Midwife, switching on the lights across the city!...
Jonathan Bailey, Ben Batt, Lucy Black Join THE YORK REALIST at Donmar Warehouse; Full Cast Announced
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2017 The Donmar Warehouse and Sheffield Theatres today announce full casting for Donmar Associate Director and Sheffield Theatres Artistic Director Robert Hastie's new revival of Peter Gill's modern masterpiece The York Realist....
Photo Flash: First Look at Carli Norris and Maggie McCarthy in TURN OF THE SCREW
by Julie Musbach - February 27, 2018 BroadwayWorld has a first look at the new production of TURN OF THE SCREW. View the photos and a trailer below!...
Andrew Lloyd Webber is Working on a Contemporary CINDERELLA Musical
by Stephi Wild - September 13, 2018 Fresh off of his newly-minted EGOT status, Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that he is working on a new musical project. He will be adapting Cinderella with a modern twist....
THE NOISES Comes to The Old Red Lion
by Stephi Wild - February 05, 2019 Told entirely from the perspective of a dog, The Noises is a visceral new play about fear, courage, the nature of violence and what we're prepared to do for the ones we love. This new show, longlisted for the 2017 Bruntwood Prize for Playwrighting, will receive its world premiere at The Old Red Lion...
Signature Theatre Announces Casting And Creative Team For MASTERPIECES
by Julie Musbach - January 29, 2019 Signature Theatre announces the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by DC playwright Heather McDonald...
Jenny Agutter and Yevgeny Mironov Complete the Cast of IN TOUCH
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2017 Jenny Agutter and Yevgeny Mironov join the cast which includes Rustam Ahmadeev, Zara-Jayne Arnold, Jonathan Bex, Kirill Byrkin, Roman Evdokimov, Raji Gopalakrishnan, Alexey Gorelov, Alyona Kapustyan, Yuliya Khamitova, Olga Lapshina, Sophie Lebedeva, Vera Lyzhenkova, Sally McNeill, Irina Povolotskaya...
Cressida Bonas to star in Jermyn Street Theatre's THE DOG BENEATH THE SKIN
by Stephi Wild - January 25, 2018 Proud Haddock's The Dog Beneath The Skin will star Pete Ashmore (Arms and the Man, Watford Palace Theatre; Private Lives, Mercury Theatre; Treasure Island, Birmingham Rep) as Alan Norman and Cressida Bonas (Mrs Orwell, Old Red Lion Theatre, Southwark Playhouse; An Evening With Lucian Freud, Leiceste...
Cast Complete for THE HERE AND THIS AND NOW at Southwark Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - November 23, 2017 Simon Stokes directs Simon Darven as Niall, Becci Gemmell as Helen, Tala Gouveia as Gemma and Andy Rush as Robby in Glenn Waldron's dark and enigmatic comedy The Here and This and Now at Southwark Playhouse. The play takes an intriguing and intelligent look at the medical industry and asks in these ...
Photo Flash: Nuffield Southampton Theatres, Theatr Clwyd and English Touring Theatre Present A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
by A.A. Cristi - March 14, 2018 Nuffield Southampton Theatres, Theatr Clwyd and English Touring Theatre today announce casting for their co-production of Tennessee Williams' masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire. 2017 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award winner Chelsea Walker directs Nicole Agada (Woman/Nurse), Will Bliss (Steve), De...
CALL THE MIDWIFE and SHREK THE MUSICAL's Laura Main To Switch On Edinburgh's Christmas Lights
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2017 This year's Light Night will see Aberdeen-born actress Laura Main, star of BBC's Call the Midwife, switching on the lights across the city!...
Sundance Now Acquires Critically-Acclaimed Scripted Comedy MOTHERLAND From Lionsgate
by Macon Prickett - April 19, 2018 Sundance Now, AMC Networks' premium video streaming service, announced today the acquisition of BAFTA-nominated hit British television series “Motherland” from global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), which has worldwide rights to the comedy. The critically-acclaimed series, written and...
Cast Complete for THE HERE AND THIS AND NOW at Southwark Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - January 12, 2018 Simon Stokes directs Simon Darven as Niall, Becci Gemmell as Helen, Tala Gouveia as Gemma and Andy Rush as Robby in Glenn Waldron's dark and enigmatic comedy The Here and This and Now at Southwark Playhouse. The play takes an intriguing and intelligent look at the medical industry and asks in these ...
Confirmed! Lily James and Gillian Anderson to Go Toe to Toe in West End ALL ABOUT EVE
by A.A. Cristi - September 20, 2018 Sonia Friedman Productions and Fox Stage Productions have today announced the world premiere of Ivo van Hove's highly anticipated stage production of the 1950 Twentieth Century Fox film All About Eve....
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Amazon Premieres Original Series THE LAST POST, 12/22
by Caryn Robbins - November 27, 2017 On Friday, December 22, Amazon will premiere all six episodes of original dramatic series THE LAST POST on Prime Video in the US. From the highly acclaimed BAFTA award winner Peter Moffat (The Night Of) and starring Jessica Raine (Call The Midwife), Jessie Buckley (War and Peace)...
BWW Review: STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, Richmond Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - February 21, 2018 Strangers On A Train was a highly successful, taut thriller written by Patricia Highsmith in 1950. Master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock adapted it into a highly charged and provocative film noir soon afterwards. It is a shame, therefore, that Anthony Banks' new production lacks any similar tension or...
EastEnders' Harry Reid Joins New Cast Of WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION At London County Hall
by Stephi Wild - February 23, 2018 Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Rebecca Stafford Productions announce the new cast for Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie, starring television actor Harry Reid as the accused, Leonard Vole. Reid is best known for most recently playing character Ben Mitchell for nearly four years on BBC1's ...
Cast Announced For THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE at Chester's Storyhouse
by Julie Musbach - September 11, 2017 Full casting has been announced for Frantic Assembly and State Theatre Company South Australia's critically acclaimed Things I Know To Be True ahead of its visit to Storyhouse in Chester from 7 November 2017....
BWW Review: History Unfolds in THE PILL at Phoenix Theatre
by Melissa Hall - May 22, 2018 'Womanhood shouldn't always mean motherhood.' The line from Tom Horan's new play about the invention of the birth control pill is sure to start some interesting conversations. Horan is the Phoenix Theatre's playwright-in-residence and this is the world premiere of The Pill. The show is performed by ... |