Paul Pyant

THE BROWNING VERSION Will Be Performed by The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company in August

The cast is made up of all RADA graduates with Branagh playing Andrew Crocker-Harris. He will be joined by Kemi Awoderu (Taplow), Joseph Kloska (Frank Hunter), Lolita Chakrabarti (Millie Crocker-Harris), Wendy Kweh (Dr Frobisher), Victor Alli (Peter Gilbert) and Sarah Eve (Mrs Gilbert).

Photos/Reviews: THE QUEEN OF SPADES at the Metropolitan Opera, New York

Get a first look and check out reviews for the Met Opera's The Queen of Spades! Tchaikovsky's eerie thriller of imperial Russia has its first performances at the Met since 2011. Tenor Yusif Eyvazov is Hermann, the fanatical gambler whose obsession with a powerful secret drives him to madness. Soprano Lise Davidsen makes her highly anticipated Met debut as his long-suffering lover, Lisa, with mezzo-soprano Larissa Diadkova as the otherworldly Countess. Baritone Igor Golovatenko is Yeletsky, baritone Alexey Markov is Tomsky, and Vasily Petrenko conducts. 

BWW Review: Tchaikovsky's QUEEN Reigns and a Star is Born at the Met

I know it takes a leap of faith for the Met to schedule something outside the ABC operas--AIDA, BOHEME, CARMEN plus a TOSCA, TURANDOT and a few others--and go for something a little more off the beaten track. Tchaikovsky's QUEEN OF SPADES certainly falls into that category, even though it isn't exactly an unknown. The current production by Elijah Moshinsky, conducted by Vasily Petrenko, which still looks like new and opened the other day for the season's run, is not just well-sung and beautiful to see but makes a very good case for doing it more often.

BWW Review: THE TEMPEST, Shakespeare's Rose Theatre, York

Philip Franks' take on The Tempest is one of four productions playing in rep at the theatre over the summer (the others being Hamlet, Twelfth Night and Henry V). Franks builds on the magic and mystery at the heart of The Tempest in a production which takes a while to find its groove but is not without a healthy smattering of captivating moments.

ENO's THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE and THE MIKADO Will Be Re-Broadcast In Cinemas Across The UK This Summer

Originally broadcast live from the world famous London Coliseum in 2015, cinema audiences will have a rare opportunity to see these classic Gilbert and Sullivan operas again in stunning multi-camera HD and amazing 5.1 surround sound.

THE PRICE Enters Final Six Weeks at Wyndham's Theatre

The Olivier Award-nominated, 50th anniversary production of Arthur Miller's riveting drama The Price must end its strictly limited West End run at Wyndham's Theatre on 27 April.

BWW Review: AGNES COLANDER: AN ATTEMPT AT LIFE, Jermyn Street Theatre

Jermyn Street Theatre open the celebrations for their 25th anniversary with a world premiere aged 120. Harley Granville Barker's Agnes Colander: An Attempt At Life was found by the British Library about a century after the Edwardian director wrote it in 1900 and was immediately hailed as a masterpiece.

National Theatre Announces Lineup For First Half of 2019

The National Theatre has announced its upcoming lineup for the first half of 2019.

BWW Review: ABIGAIL'S PARTY, Theatre Royal Brighton

Those who have attended an excruciatingly awkward cocktail party will revel in this production of Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh.

THE PRICE Will Transfer to the West End, Starring David Suchet And Brendan Coyle

The 50th anniversary production of Arthur Miller's riveting drama The Price is today announced for a West End transfer in February 2019 following a critical and publicly acclaimed reception in Bath earlier this summer. Eminent British actor David Suchet and Olivier Award winner and BAFTA and Emmy nominated Brendan Coyle will both reprise their star roles, as furniture dealer Gregory Solomon and New York cop Victor Franz, respectively, in Jonathan Church's exemplary revival with Adrian Lukis and Sara Stewart. The Price will run at Wyndham's Theatre from 5 February to 27 April with opening night for press on 11 February 2019.

Watch videos of the West End cast of DEAD FUNNY at Vaudeville Theatre

Sean Mathias directs Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot which is his first production as Artistic Director of the 2009 Theatre Royal Haymarket Company officially opened on Wednesday, May 6th.