VIDEO: Watch the All New Trailer For TO GILLIE, WITH LOVE
by Stephi Wild - May 19, 2019
An unforgettable evening of stellar performances in celebration of the prolific and dearly-loved director choreographer, Gillian Lynne DBE will take place on Tuesday 2nd July 2019 at 7.30pm at The Gillian Lynne Theatre, Drury Lane in London.
Octagon Theatre Bolton To Stage Site-Specific Production of SUMMER HOLIDAY
by Stephi Wild - Mar 20, 2018
This May, the Octagon Theatre Bolton continue their 50th Anniversary season with their first off-site production of 2018 - a not to be missed site-specific staging of the much-loved 1960's musical film Summer Holiday. The production will be co-directed by Octagon Theatre's Artistic Director Elizabeth Newman and associate director Ben Occhipinti.
BWW Reviews: WORZEL GUMMIDGE - Original London Cast Recording
by Jenny Antill - Nov 6, 2014
Worzel Gummidge was a very successful television series in the late 1970's based on Barbara Euphan Todd's children's novel. Following this, a stage adaptation was created - featuring original TV cast members Jon Pertwee, Una Stubbs and Geoffrey Bayldon - at Birmingham Repertory Theatre over the Christmas period in 1980 and was a resounding hit. It then went on to play at the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End the following festive season, extending until February 1982. This cast recording was made at Abbey Road Studios shortly before their London opening and Stage Door Records are responsible for making it possible to listen to on CD today.
WORZEL GUMMIDGE - THE MUSICAL Original London Cast Album Set for Release Nov 10
by BWW News Desk - Sep 26, 2014
Stage Door Records are pleased to announce the original London cast recording of the 1981 musical 'Worzel Gummidge' will be released on November 10th, 2014. The CD release continues Stage Door's London cast album series and commitment to preserve 'lost' British theatre scores of the past 50 years.
Sheffield Theatres to Host Wardrobe Sale to Raise Funds, June 21
by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2014
Sheffield Theatres is offering members of the public the opportunity to buy items from its wardrobe department, including some of the items worn by its most well-known actors, at a fundraising event taking place on Saturday 21 June.
ALICE BY HEART, DETROIT, et al. Included in National Theatre's 2012 Plans
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 25, 2012
Highlights of the forthcoming productions at the National Theatre, announced today by Nicholas Hytner, include new plays by Alan Bennett, Stephen Beresford, Lisa D'Amour, James Graham and Lucy Prebble. There will be adaptations of Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Simon Stephens, and of The Count of Monte Cristo by Richard Bean. Enda Walsh's Misterman receives its London premiere; classic revivals include Polly Findlay's production of Sophocles' Antigone, Shakespeare's Timon of Athens directed by Nicholas Hytner, Bijan Sheibani's staging of Damned for Despair by Tirso de Molina, and Nadia Fall's production of Bernard Shaw's The Doctor's Dilemma.