Allen Martin News

London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From Robert Icke's latest to Fleabag, Evita and witchy adventures, here are some of this month's most eye-catching openings. Don't forget to check back for BroadwayWorld's reviews, interviews and features!

The Young Vic has released a series of statements regarding the Tree authorship issue.

The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, has announced the cast for the new upcoming production of comedy ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, in association with Nuffield Southampton Theatres. Richard Bean's riotous farce, based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, is set in the colourful underworld of Brighton in the swinging sixties, combining all the elements of classic comedy into a fizzing cocktail of fun, with songs by Grant Olding.

Following accusations by writers Sarah Henley and Tori Allen-Martin on Medium that they were forced off new show TREE after working on it for four years (read our full story here), Kwame Kwei-Armah and the theatres involved all responded with statements. This afternoon, Idris Elba has also followed with his own statement on Twitter.

In a Medium post published today, Sarah Henley and Tori Allen-Martin claim they were the original creators and developers of the show Tree, which is currently playing at Manchester International Festival (MIF) ahead of a run at the Young Vic.

After roles in Channel 4's Pure, ITV's Unforgotten and a lead alongside Sharon Small and Hugo Speer in Acorn TV's new cop drama (coming to the BBC this summer) London Kills - actor/writer/singer-songwriter Tori Allen-Martin returns to the stage with her new play WHO I COULD'VE BEEN, an exploration of love and loss and all the versions of ourselves we met and became along the way. Tori, who was named as one of the BBC'S New Talent Hotlist in 2017 is excited to be premiering this brand new play at The Space, for one week only June 4th-8th.

After roles in Channel 4's Pure (Libby), ITV's Unforgotten (Sandra Rayworth) and a lead alongside Sharon Small and Hugo Speer in Acorn TV's new cop drama (coming to a UK channel later this year) London Kills (Billie Fitzgerald) - actor/writer/singer-songwriter Tori Allen-Martin returns to the stage with her furious new play, KARLA HAS A VOICE. Tori who was named as one of the BBC'S New Talent Hotlist in 2017 is excited to be premiering the new work in a reading at The Park as part of the Prism Project on Wednesday April 10th at 4pm. The reading is open to all, industry and public alike and tickets are free via Eventbrite.

Kieran Brown, in association with Chris Matanle and Union Theatre today announce a new season of monthly concerts - Sunday Night Socials.

Christian James (The Commitments, UK Tour; NewsRevue, Canal Cafe Theatre; Princess Caraboo, Finborough Theatre), Emily Jane Kerr (Tomorrow, Maybe, Union Theatre; What Is Love?, Southwark Playhouse; NewsRevue, Canal Cafe Theatre), Andrea Miller (Billy Elliot, UK and Ireland Tour; Pass The Porter, The Spa Bridlington; Fables and Fairytales, The Spa Bridlington), Christopher Lyne (Romeo and Juliet, Wilde Theatre; Robin Hood The Pantomime, Peepul Centre; The Hired Man, Union Theatre) and Prince Plockey (Future Voices, Southwark Playhouse; You Forgot The Mince, Edinburgh Fringe 2017 and UK Tour; Tis Pity She's A Whore, Tristan Bates Theatre) will join Tori Allen-Martin in H.R.Haitch - a hilarious and charming new musical for princesses and paupers alike.

Following a highly successful concert version as part of Iris Theatre's Workin Process scheme, H.R.Haitch opens at the Union Theatre as a freshly re-imagined full-length production. Featuring original music composed by Luke Bateman (Mr. Poppers Penguins) and lyrics written by children's author and Carnegie Medal recipient Maz Evans, H.R.Haitch is a hilarious and charming new musical for princesses and paupers alike.

After a sell-out performance, 'The Hardest One' is back for one more night.

Following a target-smashing Kickstarter campaign this October, Iris Theatre's Xmas Factor All Stars album drops this Friday, just in time for the festive season.

Tori Allen Martin, multi award nominated writer included on the BBC New Talent Hotlist 2017, teams up with The Voice finalist Vince Kidd to present new musical BOXED for six exclusive shows at The Vaults, supported by the Arts Council England.

Theatre Royal Stratford East's annual Musical Theatre Workshop will take place 17-28 July as 12 artists take over the building to develop 6 new musicals under the guidance of TRSE's artistic team including MT New Writing Manager Sevan Tavoukdjian and MTW facilitators Fred Carl and Robert Lee, specialist tutors from NYU's prestigious Tisch's School of the Arts which runs the world's only graduate programme focused on musical theatre writing.

Following a highly successful launch at The Lion & Unicorn last year, Amplified Theatre brings its unique new writing event Six to The Bunker.

Multi-award nominated Interval Productions have teamed exciting up and coming writer Rebecca Walker together with indie-pop act Eliza and the Bear to bring Wretch to the Vault Festival this February. 

Interval Productions present new musical Muted, described by Stephen Fry as 'stunning' and Mark Shenton (The Stage) as the British equivalent to Rent. Written by Sarah Henley, with music and lyrics by Tim Prottey-Jones (Once, Phoenix Theatre; Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre; finalist on ITV's Superstar) and Tori Allen-Martin, Muted is a story of grief, guilt, self-discovery, forgiveness and the thing we can't do without - love.

The new British musical Muted will be playing at The Bunker from Today 7th December 2016 - Saturday 7th January 2017. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below!

The new British musical Muted will be playing at The Bunker from Wednesday 7th December 2016 - Saturday 7th January 2017. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below!

Muted all began with Tim Prottey-Jones coming to Tori Allen-Martin with an album of great songs and some rough ideas about an elective mute boy. Tori then asked me to write the book for it, as she'd seen a few of my plays and thought I'd be a good fit. This was a gift for me: in another part of my life I work as a coach, often with people with mental health problems or learning difficulties, and I'm particularly interested in how personal trauma affects the mind - especially in young people.