As previously announced, Ian Shaw (War Horse and Common, National Theatre) will star as his father Robert Shaw. He will be joined by Liam Murray Scott as Richard Dreyfuss (reprising the role he performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019), and Demetri Goritsas (ear for eye, Royal Court; Black Mirror, Netflix) as Roy Scheider.
As theatre comes roaring back, this autumn and winter see plenty of exciting new productions, including big West End musicals and intriguing plays. Here are the shows that we’re most looking forward to seeing.
Naomi Peterson joins the company in the role of Miss Stapleton and others, joining the previously announced Richard Ede (Sherlock Holmes), Marc Pickering (Stapleton and others), Eric Stroud (Doctor Watson), Naomi Peterson (Miss Stapleton and others), Phil Yarrow (Sir Henry and others).
Hadley Fraser some while ago established himself as one of the most protean actors around: a talent equally at home both in big-name musicals (Les Mis, Young Frankenstein) and Shakespeare (playing Aufidius to Tom Hiddleston’s Coriolanus and Polixenes in The Winter’s Tale, alongside Kenneth Branagh and Judi Dench). Now, with theatre in the capital kickstarting anew, Fraser is due to open Aug 11 at the Noel Coward Theatre in 2: 22 – A Ghost Story, which is that modern-day rarity – a stage thriller.
The company is searching for disabled actors aged 12-17 to play the role of Archie, a 13-year-old boy with muscular dystrophy. The company would love to consider young artists with this condition, wheelchair users or other actors of disability.
The Shark is Broken reveals the hilarious and moving behind-the-scenes drama on one of Hollywood's all-time biggest blockbusters, Steven Spielberg's Jaws. The play is co-written by Robert Shaw's son Ian, who also plays his father, and Joseph Nixon.
The musical, which famously launched the performing career of Ariana Grande, and is currently being adapted for Netflix as a movie, is making its first return to London since BTA's five-star production at the Ambassadors Theatre in 2017.
The internationally acclaimed pianist Dominic Ferris will give his first post-lockdown live performances at London's Crazy Coqs on Monday 31st May and Tuesday 8th June 2021 at 7pm.
The cast has been announced for Talking Gods, a digital season of five reimagined Greek myths by Arrows & Traps. Nicolle Smartt (Good Omens and Doctor Who, BBC; Upon the Edge, DeCantillon) will star in tale of sisterhood Persephone, the first play in the Talking Gods series.
This March, The Act will be screened as part of BFI Flare, a festival to showcase the best new LGBTIQ+ cinema from around the world, as part of their Hearts' Desires short film programme.
Metta Theatre has announced the release of the studio album for hip hop musical IN THE WILLOWS, in collaboration with Perfect Pitch. IN THE WILLOWS has been produced remotely during October and November 2020, and is released via Spotify, iTunes and other digital media today, 1 February 2021, alongside a new music video for the number Head Above Water, choreographed and starring deaf dancer Chris Fonseca, who starred in the original production.
The smash-hit stage production The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show is now be available to stream until the end of February! Filmed in front of a live audience at Hertford Theatre in December, the show was originally made available to stream for a limited 3-week period over Christmas. With the country now in lockdown, this has been extended by 7 weeks until Sunday 28 February.
The smash-hit stage production The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show will be available to stream for the first time this festive season! Filmed in front of a live audience at Hertford Theatre this month, the never-before-seen Christmas edition of the show features four of Eric Carle's classic stories; Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, the addition of the festive tale Dream Snow and, of course, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Following the early closure of the production when Hertford moved into Tier 3, it will now be available to stream on demand until Sunday 10 January.
Small Truth Theatre's DIGITAL CARAVAN THEATRE has announced their new micro festive show for 2020! Bringing the best new writing to our digital micro theatre with a big heart. They are back for a Winter special - a cheeky retelling of 'The Emperor's New Clothes' by Olivia Mace.
Dominic Ferris and Martin Milnes will bring their fun-packed variety extravaganza Ferris & Milnes - Christmas Cracker! to Riverside Studios on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December 2020 at 8pm.
Pianist and Musical Director Dominic Ferris, best known to stage audiences as one half of West End musical theatre duo Ferris & Milnes, has been working with Dame Shirley Bassey since the start of the year on her new studio album, I Owe It All To You, which is released on Friday 6 November 2020 on Decca Records.
One of the most iconic characters in children's literature will wiggle back to the stage this Autumn/Winter! Following multiple seasons in London and New York, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show will return for two socially distanced runs, at London's artsdepot from 24-27 October 2020, and at Hertford Theatre from 12 December 2020 a?" 3 January 2021.
HBO Max announced today that the first batch of its stand-up programming will debut on the platform on Thursday, August 20th.
The Royal Shakespeare Company today released Sonnets in Solitude, a selection of Shakespeare's sonnets self-recorded by RSC actors while in lockdown. Many of the actors were working with the RSC at the time of the theatre's temporary closure on 17 March and have been unable to perform or rehearse since.
Actor, Writer and Theatre Director Martin Milnes has recorded an audiobook of his memoir, Wild Card: How I Learned To Be A Friend, Have A Friend & Finally Love My Birthday (published by Zuleika), which is now available from Audible.
