Bill Kenwright News

The Gaiety Theatre and Bill Kenwright present The Haunting by Hugh Janes adapted from the ghost stories of Charles Dickens from 7th-12th March

Making its London premiere, Ayckbourn's sharp and timely comedy about the cult of celebrity will be performed for four weeks at the Jermyn Street Theatre, with previews from February 22nd 2011. First performed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 2004, Drowning on Dry Land will run until March 19th, with a press night on February 24th.

Making its London premiere, Ayckbourn's sharp and timely comedy about the cult of celebrity will be performed for four weeks at the Jermyn Street Theatre, with previews from February 22nd 2011.

Celebrated theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber recently spoke with The Telegraph about THE WIZARD OF OZ, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, and life after his battle with cancer.

In the second part of our video interview with our choreographer Arlene Phillips, she talks us through the styles of dance in the show and reveals her favourite Oz moments...

During technical rehearsals we caught up with members of the Lighting team - Lighting Designer Hugh and Associate Lighting Designer Tim - to find out what a typical day is like for the guys behind the follow-spots...

Back on the first day of technical rehearsals, we caught up with our Wizard of Oz Dance Captain, Richard Roe, for a chat on munchkins, technicolor, and everything else Oz related...

In part one of our catch up with Wizard of Oz choreographer Arlene Phillips, she talks rehearsals, working with Andrew Lloyd Webber, being back at the London Palladium and working alongside some of her fellow Sound of Music collaborators and her thoughts on our Dorothy, Danielle Hope.

Meet our Totos - Bobby, Razzamatazz, Dazzle and Topper - who are currently following the yellow brick road at the London Palladium, as The Wizard of Oz moves into its second week of preview performances! In this exclusive video clip, we get a glimpse of the specially-trained dogs who are playing Dorothy's faithful four-legged friend, in training and rehearsing with the cast. It's a dog's life...

In our latest Wizard of Oz video update, Resident Director Kate takes us behind-the-scenes to see the show's amazing Props team - including Ros, Damon and Claire - in action. Check out that green poodle...

They're hard at work in previews at The London Palladium now, but a few weeks ago we caught up with our Good Witch Emily Tierney - aka Glinda - in the rehearsal studios to find out how things were progressing. She talks witchery and working with cast members including Hannah Waddingham and Danielle Hope...

You might think all the Wizard of Oz action is going on onstage, but today we're underneath the London Palladium with Sub-Stage ASM Tom to find out what's going on underneath the yellow brick road...

Wizard of Oz Resident Director Kate introduces us to some of the show's hard-working Stage Management team - ASM's Sam and James and DSM Kirsty - as we find out how they help keep the show together...

Audiences will soon follow the yellow brick road over the rainbow to see Danielle Hope, winner of BBC TV's Over the Rainbow, play Dorothy at The London Palladium, the capital's home of the family musical. Here is a first look at Michael Crawford as the Wizard! Previews begin February 7 in London!

Audiences will soon follow the yellow brick road over the rainbow to see Danielle Hope, winner of BBC TV's Over the Rainbow, play Dorothy at The London Palladium, the capital's home of the family musical. Here is a first look at Hope in costume!

During last week's technical rehearsals we caught up with The Wizard of Oz Director Jeremy Sams to see how things are going down at the (slightly windy!) London Palladium. Apologies for the slight inteference in the sound in some of our blogs from the theatre, this is due to the microphones being worn by creatives, cast and crew!

With rehearsals for The Wizard of Oz now well underway - and the first preview just a few days away - our Dorothy, Danielle Hope, gives us a quick tour of her dressing room, shows off her ruby slippers, and gives us a glimpse of her Dorothy outfit!

Andrew Lloyd Webber and The Wizard Of Oz's 'Dorothy' Danielle Hope spoke on BBC1's The One Show this Friday January 28th. The two discussed the show, which has begun rehearsals at the London Palladium. The first show preview is set for February 7.

Making its London premiere, Ayckbourn's sharp and timely comedy about the cult of celebrity will be performed for four weeks at the Jermyn Street Theatre, with previews from February 22nd 2011.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and The Wizard Of Oz's 'Dorothy' Danielle Hope are set to speak on BBC1's The One Show this Friday January 28th.