Frances McNamee News

The UK premiere of The Last Ship - the acclaimed musical by the internationally renowned musician Sting - just opened at Northern Stage in Newcastle. The production has a TONY-nominated original score and lyrics composed by Sting. It will play a 4-week season in Newcastle before embarking on a major UK & Ireland Tour. 

The UK premiere of The Last Ship - the acclaimed musical by the internationally renowned musician Sting - just opened at Northern Stage in Newcastle. The production has a TONY-nominated original score and lyrics composed by Sting. It will play a 4-week season in Newcastle before embarking on a major UK & Ireland Tour. Check out a first look at the cast in action below!

First Look images from the rehearsal rooms of Sting's The Last Ship have been released. Rehearsals for the production, which has a TONY-nominated original score and lyrics composed by Sting, are underway. It will play a 4-week season in Newcastle before embarking on a major UK & Ireland Tour.

Principal casting has been announced for the UK premiere of The Last Ship the acclaimed musical by the internationally renowned musician Sting which will run at Glasgow's Theatre Royal from Monday 18 until Saturday 23 June as part of a major UK tour. The show will make its UK premiere in Newcastle in March.

Principal casting has been announced for the UK premiere of The Last Ship the acclaimed musical by the internationally renowned musician Sting which is to premiere in the UK when it opens at Northern Stage in Newcastle on 12 March 2018.

Based on Daniel Wallace's novel and Tim Burton's 2003 film adaptation, this musical is quite the oddity. Screenwriter John August has tinkered with the book since its brief Broadway run in 2013, but it remains an unfathomable mixture of magical and mawkish, whimsy and desolation.

London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From a new British musical to starry Mamet and cheeky burlesque, here are some of this month's most eye-catching openings. Don't forget to check back for BroadwayWorld's reviews

Clare Burt is today announced to star as 'Sandra Bloom' alongside the previously announced Kelsey Grammer as 'Edward Bloom' in a new production of John August and Andrew Lippa's BIG FISH THE MUSICAL.

Kelsey Grammer will make his London stage debut in the musical BIG FISH, which makes its UK debut at The Other Palace 1 November-31 December. Book tickets here!

Baz Bamigboye of The Daily Mail has reported that Tony Award-nominated actor Kelsey Grammer will appear as the tall-tale weaving Edward Bloom in the London premiere of the musical Big Fish

?With her production of Red Velvet currently running in the West End, Artistic Director of the Tricycle Theatre Indhu Rubasingham today announces the extension of the highly critically acclaimed UK premiere of Florian Zeller's The Mother, in a new translation by Christopher Hampton, now completing its run on 12 March. Laurence Boswell directs Gina McKee, Richard Clothier, Frances McNamee and William Postlethwaite in the production which opened to rave reviews at the venue earlier this week.

THE MOTHER transfers to the Tricycle Theatre from Ustinov Studio in Bath, opening 26 January, with previews from tonight 21 January, and running until 5 March 2016, starring Gina McKee, Richard Clothier and William Posthelwaite in their original roles, joined by new cast member Frances McNamee. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below!

THE MOTHER transfers to the Tricycle Theatre from Ustinov Studio in Bath, opening 26 January, with previews from 21 January, and running until 5 March 2016, starring Gina McKee, Richard Clothier and William Posthelwaite in their original roles, joined by new cast member Frances McNamee. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below!

The full cast is announced today for The Mother, transferring to the Tricycle Theatre from Ustinov Studio in Bath. Gina McKee, Richard Clothier and William Posthelwaite reprise their original roles and are joined by new cast member Frances McNamee. The production opens on 26 January, with previews from 21 January, and runs until 5 March.

The Ustinov Studio, Bath is delighted to announce the UK premiere of Georges Feydeau's THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY as part of its autumn 2015 season, translated by Kenneth McLeish and directed by the Ustinov Studio's Artistic Director, Laurence Boswell.

Full casting is announced for the world premiere of Phil Porter's new play, The Christmas Truce. Inspired by the real events of the First World War exactly 100 years ago and directed by Deputy Artistic Director Erica Whyman

Full casting is announced for Christopher Luscombe's productions of Love's Labour's Lost and Love's Labour's Won (also known as Much Ado About Nothing). As part of a season marking the centenary of the First World War, both productions will play in repertoire in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon with a joint press day on Wednesday 15 October. They will also be broadcast live into cinemas worldwide and streamed free into schools.

Further to their runs at Theatre Royal Bath and London's Arcola Theatre, The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry cordially invites you to The Spanish Golden Age Season, today, March 26-April 19.

The Belgrade Theatre is shining a spotlight on three rarely seen classics from the treasure chest of world drama with performances of A Lady of Little Sense, Don Gil of the Green Breeches and Punishment Without Revenge appearing in the B2 Auditorium between today 26 March and Saturday 19 April.

The Belgrade Theatre is shining a spotlight on three rarely seen classics from the treasure chest of world drama with performances of A Lady of Little Sense, Don Gil of the Green Breeches and Punishment Without Revenge appearing in the B2 Auditorium between Wednesday 26 March and Saturday 19 April.