The producers of the smash-hit 'NATIVITY! THE MUSICAL' are thrilled to announce Danny Dyer will star as 'Hollywood Producer' and Jo Brand as 'The Critic' in the London run of the production at the Eventim Apollo, from 19 to 31 December.
Stan and global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) today announced an expanded new licensing agreement that will bring a robust slate of upcoming STARZ original series and hundreds of hours of additional Lionsgate and STARZ premium programming to the Australian streaming service. With the new deal Stan becomes the Australian home of STARZ Originals.
Host and Director Andrew Keates has been joined by two-time Olivier Award winner David Bedella on Arion Productions' The Show People Podcast. David talks about growing up in Gary, Lake Country, Indiana to a family who worked in the steel industry, his showbiz inspirations and challenges he faced during education, his first jobs as a performer - including spending ten years working in Chicago, appearing in the first Broadway production of Smokey Joe's Cafe, his frustrations with being perceived as being 'just a dancer' and why he left America after falling in love with a pastor that would end up seeing him folding towels as a hairdresser in Islington.
Shappi Khorsandi presents England's unsung heroine, Emma, Lady Hamilton. For too many years she has been known as just Nelson's mistress, a bit of a harlot (you get one job in a brothel and bang goes your reputation).
Comedians Edward Aczel, Eshaan Akbar, Dan Antopolski, Mitch Benn, Markus Birdman, Jason Byrne, Keith Farnan, Stuart Goldsmith, Darren Hariott, Pete Johansson, Tony Law, Andrew Maxwell, Simon Munnery, Andrew O'Neill and Mark Watson will be performing MANWATCHING at Paines Plough's ROUNDABOUT @ SUMMERHALL at Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August.
Comedians Edward Aczel, Eshaan Akbar, Dan Antopolski, Mitch Benn, Markus Birdman, Jason Byrne, Keith Farnan, Stuart Goldsmith, Darren Hariott, Pete Johansson, Tony Law, Andrew Maxwell, Simon Munnery, Andrew O'Neill and Mark Watson will be performing MANWATCHING at Paines Plough's ROUNDABOUT @ SUMMERHALL at Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August.
Gilded Balloon's comedy newcomer competition, So You Think You're Funny? is back in 2017. Celebrating the competition's 30th year, it continues its status as the very best comedy newcomer competition with its "strong track record of showcasing the stand-up stars of the future." [British Comedy Guide].
The King's Theatre in Glasgow is delighted to confirm its glittering pantomime for this year's festive season, Sleeping Beauty.
The Royal Court Theatre announces that Gary Beadle, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Lashana Lynch, Shvorne Marks and Meera Syal have been cast in new play a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun) written and directed by debbie tucker green. It runs in the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs from Tuesday 28 February 2017 to Saturday 1 April 2017 with Press Night on Monday 6 March 2017.
BroadwayWorld has just learned that Kevin Wood has stepped down from Chief Executive of First Family Entertainment. See ATG's full statement below.
New late night variety show, The Glitter and Doom Salon opens at the Edinburgh Festival stage this week with an evolving lineup of cabaret and vaudeville artists taking part, making each night a unique experience.
Michael Head's new play THE GREATER GAME tells the fascinating true story of the 41 men who swapped the football fields of London for the battlefields of the Somme in 1916. East London football club Leyton Orient, then known as Clapton Orient, was the first team to sign up its players, staff and supporters to fight in the Great War. Forty-one men volunteered in all. Three of them never returned.
LAPA sponsored by The Royal British Legion in association with The PFA, Stephen Jenkins and Peter Kitchen present THE GREATER GAME by Michael Head and irected by Tilly Vosburgh at the Southwark Playhouse. Press night: Monday, 19 September 2016 at 7.30pm. Run: Thursday 15 September - Saturday 15 October 2016.
At the Billy Barnes Extended Care Unit of Mt. Palms Hospital in Long Beach, Cal., the staff attends to the needs of female patients who are often “getting on” in years, while dealing with the challenges of a health-care bureaucracy in need of an overhaul.
Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media (FDM) announced today that they have acquired US theatrical, VOD and DVD rights to the gritty and soul music-packed NORTHERN SOUL.
BBC AMERICA today announced it has acquired the Rose d'Or-winning and BAFTA-nominated comedy quiz show QI (Quite Interesting) hosted by Stephen Fry (Gosford Park, Bones) who can also be seen hosting The EE British Academy Film Awards on the channel this February.
Actress Angela McEwan, known for her role in the Academy Award-nominated film “Nebraska,” has joined the cast of the HBO comedy “Getting On.” The show is set to premiere at 10:30 p.m. Eastern/Pacific on Sunday, Nov. 9. McEwan will play the recurring role of Ellen, an older patient at the hospital opposite Alex Borstein (“Family Guy,”), Laurie Metcalf (“Roseanne”) and Niecy Nash (“Reno 911”).
From creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer (co-creators of the acclaimed HBO series 'Big Love'), GETTING ON returns for its six-episode second season SUNDAY, NOV. 9(10:40-11:10 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.
At the Billy Barnes Extended Care Unit of Mt. Palms Hospital in Long Beach, Cal., the staff attends to the needs of female patients who are often 'getting on' in years, while dealing with the challenges of a health-care bureaucracy in need of an overhaul.
