Voting closes on Friday for this year's BWW:UK Awards! The Book Of Mormon, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Once all look set to win for the musicals - and Hadley Fraser may pick up a special double award for his performances in a musical and a play.
The Book of Mormon is leading in many of the New Musical categories - but Once and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is running it close!
Big West End showstoppers Once, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Book of Mormon are leading the way, with the competition just as tight for the fringe categories - Chichester's The Pajama Game and Southwark Playhouse's Titanic are also garnering the votes at the moment.
Voting opened this week for the 2013 BWW:UK Awards - and we've already had a record number of votes in!
The governing body of the Church in Wales yesterday accepted a motion to allow female bishops, a move which was celebrated by the cast of the National Youth Theatre's production of Pope Joan at last night's performance.
Jude Law will be performing live on stage with actors Luke Treadaway and Niamh Cusack as part of A Curious Night at the Theatre, a unique charity gala at the Apollo Theatre tonight, 1 July 2013. Jude will join Luke and Niamh - stars of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - in a star-studded mix of theatre, comedy, music and a live auction to raise money for charities Ambitious about Autism and the National Autistic Society.
Jude Law will be performing live on stage with actors Luke Treadaway and Niamh Cusack as part of A Curious Night at the Theatre, a unique charity gala at the Apollo Theatre on 1 July 2013. Jude will join Luke and Niamh - stars of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - in a star-studded mix of theatre, comedy, music and a live auction to raise money for charities Ambitious about Autism and the National Autistic Society.
Director Marianne Elliott seems to have effortlessly translated the Cottesloe's "in the oblong" production into the Apollo Theatre's space, perhaps sealing the deal for this original script's enduring success.
The Olivier Awards 2013 took place tonight, hosted by Sheridan Smith and Hugh Bonneville, at the Royal Opera House.
UK editor in chief Carrie Dunn follows the Oliviers Party in the Piazza, red carpet and the ceremony, and gives her opinions on the runners and riders...
Nominees for the Olivier Awards 2013 pose on stage at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket for a celebratory group photo.
Two of musical theatre's biggest worldwide stars Matthew Morrison and Idina Menzel will be giving special solo performances at the 2013 Oliviers, while Michael Xavier will be co-presenting from the BBC Radio 2 Stage in the Covent Garden Piazza.
The National Theatre's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has been nominated for eight Olivier Awards - more than any other production this year.
The National Theatre's production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time leads the list with eight nominations, followed by the toe-tapping new musical Top Hat receiving seven, and the West End transfer of Chichester Festival Theatre's revival of Sweeney Todd in close competition with six. Other stand-out nominations include The Audience and Kiss Me, Kate receiving five each, and Constellations, The Bodyguard and Twelfth Night with four.
Last night, 12 March 2013, saw the West End opening of the National Theatre's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Timeat the Apollo Theatre. Guests included Tom Hiddleston, Tim Minchin, Neil Stuke, Matt Smith, Nina Toussaint-White, Harry Treadaway, Jeremy Vine and Zoe Wannamaker. BroadwayWorld has photos from opening night, including the curtain call and party, below!
The National Theatre's highly acclaimed, sell-out production based on Mark Haddon's award-winning novel, adapted by Simon Stephens and directed by Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, has transferred to the West End's Apollo Theatre from 1 March. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Forthcoming productions at the National Theatre, announced today by Nicholas Hytner, include plays familiar, rare and new: Shakespeare's Othello, Gorky's Children of the Sun,James Baldwin's The Amen Corner;Marlowe's Edward II, Pirandello's Liola, Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude and Georg Kaiser's From Morning to Midnight. Tori Amos and Samuel Adamson's musical The Light Princess will premiere in October, and there will be a new adaptation of Emil and the Detectives for family audiences at Christmas.
The National Theatre's highly acclaimed sell-out production based on Mark Haddon's award-winning novel, adapted by Simon Stephens and directed by Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, will transfer to the West End's Apollo Theatre from 1 March.
The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre, and this year's nominations shortlist has just been announced. Sponsored by the Evening Standard newspaper, this year's winners revealed on November 25.
The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre, and this year's nominations longlist has just been announced. Sponsored by the Evening Standard newspaper, this year's shortlist will be announced on November 12 and the winners revealed on November 25.
