Michael Hodgson News

BWW Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, Barbican

by Rona Kelly — November 7, 2018

Grounded in the text with clear intentions from the director and actors, Erica Whyman's Romeo and Juliet feels like you're hearing the play anew.

HADESTOWN Leads November's Top 10 New London Shows

by Marianka Swain — October 27, 2018

London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings.

BWW Review: MACBETH, Barbican

by Rona Kelly — October 24, 2018

Embracing the darkness of the play and space, we are 'cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in to saucy doubts and fears' alongside Macbeth in Polly Findlay's terrifying and thoughtful production.

RSC's ROMEO AND JULIET Comes to Theatre Royal

by Stephi Wild — September 4, 2018

The Royal Shakespeare Company's 2019 tour Romeo and Juliet will run at Theatre Royal, Glasgow next year as part of a UK tour.

BWW Review: OLIVER TWIST, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

by Aliya Al-Hassan — July 24, 2017

There is much about Charles Dickens' Classic tale Oliver Twist to recommend it to children; the comic pomposity of Mr Bumble, the sinister actions of Fagin, the cheekiness of the Artful Dodger and, of course, the adventures and eventual salvation of poor orphan Oliver.

Photo Flash: OLIVER TWIST Opens this Weekend at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

by BWW News Desk — July 21, 2017

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre brings two of Charles Dickens's most popular stories out in the open as part of the 2017 season, Dickens Uncovered celebrating the greatest storyteller of London life.

Photo Flash: In Rehearsals for OLIVER TWIST at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

by BWW News Desk — July 13, 2017

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre brings two of Charles Dickens's most popular stories out in the open as part of the 2017 season, Dickens Uncovered celebrating the greatest storyteller of London life.

Casting Announced For DICKENS UNCOVERED: A TALE OF TWO CITIES AND OLIVER TWIST At Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

by BWW News Desk — May 16, 2017

Bringing two of Charles Dickens's most popular stories out in the open as part of the 2017 season at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Dickens Uncovered celebrates the greatest storyteller of London life.

BWW Review: TREASURE ISLAND, Birmingham Rep, 29 November 2016

by Emma Cann — December 4, 2016

Originally commissioned by the National Theatre two years ago, Bryony Lavery's adaptation of Treasure Island swings into the Birmingham Rep for a lengthy Christmas run.

BWW Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, Crucible, Sheffield, September 23 2015

by Ruth Deller — September 26, 2015

Photo Flash: First Look at Freddie Fox and Morfydd Clark in Sheffield's ROMEO & JULIET

by BWW News Desk — September 22, 2015

ROMEO & JULIET by William Shakespeare is currently in previews for an opening tomorrow, 23 September, at Sheffield Theatres' Crucible Theatre.

Sheffield Theatres Sets Cast of ROMEO & JULIET

by Tyler Peterson — July 24, 2015

Artistic Director Daniel Evans today announces the full company for Jonathan Humphreysproduction of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.

BWW Reviews: CATCH 22, Richmond Theatre, June 24 2014

by Gary Naylor — June 25, 2014

Gary Naylor sees a long, but rewarding adaptation of Joseph Heller's notoriously unadaptable anti-war novel, Catch 22.

CATCH-22 to Play Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 20-24 May

by Tyler Peterson — April 28, 2014

Joseph Heller's war time satire Catch-22 comes to Birmingham Repertory Theatre from May 20 -24.

Original Cast of THE PITMEN PAINTERS Head Back to West End

by Robert Diamond — August 22, 2011

Casting has been announced for the forthcoming West End production of Lee Hall's The Pitmen Painters, presented by Bill Kenwright.

Lee Hall Featured on NEW YORKER Website

by Nicole Rosky — November 15, 2010

Tony Award Winner Lee Hall, playwright of THE PITMEN PAINTERS now making its American premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club's (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) Samuel J.

THE PITMEN PAINTERS Enters Final Weeks Of Run

by Gabrielle Sierra — November 9, 2010

Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of Tony Award winner Lee Hall's THE PITMEN PAINTERS begins the final five weeks of its limited engagement tonight.

Review - The Pitmen Painters: Don't Quit Your Day Job

by Ben Peltz — October 17, 2010

As Lee Hall's The Pitmen Painters, inspired by the true story of a collection of miners who art history books now refer to as The Ashington Group, commences, the title characters are quite figuratively blank canvases.

Photo Coverage: THE PITMEN PAINTERS Opens on Broadway!

by Kevin Thomas Garcia — October 1, 2010

Manhattan Theatre Club's (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) American premiere of Tony Award winner Lee Hall's THE PITMEN PAINTERS opened last night, September 30 at MTC's Samuel J.

TV: Video Show Preview - The Pitmen Painters!

by Craig Brockman — September 30, 2010

Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of Tony Award winner Lee Hall's THE PITMEN PAINTERS began previews on September 14 at MTC's Samuel J.