Patrick Barlow News

Announcing Season 39 Plays at Stage Coach Theatre!

Riverside Theatre, led by Producing Artistic Director/CEO Allen D. Cornell and Managing Director/COO Jon R. Moses, is delighted to announce its 46th Anniversary Season for 2019-2020. Building on the success and acclaim the theatre has attained nationwide over the last few years, Riverside is proud to present a magnificent season of music, comedy, and drama.

Paige Hernandez directs the Anna Deavere Smith reveting play that stars the multi-talented Danielle A. Drakes.

Theatre enthusiasts packed the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts last night to hear Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Executive Director Phil Santora of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley reveal the lineup for the company's 50th season, which launches this summer. Kelley's 50th and final season as Artistic Director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley includes triumphant returns of TheatreWorks favorites, bold premieres developed at the company's annual New Works Festival, and celebrated works from the nation's leading playwrights.

Gloucester Stage Company Artistic Director Robert Walsh and Interim Managing Director Christopher Griffith, are proud to announce the 2019 slate for Gloucester Stage's 40th Anniversary Season of professional theater on Boston's Northshore.

The Messiah has charm and poignancy, but creaks under the weight of its 35 years, its brand of humour now dated by shows like The Play That Goes Wrong.

This thrilling adaptation uses only five actors to bring some of Dickens' most beloved characters to life.

There are plenty of seasonal treats served up in the capital this year, from pantos and plays to opera and dance. Here are some of the tastiest morsels for the 2018-19 festive period.

Three towering talents play a cast of thousands in this new comedy by the writer of the Olivier Award-winning West End hit The 39 Steps as Patrick Barlow's The Messiah transfers to London's The Other Palace from Monday 3rd December - Saturday 5th January 2018.

Patrick Barlow's adaption of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is coming to Theatre Tallahassee this December.

If you were to take a classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller, and throw in a gratuitous helping of Monty Python, and stir the mixture rapidly with quick-change costuming and decorate with a few thrills and chills, you would find yourself getting ready to see Newnan Theatre Company's production of The 39 Steps, written by Patrick Barlow, adapted from the 1935 Hitchcock movie. The show opens on Sept. 13th, and runs through September 23rd.

If you were to take a classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller, and throw in a gratuitous helping of Monty Python, and stir the mixture rapidly with quick-change costuming and decorate with a few thrills and chills, you would find yourself getting ready to see Newnan Theatre Company's production of The 39 Steps, written by Patrick Barlow, adapted from the 1935 Hitchcock movie. The show opens on Sept. 13th, and runs through September 23rd.

Casting has been announced for The Messiah by the writer of the Olivier Award-winning West End hit The 39 Steps as Patrick Barlow's The Messiah tours the UK this Autumn, before transferring to London's The Other Palace from Monday 3rd December - Saturday 5th January 2018.

Three towering talents play a cast of thousands in this new comedy by the writer of the Olivier Award-winning West End hit The 39 Steps as Patrick Barlow's The Messiah tours the UK this Autumn. Starring Hugh Dennis, Lesley Garrett and John Marquez, the funniest and most magical nativity you'll ever see opens at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on October 15th, 2018 before touring to New Theatre, Cardiff; Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield; Cheltenham Everyman Theatre and Richmond Theatre.

Summer in the Coachella Valley certainly has a dearth of theatrical choices. However, the companies that do produce shows recognize that hot summer nights call for big, brash comedies. Desert Theatreworks' current offering, The 39 Steps, more than qualifies. The company's Artistic Director, Lance Phillips-Martinez, is the valley's best director of physical comedy, and The 39 Steps is physical comedy on steroids!

The Olivier award-winning thriller The 39 Steps receives its in-the-round UK premiere at the SJT this month.

The Olivier award-winning thriller The 39 Steps receives its in-the-round UK premiere at the SJT later this month.

Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre company has returned from New York after a triumphant and record-breaking run with Alan Ayckbourn's A Brief History of Women, which wowed audiences and critics alike.

The Olivier award-winning thriller The 39 Steps will receive its in-the-round UK premiere at the SJT this summer.

Stephen Joseph Theatre is to make its first ever visit to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August.