Prunella Scales News

Following a sellout success at Edinburgh Fringe in 2017, Long Lane Theatre Company are pleased to announce their UK Autumn tour of The Giant Killers, a true story of class, sport and the survival of the underdog. The re-cast and reimagined production kicks off on Friday 12th October, 7.30pm at The Heron Theatre, Cumbria and ends with a week long run at Upstairs at The Gatehouse London, Sunday 4th November.

Bunbury Banter and Dumfries Theatre Royal are gearing up for Freckle, the third groundbreaking Play, Poet & Pastry event. A Perthshire playwright and Dumfries poet are joining forces for a groundbreaking performing arts initiative at Scotland's oldest working theatre.

Acclaimed playwright Simon Farquhar and BBC Scotland's Poet in Residence Stuart Paterson are joining forces on a project bringing world premiere drama to Scotland's oldest working theatre. The pair are teaming up for A Play, A Poet & A Pastry an initiative by Bunbury Banter Theatre Company in partnership with the Theatre Royal, Dumfries, which takes place on Friday, 24 November.

Lyn Gardner will receive the award for Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre at the UK Theatre Awards 2017 on Sunday 15 October.

Brand new theatre and poetry is on its way to Scotland's oldest working theatre thanks to a series of events called A Play, A Poet & A Pastry.

The name Loyset Compere is not as familiar as Dufay or Josquin, but many-the Orlando Consort among them-believe that this Franco-Flemish composer deserves a place amongst the masters of the 15th century.

The much loved British Television Series is given a new life in John Cleese's stage adaptation of FAWLTY TOWERS LIVE

Castlebar Productions will present A KINGDOM FOR A STAGE on 28 April - 7 May 2016 at Chelsea Theatre. Press Night: April 28th, 7.30pm

We talk to the star of theatre and television about her forthcoming tour in Alan Bennett's Single Spies - and taking on the role of the Queen!

Gary Sinyor announces casting for his play, NotMoses, which will begin previews at the Arts Theatre on 10 March 2016.

Award winning film-maker Gary Sinyor has written and will direct his first play,NotMoses, previewing at the Arts Theatre from 10 March 2016, with press night on 15 March 2016.   NotMoses is designed by Carla Goodman with lighting by Humphrey McDermott.

Multitalented British actress and director, best known for portraying the Agatha Christie detective Miss Marple, Geraldine McEwan, has died at age 82. The BAFTA Award-winner's family says she died on January 30, due to complications from a stroke suffered in October.

Collected by Martin Witts (Owner of The Leicester Square Theatre) from a lifetime's work in the UK's Comedy Industry, this is one of the most comprehensive collections of Comedy memorabilia ever to be amassed in one place.

Former Times journalist, playwright and author of the recently acclaimed novel The Notes of Doctor Newgate, Alan Franks, will premiere his new play A WORLD ELSEWHERE at Battersea's Theatre503. Set in an Oxford College in 1968, where Alan once studied alongside former US President Bill Clinton, A WORLD ELSEWHERE is a searing examination of the world on the brink of yet another war and the institutional politics of one of England's oldest universities. The production is directed by Sally Knyvette, director of Judgement at Nuremberg at the Tricycle Theatre, and will run from Tuesday 21 January 2014.

Timothy West and Prunella Scales are to become Joint Patrons of the Rose Friends Scheme, 2011.

Kentwood Players announces auditions for 'The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery" a hilarious farce that spoofs the whodunit genre by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr., on Saturday, November 6th from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Sunday, November 7th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester (LA 90045).

Kentwood Players announces auditions for 'The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery" a hilarious farce that spoofs the whodunit genre by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr., on Saturday, November 6th from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Sunday, November 7th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester (LA 90045).

Kentwood Players announces auditions for 'The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery" a hilarious farce that spoofs the whodunit genre by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr., on Saturday, November 6th from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Sunday, November 7th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester (LA 90045).

The Menier Chocolate Factory announces its Autumn/Winter 2010 season beginning with the European premiere of Accomplice - part game, part theatre, part tour around the streets of SE1. Accomplice is followed by Jonathan Munby's production of Caryl Churchill's A Number starring Timothy and Samuel West, and Ken Hill's The Invisible Man directed by Ian Talbot.

Clonmel Junction Festival is marking its 10th anniversary with a festival that aims to celebrate, cheer and uplift. The Festival, which began in 2001, has grown to become one of the most innovative and highly regarded multi arts festivals in the country.