Roald Dahl News

The Theatre School at DePaul University will present THE WITCHES, by Roald Dahl, adapted by David Wood, and directed by Ernie Nolan, as the first installment of the 2011-2012 Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences Series. This production opens Tuesday, October 25, and runs through Saturday, December 3, 2011, at DePaul's historic Merle Reskin Theatre. Performances are Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10 AM and Saturdays at 2 PM. There will be no performances on November 11, 22, 24, 25, 26, or 29. An additional performance will be held on November 30 at 10AM.

Upcoming MTI Shows - 10/09 for Toronto

The Theatre School at DePaul University (John Culbert, Dean) is pleased to announce upcoming productions for its 2011-2012 Season.

Square Peg Concerts will present Tim Minchin at the Boulder Theater on Sunday, October 9th, 2011.

When Circle Players presents the Leslie Bricusse-Anthony Newly musical Willy Wonka, running October 14-30 at the Keeton Theatre in Donelson, the audience will be exposed to plenty of sugary treats. After all, the stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic story is mostly set in a magical chocolate factory where its owner, Willy Wonka, is checking out possible heirs to his candy empire. He puts his young candidates through a series of character tests which only one boy, Charlie Bucket, passes.

Upcoming MTI Shows - 10/02 for Toronto

Welcome to the Crown Center, the entertainment hub in southeast North Carolina. The Crown Center consists of five great facilities capable of hosting any type of meeting, convention, entertainment and leisure activity you can imagine. The staff at the Crown Center cordially invites you to experience our Southern Hospitality alongside our "Big City" approach to accommodate the widest range of leisure activities for all of your needs.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, an adaptation of Harper Lee's American classic, will play the Denver Center Theatre Company's Stage Theatre September 30-October 30 (opening night Thursday, October 6.) Tickets are on sale now, by calling 303.893.4100 or www.denvercenter.org.

Welcome to the Crown Center, the entertainment hub in southeast North Carolina. The Crown Center consists of five great facilities capable of hosting any type of meeting, convention, entertainment and leisure activity you can imagine. The staff at the Crown Center cordially invites you to experience our Southern Hospitality alongside our "Big City" approach to accommodate the widest range of leisure activities for all of your needs.

The Royal Shakespeare Company's world premiere production of Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical will transfer to London's Cambridge Theatre, previewing from Tuesday 18 October. Bertie Carvel (Miss Trunchbull), Paul Kaye (Mr Wormwood) Josie Walker (Mrs Wormwood) and Lauren Ward (Miss Honey) will reprise their roles alongside Marc Antolin, Verity Bentham, Peter Howe, Michael Kent, Melanie La Barrie, Matthew Malthouse, Alastair Parker, Nick Searle and Emily Shaw who also appeared in the original production in Stratford. Click below to hear from the creative team on what to expect from the new show!

Upcoming MTI Shows - 9/25 for Toronto

TheatreWorks New Milford's TWKids Program begins its fall season on Saturday, September 24, culminating in December with a production of Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka. The workshop includes a 90-minute skills class once a week after school and rehearsals on Saturday mornings with instructor Beth Bonnabeau.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, an adaptation of Harper Lee's American classic, will play the Denver Center Theatre Company's Stage Theatre September 30-October 30 (opening night Thursday, October 6.) Tickets are on sale now, by calling 303.893.4100 or www.denvercenter.org.

Upcoming MTI Shows - 9/18 for Toronto

American Lyric Theater (ALT), home to the nationally acclaimed Composer Librettist Development Program, has announced the 2011-2012 public performance season, featuring workshop performances of seven new operas by Resident Artists; as well as lectures and master classes with some of the country's leading operatic writers. While the majority of ALT's programs are dedicated to mentorship of gifted emerging composers and librettists, six public events will take place over the course of the season to introduce these writers, their work, and other exciting trends in American opera to New York City audiences.

Crown Center announces their schedule of events for September 2011- August 2012

Her first stage tour, Peppa Pig's Party, was one of the top-selling children's theatre shows in 2010 and 2011. Now hot on its heels comes a second stage production, Peppa Pig's Treasure Hunt that sets out on the road from 13 October this autumn with tour dates through until July 2012. This brand new show will have a West End Christmas season at the Criterion Theatre (1 December 2011 - 1 January 2012), following the sell-out success of last year's seasonal run there.

TheatreWorks New Milford's TWKids Program begins its fall season on Saturday, September 24, culminating in December with a production of Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka. The workshop includes a 90-minute skills class once a week after school and rehearsals on Saturday mornings with instructor Beth Bonnabeau.

Upcoming MTI Shows - 9/04 for Toronto

The JMK Award comes to the Young Vic for the first time as 2011 winner Cathal Cleary directs rising stars Charlie Murphy (Pygmalion, Abbey Theatre Dublin) and Rory Fleck-Byrne (Cause Célèbre, Old Vic) in Enda Walsh's sensational modern classic.