Sue Holderness News

Academy Award-winner Sir Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) will lead an all-star cast in tribute to Battle of Britain pilots. Learn more about the upcoming gala and find out how to attend here!

Stars of stage and screen will pay tribute to Battle of Britain pilots in the royal charity gala Stars in Salute! Learn more about the event and find out who will appear here!

Casting is complete for Imagine Theatre's biggest panto season with an all-star line-up getting ready to bring 18 magical family pantomimes to audiences across England, Wales and Scotland.

Birmingham Rep's highly acclaimed, five star production of The Play What I Wrote will be streamed on demand via the theatre's website for a very limited time from today, Tue 15 Mar.

The Mill at Sonning, the UK's only dinner theatre, has renamed its theatre The Ray Cooney Auditourium in honor of comedy legend Ray Cooney, whose classic farces have all been performed there, and whose incredibly generous financial support during lockdown helped ensure the venue's survival.

With a last minute drop out from its programming, most theatres would go dark. Not so at Theatre Royal, Windsor. From tomorrow evening, Tuesday 2 October, the Theatre Royal sees Tom Conti and Jenny Seagrove star in Brief Encounter On Air, the live staged radio play version of the movie classic, alongside Sue Holderness, Roy Marsden, Daniel Casey and Verity Rushworth. 

With a last-minute dropout from its programming, most theatres would go dark. Not so at Theatre Royal Windsor. Next week (from Tuesday 2 October) sees Tom Conti and Jenny Seagrove star in Brief Encounter on Air, the live staged radio play version of the movie classic, along with Sue Holderness, Roy Marsden, Daniel Casey.

What happens to musicians when they are old and grey? Where do famous singers retire when their voices are an echo of what they once were? Ronald Harwood's Quartet follows the antics of four elderly former opera stars as they live out their days in a specialist musician's retirement home in an expansive country residence in Kent.

The Navigator, a new musical taken from the stories of Bomber Command veterans - and focussing on the exploits of one Lancaster crew from late 1944 to the spring of 1945 - recently launched in London.

Following the West End revival last year of The Dresser, Mark Goucher is presenting Quartet. This will be the first production that the producer will mount in his new role as CEO of the Cheltenham Everyman Theatre. This Everyman Theatre production will then be presented on a UK tour by Mark Goucher and David Ian.

Celebrating his 70th year in show business, Ray Cooney's Olivier Award-winning farce Out of Order comes to the Lyceum Theatre from Wednesday 14 - Saturday 17 June.

Ray Cooney celebrates his 85th birthday and 70 years in showbiz in 2017, and to mark these momentous milestones he is working with producer Tom O'Connell on a brand new season of his classic comedies - including an updated production of his Olivier award-winning Westminster comedy Out of Order.

Master of Farce Ray Cooney brings his latest show to The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, later this month.

Master of Farce Ray Cooney brings his latest show to The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, later this month.

Out of Order, the Olivier Award-winning comedy returns to the stage in a gleeful new production directed by playwright Ray Cooney, ('THE MASTER OF FARCE' - The Telegraph), who is celebrating seventy years in the industry.

The UK tour of Ray Cooney's OUT OF ORDER, starring Arthur Bostrom, Shaun Williamson, Sue Holderness, Andrew Hall, Susie Amy and James Holmes, officially opens at the Theatre Royal Brighton on Wednesday 22 March 2017 at 7.45 p.m.

Ray Cooney is celebrating both his 85th birthday and 70 years in showbiz in 2017.

Sheffield Theatres have added to their 2017 line-up with the announcement of a host of exciting new shows at the Lyceum and Studio Theatres, including Matthew Bourne's mesmerizing production of The Red Shoes and music from Sheffield's Everly Pregnant Brothers.

Spring 2017 has Arrived at the New Theatre with an eclectic mix of shows guaranteed to delight and entertain audiences. >From blockbuster musicals to special one-off performances, from classic drama to family favourites, this is an unmissable programme of theatre. 

Full casting has been announced for Out of Order, the Olivier Award-winning comedy returning to the stage in 2017 a gleeful new production directed by playwright Ray Cooney, ('THE MASTER OF FARCE' - The Telegraph), who is celebrating seventy years in the industry. The production will arrive at Theatre Royal in Glasgow on Monday 17 April until Saturday 22 April 2017.