Terry Pratchett News

The Guthrie announced today that it will continue its participation in the pilot season of NT Live - an initiative by the UK's National Theatre to broadcast high-definition performances of its plays to more than 300 venues worldwide - with screenings of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well (October 24 and 25 at 1 p.m.), Mark Ravenhill's exhilarating adaptation of Terry Pratchett's witty adventure story Nation (February 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m.) and Alan Bennett's new play The Habit of Art (May 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m.).

Shakespeare's ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, in a highly acclaimed production by Marianne Elliott, will be filmed live at the National Theatre in London on 1st October and broadcast by satellite to cinemas worldwide. All?s Well is the second play in the pilot season of NT Live, the National?s ground-breaking initiative which launched in June with the hugely successful broadcast of Phèdre with Helen Mirren, which was seen by 50,000 people in 19 countries around the globe. ALL'S WELL will be the first play broadcast from the largest of the National's three theatres, the Olivier, with its fan-shaped auditorium and open stage.

Lesley Sharp, Marc Warren and Diana Vickers to star in the first major West End revival of Jim Cartwright's multi-award-winning play, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.

London and Broadway's former Elphaba adds another date to her Songbook concert series

The composer and the lyricist of ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND talk to Carrie Dunn

Unseen Theatre Company presents Terry Pratchett's Making Money. Making Money will be performed at the Bakehouse Theatre (255 Angas Street, Adelaide) from April 10 to April 25 at 8pm. Tickets cost $18 (adults), $15 (concession, Fringe Benefits, and groups), $12 (preview night), $0 (Free Tix night). Free Tix night is for holders of Health Care cards (April 10).

Nigel Planer and Verity Rushworth joined the cast of Hairspray the musical as Penny Pingleton and Wilbur Turnblad.

Photos from the studio recording of the Edinburgh smash

Daniel Boys, Kerry Ellis and Sharon D Clarke arrive at the studio to begin recording the musical adaptation of the Terry Pratchett novel

Major West End singers are this month to record the songs from a new sci-fi musical 'Only You Can Save Mankind', based on the international best-selling book by Terry Pratchett.

The producers of 'HAIRSPRAY' are delighted to announce that Nigel Planer and Verity Rushworth are to join the cast of the multi-award winning musical, beginning on Monday 2 February. Nigel takes over the role of 'Wilbur Turnblad', husband of larger than life 'Edna' played by Michael Ball.

London's National Theatre announced Wednesday, Jan. 14th, that it will transmit live performances to movie theaters around the world in a quest to widen its audience and test the public appeal for watching stage productions onscreen. The first of four planned simulcasts will be the June 25th performance of Jean Racine's tragedy 'Phedre' starring Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren and mega hit 'Mamma Mia' film star Dominic Cooper. The National's artistic director Nicholas Hytner said Mirren, who won a best actress Oscar for 'The Queen,' was 'tremendously excited' by the idea.