West Yorkshire Playhouse News

Winners include Maggie Steed in a ceremony hosted by Craig Revel Horwood

Take an action-packed Alfred Hitchcock thriller, assign over 100 roles to only four actors, and amp up the comedy, and the result is the Broadway hit Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, on stage in November.

Following her sell-out production of J.M. Barrie's What Every Woman Knows at the Finborough Theatre in July this year, director Louise Hill returns to the Finborough Theatre with another rediscovery of a classic comedy by J.M. Barrie to celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth - his magical 1901 play Quality Street, opening on 30 November 2010 (Press Night: Thursday, 2 December 2010 at 7.30pm) as part of the Finborough Theatre's 30th anniversary year.

The newly created Children's Touring Partnership presents its inaugural show next spring: the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Michelle Magorian's stunning novel Goodnight Mister Tom in a brand new adaptation for the stage by David Wood, the UK's "National Children's Dramatist" (The Times).

Sheffield Crucible is to stage its first musical since its £15 million redevelopment with a revival of Me and My Girl.

Offstage Choices at the Piccadilly Theatre Monday 8 November 2010

Take an action-packed Alfred Hitchcock thriller, assign over 100 roles to only four actors, and amp up the comedy, and the result is the Broadway hit Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, on stage in November.

The streets of Hammersmith are paved with gold this Christmas as traditional pantomime returns to the Lyric following last year's hugely popular Jack and the Beanstalk.

Theatre503 presents BREED, a new play by Lou Ramsden and directed by Tim Roseman. BREED will run from 21st September - 16th October 2010.

National Theatre Wales and Told by an Idiot celebrate Gwyn Thomas, the great Welsh storyteller and dark, hilarious chronicler of the Valleys - one of the most distinctive Welsh voices of the last century.

Flashdance The Musical will open in the West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre this autumn. Previewing from 24 September 2010 with press night on 14 October, Flashdance The Musical is currently booking until 26 February 2011.

Multi award-winning comedy-thriller The 39 Steps has blazed a trail on how to do the West End in miniature - afterall, its cast of just 4 actors play 139 characters between them.

The Theatrical Management Association (TMA) is delighted to announce the nominations for its annual Theatre Awards ceremony, which celebrates the best of British theatre from around the United Kingdom.

According to a report by Whatsonstage.com, the upcoming West End production of Betty Blue Eyes will open at the Novello Theatre for Spring 2011. The show, which is to be produced by Cameron Mackintosh will feature Sarah Lancashire and Reece Shearsmith, with direction by Richard Eyre. Additional details concerning casting and production dates have not yet been announced.

From 29 November 2010, 13 year old Scott McKenzie from Dumbarton, Scotland, the twenty fourth boy to play the iconic role of Billy Elliot in the West End, 12 year old Aaron Watson from Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 13 year old Dean Charles-Chapman from Romford, Essex and 12 year old Rhys Yeomans from Oldham, Lancashire, will be joined by principal cast members Genevieve Lemon (Mrs. Wilkinson), Martin Marquez (Dad), Tom Lorcan (Tony), Diane Langton (Grandma), Chris McGlade (George), Kay Milbourne (Dead Mum), Kevin Patricks (Mr. Braithwaite) and Barnaby Meredith (Older Billy) in Billy Elliot The Musical.

The Irish Repertory Theatre Company launches the fifth season of its NEW WORKS READING SERIES to support new plays and emerging playwrights with a free staged reading of Ursula Rani Sarma's THE DARK THINGS -- a new play that was produced last fall at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh -- on Friday, September 24 at 3:00pm at the Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street).

The Irish Repertory Theatre Company launches the fifth season of its NEW WORKS READING SERIES to support new plays and emerging playwrights with a free staged reading of Ursula Rani Sarma's THE DARK THINGS -- a new play that was produced last fall at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh -- on Friday, September 24 at 3:00pm at the Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street).

Theatre503 presents BREED, a new play by Lou Ramsden and directed by Tim Roseman. BREED will run from 21st September - 16th October 2010.

Some of the West End's biggest stars have been nominated in BroadwayWorld UK's first-ever awards!

'The 39 Steps' will celebrate its 4th birthday in the West End on 9th September with a special Vintage Night performance, where the audience are encouraged to come dressed in their finest vintage outfits.