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Youth Music Theatre UK (YMT) , the country's biggest, most vibrant and most active music theatre company for young people, are preparing to tour the UK in January and February in search of actors, singers, dancers, musicians and stage managers to join the company in 2011.
Alan Ayckbourn, winner of the 2010 Tony Award for lifetime achievement, has big plans lined up for 2011: the British playwright's newest and 74th play will begin tours throughout the UK starting next Spring. LIFE OF RILEY, which premiered in Scarborough, England, in September, will be directed by Ayckbourn himself. It will be sponsored by the Stephen Joseph Theatre Company. The cast and creative team have not yet been announced.
According to Kerry Ellis Web, the West-End diva is currenly working with tenor Alfie Boe on a track for his new album. As she tweeted, 'Just come out of the studio, recording a new track for Alfie Bow's new album, it's beautiful what a voice he has.'
GLEEMANIA, a spectacular concert of songs and stunningly choreographed mash-ups inspired by the smash hit TV phenomenon Glee will have its world premiere at London's Hammersmith HMV Apollo on Friday December 17 and at Birmingham NIA on Sunday December 19.
WHEN WE ARE MARRIED, JB Priestley's gloriously timeless traditional British comedy about class and hypocrisy, directed by Christopher Luscombe, opens at the Garrick Theatre on the 19th October starring a fine ensemble of West End favourites including Rosemary Ashe, Lynda Baron, Susie Blake, Michele Dotrice, David Horovitch, Roy Hudd, Sam Kelly, Maureen Lipman and Simon Rouse
Stage Door Records will release two new cast recordings this fall, BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED and OUT OF THE BLUE.
Stage Door Records will release two new cast recordings this fall, BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED and OUT OF THE BLUE.
UK's The Stage reports that WICKED's Kerry Ellis, currently starring in the West End's OLIVER!, joins Queen's guitarist Brian May, soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, and tenor José Carreras for the final BBC Proms in the Park concert of the season, to be held September 11 in Hyde Park. The concert will be broadcast on Radio 2. The concert will end with a live video exchange with 'Last Night of the Proms' at the Royal Albert Hall.
Stage Door Records will release two new cast recordings this fall, BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED and OUT OF THE BLUE.
The witch is returning to Kingston on her broomstick - and she can't wait to be back at the Rose! She said 'The cat and I had a brilliant time on our broomstick the last time we flew into Kingston. We can't wait to make new friends on our return, there's room on the broom for everyone!'.
WHEN WE ARE MARRIED, JB Priestley's gloriously timeless traditional British comedy about class and hypocrisy, directed by Christopher Luscombe, opens at the Garrick Theatre on the 19th October starring a fine ensemble of West End favourites including Rosemary Ashe, Lynda Baron, Susie Blake, Michele Dotrice, David Horovitch, Roy Hudd, Sam Kelly, Maureen Lipman and Simon Rouse
The witch is returning to Kingston on her broomstick - and she can't wait to be back at the Rose! She said 'The cat and I had a brilliant time on our broomstick the last time we flew into Kingston. We can't wait to make new friends on our return, there's room on the broom for everyone!'.
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.
On 2 August CBeebies presenters Andy Day and Mike James will bring their much-loved humour to the Rose in their slapstick comedy show Andy and Mike's Big Box of Bananas for 4 - 11 year olds and their entire families.
The Rose Theatre in Kingston has announced the upcoming events for the Fall/Winter season. Featured shows include Our Town: A Kingston Story, 1984 and Twelfth Night.
On 2 August CBeebies presenters Andy Day and Mike James will bring their much-loved humour to the Rose in their slapstick comedy show Andy and Mike's Big Box of Bananas for 4 - 11 year olds and their entire families.
The Rose Theatre kick starts the autumn season with Our Town: a community play, celebrating the past, present and future of Kingston. This is followed by the ninth Rose Theatre production, Hay Fever starring Celia Imrie.
UK's The Stage reports that WICKED's Kerry Ellis, currently starring in the West End's OLIVER!, joins Queen's guitarist Brian May, soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, and tenor José Carreras for the final BBC Proms in the Park concert of the season, to be held September 11 in Hyde Park. The concert will be broadcast on Radio 2. The concert will end with a live video exchange with 'Last Night of the Proms' at the Royal Albert Hall.
For the first time the reconstructed Globe Theatre will stage Shakespeare's most sumptuous and spectacular plays - Henry VIII on 15 May. Dominic Rowan will play the iconic Tudor King after his recent performance in the west-end production of The Misanthrope, and celebrated performance as Touchstone in the Globe's 2009 production of As You Like It.
THE LITTLE HUT by André Roussin and adapted by Nancy Mitford will play The Greenwich Theatre April 20-24, The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre April 26-May 1, the Theatre Royal May 4-May 8, and the Rose Theatre May 10-15.
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