(01/21/2020) - Part of Inside Out, a year exploring the relationship between our inner lives and creativity, Viviana Durante Company brings the world premiere of Isadora Now to the Barbican Theatre in February 2020. An evening of performance paying tribute to the American dancer Isadora Duncan, a timeless feminist icon who made work that enabled women to express themselves physically on their own terms.
(01/17/2020) - Rehearsal photos have been released for The Barn Theatre's upcoming Built By Barn production of Oscar Wilde's cherished comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Bryan Hodgson (Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens, Salad Days).
(01/16/2020) - Bridewell Theatre presents For the Sake of Argument. For the Sake of Argument follows the story of Eleanor Hickock, a passionate and argumentative polemical journalist who becomes the Iraq War's chief evangelist. This hard-hitting production interrogates the power and danger of language, as one journalist's words send a young man to enlist for the frontline.
(01/16/2020) - Pilot Theatre have released rehearsal images for the premiere of Emteaz Hussain's new adaptation of Alex Wheatle's award-winning novel Crongton Knights.
(01/15/2020) - Unbroken Theatre in association with The Pleasance and Yellow Earth Theatre present the world première of Fix written by Julie Tsang. The British East Asian cast, directed by Jen Tan, is Mikey Anthony-Howe (Kevin) and Tina Chiang (Li Na). The production opens on Thursday 16 January, with previews from 14 January and runs until 1 February.
(01/15/2020) - Queen's Theatre Hornchurch will open its Spring 2020 season with a revival of Shakespeare's bloodiest thriller, Macbeth. The revival continues the Theatre's tradition of quality, classic drama and will be directed by Douglas Rintoul, following his acclaimed productions of Much Ado About Nothing and UK tour of The Crucible. Most recently, Douglas has directed this Summer's highlight musical adaptation of As You Like It; a European premiere in partnership with the National Theatre. This co-production with Derby Theatre follows successful collaborations on Abigail's Party, Abi and One Man, Two Guvnors.
(01/14/2020) - Get a first look at American TV regular and Broadway veteran Jason Kravits on his return to London's The Crazy Coqs for a star-studded, week-long residency, of his critically acclaimed, jaw-dropping, completely improvised solo evening of music and comedy, 'Off The Top.' Ruth Bratt of Showstopper The Improvised Musical was his first guest star.
(01/14/2020) - Cirque du Soleil return to London's Royal Albert Hall in 2020, bringing their dazzling luminous spectacle, LUZIA to Europe for the first time.
(01/13/2020) - Frantic Assembly have today released rehearsal images for I Think We Are Alone a major new play by Sally Abbott (The Coroner, Vera), co-directed by Kathy Burke (Lady Windermere's Fan, The Retreat) and Scott Graham (Fatherland, Things I Know to be True).
(01/09/2020) - The King's Head Theatre, Making Productions, RGM Productions and Suzanne Jones in association with DeVere Productions present the return of Kevin Elyot's Coming Clean to Trafalgar Studios 2.
(01/09/2020) - With her two self-penned plays, Rosalind Blessed returns to the stage with a family affair as she performs alongside her mother, Hildegard Neil, with her father, Brian Blessed, as executive producer. Shedding light on what we often keep hidden from the world, The Delights of Dogs and the Problems of People and Lullabies for the Lost will be performed in rep throughout January at the Old Red Lion Theatre.
(01/07/2020) - Drew Cain and Simon Roberts play David / Alec and Tom / Patrick respectively in The Original Theatre Company's new thriller, The Croft by Ali Milles. They join the previously announced Gwen Taylor as Enid, Caroline Harker as Suzanne / Ruth and Lucy Doyle as Laura / Eilene. The UK tour begins at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham on 22 January 2020.
(01/06/2020) - LEXICON is a world of magic, light and laughter inhabited by quiet misfits and furious poetry. Be entertained by moments of wild abandon, as the company take to the air riding flying desks or juggle flaming torches. Be awed by moments of physical poetry with expressive aerial acrobatics involving ropes, trapeze and more.
(12/20/2019) - Get a first look at Mischief Theatre's upcoming comedy production Magic Goes Wrong at the Vaudeville Theatre, which opens on 8 January 2020. This is a production created with Vegas entertainment legends Penn & Teller and is part of Mischief Theatre's residency at the Vaudeville Theatre.
(12/20/2019) - Dazzling new production images released for the international smash hit production of Circus 1903 now at Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre. The perfect Christmas treat over the festive season, Circus 1903 will run at Royal Festival Hall until 5 January.
(12/19/2019) - Pirate of the high seas Captain Flinn and his friends met Giles Andreae, their creator and award-winning children's author, as well as the inspiration for the books on which the show is based, Flinn Andreae (now 22)!
(12/19/2019) - The producers of Godalming's first professional family pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk which plays The Borough Hall until 24 December, have released production shots of the seasonal show, along with a brand new trailer.
(12/19/2019) - Arthur Pita's 'The Little Match Girl' returns to Sadler's Wells Lilian Baylis Studio from 11 - 29 December 2019, 'The Little Match Girl' is based on the Hans Christian Andersen story and involves a poor little match girl who is cast aside by her cruel neighbours on Christmas Eve. It is performed in Italian, incorporates ballet and opera and even a ghostly journey to the moon. It could have been obscure but instead is funny, emotive and effortlessly moving.
(12/19/2019) - Young patients at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children enjoyed some special festive cheer this week, thanks to a visit from the cast of The Bristol Hippodrome's 2019 pantomime Dick Whittington and Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children's Hospital Charity.
(12/18/2019) - The cast of the hit new musical Unfortunate took a break from performances at Birmingham Hippodrome's Patrick Studio and went 'under the sea' with a shark dive at the Bear Grylls Adventure.
(12/17/2019) - Join Theatr Clywd this Christmas for an enchanting new adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It's Christmas Eve and Ebenezer Scrooge is miserable and unhappy, can you help him find his Christmas spirit?
(12/16/2019) - Theatre Lab presents Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Everyone in this story had great expectations: betterment, revenge, love, fortune, redemption, freedom. It all started with a beautiful young bride, in love, on her wedding day, many years before. The wedding never happened. The clocks stopped at twenty to nine on that ill fated day at Satis House, and she has a story to tell.
(12/16/2019) - Curtains is a musical mystery comedy with a book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, with additional lyrics by Kander and Holmes.
(12/13/2019) - As part of Camden People's Theatre's alternative Christmas offering, She Goat present their zany live radio gig-theatre show The Undefinable, exploring unconventional relationships and celebrating the unusual and underrepresented qualities of love.
(12/13/2019) - Several special guests joined FROG, DOG and CAT at the West End premiere of Oi Frog & Friends! this week at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, with Matt Henry, Hannah Waddingham, MC Grammar and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, as well as author Kes Gray and illustrator Jim Field, amongst those attending the brand new family show.
(12/12/2019) - Rose Theatre Kingston presents the Hans Christian Andersen classic The Snow Queen written by Ciaran McConville, who returns to the theatre following last year's successful adaptation of Hansel & Gretel. McConville directs a cast of local young actors from Rose Youth Theatre led by a team of professional actors including Helena Blackman (The Snow Queen), Roger May (Dad/Father Christmas), Davina Moon (Freya), Parisa Shahmir (Gerda) and Jack Wolfe (Kai). The production opens on 13 December 2019, with previews from 6 December, and runs until 5 January 2020.
(12/12/2019) - Casting has been confirmed for Charlotte Jones' (Humble Boy – National Theatre) hilarious and heartfelt comedy, Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis at Park Theatre. Winner of the 1998 Pearson Best Play Award, this marks the play's twenty-first anniversary and first ever London run. The production stars Sioned Jones, Charlie Bence, Kellie Batchelor, Andrew P Stephen, Matt Lim and Jessica Forrest. It is directed by Robert Wolstenholme, with a national press night on Friday 13th December at 7pm.
(12/12/2019) - Guys and Dolls stars Natalie Casey (Miss Adelaide), Darragh Cowley (Lt Brannigan), Dafydd Emyr (Big Jule), Jacob Fisher (Harry the Horse), Adrian Hansel (Benny Southstreet), Dawn Hope (General Cartwright), Kadiff Kirwan (Sky Masterson), TJ Lloyd (Nicely-Nicely Johnson), Matthew Malthouse (Rusty Charlie), Martin Marquez (Nathan Detroit), Ross McLaren (Angie the Ox), Garry Robson (Arvide Abernathy), and Alex Young (Sarah Brown) with Shaquille Brush (Havana Boy), Frances Camier (Havana Girl), Charlotte Coggin, Adam Denman, Emily Dunn, Tash Holway, Samantha Hull, Kate Playdon and Anthony Starr.
(12/12/2019) - Cinderella – a truly innovative new family pantomime from Imagine Theatre and Fairfield Halls, plays in the world-class 1,802 seat Phoenix Concert Hall from Tuesday 10 December 2019 to Sunday 5 January 2020, with a press night on Thursday 12 December.
(12/11/2019) - The Steamie is a Scottish theatre classic; an ode to the hard-working women of the 1950's and to a bygone Glasgow. The young Doreen envisions a new future, while Mrs Culfeathers looks back to the past - the play is a snapshot of a society, of a time and a cross section of strong women, all rolled up in Roper's hilarious comedy.
(12/10/2019) - Qdos Entertainment today (10 December 2019) releases production images for the 2019 London Palladium Pantomime Goldilocks and the Three Bears which runs at the iconic London venue until Sunday 12 January 2020.
(12/10/2019) - The National Youth Theatre (NYT) has released production images for its West End production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Matt Harrison working in association with Kneehigh and abridged by Kate Kennedy, which runs at the Criterion Theatre until 17 January 2020, with its official press matinee taking place on 10 December, marking the final production in the 2019 NYT REP Season.
(12/09/2019) - Following the critically acclaimed success of HOTTER, Hotter Project and Ellie Keel Productions announce the world première of FITTER opening at Soho Theatre on 9 December, with previews from 3 December, running until 4 January 2020.
