Interview: 'It's So Rewarding': Actor Zizi Strallen on Taking on The Role of Glinda in WICKED
Recently, we had the chance to chat with Zizi about taking on the role of Glinda the Good Witch. We discussed what it has been like to join the legacy of the show, some of the challenges of playing Glinda and even her favourite moment from the show!...
Interview: 'It's Going To Be Hugely Exciting!': Co-Executive Director Sam Hansford on the Opening of Soho Theatre Walthamstow
After over a decade of planning and construction, Soho Theatre Walthamstow is officially opening on Friday 2 May. Before the doors open to the public, we had the chance to speak with Sam Hansford, one of the Co-Executive Directors of Soho Theatre Walthamstow. We discussed his journey with Soho Theat...
Interview: Actor Kevin McHale on Making His UK Theatre Debut in THE FROGS
Recently, we had the chance to chat with Kevin McHale, who is making his UK stage debut in The Frogs as Xanthias. We discussed what it’s like to be making his UK debut at Southwark Playhouse, what it’s like performing for the stage versus the screen and his favourite Sondheim song!...
INTERVIEW: 'I'm a Complete Perfectionist': Rowan Armitt-Brewster on Slapstick, Mime and Puppets in His First Play A BRIEF CASE OF CRAZY at Riverside Studios
Rowan Armitt-Brewster is an actor, writer, director and producer from North Wales, with a passion for physical comedy. Rowan’s work incorporates mime, clowning, physical comedy and object manipulation, telling simple stories with extreme precision and skill. A Brief Case of Crazy is Rowan’s writ...
Interview: 'I Feel Stupidly Lucky to Be Back Here': Eleanor Worthington-Cox on Playing Hero in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Director Michael Longhurst is bringing a new production of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, this time placing the work in the world of football. The production stars Freema Agyeman as Beatrice and Nick Blood as Benedick, two old ...
Interview: 'Let's Go!': Director Scott Maidment on Circus, Cabaret and Comedy in SABRAGE
For fans of cabaret spectaculars Limbo and Cantina, Sabrage from Scott Maidment's Strut and Fret company is a welcome return to UK shores. Many who missed those shows are now discovering his fiery adult flavour of big top action that immerses the audience in sexy circus antics and jaw-dropping va...
Interview: 'I Love Feeding Off an Audience': Actor Zoe Birkett on Ambition, Fight Scenes and Balancing Motherhood With TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL
Recently, we had the chance to speak with Zoe Birkett, who is currently playing the role of Tina along with Karis Anderson.We discussed what it has been like for Birkett to play the iconic rockstar, how she balances the show and her own life and even what it’s like to perform on stage versus in a ...
Interview: 'OPERATION MINCEMEAT is a Team Sport': Actor Madeleine Jackson-Smith on Joining the Cast
Recently, we had the chance to chat with Madeleine Jackson-Smith, who plays Jean Leslie & Others in the current cast of Operation Mincemeat. We discussed how she first got into theatre, what it has been like joining the show and even her recent debut as Ewen Montagu!...
Interview: 'There is So Much of Her Inside Me!': Actor Emma Flynn on The Life-Changing Role of Cher in CLUELESS THE MUSICAL
Recently, we had the chance to chat with Emma about taking on the iconic role of Cher. We discussed her journey with Clueless the Musical, what she thinks has made the original film so popular and even how her own name is connected to the role...
Interview: ‘I've Never Been Into Football!’: Actor Ryan Whittle on Returning to DEAR ENGLAND
Recently, we had the chance to talk with Ryan Whittle, who is playing the role of Harry Kane after playing Eric Dier in the last two runs of Dear England. We discussed his journey to the stage, what it’s like returning to the world of football for the third time and how his university degree relat...
Interview: From Kansas Sunflower Patch to Speakeasy Queen: Eddy Hackett on Belle Livingstone, the Inspiration for The Lost Estate's 58TH STREET
We speak to Eddy Hackett of immersive theatre specialists The Lost Estate about the jazz-infused 58th Street and its inspiration Belle Livingstone....
Interview: 'It's Just Camp At Its Highest Form!': Actor Mason Alexander Park on MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Recently, we had the chance to speak with Park about their experiences over the past few months in the two plays. We discussed what it has been like working in London for the first time, working on two shows at once and even why they think Shakespeare is still popular, centuries after his death....
Interview: 'British Theatre Has a Huge Problem With Tokenism': Playwright Naomi Westerman on Queer Joy, Anthropology and Her Play PUPPY
Naomi Westerman's play Puppy is coming to the King's Head Theatre in April. Billed as an outrageous, sex-positive, female-centric comedy about dogging, queerness, feminist porn, protest, the patriarchy, and Nick Clegg....
Interview: 'I'm Not a Horror Fan': Actor James Daly on Injuries, Superstitions and Bringing DRACULA, A COMEDY OF TERRORS to London
After a run off-Broadway at New World Stages, Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors is flying into the West End, landing at the Menier Chocolate Factory in March. The show is a ninety-minute comedic adaptation of the Bram Stoker classic, which follows the story of the vampire Dracula. Expect lots of multi-ro...
Interview: 'It's a Brilliant Ride As a Play': ETT's Artistic Director Richard Twyman on MACBETH
Following a successful tour in 2023/2024, the English Touring Theatre Company’s production of Macbeth is transferring to the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre from 5 March 2025....
Interview: 'I Feel Like I'm Blazing a Trail': Performer Marisha Wallace on Her Amazing Career and Upcoming Solo Concert In London
Marisha Wallace will be bringing her “biggest ever headline show” to the Adelphi Theatre for one-night only on 11 March. Recently, we had the chance to chat with Marisha Wallace about her upcoming concert. We discussed her journey from the States to the UK, her return to the Adelphi Theatre afte...
Interview: 'Everyone Is Aware of Bringing Chekov Into a Shakespeare Building": Actor Shannon Tarbet On THREE SISTERS at The Globe
With a starry The Seagull opening soon at The Barbican, the peerless playwright is in vogue right now, his unstable worlds of uneasy transition chiming with the nervous times. On the banks of the Thames, the third of the fab four tragedies, Three Sisters, (or should that be comedies?) is receiving r...
Interview: 'There's Something About Northern Audiences': Actor Wendi Peters on GLORIOUS! at The Hope Mill Theatre
Glorious!, the musical about Florence Foster Jenkins, who is referred to by some as “the worst singer in the world,” is arriving at the Hope Mill Theatre later this month. Witten by Peter Quilter and directed by Kirk Jameson, the show aims to tell the true story of the American socialite, played...
Interview: 'It's Irritating To Be Suddenly Old and Wise': Actor Elliot Levey on Playing Polonius in HAMLET
A new production of Hamlet is arriving at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Directed by Rupert Goold and starring Luke Thallon in the titular role, the play, which is being described as “high concept,” promises to bring a new take to the iconic story. Recently, we had the chance to speak with Ellio...
Interview: 'It's Been a Dream Project to Figure Out': Actor Stephen Kunken on KYOTO
After a run at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon, Kyoto has arrived at @sohoplace on the West End. The play, written by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson and directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, brings audiences into the world of the Kyoto Conference Centre on 11 December 1997, where nations are st...
Interview: 'We're Throwing Everything At It': Kerry Ellis on IF/THEN in Concert at the Savoy Theatre
After premiering on Broadway over a decade ago in 2014, IF/THEN will be arriving on the West End as a two-night-only concert production at the Savoy Theatre. The musical stars Kerry Ellis as Elizabeth, a 38-year-old woman whose life splits into two paths after making a choice. The concert’s cast a...
Interview: 'We Made an Album By Mistake': Hadley Fraser Talks Latest Studio Recording THINGS THAT COME AND GO
As the release of his third studio recording, 'Things that Come and Go' approaches, we sat down with Hadley Fraser to discuss music, his influences, what he listens to, and what music means to him....
Interview: 'She's Her Own Worst Enemy': Actor Janet Moran on Returning to the Role of Mairead in Eugene O’Brien's HEAVEN
BroadwayWorld spoke to Janet Moran, who plays Mairead, about bringing Eugene O’Brien's play to London for the first time and what the show means to her....
Interview: “It’s An Extraordinary Experience”: Conductor Ben Woodward on Buying Regents Opera and Completing Wagner’s RING CYCLE
An intrepid British fringe opera company and its dauntless conductor-arranger have taken on a bold project that has defeated any number of high-profile companies. ...
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