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Q&A: EDINBURGH 2024: Remi Jacques on NOVA by Kat Mokrynski
- July 24, 2024 BWW caught up with Remi Jacques, Artistic Director and founder of Les Foutoukours, about bringing Nova to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Review: FANGIRLS, Lyric Hammersmith by Katie Kirkpatrick
- July 24, 2024 Australian smash hit Fangirls encapsulates everything it is to be a mega fan of something. A sequin-embellished crusade of obsession and desperation, Yve Blake’s musical stretches from euphoric highs to gutting lows, without ever losing its sense of fun.
Review: BBC PROMS: PROM 6 – VERDI'S REQUIEM, Royal Albert Hall by Debbie Gilpin
- July 24, 2024 “I believe in nothing.” Listening to Verdi’s Requiem would certainly suggest otherwise, its 85-minute journey from “Introit and Kyrie” and “Dies irae” - via “Offertory”, “Sanctus”, “Agnus Dei” and “Lux aeterna” - to “Libera me” explores a wealth of emotions, and is rooted in spirituality.
PHILIP QUAST: THE ROAD I TOOK Will Make UK Premiere at Crazy Coqs by BWW News Desk
- July 24, 2024 Philip Quast, a three-time Laurence Olivier Award winner, will star in the UK premiere of PHILIP QUAST: THE ROAD I TOOK, showcasing his illustrious career in musical theatre.
Review: BANGERS, Arcola Theatre by Matthew Paluch
- July 24, 2024 Bangers, written by Danusia Samal was first performed at the Soho Theatre in 2022, and in Edinburgh in 2023. It returns for a third stint at the Arcola Theatre and one can understand why.
Kerry Ellis Joins 101 DALMATIANS THE MUSICAL as 'Cruella de Vil' at Select Performances by BWW News Desk
- July 24, 2024 West End Musical Theatre star Kerry Ellis will play Cruella de Vil at the New Theatre Oxford 3- 7 December and Brighton Theatre Royal 17 December 2024 – 5 January 2025, concluding the current UK and Ireland tour of 101 Dalmatians The Musical.
MULATTO BOY Comes to Clapham's Omnibus Theatre in October by BWW News Desk
- July 23, 2024 Marking their theatrical debut, Mulatto Boy Productions has announced that Mulatto Boy will run at Clapham’s Omnibus Theatre from 15 October - 3 November.
Full Cast And Company Announced For LITTLE DEATHS At Summerhall by BWW News Desk
- July 22, 2024 Nuthatch and Scissor Kick will present the World Premiere of Little Deaths. The cast has been announced for this playful, deep tale interrogating the bond of youth, growing apart and the power of platonic love and friendship to hurt and heal, directed by Claire O'Reilly (Talking about the Fire, Royal Court Theatre 2023)
Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser to Star in Film Version of David Haig's PRESSURE by Josh Sharpe
- July 22, 2024 Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott are set to star in Pressure, an upcoming screen adaptation of David Haig's play Pressure. Fraser and Scott will play Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg in the D-Day drama, respectively, as they navigate the Normandy invasion of June 6, 1944. The movie is directed by Anthony Maras, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Haig.
Kids Go Free At THE WIZARD OF OZ This Summer at the Gillian Lynne Theatre by BWW News Desk
- July 22, 2024 A new Kids Go Free promotion has been launched for The Wizard of Oz this summer. The beloved musical, based on the iconic story by L. Frank Baum begins a strictly limited four-week summer season at the Gillian Lynne Theatre on Thursday 15 August following a record-breaking UK and Ireland tour.
Review: RED SPEEDO, Orange Tree Theatre by Aliya Al-Hassan
- July 22, 2024 The world of professional swimming has been dogged by stories of doping and Hnath's play seeks to explore the ethical aspects of this issue and how far someone will go to be a winner. So far, so intriguing, but Red Speedo feels unfinished and Hnath fails to either dig deep enough or offer any interesting commentary about these themes.