UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 147

Casting announced for the new musical adaptation of Tom Fletcher's best-selling book THE CREAKERS.

Vinnie Jones will make his stage acting debut as Danny Driscoll in Only Fools and Horses The Musical.

The Jamie Lloyd Company has announced the full cast for William Shakespeare's The Tempest at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

West End Charity Football Club has announced that more than £4,000 was raised at The Big West End Walk, in aid of Acting for Others.

Save up to 36% on tickets to Fawlty Towers - The Play at the Apollo Theatre.

Tickets will be available from £25 for Back To The Future at the Gielgud Theatre.

War Horse held its press performances for the UK & Ireland tour at The Lowry, in Salford yesterday.

Rob Drummond’s new play, Pins and Needles, will premiere in Amit Sharma’s inaugural season at the Kiln Theatre on Wednesday 25 September.

Watch Marisha Wallace perform an original song by Eamonn O'Dwyer for Suzanne Heathcote's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go.

In an interview with Broadway Direct, Jack O'Brien says that Shucked will come to the Regents Park Open Air Theatre in Summer 2025.

“I love you like Mary Shelley loved her monster.

Whatever you do, don’t ignore the signs.

“Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside…” Anne Odeke’s play about the first woman of colour to enter a beauty pageant in the UK is a celebration of a bit of Essex’s history that has previously flown under the radar, as well as an interrogation of the effect of empire and patriarchy on the

Immersive theatre comes in all shapes and sizes.

An all new video has been released of Carrie Hope Fletcher singing 'Home' from Beetlejuice the Musical) from her forthcoming LOVE LETTERS tour.

A country road.

On the press night for My English Persian Kitchen, the smell of chopped onion, mint, and garlic wafts down the stairs of Soho Theatre.

Obsessive behaviour takes many forms, from philatelists hunting down rare stamps, ambitious chefs refining gastronomic dishes and online gamers playing through the night to reach the next level.

It has been announced that Jenny Sealey OBE, Artistic Director of Graeae, is the 2024 recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre Award.

Here You Come Again - which is currently spreading joy across the country on a UK tour – will play a limited festive season at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith where the show will run from Tuesday 10th December to Saturday 18th January.

CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT, a magical evening of beloved festive songs performed by candlelight, is coming to the Adelphi Theatre for one night only on Tuesday 17 December 2024.

Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne’s dance version of Tim Burton’s classic, has been filmed for the big screen and will be released in cinemas across the UK and internationally for the first time from Wednesday 25th September 2024.

As we head into the final rehearsal week of our new production The Mystery of Little Angel Theatre, I find myself reflecting on how much I’m enjoying the thrill and challenge of devising a new show, how much I love the collaborative process of theatre making.

Based on the book by Julia Donaldson with illustrations by Axel Scheffler, this Christmas Stick Man will play at it's new home in the Bloomsbury Theatre from 4 December to 5 January with a press performance on Thursday 5 December at 1pm.

Following a successful stint at the Underbelly at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe and with a run of positive reviews in its tracks, the musical comedy of the Hollywood court case that had the internet gripped in 2023 has come to the West End, with an official trailer now released.