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Photos: The Duke Of Edinburgh Attends Performances By The Cast Of & JULIET and National Youth Theatre by BWW News Desk
- June 06, 2024 The Duke of Edinburgh, National Youth Theatre’s Royal Patron, visited the charity’s Creative Production House in north London this week to meet young people and creative professionals in the early stages of their careers to hear how they have benefited from NYT support. See photos from their visit.
Royal Court Cancels Performances on Election Day to Encourage Voting by Joshua Wright
- June 06, 2024 The Royal Court Theatre has announced the cancellation of all performances scheduled for Thursday, July 4th, to enable and encourage their cast, companies, staff, and audiences to participate in the upcoming General Election.
Brighton Fringe Review: YES ANDERSON: TALES FROM THE TENT, Bleach by Kat Mokrynski
- June 06, 2024 Yes Anderson: Tales From the Tent, performed by the improv group Tiny Dynamite, is a show in which audiencces are invited into the world of the films of Wes Anderson, with the performers creating “an anthology of linked character portraits and story fragments” based on audience suggestions.
Brighton Fringe Review: A CIRCUS SIZED GAME SHOW, The Vault @ Fool's Paradise by Kat Mokrynski
- June 06, 2024 'A Circus Sized Game Show is exactly what it says it is - a giant game show. But, there’s a twist - the audience members are the ones determining how it will go! We are introduced to Morgan James, who is going to be performing his one-man circus - with a little help from us!'
Review: DAVE BIBBY: BABY DINOSAUR, The Caxton Arms by Kat Mokrynski
- June 06, 2024 Dave Bibby: Baby Dinosaur starts with a simple concept - Dave Bibby is going to do a one-man show of the film Jurassic Park, putting on a mini movie for audience members. But, even when planning for a show, life finds a way, and Bibby finds himself unable to write the show due to the birth of his son, Leo.
THE GRUFFALO Will Return to the West End This Summer by BWW News Desk
- June 06, 2024 Celebrating 25 years in 2024 since The Gruffalo was first published, Tall Stories will bring their magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book, The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, back to the West End this summer!
Review: GODZ, The Vault @ Fool's Paradise by Kat Mokrynski
- June 05, 2024 Judging from the content warnings alone, you can tell that you are in for a show with GODZ - audience interaction, strong language, nudity, haze/smoke effects, depictions and references to violence . . . The list goes on!
Brighton Fringe Review: JOHN HINTON: WELL WELL WELL . . ., Komeida Studio by Kat Mokrynski
- June 05, 2024 John Hinton: Well Well Well . . . is a musical show that has Hinton using songs and the story of his own life to explore the science behind cancer, as he was recently diagnosed with diffuse large B cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Review: CHRISTOPHER MACARTHUR-BOYD: SCARY TIMES, Soho Theatre by Kat Mokrynski
- June 05, 2024 Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Scary Times begins with Macarthur-Boyd telling us about a terrible gig he had recently, a charity gig in Glasgow for Freedom from Torture. For some, this might be a shocking way to begin a comedy show. But, as Macarthur-Boyd himself admits, we’re in London - it takes a lot to shock a person here.
Demi Moore's Dog Pilaf Was 'Moved' by Tom Holland's Performance in ROMEO AND JULIET by Josh Sharpe
- June 05, 2024 According to reports Demi Moore's chihuahua Pilaf loves attending plays as much as the rest of us. 'She recently saw Tom Holland in Romeo And Juliet in London. She was quite moved. She thought the performance was extraordinary, as it was.'
Review: TOM LAWRINSON: HUBBA HUBBA, Soho Theatre by Kat Mokrynski
- June 05, 2024 Tom Lawrinson: Hubba Hubba begins with Lawrinson emerging from behind the curtains, acting shy towards the audience and hiding his face behind his jacket. This act is quickly dropped, however, and it is revealed that Lawrinson is anything but shy
Review: SARASOTA BALLET - PROGRAMME 1, Royal Opera House by Matthew Paluch
- June 05, 2024 'wit, charm and elegance' are the words used to describe the work of Royal Ballet founding choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton (1904-1988). English ballet, or rather style wouldn't exist without him, so The Frederick Ashton Foundation have understandably instigated the Ashton Worldwide (2024-2028) international festival to celebrate the man, his work, and the impact it continues to have on the ballet world.
Review: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, Theatre Royal Haymarket by Louise Penn
- June 05, 2024 The first major revival of Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge in a decade plays on the downfall of the 'Everyman'. Eddie Carbone is a hard-worker, popular, a man's man. But something deep and dangerous is gnawing at his heart.
Review: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, Opera Holland Park by Franco Milazzo
- June 05, 2024 Even if the press night weather for this open air production suggested otherwise, this latest take on The Barber Of Seville is the perfect summer opera with its fluffy blend of humour and romance and some of the art form’s best known arias.
Review: HOUDINI'S GREATEST ESCAPE, King's Head Theatre by Gary Naylor
- June 05, 2024 New comedies are hard to get right and often land in a highly subjective space, but this one has to be called out as a bit of a dud
Further Cast Set for the UK Premiere of A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN by BWW News Desk
- June 05, 2024 Kalisha Amaris, Georgia Bradshaw Choolwe Laina Muntanga and Danielle Steers as 'The Joplinaires' in the Tony Award® nominated hit musical A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN.