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Photos: Inside Rehearsal For MACBETH at Leeds Playhouse by BWW News Desk
- February 12, 2024 All new photos have been released from rehearsal for the major restaging of Macbeth, coming soon to Leeds Playhouse. Check out the photos here!
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Extends Booking in London to March 2025 by BWW News Desk
- February 12, 2024 The producers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child have announced a further booking extension through to 2 March 2025 for the original two-part multi award-winning production at London's Palace Theatre.
Photos: First Look at All New Photos From STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW by BWW News Desk
- February 12, 2024 All new production photos have been released for Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which opened at the Phoenix Theatre on 14 December 2023 and is currently booking until August 2024. Check out the photos here!
Review: JESSICA FOSTEKEW: METTLE, Soho Theatre by Kat Mokrynski
- February 12, 2024 'Jessica Fostekew: Mettle is a show in which Fostekew talks about her life through observational comedy. Whether it’s her son’s obsession with drill rapper Central Cee or her partner’s strange flirting techniques, Fostekew is looking at her life and sharing her thoughts with us - the good, the bad and the controversial.'
Review: THE FROGS, Kiln Theatre by Franco Milazzo
- February 12, 2024 Considering their recent losses, physical theatre giants Spymonkey would have been justified to adapt a Greek tragedy rather than a comedy. The death of Stephan Kreiss in 2021 and the departure of Petra Massey to Las Vegas now leaves only Toby Park and Aitor Bassauri remaining.
Cast Set For POWER OF SAIL at the Menier Chocolate Factory by BWW News Desk
- February 12, 2024 The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced casting the European première of Paul Grellong’s Power of Sail. Performances run 20 March – 12 May.
Review: SÃO PAULO DANCE COMPANY, Sadler's Wells by Matthew Paluch
- February 12, 2024 Considering the São Paulo Dance Company was founded in 2008, it’s taken them 16 years to perform in the UK! But the wait is over.
Review: HENRY MOSS: HENRY QUEEN OF SQUATS, Soho Theatre by Kat Mokrynski
- February 09, 2024 'Henry Moss: Henry Queen of Squats begins with the sounds of an orchestra warming up before the lights dim. From those first few seconds, you can tell that you’re in for a dramatic performance, and Moss certainly lives up to these expectations'
Review: LOVE'S A BEACH, Soho Theatre by Kat Mokrynski
- February 09, 2024 'Written by Katie Sayer and Will Johnston and directed by Phoebe Gibby, Love’s A Beach follows Ben [Iain Ferrier] and Cyrus [James Akka], the winners of a dating reality show, after their time on the screen as they settle into life together as a couple.'
Review: THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS, Rose Theatre by Niamh Jones
- February 09, 2024 Onjali Q. Raúf’s The Boy at the Back of the Class has become a widely read novel since its publication in 2018. The book, and recently adapted play, tells the story of refugee boy Ahmet arriving at a London primary school and having to integrate into the Year Five class. Adapted by Nick Ahad, the play is told from the perspective of a fellow classmate of Ahmet’s, Alexa, as she and her friends learn about refugees and the trails that they face.
Laurie Kynaston Joins the Cast of LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT by BWW News Desk
- February 09, 2024 Laurie Kynaston has joined Long Day's Journey Into Night in the role of Edmund Tyrone, replacing Anthony Boyle who has had to withdraw due to personal reasons. Learn more about the production!
Review: TWO ROUNDS, Jermyn Street Theatre by Cindy Marcolina
- February 09, 2024 Jermyn Street’s Footprints Festival continues with the UK debut of an Italian modern classic. Written by Cristina Comencini in 2006, Two Rounds is a melancholic exploration of female solitude and human anguish.
Review: SELF-RAISING, Soho Theatre by Kat Mokrynski
- February 09, 2024 'Self-Raising begins with a sack of flour. But it’s not just a sack of flour. The show begins with writer and performer, Jenny Sealey, telling us how it was originally meant to be an adaptation of Annie Fine’s Flour Babies, but quickly changed into Sealey telling her own life story. Just with a few more bags of flour.'
Review: HEXENHAMMER, Soho Theatre by Kat Mokrynski
- February 09, 2024 'Written by and starring Sidsel Rostrup and Suzy Kohane, Hexenhammer takes a look at the book of the same name, translated into English as “The Hammer of Witches,” the 15th-century guide to witch hunting. Rostrup and Kohane take on the roles of the authors of Hexenhammer, Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger, throwing on monk’s robes.'
Review: THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA, Harold Pinter Theatre by Aliya Al-Hassan
- February 09, 2024 Death comes to us all and the spectre of the end of life often brings families together who may not have met for years, even decades. Jez Butterworth’s bittersweet and bitingly funny new play, The Hills of California, draws both on this and how events are shaped by memory and by who remembers them.
Review: EMPOWER IN MOTION: A BALLET INCLUSIVE, Sadler's Wells by Matthew Paluch
- February 08, 2024 The entire evening was a poignant reminder of the power of dance. How it feels to do, and to watch, with all the work exuding expression, joy and freedom, which shouldn't be underestimated