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Royal Academy Of Dance Launches New Leadership Training Programme by BWW News Desk
- December 11, 2023 On 7 December, leading dance education and training organisation Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) launched RAD Leadership Training, a initiative which uses the power and influence of movement to help corporate leaders take their leadership skills to the next level.
GWYNETH GOES SKIING Extends Run at the Pleasance Theatre by BWW News Desk
- December 11, 2023 Due to demand, Awkward Productions has announced extended dates for the sensationally silly Gwyneth Goes Skiing at London’s Pleasance Theatre.
Improv Group EXPATS Make Their UK Premiere in January by BWW News Desk
- December 11, 2023 US improv veterans Tim Meadows, Matt Walsh, Brad Morris and Joe Canale bring the UK and European premiere of EXPATS to Soho Theatre this January, for one week only.
Stevie Doc and Tobias Turley Win MAMMA MIA! I HAVE A DREAM by BWW News Desk
- December 11, 2023 After eight weeks of singing, dancing, and acting their way to a place in the final, Stevie Doc and Tobias Turley have tonight been crowned the winners of MAMMA MIA! I Have a Dream, securing them a money can't buy prize – the lead roles of Sophie and Sky in the West End production of MAMMA MIA!
Photos: First Look at THE HOUSE WITH CHICKEN LEGS, Coming to the Southbank Centre by Aliya Al-Hassan
- December 11, 2023 The Olivier-nominated theatre company Les Enfants Terribles and HOME Manchester will present the London premiere of their highly acclaimed co-production The House with Chicken Legs this Winter with a Christmas holiday run at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. The show opens next week on 13 December and runs until 30 December 2023. See the first photos here.
Review: GET HAPPY, Barbican Pit by Alexander Cohen
- December 11, 2023 It’s very much the time of year for seasonal silliness, and whilst run-of-the-mill pantomimes are a safe choice, they are also a predictable one. Theatre company Told by an Idiot’s Get Happy is anything but that.
Review: ELF IN CONCERT, Royal Albert Hall by Cindy Marcolina
- December 10, 2023 The Hall knew what they were doing when choosing their festive programming. All decked out with shiny trees and classy wreaths, it welcomed young and old in their most cheery gear. The sparkliest, reddest crowd with the most interesting and creative jumpers were eager to watch their favourite elf.
Review: JAMIE CULLUM - THE PIANOMAN AT CHRISTMAS, Royal Albert Hall by Debbie Gilpin
- December 09, 2023 It’s probably safe to assume that, for many people, December 2023 so far has not been “the most wonderful time of the year”; whether it’s miserable weather, unreliable train infrastructure, or any of the myriad other problems facing the world, the lead-up to this year’s Christmas festivities has not exactly been vintage. For one magical evening, however, Jamie Cullum managed to sweep that all aside and deliver a festive concert stuffed with pure joy.
PADDINGTON IN CONCERT Will Embark on Tour Next Year by BWW News Desk
- December 08, 2023 Next year, audiences across the UK can enjoy watching the award-winning 2014 film, Paddington in Concert on a giant HD screen, accompanied by The London Concert Orchestra playing Nick Urata's calypso-infused score live.
Review: GOSPEL MESSIAH, Royal Albert Hall by Franco Milazzo
- December 08, 2023 Thirty years after American conductor Marin Alsop created a radical interpretation of the Handel masterwork in her homeland, she brings her Gospel Messiah to the Royal Albert Hall for its European debut.
Photos: First Look at CHRISTMAS ACTUALLY at the Royal Festival Hall by BWW News Desk
- December 08, 2023 Production photos have been released for Christmas Actually a brand-new festive show curated by Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Blackadder) and directed by Daniel Raggett (Accidental Death of an Anarchist, West End; ANNA X, West End) at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.
Review: TALKING ABOUT THE FIRE, Royal Court Theatre by Katie Kirkpatrick
- December 08, 2023 There are nine countries in the world with nuclear weapons. And at any second, any one of them could press a button that would put an immediate and catastrophic end to life as we know it. Armed with just a laptop, a projector, a kettle, and some biscuits, Fringe veteran Chris Thorpe faces this reality head-on, and takes us along for the ride.
Video: Watch a Sneak Peek From the Final of MAMMA MIA! I HAVE A DREAM! by Aliya Al-Hassan
- December 08, 2023 Ahead of the live final on Sunday 10 December, a sneak peek of a pre-recorded performance MAMMA MIA! I Have a Dream, has been released. The video includes the four finalists, Esme, Stevie, Tobias and Owen, singing a medley of MAMMA MIA! hits.
Review: MAT EWINS: MR TIKTOK*, Soho Theatre by Kat Mokrynski
- December 08, 2023 Mat Ewins: Mr. TikTok* is a fun hour of comedy that packs as many jokes as it possibly can into its running time, using a brilliant combination of technology, pranks, and a brilliant tech partner. Not including the strange ending, it may have been one of my favourite comedy shows of the year.
THE COMPANY OF WOLVES and More Come to the New Vic Theatre in 2024 by BWW News Desk
- December 08, 2023 The New Vic Theatre has added three new plays to its 2024 programme including The Company of Wolves, The Haunting, and One Man, Two Guvnors.. The new plays join the previously announced productions A Leap In The Dark by Ron Hutchinson and Ladies Down Under by Amanda Whittington.
Review: DICK WHITTINGTON, The Arts Centre Hounslow by Kat Mokrynski
- December 08, 2023 As someone who moved to the UK last year, I’m still getting used to the tradition of pantomimes but have fallen in love with their boundless energy and cheesy jokes. Recently, I attended a 10:30 AM performance of Dick Whittington at the Arts Centre Hounslow, where I was one of two adults who was not there as part of a giant school group.