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Review: MACBETH, The Depot, Liverpool by Sarah OHara
- December 01, 2023 Adapted by Emily Burns, the production sees the story transported to modern day. Excellently designed and featuring an incredible cast who keep the story moving quickly from scene to scene, it is a unique and innovative interpretation of the play that keeps you engaged from start to finish.
Joanna Ampil and Maria Friedman Join MY FAVORITE THINGS: THE RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN 80th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT by BWW News Desk
- December 01, 2023 The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization has announced that recent R&H leading lady Joanna Ampil (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific) and four-time Olivier Award® winner Maria Friedman will additionally headline My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert.
BLUE MAN GROUP Will Return to the UK in 2024 by BWW News Desk
- December 01, 2023 Blue Man Group’s Bluevolution World Tour will be returning to the UK in 2024. The wildly popular global sensation will make its long-awaited return to London after 15 years away performing at the iconic Palladium Theatre from September 25 – 29 2024.
STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW Leads Our Top Ten Shows for December by Aliya Al-Hassan
- December 01, 2023 The West End says farewell to 2023 in style with some incredible theatre. We visit the world before it went upside down, go inside the government during the pandemic and get a London transfer of a time-travelling comedy.
Northern Ballet's ROMEO AND JULIET Will Tour UK in 2024 by Aliya Al-Hassan
- December 01, 2023 Northern Ballet will bring their award-winning Romeo & Juliet back to the stage in spring 2024 after an absence of over 16 years.
Photos: First Look At A SHERLOCK CAROL At Marylebone Theatre by BWW News Desk
- November 30, 2023 Ben Caplan and Kammy Darweish return as Sherlock Holmes and Ebenezer Scrooge in the sell-out production, ‘A Sherlock Carol’. See photos from the production!
Photos: First Look at EVITA at Leicester's Curve Theatre by BWW News Desk
- November 30, 2023 Leicester’s Curve theatre has shared all new production photos for its new Made at Curve production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, running 27 November 2023 to 13 January 2024. Check out the photos here!
Book Review: SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: A WINDOW ONTO HIS LIFE AND LEGACY by Richard Schoch by Cindy Marcolina
- November 30, 2023 Richard Schoch explores what daily life would have been like in the Shakespeare household and how the buildings that surrounded him have become hotspots. He describes how the unassuming residence on Henley Street was turned into a museum in the 19th century, long after the deaths of its original inhabitants, cementing the turn in the playwright’s popularity after the snub of the 1700s.
Cast Set For the UK Revival of FRANK'S CLOSET by BWW News Desk
- November 30, 2023 Frank’s Closet was the off-West End cult hit of 2009. Staged at Hoxton Hall, one of England’s last remaining Victorian music halls, it sold-out to packed houses and glowing reviews. Now it is to get its first London revival at the Union Theatre with additional new material by writer and composer Stuart Wood, directed by Sasha Regan.
Sharon Osbourne - CUT THE CRAP Adds Extra West End Dates by BWW News Desk
- November 30, 2023 MORE MRS O! 'Sharon Osbourne - CUT THE CRAP' adds extra West End dates due to overwhelming demand. Extra performances announced with live and uncensored interviews with surprise VIP guests from Sharon Osbourne's career. Fortune Theatre, West End, Sunday 28 January at 3pm & 6pm.
Photos: First Look at INFINITE LIFE at the National Theatre by BWW News Desk
- November 30, 2023 The National Theatre has released new production images for Infinite Life, a co-production with the National Theatre and Atlantic Theater Company. Check out the photos here!
Anthony Boyle Will Join The Cast of LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT; Plus Full Creative Team Revealed by BWW News Desk
- November 30, 2023 Olivier Award-winner and Tony Award-nominee Anthony Boyle (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) will join the cast of Long Day's Journey into Night, playing the role of Edmund Tyrone. He will be replacing Alex Lawther who has reluctantly withdrawn from the production due to a scheduling conflict.
Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY, Alexandra Palace by Mica Blackwell
- November 30, 2023 Taking your family to a production of Charles’ Dickens A Christmas Carol is almost as expected as taking them to your local pantomime with at least three major productions running this year alone. No stranger to reinterpreting classic works, Mark Gattis’ (Sherlock, Dracula, Dr Who) 2021 production returns to haunt the Alexandra Palace this festive season.
The National Lottery's BIG NIGHT OF MUSICALS Will Return in 2024 by BWW News Desk
- November 30, 2023 Returning for another showstopping year, theatre’s biggest West End and touring shows are coming together once again for a spectacular celebration as The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals returns on the 22nd January at the AO Arena, Manchester.
BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS Comes to Southwark Theatre Borough in January 2024 by BWW News Desk
- November 30, 2023 Following its short run at The Cockpit Theatre in June 2022, Grace Joy Howarth's searing journey into the lives of slaughterhouse workers heads to Southwark Playhouse Borough in early 2024. Blood On Your Hands is presented by up-and-coming activist theatre company Patch Plays in a production that runs from 17 January to 3 February.
Photos: First Look at Jared Harris in Young Vic's THE HOMECOMING by Aliya Al-Hassan
- November 30, 2023 Production images have been released for Harold Pinter’s powerful masterpiece The Homecoming starring Jared Harris, Joe Cole, Lisa Diveney, Robert Emms, David Angland and Nicolas Tennant. See the first look photos here.
THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA Returns to The West End For Summer 2024 by BWW News Desk
- November 30, 2023 The Olivier Award nominated stage production of The Tiger Who Came to Tea today announces its return to Theatre Royal Haymarket next summer, celebrating its 10th West End season.
Review: POTTED PANTO, Reading Rep by Jess Ashley
- November 30, 2023 Seven pantos performed in the space of 70 minutes – it seems impossible… right? Oh no it isn’t!