UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 213

Next week will mark the launch of Wicked Writers: Be the Change, a writing competition devised by the National Literacy Trust and stage musical Wicked, to inspire the UK's school children to get creative and use their voices to change the world for the better.

Some can agree that the film took itself seriously to the point of unintentional hilarity, so director Jonathan O'Boyle and co-writers Roger Kumble, Lindsey Rosin and Jordan Ross do the next best thing in adapting it by shifting the tone into campy dark comedy.

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Dina Ibrahim's play is important and heartfelt, but never establishes a tight grip on the audience's emotions

Marjan Content Productions & Murphy's Law Productions have announced the cast of THE FINELLIS MUSICAL for its world premiere at Wonderville.

Directed by Anastasia Bunce, it’s knotty in parts and it partially loses its visual identity halfway through.

Go inside Cirque du Soleil's 40th-anniversary celebrations last night at London's Royal Albert Hall with the European Premiere of Alegría – In A New Light, a creative revival of its iconic 1994 production that will run until 3 March 2024.

IAN MCKELLEN, TOHEEB JIMOH & RICHARD COYLE star in Robert Icke's production of PLAYER KINGS, adapted from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2.

25 years on, Strut & Fret revive and update their backstage comedy to winning effect

Tickets from £15 for Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Peacock Theatre

Oliver Tompsett will be joining Eric McCormack in the new musical in concert Wild About You, which is making its Worldwide Premiere at Theatre Royal Drury Lane this spring with a stellar cast.

Rose Theatre and Children’s Theatre Partnership present the world premiere stage adaptation of the multi award-winning and best-selling children’s book The Boy at the Back of the Class, based on the novel by Onjali Q.

This year, the festival will shine the spotlight on eight new musicals from 30 January to 11 February workshopped and presented in ‘sharing' sessions in both The Other Palace Studio and The Turbine Theatre.

Winners have been announced for the 2023 BroadwayWorld UK / West End Awards! See who was selected audience favourite in UK / West End!

New production photos have been released for MACBETH starring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma.

West End LIVE has confirmed it will return to Trafalgar Square this summer.

The full cast has been revealed for Player Kings, adapted by Robert Icke from William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2.

The smash hit, sell-out stage show, Uncanny: I Know What I Saw with Danny Robins is back by unprecedented popular demand for another extensive leg of the UK tour.

Oedipus, a new adaptation created by Robert Icke after Sophocles, is set to have a West End run.

Get a first look at Till The Stars Come Down, which plays in the Dorfman Theatre from 24 January.

Get a first look at a new trailer for The National Theatre will release two new National Theatre Live's Dear England.

WOW Girls Festival concludes its UK tour with a special event at Buckingham Palace featuring Her Majesty The Queen.

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre announces the return of Evolution Festival in March 2024.

Check out new production photos of Les Miserables in the West End!

Led by the audience choosing the location, decade, and title of the play, two of the UK's most sought-after improvisers, Lola-Rose Maxwell (Starstruck, The Now Show) and Charlie Kemp (Man Down, Austentatious) perform The Improvised Play, a comedy show entirely made up on the spot.