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PROTEST SONG Comes to the Arcola Theatre Next Month by BWW News Desk
- November 17, 2023 First performed ten years ago, writer Tim Price (Nye, Teh Internet is Serious Business, The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning) Protest Song explores hope and the power structures we unwittingly create even among activists.
Black Friday Deals: Tickets from £35 for THE BOOK OF MORMON by Aliya Al-Hassan
- November 17, 2023 Black Friday Deals: Tickets from £35 for The Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon comes from South Park creators; Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and Avenue Q co-creator Robert Lopez.
Guy Masterson Returns to Wilton's Music Hall With ANIMAL FARM by BWW News Desk
- November 17, 2023 Due to reasons beyond his control, Guy Masterson will be reprising his globally acclaimed, West End tour de force for the first time since hanging up his trotters in 2013, after over 1000 physically demanding performances around the world over 18 years.
Giffords Circus Reveals Theme For its 2024 Tour AVALON by BWW News Desk
- November 17, 2023 AVALON is a show that will immerse the audience in a colourful medieval world of pageantry and Arthurian legend, with lavish costumes, an opulent set, and a live band all conjured up by award winning international acclaimed performance designer takis, whose innovative and diverse body of work encompasses West End and leading UK theatre.
INDESTRUCTIBLE Will Première at Omnibus Theatre in January by BWW News Desk
- November 17, 2023 Proteus has announced the full cast and creative team for Indestructible written and directed by the company's Artistic Director Mary Swan.
Laura Donnelly, Leanne Best, Ophelia Lovibond, and Helena Wilson Will Lead THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA by BWW News Desk
- November 17, 2023 Laura Donnelly (The Ferryman, The Nevers, Outlander), Leanne Best (Sweat, Ripper Street, Line of Duty), Ophelia Lovibond (Minx, W1A, The Effect) and Helena Wilson (Vogue World, Jack Absolute Flies Again, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern) lead the cast as the Webb family in Jez Butterworth's new play, The Hills of California.
Review: TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK), Kiln Theatre by Cindy Marcolina
- November 17, 2023 All in all, Two Strangers is a pleasant night out for the rom-com lovers: it romanticises The City That Never Sleeps and leaves the audience with a delightful ending that solves very little of the plot. It won’t change the world of musical theatre, but it’s nice and fuzzy. Like a good pair of comfy Christmas socks.
Review: PIONEERS, BALLET BLACK, Royal Opera House by Matthew Paluch
- November 17, 2023 Ballet Black return to the Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre with their double bill Pioneers. Then Or Now takes the poetry of American Feminist, Adrienne Rich and uses it as a foundation to discuss the current period of political and social change.
Shoreditch Town Hall Appoints Interim CEO by BWW News Desk
- November 16, 2023 Following Beth Byrne’s appointment as Creative Director of Warwick Arts Centre, Shoreditch Town Hall have announced Julie Flavell as her interim replacement as CEO.
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES Adaptation Comes to London in January by BWW News Desk
- November 16, 2023 Ockham’s Razor have announced the West End run of their bold new vision of Hardy’s classic novel, Tess of the D’Urbervilles. From Wednesday 31st January to Saturday 3rd February 2024, Tess will be performed at Sadler’s Wells’ Peacock Theatre.
Review: FEELING AFRAID AS IF SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN, Bush Theatre by Katie Kirkpatrick
- November 16, 2023 A solo show that knows what it’s doing, it’s no wonder Feeling Afraid went down so well at the Edinburgh Fringe. Dos Santos’ script takes us in and out of a stand-up set as The Comedian (Samuel Barnett) walks us through his dating mishaps, family relationships, career woes, and thoughts about death.
Review: LA CLIQUE, Leicester Square Spiegeltent by Franco Milazzo
- November 16, 2023 With a machine affixed to her head, the scarcely-clad Tara Boom looks out across the audience before throwing popcorn cartons and - after having the contraption connected up to the mains - a flurry of actual popcorn. Welcome to the crazy world of La Clique.
Rock Musical SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE POISON WOOD Premieres at the Watermill Theatre in 2024 by BWW News Desk
- November 16, 2023 The team at Newbury's The Watermill Theatre have announced that the first show of 2024 will be the world premiere the new rock musical Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood, co-produced with Metta Theatre, playing 2 February to 16 March.
Ian McKellen's Repeats History with Return to New Wimbledon Theatre in PLAYER KINGS by Aliya Al-Hassan
- November 16, 2023 Ian McKellen’s return to New Wimbledon Theatre in 2024 feels like déjà vu and, that’s because it is. The 1964 pre-West End run of A Scent of Flowers previewed at Wimbledon Theatre, prior to a memorable run at the Duke of York’s Theatre that same year. The exact same trajectory that Robert Icke’s Player Kings will do.