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Photos: Inside Rehearsal For THE THIRD MAN at the Menier by BWW News Desk
- June 02, 2023 All new rehearsal photos have been released for world premiere of the new musical of The Third Man, which opens later this month at the Menier.
SingEasy Brings the Party to Theatreland by Cindy Marcolina
- June 02, 2023 Once upon a time, in the heart of the West End, a small secret room where you could hear the people sing hid underneath a staircase. Singing waiters and belting bartenders serenade patrons at SingEasy, located somewhere inside The Piano Works.
Photos: First Look at PATRIOTS at the Noel Coward Theatre by BWW News Desk
- June 02, 2023 All new photos have been released for Patriots at the Noel Coward Theatre, Peter Morgan’s new play, which won the Critics’ Circle Award for Best New Play 2023.
Review: NOTFLIX THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL, Luna Park, Caravanserai, Brighton Fringe by Caroline Cronin
- June 02, 2023 Touting themselves as 'The Spice Girls of improv', the team behind Notflix the Improvised Musical certainly knew how to inject some zig-a-zig-ah into the Brighton Fringe as they took the stage in Luna Park at the Caravanserai site this week.
Review: I FOUND MY HORN, Riverside Studios by Cheryl Markosky
- June 01, 2023 In a new revival of I Found My Horn at west London’s Riverside Studios – co-written by Jonathan Guy Lewis and Jasper Rees, both lapsed horn players – the audience is provided with ample reasons to think about taking up that violin, double bass or even fiendishly tricky French horn again.
Interview: 'I Am Never Far From the Stage': Dialect and Vocal Coach Esi Acquaah-Harrison Gives an Insight Into Her Fascinating Job by Aliya Al-Hassan
- June 01, 2023 Esi Acquaah-Harrison is a dialect and vocal coach who has worked on Sex Education Netflix, Cirque du Soleil's Totem and is a former member of UK's London Community Gospel Choir.
BroadwayWorld caught up with Esi to chat about the rewards and challenges of her work, her stellar career and her course, Singing for Beginners, at London's Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Sir Cameron Mackintosh Awarded Freedom of the City of London by Aliya Al-Hassan
- June 01, 2023 The world’s most prolific producer of musicals in theatre history has received the Freedom of the City of London at Guildhall today (June 1), in recognition of his outstanding contribution to musical theatre.
Indhu Rubasingham Steps Down As Artistic Director Of Kiln Theatre by BWW News Desk
- June 01, 2023 Kiln Theatre has announced that Indhu Rubasingham will step down as Artistic Director of the company, leaving early 2024, having led the company for over a decade.
Two Extra Performances Added to The West End Run of ROSE, Starring Maureen Lipman by BWW News Desk
- June 01, 2023 The award-winning, critically acclaimed 5-star production of Martin Sherman's ROSE will extend at the Ambassadors Theatre, due to phenomenal demand. Two extra matinees are now on sale, with tickets available for Saturday 10 and Saturday 17 June at 2.30pm.
Review: RE-MEMBER ME, Hampstead Theatre by Franco Milazzo
- June 01, 2023 Athletes have the Olympics. Chefs have Michelin stars. Actors have Hamlet. Citius, altius, fortius, Danish. In his one-man show Re-member Me (co-devised and directed by Jan Willem Van Den Bosch), Dickie Beau ponders death, mortality and legacy but not in a morbid way; it’s less a shoegazing mope and mumble about whether “to be or not to be”, more a defiant exploration of what it is “to be and not to be”.
Landmark Theatres Limited Launches A New Organisation Born Out Of Selladoor Venues by BWW News Desk
- June 01, 2023 Landmark has joined the Arts Council National Portfolio as a major new curating and creating theatre organisation working initially in North Devon and Peterborough. The new organisation has been brought into being through an innovative partnership led by Paul Jepson and David Hutchinson.
Cast Revealed For Schools' Tour Of William Shakespeare's HENRY V by BWW News Desk
- June 01, 2023 The cast has been revealed for the Donmar LOCAL schools' tour of William Shakespeare's Henry V, directed by the Donmar's former Resident Assistant Director Dadiow Lin.
Summer Theatre Sale: Tickets from £35 for THE BOOK OF MORMON by Aliya Al-Hassan
- June 01, 2023 The Book of Mormon comes from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and Avenue Q co-creator Robert Lopez. The Book of Mormon, winner of nine Tony Awards® and four Olivier Awards, including Best Musical for both, follows a pair of Mormon boys sent on a mission to a place that’s about as far away a from Salt Lake City as you can get.
Original Theatre Launches New Digital Membership Scheme With A Limited Release of THE HABIT OF ART by BWW News Desk
- June 01, 2023 Original Theatre, the multi-award-winning live and digital theatre company, has revamped the way in which it presents online theatre with the launch of its new digital membership scheme. Replacing the previous pay-per-production system, it will be available on a monthly or annual subscription basis.
Frances Mayli McCann, Dean John-Wilson, and Joaquin Pedro Valdes Join the Cast of DEATH NOTE THE MUSICAL by BWW News Desk
- June 01, 2023 Frances Mayli McCann (Bonnie in 'Bonnie & Clyde' in the West End), Dean John-Wilson (Lun-Tha in 'The King & I' in the West End) and Joaquin Pedro Valdes (Ram Sweeney in 'Heathers' at The Other Palace) will star in Death Note: The Musical. Learn more about the show and how to get tickets here!
Erica Whyman Announces Final Programme with RSC by Aliya Al-Hassan
- June 01, 2023 Erica Whyman has announced details of her final season of work as Acting Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) ahead of her stepping down this month.
Video: New Footage From MATILDA THE MUSICAL, Now Extended Until 15 December 2024 by BWW News Desk
- June 01, 2023 The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced that the multi-award-winning production of Matilda The Musical is booking through to 15 December, 2024 with tickets for the new dates now on sale! Plus watch all new footage from the production.
GROUNDHOG DAY Leads our Top Ten Shows for June! by Aliya Al-Hassan
- June 01, 2023 Summer kicks off in style on London's stage, with the return of Andy Karl in the Old Vic's Groundhog Day, to the West End transfers of Peter Morgan's latest play and the arrival of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning big, Black, and queer American musical, A Strange Loop.
Whole Hog Theatre In Association With Park Theatre Presents THE GARDEN OF WORDS World Premiere by BWW News Desk
- May 31, 2023 The Garden of Words is an adaptation of the stereotype-defying Anime and novel by world-renowned Japanese filmmaker, Makoto Shinkai. The stage adaptation will have its world premiere at Park Theatre 10 August – 9 September, and the show's November run in Tokyo.