Bush Theatre Will Close During the Day as Part of Cost-Cutting Measures by Aliya Al-Hassan
- November 01, 2022 West London's Bush Theatre has revealed that they will close during the day to the public, as part of ongoing cost-cutting measures. From now on, the building will be open from 5pm Monday to Saturday, or 1pm on matinee days.
Giles Terera in OTHELLO Leads Our Top Ten Shows for November by Aliya Al-Hassan
- November 01, 2022 From Giles Terera as Othello at the National Theatre, to Daniel Craig as James Bond at the Royal Albert Hall, November has some real theatrical treats in store. There's also the first of the festive offerings, with a new opera at the London Coliseum based on a classic Christmas film and a much-loved revival of a Dickens' classic at The Old Vic.
Photos: First Look at the Royal Shakespeare Company's A CHRISTMAS CAROL by BWW News Desk
- November 01, 2022 The Royal Shakespeare Company has released production photos from its current production of A Christmas Carol, which features Adrian Edmondson as Scrooge and Sunetra Sarker as The Ghost of Christmas Present.
George Devine Award 2022 Shortlist Announced by BWW News Desk
- November 01, 2022 The George Devine Award has announced its 2022 Shortlist of nine playwrights. Formed in 1966 in memory of the Royal Court's founding Artistic Director George Devine, the Award is recognised as one of the most prestigious in new writing and seeks to shine a light on a playwright of promise.
Radio Presenter Pandora Christie Will Join the Cast of & JULIET by BWW News Desk
- November 01, 2022 Pandora Christie – one of the UK's best-loved radio presenters – will make her West End theatre debut when she stars in the acclaimed musical & Juliet.
Review: MARY, Hampstead Theatre by Cindy Marcolina
- November 01, 2022 Rona Munro explores the ramifications of the - then alleged, now confirmed - rape of Mary, Queen of Scots under the warped lens of the political games for which it was a useful tool. Mary is the last companion piece to Munro’s The James Plays cycle. It introduces the intriguing, malicious hearsay and delivers it with jarring misogyny, moulding political enterprise and gossip seamlessly. She juxtaposes blind allegiance to popular opinion, perception to truth.
Review: STRICTLY BALLROOM THE MUSICAL, Birmingham Hippodrome by Laura Lott
- November 01, 2022 The cast and creatives attached to this production of Strictly Ballroom the Musical are enough to make any Strictly Come Dancing fan salivate. Yet despite what should be a winning team, this production fails to find all the right moves.
Photos: First Look at A SHERLOCK CAROL in Rehearsal at Marylebone Theatre by BWW News Desk
- October 31, 2022 Marylebone Theatre has released rehearsal photos for its UK premiere of A Sherlock Carol, written and directed by Mark Shanahan. The production will run at Rudolf Steiner House from 18 November - 17 January.
Guest Blog: Julia Pascal: the Writer and Director on Exposing Hidden Jewish Narratives and her New Play 12.37 by Guest Blog: Julia Pascal
- October 31, 2022 “Jews Don't Count” wrote David Baddiel in his provocative book analysing how Jews are treated as a 'difficult' minority in British identity politics. As a playwright and theatre director, Jews have always counted for me. The majority of my stage plays spotlight hidden Jewish narratives.
Photos: Inside Rehearsal For EMOJILAND at the Garrick Theatre by BWW News Desk
- October 31, 2022 Having opened off-Broadway in January 2020, the award-winning Emojiland, will be hitting the West End on 31 October 2022. Check out rehearsal photos here!
Stratford East To Host Ramps On The Moon Symposium This Week by BWW News Desk
- October 31, 2022 Theatre Royal Stratford East are hosting a symposium sharing their learning/s from the past seven years as a partner in Ramps on the Moon, a consortium which aims to enrich stories and the ways in which they are told by putting deaf and disabled artists and audiences at the centre of their work.
Royal Court Theatre Announces NEW PLAYS: JAPAN Set For Next Year by BWW News Desk
- October 31, 2022 It has been announced that the Royal Court Theatre will present New Plays: Japan 新作: 日本from Thursday 26th - Saturday 28th January 2023. These staged readings bring brand new plays from three of the most exciting new voices in Japanese theatre to the Royal Court.
Casting Announced For Antic Disposition's Musical Adaptation Of A CHRISTMAS CAROL by BWW News Desk
- October 31, 2022 David Burt will play Scrooge for a fifth year with Richard Dempsey joining the cast direct from Tammy Faye at the Almeida Theatre as Bob Cratchit in award-winning Antic Disposition's much-loved musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol.