Review: DIDO AND AENEAS, Theatre Royal Bath by Cheryl Markosky
- October 21, 2022 It's a double first at Theatre Royal Bath with Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Regarded as England's first opera when initially performed around 1688, it's also the first opera to be performed in the intimate Ustinov Studio.
Matt Forde Changes Title of Stand-Up Show at the Bloomsbury Theatre in Response to Liz Truss' Resignation by BWW News Desk
- October 20, 2022 In response to PM Liz Truss resigning, political satirist Matt Forde (Spitting Image, British Scandal, The Last Leg, Have I Got News For You) has changed the title of his latest stand-up show to Goodbye Liz from Clowns To The Left Of Me, Jokers To The Right for the final two performances of his biggest tour to date at the Bloomsbury Theatre.
CHARLIE RUSSELL AIMS TO PLEASE Comes to London in December by BWW News Desk
- October 20, 2022 Direct from a sell-out Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Mischief today announces a one night only London performance of their new laugh-out-loud and thoughtful comedy CHARLIE RUSSELL AIMS TO PLEASE at The Other Palace on Monday 5 December at 7.30pm.
THE WIZARD OF POZ Comes to Two Brewers In Clapham This December by BWW News Desk
- October 20, 2022 The Two Brewers Annual Adult Panto will this year be The Wizard of Poz: Defying Bigotry, presented by The Cabaret Geek, with a festive run at the popular Clapham cabaret venue from 7-9, 14-16 and 21-22 December 2022.
THE DARK IS RISING Comes To BBC World Service by BWW News Desk
- October 20, 2022 Toby Jones, Harriet Walter and Noah Alexander to star in The Dark Is Rising from the BBC World Service, adapted by writer Robert Macfarlane and Complicité's Simon McBurney
WE WERE PROMISED HONEY! Comes to the Soho Theatre Next Month by BWW News Desk
- October 20, 2022 Following its critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the mesmerising solo show returns for a limited run in the heart of London’s West End. From award-winning artist Sam Ward (Verity Bates Awards finalist 2022; Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist; YESYESNONO) We Were Promised Honey! will immerse audiences in the experience of what it means to tell a story when we’ve already been told how it ends.
A Verbatim Play of Vardy V Rooney Will Be Staged in the West End by BWW News Desk
- October 20, 2022 For one night only, theatre audiences will be able to watch the trial that gripped the nation. Adapted from seven days of the High Court transcript by Liv Hennessy (finalist in the Paines Plough's Women's Prize for Playwriting) and directed by Lisa Spirling (Artistic Director of Theatre503), Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial will bring the dramatic legal action to life.
JAZZ EMU: YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE Will Transfer to London's Soho Theatre by BWW News Desk
- October 19, 2022 A genre-busting, rollercoaster virtuoso extravaganza. A one-man musical theatre/stand-up comedy hybrid where fully produced songs are performed live onstage with a multi-instrumental music rig, incorporating keys, guitar, electric sax, and live production and looping elements, pushing the limits of musical comedy performance by combining the theatricality, stagecraft and thrill of a proper live music gig, with the tight writing and high gag rate of great musical comedy.
Rotherhithe and East London Playhouse Will Open its First Show Next Week by BWW News Desk
- October 19, 2022 Opening in The Hithe opposite Rotherhithe Station, Rotherhithe and East London Playhouse (THE REP) is a new arts space offering local and London audiences Pay What You Can and free shows, offering culture to those who would not normally be able to afford it.
2.22 - A GHOST STORY Will Transfer To The Lyric Theatre by BWW News Desk
- October 19, 2022 The critically acclaimed, smash hit, supernatural thriller 2:22 - A Ghost Story will transfer theatres for a fourth time - and its fifth season - to The Lyric Theatre where it will play a 13 week season opening on 21 January 2023.