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World-Class Performances Now Available Online Through Royal Opera House Stream by BWW News Desk
- October 04, 2022 Today, the Royal Opera House launches its brand-new streaming service – offering 45 stunning works from The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera's rich archives, and over 85 behind-the-scenes features, trailers, talks and Insights.
Kristina Love Joins TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL by BWW News Desk
- October 04, 2022 The hit production TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL has announced that Kristina Love will join the West End production to share the title role with Elesha Paul Moses from 12 October 2022.
Fun-Filled Festive Programme Comes To Ally Pally This Winter by BWW News Desk
- October 04, 2022 Alexandra Palace is all set for a festive spectacular kicking off this November with activities on offer for all ages including ice skating, theatre, pantomime and Santa's Grotto, plus the world famous darts!
SAVING GRACE Comes to the Riverside Studios Next Month by BWW News Desk
- October 04, 2022 The first run has been announced of the new musical Saving Grace which will have twelve performances only at the Riverside Studios from Tuesday 22 November – Sunday 4 December 2022.
Review: RAVENSCOURT, Hampstead Theatre by Cindy Marcolina
- October 04, 2022 Narratively, the story isn’t anything revolutionary, but Burns’s approach is rich with emotional intelligence and clinical precision. She takes on a crumbling, unfeeling practice ruled by waiting lists and a scorecard, exploring how destructive a lack of (financial, yes, but also psychological) support can be for those for whom support is a profession. It’s a striking debut.
Photos: First Look at Linda Marlowe & Sara Kestelman in THE MILK TRAIN DOESN'T STOP HERE ANYMORE by BWW News Desk
- October 03, 2022 Tennessee Williams' rarely performed 'The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore', an extraordinary play set on an exclusive mountaintop villa off the Amalfi coast, is now playing at Charing Cross Theatre through 23 October, 2022. Get a first look at photos here!
Photos: First Look at Juliet Stevenson & More in THE DOCTOR in the West End by BWW News Desk
- October 03, 2022 The Doctor, by Robert Icke, very freely adapted from Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler, opened at the Almeida in August 2019, with Juliet Stevenson in the title role. This is their third collaboration together to transfer to the West End. Get a first look at photos here!
Review: ONLY AN OCTAVE APART, Wilton's Music Hall by Franco Milazzo
- October 03, 2022 “Keep it pretty, keep it shallow, keep it moving.” As well as being words that American cabaret singer Justin Vivian Bond (pronoun v) lives by, they go some way to sum up Only An Octave Apart, this eye-catching and pacy two-hander with Grammy-winning countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo.
Robert Carsen's New AIDA Comes to Cinemas This Month by BWW News Desk
- October 03, 2022 This October, the Royal Opera House is delighted to announce that its new production of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, staged by the acclaimed Canadian director Robert Carsen, will be broadcast live from Covent Garden on Wednesday 12 October 2022, reaching over 1,000 cinemas in 34 countries around the world.
Menier Chocolate Factory Announces Full Cast For The World Première of Terry Johnson's THE SEX PARTY by BWW News Desk
- October 03, 2022 The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced the full casting for the world première of Terry Johnson's The Sex Party – Johnson directs Will Barton (Tim), Amanda Donohoe (Magdalena), Lisa Dwan (Gilly), John Hopkins (Jake), Timothy Hutton (Jeff), Jason Merrells (Alex), Pooya Mohseni (Lucy), Molly Osborne (Hetty) and Kelly Price (Camilla).
Show of the Month: Fantastic Savings on DISNEY'S FROZEN THE MUSICAL by Aliya Al-Hassan
- October 03, 2022 Fantastic savings on Disney's Frozen The Musical. Prepare to fall in love with Disney’s Frozen all over again, as the brand-new theatrical experience is now open at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Review: TOSCA, London Coliseum by Aliya Al-Hassan
- October 03, 2022 In the first of three new ENO productions this autumn, Christof Loy’s UK Premiere of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet’s new production is an insightful version that is also subtly updated.
Review: THE WITCHES OF OZ, The Vaults by Franco Milazzo
- October 02, 2022 If you're looking for some dinner-cabaret, this show really is a no-brainer.
Review: JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN, Bridge Theatre by Cindy Marcolina
- October 01, 2022 Simon Russell Beale takes on the disgraced mogul, Nicholas Hytner directs. Anna Fleischle designs the show. It’s a winning team, but the piece leaves the audience as cold as a Norwegian winter.
GOOD Leads our Top Ten Shows for October by Aliya Al-Hassan
- October 01, 2022 The weather might be cooling, but the West End is heating up. October's theatrical offerings provide an embarassment of riches, with some fantastic shows coming up: from David Tennant as the lead in C.P. Taylor's acclaimed play GOOD to Carrie Hope Fletcher in The Caucasian Chalk Circle at the Rose, to Juliet Stevenson in The Doctor and Elton's John's new musical Tammy Faye.
Photos: First Look at Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo in the London Premiere of ONLY AN OCTAVE APART by BWW News Desk
- September 30, 2022 Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo’s critically-acclaimed ‘Only An Octave Apart’, a theatrically musical evening coalescing wildly divergent genres and voices, is getting its UK premiere at historic Wilton’s Music Hall - the only surviving Grand Music Hall in the world. Get a first look at photos here!