UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 425

Book by 6 November for special prices for Spectre In Concert

There are times when a theatre production hits you with such raw, uncomfortable truth that it stays with you.

Stage One will welcome Deborah Lincoln as incoming Chair of the Board of Trustees.

On Friday 25th November 2022, Agatha Christie’s iconic thriller, The Mousetrap, the longest running play in the world, will celebrate its 70th anniversary in the West End.

A genre-busting, rollercoaster virtuoso extravaganza.

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.

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.

The West End theatre event of the year will return for a fifth season by popular demand.

The global premiere of Studio Ghibli's My Neighbour Totoro has now arrived on London's Barbican stage, but what did the critics think?

The English National Opera (ENO) has announced that Stuart Murphy, current Chief Executive of the ENO and London Coliseum, will leave the company in September 2023.

Triumphant re-imagining of the film that, incredibly, manages to add edge and poignancy to its extraordinary source material

Ahead of his 99th birthday on 16 December, the legendary pianist Menahem Pressler is celebrated by Wigmore Hall at a special concert dedicated to him on 25 October.

Sophie Okonedo and Ben Daniels are to return to the West End in Medea, @sohoplace in February 2023

All new photos have been released from rehearsals for The Sex Party which opens next month at the Menier Chocolate Factory.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) will release Sir James MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio on its own LPO Label on Friday 4 November 2022.

Last night (Tuesday 18 October), Executive Producer Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) held the official opening night for the global stage premiere of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican in London.

Get a first listen to 'Love Goddess, The Rita Hayworth Musical' ahead of its world premiere.

All new photos have been released from the first day of Orlando rehearsals.

The Orange Tree Theatre has announced the full cast for Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man, marking Paul Miller's final production as Artistic Director, following his lauded rediscoveries of Shaw's other early plays How He Lied to Her Husband, Misalliance and The Philanderer.

Jermyn Street Theatre has announced that Call The Midwife star, Jennifer Kirby will star in their forthcoming production of The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary! by Peepolykus co-artistic director John Nicholson - an irreverent and uproarious take on Gustave Flaubert's celebrated 1856 novel.

Theatre at the Tabard presents The Last Laugh by Richard Harris, the first in-house production in their relaunch season, following a short closure and return to the Tabard name.

The Royal Ballet has announced that, this November, The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration will be broadcast live on opening night to over 850 cinemas in 31 countries around the world.

Mel Giedroyc has pulled out of the forthcoming pantomime Mother Goose, starring Ian McKellen and John Bishop.

An all new video clip has been released for Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! 

The hit production of TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL has released all new photos from its Media Night.