UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 562

On Sunday 6 December, stars gathered at the Actors’ Church (St Paul’s Church) in London’s Covent Garden, to film the concert: We Need A Little Christmas, in support of Shelter and Crisis at Christmas.

In Spring 2020, at the height of the first Covid-19 lockdown, the UK’s leading disabled led theatre company, Graeae launched a weekly series of new works to be streamed online.

The Barn Theatre have revealed that their reimagined one-man production of J.

Hackney Empire today announces Jack and the Beanstalk which was previously  scheduled to open in December 2020, will now open in December 2021, marking the 22nd pantomime at the East End venue.

Unlimited: The Songs of Stephen Schwartz is the first in a series of Reunited concert performances developed by Aimie Atkinson, Creative Producer of Thespie, an online platform specialising in theatre and live performance.

James Dreyfus is on the bill for a set of staged readings of Christie’s Spider’s Web and The Hollow, with a cast including Sir Derek Jacobi, Jessica Hynes, Simon Callow and Angela Griffin.

The cast of & Juliet performed 'Problem/Can't Feel My Face' on Strictly Come Dancing recently.

Following the success of the Intermissions Summer Edition, the team returns with a Christmas offering.

David Hunter has certainly been busy during lockdown.

As theatre companies across the world struggle to survive this uniquely-challenging year, opera-ballet company Constella recognised both the isolation in care homes and artists’ own struggles to survive.

David Mamet’s provocative drama Oleanna, directed by Lucy Bailey stars Rosie Sheehy and Jonathan Slinger and is running at Theatre Royal Bath’s Ustinov Studio from 3 December to 22 December and again from 4 January to 16 January 2021.

Rehearsal images have been released today for this year’s OLD VIC: IN CAMERA version of Jack Thorne’s A Christmas Carol starring Andrew Lincoln (AMC’s The Walking Dead) as Ebenezer Scrooge.

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has today announced further details of its Tales for Winter 2020/21 programme which includes Swingin' the Dream; a concert of a work in progress from the Royal Shakespeare Company, with the Young Vic and Theatre for a New Audience including original music and song

BWW reviewer Gary Naylor highlights his favourite theatre productions and performances of 2020.

Jim Pope is the Artistic Director of Playing ON, a theatre company who have worked with vulnerable people such as prisoners and prison staff, mental health service users, those in recovery for addiction, young people in care, and many more.

Former Blue Peter presenter, writer, director and regular pantomime dame, Peter Duncan, decided to film a pantomime in his back garden to entertain audiences at home and in cinemas this Christmas.

Beth Granville is known for being the creator and co-writer of the BBC Radio Wales series, Foiled.

Even though we entered the last month of 202 and we saw the end of a second lockdown in England, the unfortunate theatres around the country that happen to find themselves in Tier 3 are still closed to the public.

TV personality Jamie Laing, who is currently competing on BBC's 'Strictly Come Dancing' is about to dance to the title song of the musical 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie'! Ahead of his performance on Saturday, he talked to us about what he was looking forward to, why he decided to be on the show a

Swapping the TV set of Hollyoaks for the West End, we chat to Jimmy Essex about making his stage debut, tackling misconceptions and why he loves taking on challenging roles.

In this world premiere conceived entirely for multi-camera streaming, the role of Kate will be played by Michael Conley who also wrote the book and lyrics.

For this weekend only there is a £25 ticket offer on all seats to Sasha’s award-winning all-male take on Gilbert & Sullivan’s THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE at the Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue.

Shane Richie, fresh from 2020's 'I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!', will return to play  Hugo / Loco Chanelle in Everybody's Talking About Jamie from 5 January 2021.

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall recently visited the Soho Theatre to show their support for the arts industry in London.

Performances of A Christmas Carol at the Bridge Theatre reopened from 3 December.