UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 589

Mascherato- a brand-new musical with music, lyrics, and original story by Michael Elderkin, and book by James Willett, is now available on all music streaming services (iTunes, Spotify, Amazon).

 Mischief, the award-winning company behind The Play That Goes Wrong, Magic Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, today announce the return of Mischief Movie Night, the improvised movie live on stage.

Jekyll & Hyde, a dance thriller devised, directed and choreographed by Olivier Award winner Drew McOnie, will go live at 7pm on Wednesday 05 August and will be available to watch until 7pm on Wednesday 12 August.

The Barn Theatre has announced an all-star West End line up for their sixth virtual concert, The Barn Theatre Presents: The Music of Dominic Powell, which will celebrate the work of musical theatre composer Dominic Powell (Cases).

For over 9 years between them, they brought down the chandelier at Her Majestya??s Theatre in London's West End playing the lead role in Andrew Lloyd-Webber's The Phantom Of the Opera.

Qdos Pantomimes has revealed that today they start the process of consulting with their partner theatres about this yeara??s pantomime season.

After the announcement of the search for a??A Song For Our Timea??, an original song to be written in response the the effect of the global pandemic and the following lockdown, organizers Danielle Tarento and Paul Wilkins have unveiled the chosen song, a??Looking At The Moona?? by Amir Shoenfeld an

A young aspiring actor who was recently diagnosed with a Metastatic Rhaboid tumor, is looking for a little bit of light.

Citizens of Song -  Music Together From Afar, is a non-profit organisation which seeks to unite the world through song and support artists and the arts at this difficult time.

Actress Vanessa Redgrave joined in a protest against job cuts at the Southbank Centre.

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the UK, gave a COVID-19 press conference on 31 July, where he revealed that the reopening date for cinemas has been pushed back to August 15.

Musical Fanny and Stella is the first London stage production since lockdown.

The Secret Love Life of Ophelia is a new adaption of Steven Berkoff's two-hander play.

Ita??s 1987 and the AIDS crisis is peaking in the United Kingdom.

Award-winning comedy performer Vikki Stone and West End leading lady Natasha J Barnes teamed up during lockdown.

With the news of the Government financial package to safeguard the future of the arts, culture and heritage industries, #scenechange continue to wrap theatres across the UK and Ireland in a message of hope.

WhatsOnStage has reported that the UK government announced today the reopening of indoor live performance venues in the UK will be delayed due to the increase in COVID-19 cases.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that André Ptaszynski, British theatre producer and board member at the National Theatre, has died at age 66.

Londona??s Cockpit Theatre has officially reopened following its recent pilot opera performance of The Other Side of the Sea and Beyond, performed by composer and soprano Héloïse Werner.

Andrew Lloyd Webber has contributed words to a book of artwork by SuperSize artist Morgan Howell.

Frozen Light create multi-sensory theatre for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).

Iris Theatre today announces their summer festival of outdoor live performance, bringing together some of the most exciting break-out artists and companies, following the very welcome change in government guidelines on open-air theatre.

A brand new musical from actor/writer Lewis Cornay is set to launch with an innovative visual EP.

Divorced.

Following the UK Government shutdown of theatres in March, the producers of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a musical comedy, have rescheduled the new UK & Ireland Tour to dates in 2021.