UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 623

Ben is a working class chef whose life spirals out of control when he attempts to rekindle his relationship with his mother.

The second production at the recently reopened Riverside Studios in Hammersmith marks Robert Bathurst's highly anticipated return to the stage.

Following their collaboration with My Dad's Gap Year, Tom Wright reunites with actor Alex Britt for this magical coming of age fantasy, only this time the writer is in the director's chair.

A debut play is always tricky business and This Queer House is no exception, with poet Oakley Flanagan penning a piece that's all over the place stylistically and thematically.

John Barrowman is a busy man at the moment.

The Rose Youth Theatre has great form in developing new theatrical talent.

Following the lacklustre reception of The Taming of the Shrew, Thomas Middleton's Women Beware Women opens in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse as part of the Globe's continuing 'She Wolves and Shrews' season.

Morecambe and Wise have been a part of my life since childhood.

Musicals and video games have similar baggage.

Laura (Lucy Roslyn) has just returned from Hong Kong after reporting from the protests.

Actor and writer Emily Renée pens a story about family love, coincidences, immigration, and all the elements that, combined, build an identity.

Nominations for this year's Olivier Awards will be announced on Tuesday 3 March at 1pm, via Facebook Live.

Writer and comedian Francesca Martinez's debut play All of Us is directed by Ian Rickson, runs in the Dorfman Theatre from 18 March until 16 May.

Martin McDonagh, the multi Olivier, BAFTA and Academy Award-winning playwright and screen-writer responsible for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths and Six Shooter, is back in London's West End this summer with his acclaimed iconic play, The Pillowman.

Maria Friedman, winner of three Olivier Awards, will lead the cast in a major new revival of Noël Coward's Hay Fever at Salisbury Playhouse, directed by Gareth Machin (22 April a?' 16 May; Press Night Friday 24 April).

Fane and The National Theatre are delighted to announce that Elizabeth Day will interview critically acclaimed actor, writer and producer Mark Gatiss and that actor and activist Sir Ian McKellen will interview Armistead Maupin, alongside the already announced event which will see Sir Michael Parkins

Aisha Jawando and Jammy Kasongo will lead the cast as Tina and Ike in TINA a?" THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL as the hit production enters its third year in the West End.

Angel Theatre Company bring Beckett to Brockley and leave this first time viewer looking forward to more.

The Whip packs so much into its near three hour running time that its issues, anger and need to educate drowns its dramatic potential and we're left with something that fails to reach its considerable potential.

The National Theatre have today announced director Grace Gummer as the first recipient of the NT Women of Tomorrow Directors Award, as part of a partnership with the CHANEL Fund for Women ina??thea??Arts and Culture and inaugural venue partner The Yard Theatre.

Erinn Dhesi invites her audience to an educated analysis of social media usage, its effects on perception and lifestyle, and how cultivating an identity has become a feasible female-centric career.

Magic Radio's Magic at the Musicals is set to return to London's Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 3rd May.

The British musical phenomenon turned global smash hit SIX, written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, is extending its reign on tour through to Christmas 2021.

The producers of the UK Tour of Bat Out Of Hell a?" The Musical, featuring Jim Steinman and Meatloaf's greatest hits, have announced the return of Sharon Sexton as Sloane and Rob Fowler as Falco (both starred recently in the Mamma Mia! International Tour and the original West End cast of Bat Out Of

Covent Garden's iconic Royal Opera House is home to both The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet.