UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 713

Producers, Mark Goucher and Matthew Gale confirmed today that his smash hit production of Hairspray will go out on tour again in 2020.

The omens were good for the Orange Tree Theatre's new production, Out Of Water.

After two sell-out runs at Sadler's Wells, the smash hit international music and dance sensation INALA (meaning 'abundance of goodwill' in Zulu) makes its West End debut at the Peacock Theatre.

Bringing Tina Turner's iconic numbers to audiences, Ashley Zhangazha shares how he approached playing a real-life figure, and his status as a 'confirmed big-time Tina fan!'

Demi is the bastard son of a Nigerian woman and the Greek god Zeus.

Man of La Mancha is back in action in the West End starring Kelsey Grammer, Danielle De Niese, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Peter Polycarpou and Cassidy Janson.

Michael Ball is touring his new album 'Coming Home To You', which he proudly announces is his first number one selling album for 27 years.

Singer, actress, Broadway royalty - and two-time Disney Princess - Lea Salonga is set to embark on her first solo UK tour.

Ben Alderton takes swipes at every stripe in the political rainbow, but lacks the precision required to bring a plague on all their houses.

Edmond Rostand is a broke poet who's going through a seemingly endless writer's block.

According to The Stage, the backstage crew on the West End production of Les Miserables are facing redundancy because of the changes to the production being implemented by Cameron Mackintosh Ltd.

Applications are now open for two National Theatre free training programmes for young people aged 14-18.

Audiences in more than 500 UK cinemas can watch Romeo and Juliet, live from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, on Tuesday 11 June 2019, with an encore screening on Sunday 16 June 2019.

Fat Rascal Theatre announce the UK tour of their hit Edinburgh show Vulvarine, as well as becoming the new musical theatre Associate Company of the King's Head Theatre, where the tour stops off in June/July 2019.

The global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! celebrated its 20th anniversary in London's West End at the Novello Theatre on Saturday 6 April.

This summer, the internationally lauded dance troupe BalletBoyz will make its West End debut with its critically-acclaimed Them/Us, an innovative double bill and a brand-new collaboration from the company's own dancers and the Olivier Award-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon.

The Royal Court Theatre announces A Year Of Work September 2019 - August 2020.

The London Coliseum has established a run of successes with some excellent revivals of almost-forgotten musicals in recent years.

See newly released photos of first West End production of the multi-Tony award-winning Broadway musical Man of La Mancha in 50 years!

Lucy Briggs-Owen, Zoe West and Tilda Wickham appear in the new play Out of Water, about a lesbian couple expecting a baby, written by Zoe Cooper.

In an ordinary part of the north, Hope and Katie work at their local corner shop.

Theatrical charity, Acting for Others today announce Christopher Biggins as head judge, alongside Celia Imrie and Bill Paterson for the inaugural West End Flea Market taking place on the morning of Saturday 18 May at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden.

Audible, the world's leading producer and provider of spoken-word entertainment, today deepens its commitment to UK theatre announcing a new London production of Radio written by Al Smith.

The Old Vic is delighted to announce Matthew Warchus' Season 5 featuring an exciting and eclectic mix of thought-provoking entertainment.

Jermyn Street Theatre's latest co-production with Keswick's Theatre by the Lake is a new version of August Strindberg's Creditors directed by the theatre's own Tom Littler.