UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 723

Following news that James Grieve and George Perrin are stepping down after ten years at the helm of Paines Plough, Chair Kim Grant is delighted to announce that Charlotte Bennettand Katie Posner will take over as Joint Artistic Directors in August this year.

Debbie Kurup's extensive musical theatre experience ranges from Chicago, West Side Story and Sister Act to originating roles in Girl from the North Country and The Bodyguard.

Cathy Tyson, BAFTA and Golden Globes Award-nominated actress, and winner of the Los Angeles Film Critics Award, will perform alongside David Schaal (The Inbetweeners Movie; The Office, BBC) and Libby Liburd in her raucously visceral production of Fighter.

Playwrights, directors and producers gathered at the May Fair Hotel on Monday for the third annual Tonic Awards, celebrating the achievements of women in theatre.

Adam Dickinson and Kingsley Judd are making their West End debuts as the new stars of The Simon & Garfunkel Story, the world's biggest and most successful Simon & Garfunkel theatre show.

As the 18 venue UK and Ireland tour of the National Theatre's production of Macbeth, directed by Rufus Norris, draws to an end, the NT are delighted to announce the headline successes of the production.

Based on the Oscar-winning film, Little Miss Sunshine is a new musical comedy from Tony Award-winners James Lapine (Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George) and William Finn (Falsettos, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee).

Edinburgh International Festival returns for its 73rd year on 2 - 26 August 2019, bringing the best of theatre, music and dance from across the world to Scotland's capital.

Celebrating the 20th birthday of the much-loved picture book, Tall Stories' hit musical adaptation THE GRUFFALO live on stage returns, with a UK tour and limited ten-week West End season at The Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue from Wednesday 3 July to Sunday 8 September 2019.

The White Crow focuses on Rudolf Nureyev's life from birth until his sensational defection at the age of 23.

Told entirely from the perspective of a dog, The Noises is a visceral new play about fear, courage, the nature of violence and what we're prepared to do for the ones we love.

Following the critically-acclaimed 50th anniversary production of Hair - The Musical at Hope Mill Theatre and sell-out transfer to The Vaults, London, the celebrated production will now embark on a nationwide tour.

A new writers' platform, Untitled, has launched today with their first free writers' salon on Thursday 25th April at The Curtain in London.

As far as play texts go, Company jumps off the page from the word go - carefully crafted and delicately complied, to result in a magic mixture of New York grit and Broadway schmaltz.

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The Donmar Warehouse is hard at work in rehearsal on Artistic Director Josie Rourke's farewell production, Sweet Charity.

Whether you know him as a contestant on The X Factor, as a member of Union J, or from his work on stage, there's a good chance you've heard Jaymi Hensley sing.

Following the sold-out success of the previous relaxed performances of Matilda The Musical, the Royal Shakespeare Company will present its sixth at theCambridge Theatre at 3pm on Sunday 9 June.

Wolfie glows with the energy and hope of youth, even as it paints a grim picture of a world stacked against it by the alienating forces of a society retreating from its obligations to its children.

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

Final casting is announced today (26 March 2019) for the second year West End Company of TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL.

Theatre composer Nick Butcher announces special guests for his sold out debut London Concert.

Louise Redknapp re-joins the cast of 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL in the role of 'Violet Newstead' at the Savoy Theatre, London from tonight, Monday 25 March until 29 June 2019.

Welcome to the most boring show in history: an actor who never gets to perform and a security guard who just hopes nothing will occur.

Recipients of the third annual Tonic Awards were announced tonight at an awards ceremony held at The May Fair Hotel hosted by Tracy Ann Oberman.