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A weekly look at some of the things that have made headlines in London and the rest of the U.K. theatre over the last week — and what's coming soon.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPaul Taylor-Mills turns just 28 this year, but the fresh-faced, tanned and trendily dressed producer already has a show that is in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:48PMPresenters will include Amber Riley, soon to star in Dreamgirls, and Uzo Aduba, currently in The Maids.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:25AMWith this week foreshortened by a day and next week not starting till Tuesday, it has had an inevitable impact on the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMThe critics don’t necessarily go along first. By the time The Book of Mormon opened in the West End in 2013, there
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMOne-person shows are an Edinburgh Fringe default: since shows cost so much to take to Edinburgh, and the main reason a lot
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMAfter three one-star shows in a row last week, there's a guaranteed hit opening this week when People, Places and Things transfers from the National.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:28PMWork is seen in 140 countries as Hamlet goes on world tour.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMNo sooner did I write a column about the pain of giving one-star reviews, having reviewed two turkeys in quick succession, than
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMThis past week’s scoop in London and U.K. theatre—and what's coming soon.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:42PMI am often outspoken in my opinions on venues I like and dislike. Since such a large part of my working and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMThe French farce makes its London bow today,
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PMThe star of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho was the late actor Anthony Perkins, who died of an Aids-related illness in 1992. There’s a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMTwo major openings in the West End – one from the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, the other from the National Theatre –
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMThe British Library has digitized a play that Shakespeare show-doctored.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:59AMI hate wielding the knife – I’d much rather gently massage, coax and encourage, or shout my enthusiasm from the rooftops. But
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMMagic Radio Audience Award to be decided by public vote.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMThe battle lines are already being drawn. Next week, The Independent disappears from the news-stands, at which point it will have an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMMark Shenton's top ten ticket recommendations of the week, plus new openings at the St James and Young Vic plus the latest in Kenneth Branagh's West End season
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:26AMIn Arthur Miller’s great masterpiece Death of a Salesman, Linda Loman famously says of her husband, Willy: “Attention must be paid to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMI’ve not updated my diary of a theatre addict for six weeks now — I was last here on January 31 — since when I’ve seen all of 49 shows, including outings to Newbury, Dartford, Clwyd,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:15PMThis past week\u2019s scoop in London and U.K. theatre\u2014and what's coming soon.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMaria Friedman to direct a cast that also features Angela Griffin and Nicola Stephenson.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AMThe TV and musical theatre star is to play the title role of the stage musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:35AMThe duo will bring the play they previously did on Broadway to Wyndham's Theatre in September.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:21AMFrank Matcham may have been the greatest theatre architect of his – or any – generation. Up and down the land from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe writer-performer is offering Bad with Money and Patti Issues at St. James Studio.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHe also missed the curtain call, but now states he regrets his actions.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMBox office will open for general sale beginning April 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27AMIt’s a week in London of quirky fare: the first-ever London revival of a 1978 flop musical, Bar Mitzvah Boy; a brand-new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe theatre and film producer, who was responsible for The Rocky Horror Show and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, has died
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PM
