Tuesday, July 28, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
Acting for Others has announced that Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been appointed Vice President of the theatrical charity.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:40AMMonday, July 27, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
Gamepath - a new company that will develop and stage large-scale experiential and live gameplay productions has been launches in the UK.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:42AMFriday, July 24, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
Casting has been announced for Regent Park OpenmAir Theatre's production of Jesus Christ Superstar in concert by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:50AMThursday, July 23, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
C.P.Taylor’s GOOD, starring David Tennant and directed by Dominic Cooke, which was due to open this October, is to be postponed until Spring 2021.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:22PMWednesday, July 22, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
Moulin Rouge London delayed. Producers of the hit Broadway musical Moulin Rouge adapted from Baz Luhrmann's movie has delayed opening until Autumn 2021.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:15AMBy Douglas Mayo
The Watermill Theatre in Newbury has announced a season of Summer outdoor performances from 22 July 2020. Tickets on sale tomorrow.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:24AMMonday, July 20, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
The Donmar Warehouse is to re-open temporarily this August with Blindness - a socially distanced sound installation voiced by Juliet Stevenson.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:14AMBy Douglas Mayo
London Fringe Theatre is back with acclaimed musical Fanny and Stella being presented in the renovated garden of The Eagle in Kennington.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:45AMFriday, July 17, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
Stephen Tompkinson and Jessica Johnson are to star in Willy Russell's Educating Rita at the Open Air Minack Theatre from 18 - 29 August 2020.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:52PMBy Douglas Mayo
Boris Johnson announced today that live indoor performances will be able to resume from 1 August 2020 with a socially distanced audience.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:03AMBy Douglas Mayo
Disney Theatrical Productions have announced casting for their stage adaptation of Frozen which will now open at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in April 2021.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:49AMThursday, July 16, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
It appears that for many theatres in the West End and around the UK, the government's £1.57 billion arts aid package may be too late, with little clarification on who might …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:36PMBy Douglas Mayo
Shoshana Bean rounded up a collection of international Elphabas this week to sing Defying Gravity to raise funds for arts funding at Beaverton High USA.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:22AMBy Douglas Mayo
With the announcement that open air theatres can open, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre will present Jesus Christ Superstar the concert in August 2020.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:24AMWednesday, July 15, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
For this week's Throwback Thursday we spoke to West End legend Claire Moore. From Phantom to Miss Saigon to Calendar Girls our stages have been graced by Claire's talent.
Thi…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:00PMSunday, July 12, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
Birmingham Repertory Theatre is entering a period of redundancy consultations as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:05PMBy Douglas Mayo
Giovanni Pernice UK Tour is coming to a venue near you in 2021. The Strictly Come Dancing favourite will pay homage to music/dances that inspired him.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:51AMSaturday, July 11, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
Award-winning British composers Stiles and Drewe and The British Theatre Academy launch the annual Musical Theatre Young Singer Award.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:45PMWednesday, July 8, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
We have a quick chat with Glen Facey about his career, inspirations and his journey to the stage of London's Prince Edward Theatre in Mary Poppins.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:41PMBy Douglas Mayo
Metta Theatre and Aria Entertainment joined forces to produce new British musical The Rhythmics. The cast album for this musical was recorded in lockdown.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:32AMTuesday, July 7, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
#MissingLive Theatre is a new project by #SceneChange aimed at wrapping UK Theatres with a positive message of hope and visibility to the industry.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:49PMBy Douglas Mayo
Britain's most prolific panto producer QDOS has told Oliver Dowden that there must be "clarity and guidance" or the 2020 Panto season will be lost.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:38AMBy Douglas Mayo
Southwark Playhouse's new theatre is nearing completion following a £920k loan from Unity Bank.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:30AMMonday, July 6, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
The arts industries made it known catastrophe lay ahead unless Coronavirus package came from the government. A £1.57 billion package is announced.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:43PMBy Douglas Mayo
West End Stars will unite this August for the 50th Anniversary of Godspell the musical which is to be streamed online to raise funds for charity.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:55AMBy Douglas Mayo
Acclaimed British theatre and film director Sam Mendes has established the Theatre Artists Fund an emergency fund for theatre practitioners
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:27AMSaturday, July 4, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
A video has been released featuring George Stiles and Anthony Drewe talking about The Stiles and Drewe Prize ahead of their free online event on 5 July.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:49AMFriday, July 3, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre has announced that it has postponed the 2020 Christmas Panto Cinderella until Christmas 2021 as a result of theatre closures.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:16AMBy Douglas Mayo
Agatha Christie is back! The Mousetrap is to re-open at the St Martin's Theatre, London on Friday 23 October 2020. Book Now!
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:24AMThursday, July 2, 2020
By Douglas Mayo
Producer Ken Davenport has announced that cast members from the Broadway run of Off-Broadway musical Altar Boyz are having a virtual reunion on 9 July.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:20PMBy Douglas Mayo
Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre has revealed today that up to 65% of staff at the theatre may face redundancy as a result of COVID-19.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:04AM 
