Tuesday, June 27, 2023
U.K. culture secretary Lucy Frazer has revealed ambitions to shift the balance of power in the theater world from Broadway in New York to London’s West End. Delivering the keynote addres…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:33AMThursday, June 22, 2023
“Succession” star Sarah Snook is returning to London’s West End in a theater adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic 1890 novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” Snook, who won a Golden …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:11AMWednesday, June 21, 2023
A comprehensive report published by Freelancers Make Theatre Work (FMTW) sheds light on critical challenges faced by the freelance theater workforce in the U.K. The survey, conducted between…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:01PMThe performance show “Tarantino Live” has officially been updated based on Quentin Tarantino’s last film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” for its London run. For The Record, the p…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:57PMThursday, June 15, 2023
Director of the National Theatre Rufus Norris has unveiled 12 new productions and has also confirmed that he will step down after 10 years as director in mid-2025 when his current term comes…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:08AMThursday, May 25, 2023
Theaters in London’s West End will dim their lights at 7pm local time on Thursday in memory of Tina Turner, who died on Wednesday. Hannah Essex, co-chief executive of the Society of London…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:42AMFriday, May 19, 2023
“To Wong Foo The Musical,” based on 1995 film “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar,” will have its world premiere at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, U.K. The film, …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:17AMThursday, April 27, 2023
“Luther” star Idris Elba has joined the team at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre as an associate producer for the U.K. production of “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play” by J…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:26AMThursday, April 20, 2023
Sadler’s Wells associate artist Kate Prince’s acclaimed dance theatre production, “Message In A Bottle,” set to the music of 17-time Grammy winner Sting, has been filmed for cinema r…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00AMMonday, April 3, 2023
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s theater adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s “My Neighbor Totoro” swept the Olivier Awards on Sunday, taking home six out of the nine categories it was nomin…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:06AMThursday, March 30, 2023
The smash hit stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s “My Neighbor Totoro” will return to London’s Barbican Theatre for a limited run this fall. The production is from executive producer…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:49AMWednesday, March 29, 2023
Australian stars Jason Donovan and Peter Andre will return to Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s iconic musical “Grease” at the Dominion Theatre in London’s West End following their accla…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:11AMMonday, March 20, 2023
Annie Proulx’s short story “Brokeback Mountain” is set for a stage adaptation on London’s West End. The story was previously adapted as a 2005 film by Ang Lee, starring Heath Ledger …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:19AMThursday, March 9, 2023
London’s National Theatre is hosting an evening of poetry readings from Allie Esiri’s bestselling poetry anthologies to raise money for the Disaster Emergency Committee’s (DEC) Ukraine…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:21AMTHEATER Birmingham Rep will co-produce “Sinatra The Musical,” the first official musical based on the life and career of Frank Sinatra, with Michele Anthony, Bruce Resnikoff and …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:45AMTuesday, March 7, 2023
FUND “Fleabag” star Phoebe Waller-Bridge is launching a £100,000 ($120,000) Keep it Fringe fund, a new initiative to support artists at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Waller-Bridge serv…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00AMMonday, March 6, 2023
Netflix and the U.K.’s National Youth Theatre have launch an awareness program after a survey revealed alarming concerns about nepotism in the creative industries. A National Youth Theatre…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:01PMMonday, February 27, 2023
Madeleine Mantock (“Charmed”) will make her Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) debut with “Hamnet,” the stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel. Set in 1582, “Ham…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:23AMMonday, January 23, 2023
CAMPAIGN “Ted Lasso” and “Game of Thrones” actor, performer in shows at London’s iconic West End theater district, and forthcoming host of theater’s Olivier Awards, Hannah Waddin…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:56AMThursday, January 12, 2023
AGREEMENT Equity, the U.K. trade union for creative practitioners, and Independent Theatre Council (ITC), the management association representing the independent performing arts sector, have…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:19AMTuesday, September 27, 2022
San Diego’s The Old Globe has announced an extension of Aditya Chopra’s “Come Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical” due to popular demand. The Broadway-bound production has been extende…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:30AMThursday, September 22, 2022
British-Sri Lankan actor Nimmi Harasgama has returned to the U.K. stage after nearly a decade with “Silence,” a co-production between Donmar Warehouse and Tara Theatre. Harasgama, who wa…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:19AMTuesday, September 20, 2022
Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey will be the co-artistic directors of the U.K.’s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), the Bard-centric troupe based in Stratford-Upon-Avon, from June 2023. Gregor…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:01PMThursday, September 15, 2022
For Shoba Narayan, the Indian American lead of Aditya Chopra’s “Come Fall In Love – The DDLJ Musical,” the Broadway-bound production is a dream come true. Chopra’s U.S. stage music…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:30AMTuesday, August 30, 2022
Two years ago, the Edinburgh Festival — comprised of film and TV events but dominated by the much larger Fringe festival — was entirely canceled by COVID. In 2021, it returned in a much …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:12AMFriday, August 26, 2022
Director Aditya Chopra has revealed a grand vision for “Come Fall in Love,” the stage adaptation of his immensely popular 1995 film Bollywood film “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,” comm…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:30PMThursday, August 18, 2022
Hilary Linstead, casting director, agent and film and stage producer died on Aug. 6 after contracting a form of leukaemia. She was 83. Described as a “force of nature” by her friends and…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:17AMMonday, August 15, 2022
Sam Crane will play Harry Potter in the new company that commences performances on “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” at London’s Palace Theatre from Oct. 13. Crane’s credits includ…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:55AMSaturday, August 13, 2022
During his eclectic career so far British actor Shubham Saraf has played a variety of roles. Saraf, who studied at the U.K.’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama and France’s École Phil…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:58AMWednesday, August 10, 2022
The cast of “Grease The Musical” at London’s West End have dedicated the run of the show to Olivia Newton-John, who died on Monday. Newton-John was known for playing Sandy in the 1978 …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:03AMTuesday, August 9, 2022
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he had to turn down a fighter pilot’s role in Tom Cruise hit “Top Gun: Maverick,” directed by Joseph Kosinski. In an interview wit…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:31AM 
