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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

An American in Paris to close in the West End by Roda Musa

An American in Paris, which opened earlier this year, is to close at the Dominion Theatre after nine months. The musical, inspired

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Mark Gatiss to appear in Adam Penford’s first season at Nottingham Playhouse by Roda Musa

Nottingham Playhouse has announced Adam Penford’s first season as artistic director, which will include The Madness of George III, starring Mark Gatiss.

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Monday, September 25, 2017

Casting Society of America opens London branch to expand operations in the UK by Roda Musa

The Casting Society of America, the US equivalent of the Casting Directors’ Guild, has announced the launch of a branch in London.

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Literary manager Steve Harper: ‘I try to oversee all of the theatre’s relationships with writers’ by Roda Musa

Steve Harper is literary manager at London’s Theatre503. He tells Roda Musa about his work and the venue’s latest production, In Event

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Ronald Harwood’s Quartet announces UK tour by Roda Musa

Cheltenham Everyman Theatre has announced a tour of Ronald Harwood’s comedy, Quartet. Leading the cast are Paul Nicholas, Jeff Rawle, Wendi Peters

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Friday, September 22, 2017

TIN Arts and Yorkshire Dance announce new project to support disabled dancers by Roda Musa

TIN Arts, a dance organisation based in Durham, has announced a partnership with Yorkshire Dance in Leeds to launch a project to

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Casting announced for Strangers on a Train tour by Roda Musa

Christopher Harper and John Middleton are to lead the cast of a new production of Strangers on a Train. Harper, currently appearing

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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Production news round-up: Pearl Mackie cast in revival of The Birthday Party, and a musical based on Tina Turner’s life to open at West End by Roda Musa

This week in production news, Doctor Who star Pearl Mackie is to play Lulu in the revival of Harold Pinter’s play, The

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Greenwich Winter Time Festival announces inaugural line-up by Roda Musa

Children’s musical The Giant’s Loo Roll is among the theatre programming that will feature at the new Greenwich Winter Time Festival. The

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BalletBoyz’s Fourteen Days to create new work in just two weeks by Roda Musa

Choreographers Javier De Frutos, Craig Revel Horwood, Ivan Perez and Christopher Wheeldon have teamed up with all-male dance company BalletBoyz for its

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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Lyric Hammersmith and Digital Theatre Plus announce education partnership by Roda Musa

The Lyric Hammersmith theatre in London has announced a partnership with Digital Theatre’s education arm, in a bid to widen access to

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Sunday, September 17, 2017

Bat out of Hell’s Andrew Polec beats Hollywood stars to win the Joe Allen Best West End Debut Award by Roda Musa

Bat Out of Hell star Andrew Polec has been awarded the Joe Allen Best West End Debut Award at The Stage Debut

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Friday, September 15, 2017

Doctor Who star Pearl Mackie to join West End cast of The Birthday Party by Roda Musa

Pearl Mackie, who played Bill Potts in Doctor Who, has been cast in the West End revival of The Birthday Party. She

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Birmingham Royal Ballet to hold first relaxed performance by Roda Musa

Birmingham Royal Ballet has announced its first ever relaxed performance. The Sleeping Beauty is being adapted to cater for those on the

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

West End to dim lights in memory of Peter Hall by Roda Musa

Venues across the West End will dim their lights on Friday, September 15, in memory of the founder of Royal Shakespeare Company,

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Empty Space Peter Brook Awards announce 2017 nominees by Roda Musa

This year’s nominees have been announced for the Empty Space Peter Brook Awards. Among the 2017 nominees for the main award are

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Casting announced for London revival of The Woman in White by Roda Musa

Anna O’Byrne is to lead the cast of The Woman in White at the Charing Cross Theatre. The Australian performer has previously

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Bananaman the Musical announces London premiere by Roda Musa

Bananaman the Musical has announced its world premiere at Southwark Playhouse. Based on the comic book character of the same name, the

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Improvised Austen show to run in the West End by Roda Musa

Austentacious, an entirely improvised play in the style of a Jane Austen novel, will run at the Piccadilly Theatre later this year.

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Monday, September 11, 2017

Linbury Prize for stage design announces 2017 finalists by Roda Musa

The list of finalists for the 2017 Linbury Prize for stage design has been announced. Founded in 1987, the prize provides an

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Ben Goffe: ‘I want to be seen first as an actor and my size to be secondary’ by Roda Musa

Actor Ben Goffe’s credits include Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Erica Whyman’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He tells Roda

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Call the Midwife’s Laura Main to star in Shrek tour by Roda Musa

Call the Midwife star Laura Main has been cast as Fiona in the nationwide tour of Shrek the Musical, along with Steffan

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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Scottish stars back campaign to redevelop Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre by Roda Musa

Actor and comedian Elaine C Smith and entertainer Allan Stewart are two of the high-profile names announced as cultural ambassadors for the

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