The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Oppenheimer starring John Heffernan will transfer to the West End for a limited eight week run from March. Tom Morton-Smith’s new play will run at the Vaudeville Theatre, after it finishes its current run in Stratford-upon-Avon on 7 March 2015.
Chichester Festival Theatre’s newly announced season also features a Chekhov trilogy adapted by David Hare, starring Anna Chancellor and Samuel West.
Obituary to Alan Howard in the Independent
Although Twickenham Theatre was forced to close its doors after just one run of performances, it has still managed to win the best off-West End production at Sunday’s Whatsonstage awards. It won the award for its five-week run of Sweeney Todd, despite the fact that the 62-capacity fringe […]
Carrie: The Musical will receive its long awaited London Premiere in The Large at Southwark Playhouse from Friday 1 to Saturday 30 May. Based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel, the musical of Carrie hasn’t been seen since the legendary original production. Produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, it first premiered […]
Brian Blessed has withdrawn from the production of King Lear at Holy Trinity Church in Guildford due to ill health. Blessed collapsed during one of the early performances of the show, and has now been advised by his doctor not to continue in the role. The sold-out production […]
The Broadway production of The Elephant Man starring Bradley Cooper will transfer to the West End. It will play a limited run at Theatre Royal Haymarket from 19 May to 8 August 2015. Tickets are now on sale here
The Hard Problem is Tom Stoppard’s first play for the stage since Rock ’n’ Roll in 2006, and his first for the National Theatre since his trilogy, The Coast of Utopia, 2002.
Greg Wise will star in Kill Me Now at the Park Theatre next month. Kill Me Now will be a European premiere production and runs from 24 February to 29 March in Park200. Wise will be joined in the cast by Oliver Gomm, Charlotte Harwood, Jack McMullen and […]
Breaking its own previous record as the only West End production to gross over £1 million in a single week, Wicked was seen by 45,000 people last week and grossed a whopping £2,160,377. Makes you green with envy, doesn’t it?