Apparently, this is a phenomenon, and an institution even older than the John Lewis Christmas advert. Well, so the programme says. The long-awaited (well, twelve months) successor to the ground-breaking Dick! and its beloved sequel, Dick! Comes Again: Bigger, Longer, Harder!, like them the new arrival Sleeping Booty […]
This classic children’s show has all the trademark touches of a Polka production; imaginative staging, wonderful puppetry, excellent casting, but the episodic nature of the piece makes it feel fragmentary, and therefore below the usually high Polka standards. This is an innovative adaptation, with the Darlings home set […]
Following his acclaimed RSC debut, The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012), Phillip Breen returns to direct Dekker’s glorious city comedy of class, conflict and cobblers in love. What’s it about? Rowland Lacy loves Rose Oatley but it’s not going to work out. An aristocrat and a middle class […]
The winner, or rather winners, of the inaugural Theatre503 Playwriting Award were announced on Friday. The new prize attracted 1600 entrants, all of whom submitted an original piece of writing with a running length of at least 60 minutes. After a great deal of reading and rereading six playwrights […]
It was announced today that London’s first theatre themed cafe will open on Shaftesbury Avenue on Monday 12 January 2015. It will be operated by London Theatre Bookings, who already own 14 tickets shops across the West End. The Theatre Cafe will offer customers the chance to […]
Boyzone star Ronan Keating has joined the cast of the award-winning musical, Once, at the Phoenix Theatre. He plays the part of Guy opposite Jill Winternitz as Girl. Based on the Oscar-winning film, Once tells the story of a chance encounter between a girl and guy from different worlds […]
Number 1: Sleeping Booty Martin Witts & Lesley Ackland for Leicester Square Theatre presents Sleeping Booty!… all it takes is a prick! The Evil Mangelina (Miss Dusty ‘O’), is wreaking havoc over our precious, perverted pantoland, ruling with an unruly and slippery iron fist … Ouch mama! Together […]
Last month in our November Theatre Round-Up we recommended seeing 2071 at the Royal Court It’s certainly proving controversial, which in our view makes it a play worth seeing. Here is a summary of what the critics said: Michael Billington: Guardian ★★★★★ Some will argue this is not really […]
David Edgar’s political drama The Shape of the Table, set in an unnamed eastern European country during the collapse of the Soviet Union, first premiered at the National Theatre on November 8th, 1990, a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now, during one of the most […]
The shortlists have been revealed for the 60th Evening Standard Theatre Awards. The winners will be announced at the London Palladium on 30 November 2014. Nominations for best actor include Tom Hiddleston, Mark Strong, Gillian Anderson and Billie Piper.
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