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Ian McKellen to feature in the West End premiere of The Exorcist
Ian McKellen will feature in the West End premiere of The Exorcist as the voice of the Demon. The trailer which features a preview of McKellen’s devilish new role can be viewed here From 20 October at the Phoenix Theatre, the stage adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s iconic best-selling novel will be unleashed onto the London stage for the very first time in…
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Louis Walsh to make stage debut
Louis Walsh will make his stage debut as the ‘Hollywood Producer’ in Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s production of ‘NATIVITY! THE MUSICAL’ at London’s Eventim Apollo, from 13 to 17 December. Louis Walsh is best known as a judge on the popular TV series, ‘The X Factor’ which he has been a part of since the show’s inception in 2004. As well…
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Witness for the Prosecution images released
Directed by Lucy Bailey (Comus, The Graduate, Titus Andronicus), Witness for the Prosecution will open in The Chamber, a magnificent courtroom setting inside London County Hall. The audience will find themselves thrillingly placed in the thick of the action in this spectacular location. Catherine Steadman, best known for her role as Mabel Fox in Downton Abbey and nominated for an Olivier…
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Venus in Fur Rehearsal Images
TRH Productions have released images of Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones, The Tudors) and David Oakes (Victoria) rehearsing for Venus in Fur, David Ives’ intoxicating dark comedy of desire and fantasy, which will have its West End premiere this autumn. Directed by Patrick Marber, this Broadway smash-hit will run for a strictly limited nine week engagement at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 6 October to…
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Young Vic Theatre Appoints Kwame Kwei-Armah As New Artistic Director
Kwame Kwei-Armah will become the new Artistic Director in February 2018. Kwame Kwei-Armah is an award-winning director and playwright and the outgoing Artistic Director of Baltimore Center Stage where he directed extensively. Directing credits also include New York’s Public Theater, Signature Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Birmingham Repertory Theatre. His production…
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TINA confirmed for Spring 2018
TINA, a new musical based on the life of legendary artist Tina Turner, will open at the Aldwych Theatre in April 2018. Performances will begin on 21 March 2018 with press night on 17 April 2018. TINA is initially booking to 16 June 2018. Tickets are released for public sale at 10am on 22 September 2017 with priority booking…
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Further casting announced for Big Fish-The Musical
Clare Burt is today announced to star as ‘Sandra Bloom’ alongside the previously announced Kelsey Grammer as ‘Edward Bloom’ in a new production of John August and Andrew Lippa’s BIG FISH THE MUSICAL.Based on the novel BIG FISH by Daniel Wallace and the Columbia Pictures film screenplay by John August, this new production will be the London premiere of…
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Major revival of The Birthday Party announced
A new production of Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party which will run at the Harold Pinter Theatre, 60 years since the play’s debut, from 9th January to 14th April 2018 with an Opening Night on Thursday 18th January 2018. Tickets go on sale today at midday, with priority booking from 9am. Stanley Webber (Toby Jones) is the only lodger at Meg…
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Call the Midwife’s Laura Main to star as Princess Fiona in Shrek the Musical tour
Following the unprecedented success of the first UK and Ireland tour, the original production team reunites to bring the hit musical to a swamp near you. Opening at Edinburgh Playhouse for the festive season this year from 12 December, the production will then tour throughout the country in 2018. Leading the cast as beloved swamp-dwelling…
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