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Andy Kindler – The Ugly America Tour, Soho Theatre
You may know Andy Kindler from his many roles in TV comedy series, the long-running Everybody Loves Raymond, Maron or I’m Dying Up Here. Perhaps you’ll know his voice even if you don’t know the face, having lent his voice to Bob’s Burgers, Dr. Katz, and Home Movies. He’s also a regular on the American…
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New Production Images for Hairspray-The Musical UK Tour
Following a publically and critically acclaimed opening at Wales Millennium Centre, smash-hit musical Hairspray today released all new production images. Hairspray is back on the road touring the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland, starring ITV comedy legend, Norman Pace. The production opened last week playing to big, bold and beautiful audiences in Cardiff and will go on to…
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Eurohouse, Ovalhouse
I went through a period of being obsessed with Greece’s bailout referendum in 2015. It wasn’t because I was a politics geek but mainly to do with my crush of Vanis Varoufakis, the country’s economy minister who was articulate and photogenic. How quickly we forget about ‘Grexit’ where there was a real risk that Greece…
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The Royal Shakespeare Company Announces UK And Ireland Tour of Matilda The Musical From March 2018 – August 2019
Today, the Royal Shakespeare Company announces that its multi award-winning production of Matilda The Musical will embark on a UK and Ireland tour in 2018-2019. Winner of 85 international awards, including 16 for Best Musical, the RSC’s touring production of Matilda The Musical will open at Leicester Curve, playing from 5 – 24 March 2018,…
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Reasons To Be Cheerful to Embark On UK Tour From September 2017
The pioneering disabled-led theatre company Graeae has confirmed tour dates and venues for the return of their acclaimed musical Reasons to be Cheerful, which will hit the road this autumn. Following a hugely successful tour in 2012 which was seen by almost 12,000 people and a series of concert performances last year, this joyful and…
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‘Covered in Dusty’ The Many Musicals about Dusty Springfield
Three Dusty musicals will be produced in as many years. Is there demand or is it overkill of a popular artist’s back catalogue. It was announced on March 13 that Craig Revel Horwood will be directing Son of a Preacher Man, which will our Churchill Theatre and other dates throughout Autumn 2017.This production, produced by Brian…
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Let it dimmer; Gary Barlow reveals Let it Shine contestants won’t have leading parts
I haven’t really followed Let It Shine, as much as I admire Barlow’s move into hot dad from the man you befriended to get closer to the other four in Take That there is a lot I don’t like about Barlow and reality shows so I have avoided Let It Shine, BBC Primetime’s search for…
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Shrek the Musical announces new UK tour
Opening at the Edinburgh Playhouse for the Christmas 2017/18 season from 12 December 2017 to 7 January 2018, the production will then tour to Manchester, Sunderland, Birmingham, Aberdeen, Northampton, Stoke and Blackpool, with further venues to be announced. Glasgow Evening Times ‘A fun, fairytale spectacular fit for all the family’ Nigel Harman will return as…
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Frankenstein – Greenwich Theatre
Celebrating its 200th anniversary this year, Frankenstein continues to be a thought provoking piece exploring the ideas of ambition, the limits of science and the responsibilities of parenthood. Questioning the relationship between God and Mankind, a crazy scientist tests his ability to create life and instead brings a murderous monster into the world. Blackeyed Theatre’s…
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