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Monday Night at the Apollo, Apollo Theatre
West End Theatre’s back! Did you miss it? The Apollo Theatre certainly hopes so.
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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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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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Preview: The Ferryman, Gielgud Theatre
This production is a hot ticket, with a critically acclaimed writer in Jez Butterworth (Mojo, Jerusalem) and a household name theatre and award winning film director (trust me this is a rarity) Sam Mendes at the helm was it going to be anything else. Even before Paddy Considine was cast as Quinn, patriarch of a…
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Disney’s Aladdin new cast rehearsal photos
Ahead of its first anniversary at the Prince Edward Theatre, Disney’s Aladdin has released behind-the-scenes photography of the new company in rehearsals. Having opened to critical acclaim in London’s West End in June 2016, the hit musical based on the classic Academy Award®-winning animated film will celebrate its first birthday in the West End on…
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Killian Donnelly and Carley Stenson to star in Les Misérables
From Monday 12 June 2017, there will be major cast changes at the West End production of “LES MISÉRABLES” at the Queen’s Theatre, which is now in its record breaking 33rd year. Cameron Mackintosh is delighted to announce that Killian Donnelly will star as ‘Jean Valjean’. He joins “Les Misérables” fresh from Broadway where he…
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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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Follow the Faun – Arts Theatre West End
“Welcome to our realm!” We were greeted upon our arrival and led to the bar by a sparkling nymph-like creature. As the nymphs posed for pictures and discussed our perilous journey to their lair, we had the chance to relax and look around. A relatively intimate, blacked out room welcomed us. Many others could be…
View from the Cheap Seat 