Day: 25 March 2011

Butley: Full Cast Announced: Paul Mcgann, Penny Downie And Amanda Drew Join Dominic West

25 March 2011 14 February 2020

Mark Rubinstein, Eleanor Lloyd, Lee Menzies and Dena Hammerstein/Pam Pariseau present BUTLEY by Simon Gray.

The full cast has been announced for this summer’s West End revival of Simon Gray’s comedy Butley. Alongside Dominic West, star of hit US drama The Wire, who will play the iconic title role of the rapier-tongued lecturer Butley, will be Paul McGann (Withnail and I, Doctor Who), Penny Downie, (RSC’s Hamlet, Invictus) and Amanda Drew (ENRON, Eastenders).

Playwright Lanford Wilson dies

25 March 2011 24 November 2019

An important passing this week is the death of American playwright Lanford Wilson, the Pulitzer Prize-winner who died on Wednesday aged 73.

Theatreland walking tours return to the West End this Summer

25 March 2011 24 November 2019

The Society of London Theatre is bringing back its programme of Theatreland Walking Tours this summer.

The fine line between Previews and Reviews: Baz “Previews” Betty Blue Eyes

25 March 2011 14 February 2020

Baz Bamigboye’s preview of Betty Blue Eyes raises questions over when is a preview actually an early review?

Benedict Cumberbatch to take After The Dance to Broadway?

25 March 2011 24 November 2019

Thea Sharrock’s award-winning production of Terence Rattigan’s drama After The Dance at the National Theatre may be Broadway-bound.
And its star – Benedict Cumberbatch, who is currently wowing audiences at the National Theatre in Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein, may be heading with it.

Ralph Fiennes cast in Trevor Nunn’s The Tempest at the Haymarket

25 March 2011 24 November 2019

Trevor Nunn has cast stage and screen actor Ralph Fiennes as Prospero in his new production of The Tempest.

Diana Rigg joins Rupert Everett in Pygmalion at the Garrick Theatre

25 March 2011 24 November 2019

Dame Diana Rigg is to join Rupert Everett and Kara Tointon in the Chichester transfer of Pygmalion