‘Lungs’ starring Claire Foy & Matt Smith – review round up
Claire Foy & Matt Smith breathe new life into Duncan Macmillan’s two-hander
Matthew Warchus
Matthew Warchus announces new productions as part of Old Vic season
The season includes two Arthur Miller plays and two world premieres.
Tim Key, Paul Ritter and Rufus Sewell to star in ART at the Old Vic
The 20th anniversary production at the Old Vic
Matthew Warchus announces Season 2 at the Old Vic Theatre
Glenda Jackson and Star Wars John Boyega to star in Season 2
First Look: Ralph Fiennes in The Master Builder
Ralph Fiennes stars as Halvard Solness in Henrik Ibsen’s late masterpiece The Master Builder
Broadway actor Andy Karl to star in Groundhog Day the Musical
Broadway actor Andy Karl to star in Groundhog Day the Musical
Full casting announced for The Caretaker starring Timothy Spall
George MacKay and Daniel Mays join Timothy Spall in The Caretaker
Linda Emond joins Ralph Fiennes in The Master Builder.
Broadway star Linda Emond joins cast of The Master Builder
Bertie Carvel takes on The Hairy Ape at the Old Vic
Bertie Carvel is to star in The Hairy Ape at the Old Vic theatre
Future Conditional announce full casting
The Old Vic theatre announce full casting for Future Conditional starring Rob Brydon
Matthew Warchus’s first Old Vic season goes on SALE
Matthew Warchus’s first season as Artistic Director of The Old Vic is now on SALE
The Master Builder starring Ralph Fiennes at the Old Vic
The Master Builder starring Ralph Fiennes at the Old Vic
Future Conditional starring Rob Brydon at the Old Vic
Future Conditional starring Rob Brydon at the Old Vic
The Caretaker starring Timothy Spall at the Old Vic theatre
Timothy Spall stars in Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker at the Old Vic theatre.
Pride The Musical is West End bound?
Hit British movie Pride, directed by forthcoming Old Vic Theatre artistic director Matthew Warchus and witten by Stephen Beresford, may be heading to the West End as a musical.
Matthew Warchus to become new director of the Old Vic
Matilda and Ghost The Musical director Matthew Warchus is to succeed Kevin Spacey as Artistic Director of the Old Vic Theatre.
Movie News: BBC Films announce The Lady in the Van starring Maggie Smith, London Road
BBC Films has announced its new slate for the Cannes Film Festival and it includes a new film adaptation of hit play The Lady In The Van. Maggie Smith will return to the role she immortalised on stage in 1999 as Miss Shepherd, alongside Alex Jennings – who is currently starring as Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane – playing Alan Bennett. The movie will reunite the team behind The History Boys – Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner, who also directed the stage play of The Lady in the Van. Kevin Loader, Damian Jones …
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Matilda The Musical
The RSC’s ingenious production of Roald Dahl’s Matilda now playing at the Cambridge Theatre
Groundhog Day The Musical: Tim Minchin writing new show based on the hit movie
Matilda The Musical writer and director working on musical adaptation of Groundhog Day.
Matilda to hit the big screen in movie version
Award-winning musical Matilda The Musical, which has proved a hit in London and New York, is to be turned into a blockbuster new film.
Ghost The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre – Save £26.50
Save £26.50 on tickets to see Ghost The Musical live on stage at the Piccadilly Theatre
VIDEO: Ghost stars sing Gotye cover
The stars of Ghost The Musical have recorded a cover of Gotye’s Somebody I Used To Know.
Mark Evans and Siobhan Dillon, who play the lead roles of Sam and Molly in the hit West End show, have recorded a new version of Australian singer Gotye’s Number One song Somebody That I Used To Know.
Ghost The Musical: Theatre Announced For Broadway Production
Following the success of its London opening, a New York production of Ghost The Musical is to open on Broadway on 23 April 2012 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, with previews beginning in March. Casting for the Broadway production will be announced at a later date. Matthew Warchus’ stage production based on the Oscar® winning film is currently booking in London to October 2012 with the recent release of over 350,000 tickets at the Piccadilly Theatre.
Ghost The Musical To Open On Broadway Spring 2012
Following the success of its London opening, a New York production of Ghost The Musical is to open on Broadway in April 2012 at a Nederlander Theatre to be announced, with previews beginning in March. Casting for the Broadway production will be announced at a later date. Matthew Warchus’ stage production based on the Oscar® winning film has recently extended booking in London to October 2012 with the release of over 350,000 tickets at the Piccadilly Theatre.
350,000 New Tickets Released For West End Production Of Ghost The Musical As Cast Album Charts At Number One
Today, 1 August 2011, over 350,000 tickets are released for sale at the Piccadilly Theatre for the West End production of Ghost The Musical, taking bookings to 13 October 2012. Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy lead the cast playing Sam and Molly in Matthew Warchus’ stage musical version of the Academy Award® winning film who are accompanied by Sharon D Clarke as Oda Mae Brown and Andrew Langtree as Carl.
Ghost The Musical – Round-up of Reviews
Reviews round-up of Ghost the Musical, which opened at the Piccadilly Theatre in London on 19 July 2011.
Photos: Ghost The Musical Press Night at the Piccadilly Theatre in London
Photo story: Ghost The Musical enjoyed a glittering premiere at the Piccadilly Theatre last night.
Ghost The Musical opens tonight
Major new West End show Ghost The Musical opens tonight, Tuesday 19 July 2011, at London’s Piccadilly Theatre.
VIDEO: Ghost The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre
A brand new feature length trailer has been released for big new West End musical Ghost the Musical.
RSC’s production of Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical transfers to the Cambridge Theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s world premiere production of Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical will preview at the Cambridge Theatre in London’s West End from Tuesday 18 October 2011
Photos: Ghost the Musical starring Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy
Photos of Ghost The Musical, which starts previews at the Piccadilly Theatre in London in just over a month’s time.
Major new West End show Ghost the Musical, based on the Oscar-winning movie, starts previews on 24 June 2011 at the Piccadilly Theatre in London.
Rehearsal photos of Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre starring Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy
Behind-the-scenes photos of rehearsals for Ghost The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre starring Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy.
Ghost The Musical And Stand Up To Cancer Announce New Collaboration As Single Is Released
FIRST-EVER THEATRICAL SINGLE TO BENEFIT CANCER RESEARCH
Led by artist and musician Dave Stewart, Ghost The Musical and the charity Stand Up To Cancer today announce a new collaboration. Stewart, whose latest project Ghost The Musical will have its world premiere in the UK this Spring, is a long standing ambassador for the international grassroots charitable movement Stand Up To Cancer. The new single will be the first-ever theatrical single to benefit cancer research.
Matilda West End Transfer
The Royal Shakespeare Company world premiere production of Roald Dahl’s Matilda, A Musical will transfer to the West End in autumn 2011 for an open-ended run.
Deathtrap – Save £13 on tickets
Save £13 on tickets to see DEATHTRAP at the Noel Coward Theatre in London
Richard Fleeshman to star in Ghost
Casting announced for Ghost the Musical: Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy to join Sharon D Clarke at the Piccadilly Theatre
Deathtrap and Free Dinner
Enjoy stalls or dress Circle tickets to DEATHTRAP and a free pre or post theatre dinner for £49.50
La Bete on Broadway: It’s a hit!
The Broadway transfer of recent West End success La Bete proves a hit with New York critics, with particular attention heaped on Mark Rylance’s tour de force performance.
Ghost The Musical tickets at the Piccadilly Theatre starring Richard Fleeshman, Caissie Levy and Sharon D Clarke
Dazzling new musical based on the Oscar-winning movie, starring Mark Evans, Siobhan Dillon and Sharon D Clarke and featuring music by The Eurythmics’s Dave Stewart.
Sharon D Clarke to star in Ghost the Musical
New show Ghost The Musical, based on the Oscar winning film, set to make its West End debut next year; Sharon D Clarke to play Whoopi Goldberg role of Oda Mae Brown.
Deathtrap – Round-up of Reviews
Deathtrap marks the first big show to arrive in town at the start of this autumn’s West End openings. And it’s a biggie, with much anticipation around the pairing of acting giant Simon Russell-Beale and Glee heart-throb Jonathan Groff
Deathtrap opens tonight in London
Deathtrap opens tonight, 7 September, at the Noel Coward Theatre in London, and marks the first big premiere of the West End’s new autumn season.
Shows closing in September
It’s all change in the West End next month as September sees a number of shows bid farewell.
CLAIRE SKINNER in Deathtrap
CLAIRE SKINNER in Deathtrap
ESTELLE PARSONS in Deathtrap
ESTELLE PARSONS in Deathtrap
VIDEO: Deathtrap trailer released
With the opening of Deathtrap at the Noel Coward Theatre only days away, a promotional video has been released featuring Simon Russell Beale, Jonathan Groff and Claire Skinner.
This chubby, gay son of an army doctor…
We LOVE Simon Russell Beale and devoured every word of Nick Curtis’s interview with SRB in the Evening Standard yesterday.
La Bete – Reviews Round-up
La Bete at the Comedy Theatre – Review Round-up
La Bete – Review
La Bete at the Comedy Theatre – Review
La Bete set for opening
Star-studded opening night set for La Bete at the Comedy Theatre
SIMON RUSSELL BEALE in Deathtrap
SIMON RUSSELL BEALE in Deathtrap
JONATHAN GROFF in Deathtrap
JONATHAN GROFF in Deathtrap
OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Director Winners
OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Director Winners
Hot new shows in June
June is proving to be a busy month for West End Theatre with a number of high-profile openings, including work from big name directors such as Sam Mendes, Richard Eyre and Matthew Warchus.
Casting Update: La Bete and Aspects
News on West End Theatre casting for La Bete and Aspects of Love
Deathtrap to return to West End
Simon Russell Beale and Glee hunk Jonathan Groff to star in London revival of Deathtrap David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers, producers of Brief Encounter, Equus and recent success Calendar Girls, have achieved another theatrical coup. Their planned revival of long-running Broadway and London play Deathtrap is set to be a huge hit all over again after attracting a heavy-hitting production team and cast for the project. Deathtrap, the 1978 thriller which was made into a film starring Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve, is making a West End reappearance at the Noel Coward Theatre this summer, from 21 August. Acclaimed actor …
Rylance Broadway bound
The West End’s man-of-the-moment Mark Rylance will star in a revival of David Hirson’s comedy drama La Bete, initially in London and then New York.
Billy Elliot triumphs at Tonys
British musical Billy Elliot triumphed last night at the 63rd Annual Tony Awards, held at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
Tony Awards nominations announced
British production BILLY ELLIOT receives 15 Tony Award nominations. Brits do well in annual theatre awards nominations. The nominations for this year’s Tony awards were announced today in New York. The 63rd annual awards will see the Broadway version of Billy Elliot lead the pack with 15 nominations. Close behind were two productions that originated in the UK – The Norman Conquests, with 7 nominations, and God of Carnage with 6 nominations. British director Matthew Warchus received two nominations for his direction of both God of Carnage and The Norman Conquests. He’s competing with another UK director, Phyllida Lloyd, whose …
Ghost The Musical
It’s been announced today that acclaimed director Matthew Warchus (The Lord of the Rings) is to direct a new musical based on the Oscar winning film Ghost. In a run of film-to-stage shows hitting London and Broadway, it will join shows such as Sister Act, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Spiderman and 9 to 5 The Musical. Scheduled to open in the West End in 2010 the music and lyrics are to be penned by Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart plus six-time Grammy® award winner Glen Ballard, and written by Oscar winner Bruce Joel Rubin who will adapt his original screen play …
God of Carnage Review
God Of Carnage at the Gielgud Theatre – review