Laura Linney to make London stage debut
Richard Eyre directs Laura Linney in My Name is Lucy Barton at the Bridge Theatre
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Cast confirmed for Long Day’s Journey Into Night at Wyndham’s Theatre
Richard Eyre’s acclaimed production transfers in January 2017
Stage Spy: Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins reunite for The Dresser
Sir Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser to be remade by the BBC starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Sir Ian McKellen The Telegraph reports today that the BBC is planning a big new dramatisation of Ronald Harwood’s award-winning 1980 play The Dresser. Directed by Sir Richard Eyre, the production will see the two Sirs reunited after working with each other way back in the Sixties at Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre Company at the Old Vic. McKellen will play the dresser Norman, with Hopkins as the actor-manager “Sir”, believed to have been based on the great West End actor Sir Donald Wolfit. The …
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Photos: The Pajama Game at the Shaftesbury Theatre
Production photos of The Pajama Game at the Shaftesbury Theatre starring Michael Xavier and Joanna Riding
Jack Lowden wins Ian Charleson Award; Jessie Buckley and Graham Butler win 2nd and 3rd place
Scottish actor Jack Lowden has been named the winner of the 2013 Ian Charleson Awards.
Cinema screening: Ghosts starring Lesley Manville
Richard Eyre’s extraordinary adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts comes to cinemas this summer starring Lesley Manville.
Photos: The Pajama Game – Rehearsals
Rehearsal photos of The Pajama Game – coming to the Shaftesbury Theatre starring Joanna Riding and Michael Xavier
The Pajama Game at the Shaftesbury Theatre
Richard Eyre brings his hugely successful Chichester production of The Pajama Game into London’s Shaftesbury Theatre starring Joanna Riding and Michael Xavier.
THE PAJAMA GAME: Peter Polycarpou and Gary Wilmot join the cast
Peter Polycarpou and Gary Wilmot join the cast of The Pajama Game at the Shaftesbury Theatre Further casting has been announced for Richard Eyre’s Chichester revival of The Pajama Game, which is playing the Shaftesbury Theatre from 2 May 2014. Peter Polycarpou, Gary Wilmot and Colin Stinton will join the cast of the show, alongside already-announced leads Joanna Riding and Michael Xavier. Peter Polycarpou and Colin Stinton will both reprise their roles as Vernon Hines and Hasler in the show, and Gary Wilmot will join the cast taking over the role of Vernon Hines from 2 June. The full cast …
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Review Round-up: Stephen Ward at the Aldwych Theatre
A round-up of reviews for Stephen Ward at the Aldwych Theatre
Photos: Stephen Ward at the Aldywch Theatre
Production photos of Stephen Ward The Musical at the Aldywch Theatre
Now Booking: The Pajama Game starring Joanna Riding
Richard Eyre’s revival of The Pajama Game has gone on sale in the West End.
Chichester’s The Pajama Game to open at the Shaftesbury Theatre
Richard Eyre’s revival of The Pajama Game at the Chichester Festival Theatre is to transfer to the Shaftesbury Theatre in the West End.
From Here to Eternity to close in April
Tim Rice’s new musical From Here to Eternity will end its run at the Shaftesbury Theatre in April 2014.
LESLEY MANVILLE in Ghosts
LESLEY MANVILLE in Ghosts
Ghosts at the Trafalgar Studios starring Lesley Manville
Lesley Manville stars in the West End transfer of Ibsen’s Ghosts, following a sold-out run at the Almeida Theatre, directed and adapted by Richard Eyre.
Ghosts starring Lesley Manville transfers to the West End
David Eyre’s hit new production of Ibsen’s classic play Ghosts is transferring from the Almeida Theatre to the West End for a limited season.
Photos: Keeler at the Charing Cross Theatre
Production photos of Keeler at the Charing Cross Theatre
A Theatre Life: Interview with Sir Richard Eyre
Interview with theatre director Richard Eyre
Stephen Ward cast announced | Alexander Hanson, Charlotte Spencer, Charlotte Blackledge, Anthony Calf and Joanna Riding
The cast has been announced for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical Stephen Ward, including Alexander Hanson, Charlotte Spencer, Charlotte Blackledge, Anthony Calf, Daniel Flynn and Joanna Riding.
Stephen Ward by Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Aldwych Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical Stephen Ward, about the society osteopath caught up in the Profumo Affair of the 1960’s, at the Aldwych Theatre starring Alexander Hanson.
Photos: The Pajama Game at the Chichester Festival Theatre starring Joanna Riding
Production photos of The Pajama Game at the Chichester Festival Theatre starring Joanna Riding
Hadley Fraser & Joanna Riding Star In The Pajama Game
Distinguished director Richard Eyre returns to Chichester to open Festival 2013 with the evergreen Broadway musical, The Pajama Game starring Hadley Fraser & Joanna Riding
Chichester Festival Theatre season announcement
Theatre in the Park is unveiled with major new productions of Barnum and Neville’s Island. Richard Eyre returns to Chichester to direct The Pajama Game. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui returns to the Minerva Theatre, then transfers to the West End – Henry Goodman reprises his award-winning role. Festival 2012 achieved record-breaking audience figures of 220,000
Photos: Quartermaine’s Terms at the Wyndham’s Theatre starring Rowan Atkinson
Production photos of Quartermaine’s Terms at the Wyndham’s Theatre starring Rowan Atkinson.
Betty Blue Eyes cast recording announced
The Cameron Mackintosh show at the Novello Theatre in London is going to release a cast recording – although there’s still no news of an exact release date.
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Exclusive Photos: Betty Blue Eyes – The First Night
One of the highlights of the West End’s year took place on Wednesday, as a star-studded audience gathered at the Novello Theatre in London for the first night of Betty Blue Eyes, produced by Cameron Mackintosh.
Betty Blue Eyes – Review
A review of Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello Theatre in London
First Look Photos: Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello Theatre
Exclusive photos of new Cameron Mackintosh musical Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello Theatre in London
REECE SHEARSMITH in Betty Blue Eyes
REECE SHEARSMITH in Betty Blue Eyes
SARAH LANCASHIRE in Betty Blue Eyes
SARAH LANCASHIRE in Betty Blue Eyes
JONATHAN CAKE in A Flea in her Ear
JONATHAN CAKE in A Flea in her Ear
LISA DILLON in A Flea in her Ear
LISA DILLON in A Flea in her Ear
Betty Blue Eyes opens bookings
Booking has opened for new Cameron Mackintosh musical Betty Blue Eyes, coming into the West End this Spring.
TOM HOLLANDER in A Flea in her Ear
TOM HOLLANDER in A Flea in her Ear
Star Interview: Stiles & Drewe, composers of Just So and Betty Blue Eyes
Musical theatre writers Stiles & Drewe talk to Westendtheatre.com about Just So and Betty Blue Eyes
A Flea in her Ear
Tom Hollander (Rev, In The Loop) and Lisa Dillon star in Georges Feydeau’s 1907 French farce A Flea in her Ear, directed by Richard Eyre in a version by John Mortimer.
Ian Charleson Awards
We might have missed it but the publicity around the winners of this year’s Ian Charleson Awards seemed particularly muted. Even the Sunday Times, the sponsor of the awards, gave little promotion to the nominations or winners. This year marks 20 years since actor Ian Charleson died on 6 January 1990 of AIDS-related causes, only eight weeks after playing Hamlet in Richard Eyre’s production at the National Theatre. He was an extremely accomplished actor, appearing in film (Chariots of Fire), TV (Oxbridge Blues) and numerous stage roles, both plays and musicals, including Guys and Dolls and Fool For Love. The …
New Old Vic season launched
Kevin Spacey pulls out the stops for his 7th year at the Old Vic with three heavy-weight directors
OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Director Winners
OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Director Winners
OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Play Winners
OLIVIER AWARDS – Best Play Winners
OLIVIER AWARDS – Special and Outstanding Achievement Award Winners
OLIVIER AWARDS – Special and Outstanding Achievement Award Winners
Private Lives – Vaudeville Theatre – Reviews Round-up
Round up of reviews of PRIVATE LIVES starring Kim Cattrall at the Vaudeville Theatre in London
Private Lives starring Kim Cattrall
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