The Show Must Go Online: Henry IV, part two

The Falstaff trilogy comes to an end, as The Show Must Go Online follows up their Pride-themed The Merry Wives of Windsor with Henry IV, part two. As you might expect after reading my Henry IV, part one write-up, this is another play I only saw onstage for the first time during last year’s Globe Henriad (there subtitled Falstaff). […]

Tuesday Newsday: 22 October 2019

Headlines Voting has opened for the 2019 BroadwayWorld UK Awards! Vote for anything from Most Accessible Theatre and Theatrical Event of the Year to Best Musical Direction of a New Production of a Play or Musical and Best Regional or Touring Production. Come From Away last week celebrated its 300th performance (& 300,000th visitor) by […]

West End run announced for Fleabag

“Looooonddddooooonn!! “ That’s the response from one Phoebe Waller-Bridge when FLEABAG‘s return to London was announced earlier today; succinct, yet excitable. The award-winning production will have its final ever run (of just 30 performances) at Wyndham’s Theatre in the West End, with Waller-Bridge herself reprising the role. It recently enjoyed a sold-out Off Broadway run at […]

Globe 2019: “This sceptred isle”

For me, Michelle Terry’s first pair of seasons at the Globe have been a bit hit and miss, but overall pretty successful – and far more alluring than I initially anticipated. There are a few things left in the winter season, but they are rather intriguing prospects: Edward II, Richard II and After Edward. In […]

ANiMALCOLM: UK tour announced

Following a successful outing at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the musical adaptation of David Baddiel‘s AniMalcolm will be heading out on a UK tour in 2019 – beginning at the McMillan Theatre in Bridgwater (Somerset), it will visit 35 venues in total over the course of a couple of months. This production has been […]

Zog: UK tour announced

Following in the footsteps of productions such as Stick Man, The Gruffalo’s Child, Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales and The Scarecrows’ Wedding, Kneehigh’s Mike Shepherd has adapted Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler’s book Zog for the stage. It will feature an original folk score from actor & musician Johnny Flynn (singer-songwriter with The Sussex Wit), […]

The Wider Earth: cast announced

The cast has today been announced for the European première of Darwin drama The Wider Earth, which begins its run at the Natural History Museum in October. This will be the first time a theatre has been constructed within the museum and is going to be found in the Jerwood Gallery, near the Darwin Centre […]

We’ll Live and Die in These Towns: cast announced

Tom Clarke, former frontman of Coventry rock band The Enemy, and playwright Geoff Thompson have collaborated to create brand new musical drama We’ll Live or Die in These Towns. Set to make its world première at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre this autumn, it is soundtracked by The Enemy’s debut album of the same name (with Clarke as […]

Sounds of Refuge: album announced

After meeting in the rehearsal rooms for Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s play The Jungle, cast members John Falsetto (Okot) and Mohamed Sarrar (Omar) started composing music for the show. Now, alongside Ammar Haj Ahmad (Syrian actor & poet, who plays Safi), they are set to release a recording of their compositions entitled Sounds of Refuge – one […]

Dust: West End transfer announced

Following an award-winning Edinburgh Festival Fringe run in 2017, and a sold-out engagement at Soho Theatre earlier this year, Milly Thomas’ acclaimed solo show Dust will transfer to Trafalgar Studios 2 in September. It is directed by Sara Joyce, and features set design from Anna Reid, sound design from Max Perryment and lighting design from […]