UK Live Entertainment News
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South Pacific Opens at the Barbican
The London transfer of South Pacific has opened at the Barbican The Lincoln Centre Theatre revival won seven Tony Awards on Broadway with The Washington Post describing the show as “The best Rogers and Hammerstein in a generation” The London cast includes Paulo Szot who reprises the role of French ...
Matilda: Those Awful Grownups Are Back!
The cast of the West End transfer of Matilda the Musical has been announced with many of the show’s original actors reprising their roles from Stratford-upon-Avon Paul Kaye Mr Wormwood Bertie Carvel Miss Trunchbull Josie Walker Mrs Wormwood and Lauren Ward Miss Honey will all appear at the Cambridge Theatre ...
Betty Fails to Bring in the Bacon
Betty Blue Eyes Sir Cameron Mackintosh’s first original musical production in over a decade has posted closing notices at the Novello Theatre Although the show has received a great response from the press and critics it has struggled to attract sufficient audience numbers and will now end early playing its ...
Betwixt! Extends with Be-Tweet Performance
Musical comedy Betwixt has given away several tickets to tonight’s performance at Trafalgar Studios in a free competition which was entered by the show’s Twitter followers The special Be-Tweet performance is the first in the show’s extended run and sees Lizzie Roper replace ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ star Ellen Greene ...
Ray Meagher Gets Waxed before Rejoining Priscilla!
Australian actor Ray Meagher has been revealed as the first celebrity to get his own waxwork when Madame Tussauds opens in Sydney next May He joins a host of entertainers politicians and sports stars at the AUS million tourist attraction including fellow Aussie’s Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman Meagher is ...
Top Girls Opens at Trafalgar Studios
Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls has opened at Trafalgar Studios this week The play first produced in the early s follows the story of a hard-nosed businesswoman named Marlene played by former Coronation Street star Suranne Jones who left her family behind to concentrate on her career At a dinner party ...
The Woman in Black Movie Teaser Released
The film adaptation of The Woman in Black starring Daniel Radcliffe as the harried junior solicitor ‘Arthur Kipps’ has released a two minute teaser for the supernatural thriller which is due for released in UK cinemas in early Directed by James Watkins Eden Lake and The Descent Part the film ...
Rock of Ages Movie Films Concert Scenes
Production of the Rock of Ages movie which began earlier this summer continues to gather momentum after leading stars Tom Cruise Stacee Jaxx Julianne Hough Sherrie Christian and Diego Boneta Drew Boley filmed live concert scenes at the Sun Life Stadium Miami in front of ecstatic fans The Florida city ...
The King’s Speech to be heard in West End?
Oscar-winning film The King’s Speech seems set to be adapted for the stage and could open in the West End as early as March next year according to theatre industry rumours The movie which picked up four Academy Awards in including Best Picture starred Colin Firth as King George VI ...
Be Freddie for a Day this September!
The ‘Freddie for a Day’ campaign is back next month to mark what would have been the rock legend’s th birthday on Monday th September The event is the brainchild of Liz Swanton web editor of the Mercury Phoenix Trust the AIDS charity set up in Freddie's name in It ...
