UK Live Entertainment News
The editorial team at UKTickets brings you the latest news on live entertainment in the UK.
A Night with The Ladykillers at the Gielgud Theatre
Graham Linehan’s The Ladykillers recently announced an extension to its booking period at the Gielgud Theatre following record box office takings over Christmas and New Year The play based on the darkly humorous film made by the Ealing Studios in was adapted for stage by the Father Ted co-creator and ...
Lloyd Webber Seeks Jesus on ITV1
ITV and Andrew Lloyd Webber have confirmed that a new reality show to find a performer to play the lead in a national arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar will launch open auditions in the coming months Following a similar format to Lloyd Webber’s previously successful BBC shows such as ‘Any ...
Pippin Confirms Additional Casting
The final cast members have been announced for the musical revival of Pippin at the Menier Chocolate Factory which is currently booking until Saturday th February Gay Soper Lend Me A Tenor Les Miserables and Godspell and Josie Lawrence Acorn Antiques Much Ado About Nothing The King & I will ...
The Ladykillers Sets Box Office Record
Graham Linehan’s new adaptation of the classic Ealing comedy The Ladykillers has set a box office record at the Gielgud Theatre by taking nearly £ in a single week The production opened to excellent reviews in early December and recently announced an extension to its booking period until Saturday April ...
War Horse Trots onto the Big Screen
Steven Spielberg’s War Horse arrives in UK cinemas later this week after the film enjoyed its official UK premiere at London’s Leicester Square on Sunday Actors including Benedict Cumberbatch Emily Watson and Jeremy Irvine faced fans and photographers on the red carpet alongside the picture’s undoubted star a thoroughbred horse ...
Hugh Jackman to Star in Houdini Musical
Hugh Jackman will star as illusionist Harry Houdini in a new Broadway musical written by the Academy Award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin The production which will open in New York in or will feature music and lyrics from Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz and take a contemporary look at the life and ...
DeVito and Griffiths to be the Sunshine Boys?
Acting legends Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths will appear in a new production of Neil Simon's comedy The Sunshine Boys according to gossip in the Daily Mail The play tells the story of an aging comedy duo Al Lewis and Willy Clark who have grown to despise each other after ...
Made in Dagenham Heading for the West End?
A new West End musical based on the hit British movie Made in Dagenham is in development according to an article in the Daily Mail Playwright Richard Bean the man behind the hit comedy One Man Two Guvnors is working on the book for the show which like the film ...
Model Debut at Trafalgar Studios for Agyness Deyn
Top fashion model Agyness Deyn will make her stage debut in The Leisure Society at Trafalgar Studios in the New Year The yuppie satire written by French Canadian Francois Archambault and translated by Bobby Theodore receives its UK premiere on Thursday st March following previews from Tuesday th February The ...
Sarah Soetaert to Razzle Dazzle Again!
Sarah Soetaert will return to the West End production of Chicago in January following cast changes at the Garrick Theatre She will be joined by fellow show veterans Rachel McDowall and Terence Maynard Soetaert will replace Ugly Betty star America Ferrera as backstabbing showgirl ‘Roxie Hart’ whilst McDowall will take ...
