UK Live Entertainment News
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Noises Off First Night Reviews Roundup
Noises Off Michael Frayn’s farce about the misfortunes of a touring play has opened at the Old Vic for its first major London revival since The production follows the ups and downs of Nothing On - a bawdy sex comedy that is on the road for a ten-week run Beginning ...
Is An Austin Powers Musical in Development?
Comedy legend Mike Myers is said to be in talks about creating a new Broadway musical based around his legendary buck-toothed secret agent Austin Powers Myers has already agreed to write and star in a fourth big screen instalment of the hugely successful film franchise global takings of over m ...
The Ladykillers is a First Night Hit!
Black comedy The Ladykillers has opened at the Gielgud Theatre The play penned by Graham Linehan Father Ted and based on the Ealing film that starred Peter Sellers Alec Guinness and Katie Johnson tells the story of a criminal gang whose plans to commit a heist are thwarted by the ...
Kara Tointon to Make West End Return
Pygmalion star Kara Tointon will return to the West End in the New Year when she appears at The Harold Pinter Theatre in a revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s Absent Friends The show directed by in Jeremy Herrin will open on Thursday th February following previews from Thursday th January Tointon ...
Street of Dreams to Premiere in Manchester
A Coronation Street musical will open at Manchester’s M E N Arena next year hosted by Paul O’Grady and featuring many familiar faces past and present from Britain’s best-loved soap opera Street of Dreams has been penned by writer composer and lyricist Trisha Ward and promises to transform some of ...
The Awkward Squad Heads to the Arts Theatre
The Awkward Squad a new work by the BAFTA-winning Emmerdale writer Karin Young will open at the Arts Theatre in March as part of a UK tour The show stars Charlie Hardwick Emmerdale Libby Davison The Bill Hollyoaks Barbara Marten Brookside Casualty Coronation Street and Lisa McGrillis The Pitmen Painters ...
Nominees Announced for WhatsonStage Awards
The shortlist of nominations for the th annual Whatsonstage com Awards have been announced in London with Ghost going head-to-head with Matilda for the title of Best New Musical Danielle Hope and Kara Tointon competing for Newcomer of the Year and Wicked listed yet again as Best West End Show ...
American Idiot to Tour the UK in 2012
The Tony Award-winning musical American Idiot will play an eight-date UK tour next autumn beginning at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton on Monday th October The production is the musical adaptation of Green Day’s Grammy-winning album of the same title and played performances at Broadway's St James Theatre between March ...
Backbeat Sets West End Departure Date
The Beatles Musical Backbeat has posted early closing notices at the Duke of York’s Theatre and will now end its West End run on Saturday th February originally booking until Saturday th March The show is the stage adaptation of Iain Softley’s BAFTA-nominated film of the same title and follows ...
Dillon and Evans to Lead Ghost the Musical
Ghost the Musical will get two new leading cast members in the New Year when Siobhan Dillon and Mark Evans take over from Caissie Levy and Richard Fleeshman as ‘Molly’ and ‘Sam’ They will join Sharon D Clarke Oda Mae Brown and Andrew Langtree Carl who continue to play ...
