Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Duncan Sheik, best known for co-creating the musical Spring Awakening, has died aged 56.
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American Psycho – Almeida Theatre
American Psycho continues at the Almeida Theatre, London until 14 March 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s still true that Goold’s final production at the Almeida succeeds in giving us a stimulating production.
Cast for Rupert Goold’s American Psycho at the Almeida Theatre
Arty Froushan will play Patrick Bateman in next year’s highly anticipated revival of Rupert Goold’s acclaimed production of American Psycho at at London’s Almeida Theatre.
American Psycho to return to London for Rupert Goold’s Almeida farewell
Rupert Goold will revisit his acclaimed production of American Psycho in his final season as artistic director of the Almeida Theatre.
Cold War – Almeida Theatre
Cold War continues at the Almeida Theatre, London until 30 January 2024. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ For a venue’s big Christmas show, it’s traditional for a venue to go for something crowd-pleasing, optimistic, something to add sparkle to the drab winter evenings. So it’s a bold choice by the Almeida to go against the flow and instead bring a drab, overlong dirge of a half-musical instead.
Almeida announces world premiere of Cold War plus cinema screenings of Spring Awakening
The Almeida Theatre’s artistic director Rupert Goold will direct the world premiere of Conor McPherson’s adaptation of Pawel Pawlikowski’s Academy Award-nominated Cold War.
The Secret Life of Bees – Almeida Theatre
The Secret Life of Bees continues at the Almeida Theatre, London – until 27 May 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
WhatsOnStage Awards 2023 – the nominees
Daniel Fish’s innovative 2019 Tony Award-winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s much-loved Oklahoma! leads the musical theatre nominees for the 23rd WhatsOnStage Awards.
Tammy Faye – Almeida Theatre
Tammy Faye continues at the Almeida Theatre, London until 3 December 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ To the deepest pits of fiery Hell with the snobs: this is a damn good night out. Get on your knees and pray (or whatever else you need to do) for a ticket.
Almeida world premiere for Elton John, Jake Shears and James Graham’s Tammy Faye
The Almeida Theatre’s artistic director Rupert Goold will direct the world premiere production of Tammy Faye, a new musical from Elton John, Jake Shears and James Graham. Due to debut at the popular London venue from 13 October until 3 December 2022, the musical which takes its inspiration from the life of colourful American Tammy […]
“Daddy”: A Melodrama – Almeida Theatre
Daddy continues at the Almeida Theatre, London until 30 April 2022. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ There is much more than a generation gap between the central pair at the heart of Jeremy O. Harris’ “Daddy”: A Melodrama. Terique Jarrett’s Franklin is a delicate young black man, an up and coming […]
Almeida Theatre’s Spring Awakening run extended
The Almeida Theatre has announced a week-long extension for artistic director Rupert Goold’s acclaimed sold-out production of Spring Awakening. Originally due to end its run on 22 January, the first London revival of the Broadway hit since the show’s 2009 UK premiere, will now play performances up to 29 January. The production which opened in […]
Spring Awakening – Almeida Theatre
Spring Awakening continues at the Almeida Theatre, London until 22 January 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was more than ten years ago that the rock musical Spring Awakening had its premiere in the UK at the Lyric Hammersmith. Based on the 1891 play by Frank Wedekind, it explores the […]
Five Questions With: Amara Okereke
AMARA OKEREKE plays Wendla in the Almeida Theatre’s revival of award-winning musical Spring Awakening, running from 7 December 2021 to 22 January 2022. Amara won The Stage Debut Award for Best Actress in a Musical for playing Cosette in Les Misérables. Her other theatre credits include The Boy Friend (Menier Chocolate Factory); Oklahoma! (Chichester Festival […]
Full cast for Almeida’s Spring Awakening
The Almeida Theatre has announced the full cast for the first London revival of the Broadway hit Spring Awakening since the show’s 2009 UK premiere. As previously announced the production will be directed by the venue’s artistic director Rupert Goold and the cast will include Amara Okereke, winner of the 2018 Stage Debut Award for […]
Almeida to stage first London revival of Spring Awakening
The first London revival of the Broadway hit Spring Awakening is one of six new productions planned for the new season at London’s Almeida Theatre. Directed by the venue’s artistic director Rupert Goold with a cast including Amara Okereke winner of the 2018 Stage Debut Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Les Misérables […]
Nine Lessons and Carols: Stories for a long winter – Almeida Theatre
Nine Lessons and Carols continues at the Almeida Theatre, London until 9 January 2021. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ This year has been hard on everyone. Cut off from friends and family, or alternatively trapped with someone you can only tolerate in the smallest of doses. And, of course, unable to […]
Five Questions With: Naana Agyei-Ampadu
Actress NAANA AGYEI-AMPADU appears in Nine Lessons and Carols at London’s Almeida Theatre which opens on 3 December 2020 for previews (opening night is 9 December). Almeida associate director Rebecca Frecknall, playwright Chris Bush and the company of six performers have devised this new production reflecting on a year of separation and the power of contact. […]
Open letter to theatre and performance makers
Just hours before the first meeting of the Government’s new recreation and leisure taskforce, a wide-range of companies and venues signed an open letter to theatre and performance makers urging them to become part of a new industry-led freelancers’ task force. Amid warnings that over 1,000 theatres across the country will be closed permanently by […]
American Psycho set to thrill at the Almeida
Almeida Theatre’s artistic director designate Rupert Goold will stage the world premiere of the musical thriller American Psycho, based on the the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, as part of the the north London’s 2013 festival. The co-production with Headlong Theatre (with which Goold has been associated for eight years) has a book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa […]
