Lovers of Cole Porter’s classic musical Kiss Me, Kate who missed the Barbican revival this summer can play catch-up when the filmed version hits 500 cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Sunday (17 November).
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Date for film release of hit production of Kiss Me, Kate
Captured live at the Barbican Theatre, the film of Bartlett Sher’s acclaimed production of Kiss Me, Kate will be released by Trafalgar Releasing into cinemas across the UK, the US, Australia and selected international territories from 17 November 2024.
Kiss Me, Kate – Barbican Theatre
Kiss Me, Kate continues at the Barbican Theatre, London until 14 September 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Not to be missed at the Barbican until 14 September, after which a West End transfer or a tour would be most welcome.
Charlie Stemp and Georgina Onuorah join cast of Barbican’s Kiss Me, Kate
Olivier Award nominee Charlie Stemp and rising star Georgina Onuorah are the latest additions to the cast of Cole Porter’s classic Kiss Me, Kate at the Barbican this summer.
The King and I – Dominion Theatre
The King and I continues at the Dominion Theatre, London until 2 March 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Adrian Dunbar and Stephanie J Block to star in Barbican’s Kiss Me, Kate
Line of Duty’s Adrian Dunbar will make his musical theatre debut in a major new production of Cole Porter’s classic Kiss Me, Kate at the Barbican this summer.
The King and I – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
The King and I was reviewed at Milton Keynes Theatre. The tour continues until 2 March 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
West End encore for The King and I will reunite Helen George and Darren Lee
Helen George and Darren Lee will reprise their performances as Anna Leonowens and the King when the multi-award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production of The King and I dances back into the West End early next year.
Five Questions With: Darren Lee
Broadway and film star DARREN LEE is playing The King of Siam opposite Helen George as Anna Leonowens in the UK tour of the Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production of The King and I embarks on its second UK tour early next month. Following on from its record-breaking season at the London Palladium in 2018 […]
Full cast for The King and I tour
Broadway and film star Darren Lee will play The King of Siam opposite the previously announced Call The Midwife’s Helen George as Anna Leonowens when the multi–Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production of The King and I embarks on its second UK tour early next month.
My Fair Lady – Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh and Touring
My Fair Lady continues at the Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh until 7 January 2023, then tours until 1 April 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Helen George to star as Anna in The King and I tour
Call The Midwife’s Helen George will star as Anna Leonowens when the multi–Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production of The King and I embarks on its second UK tour early next year.
Cast for My Fair Lady UK and Ireland tour
Charlotte Kennedy will step out of the London Coliseum ensemble into the role of Eliza Doolittle when Bartlett Sher’s multi-award-winning production of My Fair Lady embarks on its UK and Ireland tour next month. The Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts graduate who made her professional stage debut in the West End production of Les Misérables […]
UK tour encore for The King and I
The multi Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production of The King and I will embark on its second UK tour from January 2023. Following on from its record-breaking season at the London Palladium in 2018 and its previous, also record-breaking, UK and international tour which began in April 2019, Bartlett Sher’s acclaimed Broadway production will […]
My Fair Lady – London Coliseum
My Fair Lady continues at the London Coliseum until 27 August 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Following in the footsteps of icons of the magnitude of Julie Andrews and Audrey Hepburn has to be a pretty daunting prospect but the fearless Amara Okereke makes Eliza Doolittle truly her own in this […]
Stephen K Amos and Malcolm Sinclair join the cast of My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum
The full cast line-up has been announced for Bartlett Sher’s lavish production of My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum. Stephen K Amos, playing the role of Alfred P. Doolittle, is a BAFTA Award-winning comedian whose stage work includes My Night With Reg and One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest. Malcolm Sinclair will play the […]
Lincoln Center Theater’s My Fair Lady to embark on UK tour
New York’s Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning production of Lerner and Loewe’s much-loved My Fair Lady will embark on a UK and Ireland tour from September 2022 following a limited engagement at the London Coliseum this summer. My Fair Lady will open in Bradford before going on to visit Dublin, Cardiff and Southampton, […]
Amara Okereke will star as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum
The first casting news has been announced for Bartlett Sher’s award-winning production of My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum from 7 May to 27 August 2022. Amara Okereke will star as Eliza Doolittle. Okereke was recently seen in the Almeida’s acclaimed production of Spring Awakening and she won the Stage Debut Award for her […]
London Coliseum summer season for Bartlett Sher’s award-winning revival of My Fair Lady
New York’s Lincoln Center Theater’s multi-award-winning production of My Fair Lady will transfer to the London Coliseum for a limited summer season in May next year. Directed by Bartlett Sher, the critic and crowd-pleasing production will become the first major West End revival of Lerner and Loewe’s show in 21 years when performances begin on […]
‘A must-see for fans of the musical’: Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles plays in UK cinemas from 13 December 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The genesis and subsequent production of the stage and movie versions of Fiddler on the Roof are explored in unprecedented depth in a new cinematic documentary by filmmaker Max Lewkowicz. Fiddler: A Miracle […]
The King and I – Grand Theatre, Leeds and Touring
The King and I continues at the Grand Theatre, Leeds until 9 November 2019 and then tour until 2 May 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Famously (or infamously), the voice of Deborah Kerr in the 1956 film version of The King and I was dubbed (as it was for so many performers) […]
‘Arguably the best production the show has ever had’: The King and I – cinema release
The Lincoln Center production of The King and I, seen this year at the London Palladium, is to be streamed to cinemas on 29 November 2018. If you missed it in the theatre, catch it while you can, as it’s arguably the best production the show has ever had. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ […]
Watch the new trailer for the The King and I screening in November
A new trailer has been released to promote the special one night only screening of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I filmed during its acclaimed transfer run at the London Palladium. Featuring Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (Anna), Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe (The King), Tony Award-winning Ruthie Ann Miles (Lady Thiang), leading Japanese TV […]
The King and I – London Palladium
The King and I continues at the London Palladium until 29 September 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ When director Bartlett Sher revived Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I at New York’s Lincoln Center, the show scooped four Tony Awards in the 2015 ceremony. Until now, the London transfer has […]
The King and I – London Palladium
The King and I continues at the London Palladium until 29 September 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The King and I has had a makeover. In its two previous incarnations at this same theatre (1979 and 2000) it has been shackled to a degree by the copyright held by its creator Jerome Robbins […]
My Fair Lady – Lincoln Center Theater at the Vivian Beaumont, New York
My Fair Lady continues at Lincoln Center Theater at the Vivian Beaumont, New York. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ Another week, another sumptuous revival of a sumptuous classic musical. That’s the story out of New York this spring. Right on the heels of the opening of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel comes Lincoln Center’s fantastical mounting of […]
Japanese TV and film star Takao Osawa joins West End’s The King and I
Leading Japanese TV and film star Takao Osawa will make his West End stage debut in the eagerly awaited The King and I when it arrives at the London Palladium this summer. Taking on the role of the King of Siam’s trusted adviser Kralahome, the multi award-winning star of the hit TV series Jin, described […]
Dean John-Wilson and Na-Young Jeon join Palladium’s The King and I
Aladdin star Dean John-Wilson and Miss Saigon’s Na-Young Jeon will play the doomed lovers Lun Tha and Tuptin in the eagerly-awaited The King and I when it arrives at the London Palladium this summer. They will join Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (Anna) , Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe (The King) and Tony Award-winning Ruthie Ann […]
Broadway Musical Theatre Preview 2018 – from Frozen to Summer
With heroines including a queen who can freeze you, a guttersnipe who can charm you, and a diva who’ll make you want to dance, a half-dozen new musical productions are slated for the last half of the 2017-2018 Broadway season, writes Ron Cohen. The openings include the usual crowding up in April, as new shows […]
The King and I – Ruthie Ann Miles reprises Broadway role of of Lady Thiang as season extended
Ruthie Ann Miles will reprise her Tony Award-winning and critically acclaimed Broadway role of Lady Thiang in the West End production of The King and I, which opens at the London Palladium on 21 June (press night is 3 July). She will join fellow Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (Anna) and Tony and Oscar nominee […]
Tony-winning The King and I heads to London Palladium in 2018 – Kelli O’Hara and Ken Watanabe reprise lead roles
The multi Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I will transfer from Broadway to London next summer following a critically acclaimed 16-month run at New York’s Lincoln Center Theater and a record-breaking sold out USA tour. Opening at the London Palladium in June 2018, the show will star the two original […]
Fiddler On the Roof – Broadway Theatre, New York
Fiddler On the Roof continues at the Broadway Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Because of our traditions, we’ve kept our balance for many, many years,” says the dairyman Tevye at the start of Fiddler On the Roof. Although the musical itself tells how Tevye learns to cope with the […]
Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – Playhouse Theatre
Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown continues at the Playhouse, London. 2 stars ** Arguably one of Pedro Almodovar’s best loved movies, Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is an unconventional comedy that touches on the lives of several women in Madrid in the late 1980s. The movie brought the director international acclaim and featured a young Antonio […]
Q&A with Pedro Almodovar marks Women On the Verge musical premiere
To celebrate the UK premiere of David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane’s new musical comedy adaptation of Pedro Almodovar’s Oscar-nominated film Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – now playing live on stage in London’s West End – Pedro Almodovar will be taking part in a post-show conversation with director Bartlett Sher and star […]
Willemijn Verkaik joins the Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
New musical comedy Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown will boast an international cast with Ricardo Afonso, Haydn Oakley and Willemijn Verkaik joining the previously announced Tamsin Greig, Haydn Gwynne, Jérôme Pradon and Anna Skellern. Additional cast members include Marianne Benedict, Holly James, Michael Matus, Rebecca McKinnis, Sarah Moyle, Alastair Natkiel, Nuno Queimado and Dale Rapley. In addition, the song ‘Madrid’, the opening number from David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane’s score for the […]
Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – more casting announced
Hadyn Gwynne, Jerome Pradon and Anna Skellern join Tamsin Greig in the UK premiere of David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane’s new musical adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar’s Oscar-nominated film Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Directed by Tony Award-winner Bartlett Sher, and following two full-scale development workshops with actors, musicians and the creative team, […]
