The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny continues at the London Coliseum until 20 February 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ If you like great tunes and a powerful, thought-provoking show, then this is for you.
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle – Rose Theatre, Kingston
The Caucasian Chalk Circle continues at the Rose Theatre, Kingston until 22 October 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Full cast for the Rose Theatre’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle
The Rose Theatre’s artistic director Christopher Haydon has announced the full cast for his new production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle. As previously announced Carrie Hope Fletcher (Cinderella, Gillian Lynne Theatre, Heathers, Theatre Royal Haymarket) will play Grusha Vashnadze. She will be joined by Jonathan Slinger (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, West End, […]
Cast and creatives for Effigies of Wickedness at the Gate Theatre
Cabaret favourite Le Gateau Chocolat and award-winning performer Lucy McCormick will join the previously announced opera stars Peter Brathwaite and Katie Bray in the world premiere of Effigies of Wickedness in May. Directed by Ellen McDougall, the Gate Theatre’s ground-breaking collaboration with English National Opera is due to play the Notting Hill-based venue from 3 […]
The Threepenny Opera – Octagon Theatre, Bolton
The Threepenny Opera continues at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton until 4 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ In a frighteningly plausible not-too-distant future Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg are holding a referendum on capital punishment, preparations are being made for the coronation of King Charles III, and […]
Rory Kinnear leads cast in National’s Threepenny Opera
Screen and stage star Rory Kinnear will head the cast of the National Theatre’s major new production of The Threepenny Opera. Kinnear, whose previous appearances at the National include his Olivier award-winning performance as Iago in Othello, will take on the central role of Macheath in Simon Stephens’ new adaptation of the Bertolt Brecht and […]
The Threepenny Opera – Nottingham Playhouse and Touring
The Threepenny Opera continues at Nottingham Playhouse until 8 March , then tours until 10 May. We owe it to Graeae Theatre Company, the pioneering London-based ensemble that classes itself, rightly, as ‘a force for change in the theatre, breaking down barriers, challenging preconceptions, boldly placing disabled artists centrestage’ that this often stunning production of […]
Halbwelt Kultur – Jermyn Street Theatre
Halbwelt Kultur continues at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London until 15 December. Halbwelt Kultur explores the world of political upheaval and exuberant cultural experimentation during the Weimar Republic, and highlights in particular the work of six extraordinary female artists – international film star and cabaret singer Marlene Dietrich, lesbian entertainer Claire Waldoff, actress and singer […]
