Into the Woods continues at Theatre Royal Bath until 10 September 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The eagerly anticipated – and long-delayed – production of Sondheim and Lapine’s Into the Woods co-directed by Terry Gilliam and Leah Hausman finally opened this August, not at its originally intended home of the Old Vic […]
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Southwark Playhouse’s Working – principal casting revealed
Principal casting has been announced for Stephen Schwartz’s genre-busting Broadway musical Working which will receive its European premiere at the Southwark Playhouse in June. The cast will include: Gillian Bevan (Into the Woods, Manchester Royal Exchange; Billy Elliot, West End); Krysten Cummings (Rent, West End and Broadway; Jesus Christ Superstar, arena tour); Dean Chisnall (Blood Brothers, UK tour; Shrek […]
Into the Woods – Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Into the Woods continues at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester until 16 January. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Beloved by many, Stephen Sondheim’s much-revived exploration of storybook happy ever afters is, nonetheless, a middle-ranking entry in the pre-eminent US musical maestro’s canon – many places above his rare misfires but quite a few rungs below the […]
Interview – Gillian Bevan goes Into the Woods via Manchester
Officially opening this week at the Manchester Royal Exchange is a new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s dark fairytale mash-up, Into the Woods. In the central role of The Witch is local lass GILLIAN BEVAN, who was born just seven miles down the A6 in Stockport. As one of the UK’s most experienced Sondheim proponents, […]
Into the Woods at Royal Exchange Manchester – Alex Gaumond and Gillian Bevan star
Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre’s associate artistic director Matthew Xia makes his main-stage debut this Christmas with his exploration of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Tony Award-winning fairy tale Into the Woods. As a composer and former BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter, DJ Excalibah, Xia’s passion for telling stories with music has been long held. Xia said: “The music and […]
Sweeney Todd opens Brining season at WYP
Headlining his first full season, artistic director James Brining makes his directorial debut for West Yorkshire Playhouse with a ‘bold, contemporary production’ of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Sweeney Todd (adapted from the play by Christopher Bond). The musical features David Birrell in the title role, a part for which he won Best Actor in […]
