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Sean Hayes to make West End debut in London premiere of Good Night, Oscar

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Sean Hayes will bring his Tony Award-winning performance in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright’s Good Night, Oscar to London this summer.

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Broadway sensation A Strange Loop to open in London

The smash hit Broadway musical sensation A Strange Loop will transfer from New York to London this summer, running at the Barbican Theatre from 17 June to 9 September 2023 (press night is 28 June). Nominated for 11 Tony Awards and winner of every Best Musical award in New York, Michael R. Jackson’s critically acclaimed […]

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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 […]

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Barbican encore season for record-breaking Anything Goes

The hit UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes will cruise back into the Barbican Theatre next summer. A box office record breaker at the prestigious London venue the production which celebrated the highest-grossing week for a musical at the Barbican in its 39-year history […]

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Anything Goes breaks Barbican’s box office records

The hit UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes smashed the Barbican Theatre’s box office record last week. With takings of £717,000, the critic and crowd-pleasing production celebrated the highest-grossing week for a musical at the Barbican in its 39-year history. Commenting on the response […]

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Cinema screenings announced for hit production of Anything Goes

The hit production of Anything Goes, due to take its final bow on 6 November, will sail into over 450 cinema screens nationwide for two nights only on 28 November and 1 December in a live recording filmed at London’s Barbican Theatre. Presented by the Barbican and filmed live in London – during the show’s […]

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Rachel York and Hadyn Gwynne to join cast of Anything Goes in London

Broadway star Rachel York and Tony and Olivier nominee Haydn Gwynne will join the cast of the critically-acclaimed UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of Anything Goes for its final weeks at the Barbican. York (City of Angels, Victor/Victoria) will reprise her US touring production performance as Reno Sweeney from 12 October with Gwyne […]

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Anything Goes Barbican dates announced plus more casting news

The producers of the much-anticipated UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes have announced new dates and further casting for the show which will play a season at the Barbican before embarking on a UK tour. Starring Emmy and Screen Actors’ Guild winner Megan Mullally […]

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Richard O’Brien return to Rocky Horror Show in West End will be streamed to cinemas in UK and Europe

There will be 11 special performances of The Rocky Horror Show at the Playhouse Theatre, London from 11–19 September 2015 starring the show’s creator Richard O’Brien – who will perform the role of The Narrator. It is the first time he has played the role in the UK for more than 20 years. Tickets go on sale today 9Friday 31 July). […]

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Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown extends run

The West End musical Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown will extend its run to Saturday 22 August 2015. Olivier Award-nominees Tamsin Greig (Best Actress in a Musical) and Haydn Gwynne (Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical), continue to lead the international cast that includes Ricardo Afonso, Marianne Benedict, Seline Hizli, Holly James, Michael Matus, Rebecca McKinnis, Sarah Moyle, Alastair […]

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