Now one of the highest-rated theatrical podcasts on iTunes (top 10 theatre podcasts as ranked by Feedspot), Lucy Eaton’s podcast Hear Me Out returns for a second series with the first three episodes featuring Joanna Vanderham, Richard Eyre and Sanjeev Bhaskar now available to download. Hosted by actor and producer Eaton, a West End actress […]
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Graeae to launch digital lockdown progamme
Graeae, the UK’s leading disabled-led theatre company, has unveiled an 11-week programme of online activity aimed at providing audiences with a rich variety of work while the country remains in lockdown. Launching on 20 April 2020 Crips Without Constraints – A Play, A Podcast, A Picture will celebrate the creativity of Deaf and disabled artists […]
Local Hero’s Old Vic summer run postponed – Festive fourth season for A Christmas Carol planned
This summer’s Old Vic run of the world premiere production of the musical version of 1980s film Local Hero has been postponed due to the ongoing national emergency. With rehearsals due to begin soon in preparation for the show’s planned London debut in June, The Old Vic’s artistic director Matthew Warchus made the announcement of […]
King Kong – The Broadway Theatre, New York
King Kong continues at The Broadway Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The common critical wisdom regarding the deep, deep pocket musical spectacle King Kong – which after years of revamping its original 2013 try in Melbourne, Australia has finally arrived on Broadway – is almost a knee-jerk response of loving […]
Drew McOnie to direct King Kong on Broadway next year
Olivier Award-winning choreographer Drew McOnie will direct the much-anticipated King Kong musical when it bursts onto Broadway in the autumn of 2018. With a score by accomplished music director and film composer Marius de Vries (La La Land, Moulin Rouge) and songs by singer/songwriter Eddie Perfect (Strictly Ballroom The Musical, Beetlejuice), the show now has a […]
Interview – composer Stephen Warbeck on Headlong Theatre’s Junkyard and the thrill of being crazy with music
Multi award-winning British composer STEPHEN WARBECK is probably best known for his scores for major movies including Shakespeare in Love (for which he won an Oscar for Best Original Score), Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Mrs Brown and Billy Elliot. His work on stage includes This House (National Theatre and Garrick) and The Plough and the Stars and Wolf Hall/Bring […]
Jack Thorne’s Junkyard to play Bristol Old Vic in February 2017 before short tour
Award-winning writer Jack Thorne’s Junkyard will open in Bristol early next year ahead of a mini tour. The writer who is currently enjoying critical acclaim and audience success for his work on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child provides the book and lyrics for the new musical based on a true story and set in […]
