The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind continues at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon until 28 March 2026, before transferring to @sohoplace, London from 29 April to 18 July. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★
Tag Archives | RSC
Standing At The Sky’s Edge and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! win flagship musical prizes at the Olivier Awards
RSC’s My Neighbour Totoro triumphs with six awards including the Noël Coward Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play and the Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director Best Actress was awarded to Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal took home the Best Actor award Standing At The Sky’s Edge won Mastercard Best New Musical Rodgers […]
RSC appoints Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey as co-artistic directors
Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey will take over as co-artistic directors of the Royal Shakespeare Company from June 2023. Frequent collaborators on major productions, Evans, the current artistic director of Chichester Festival Theatre, and Harvey, the artistic director of Theatr Clwyd, jointly applied for the prestigious position which was publicly advertised in April 2022. Announcing […]
Shows to close on the day of The Queen’s State Funeral
Theatres across the country will stay dark on 19 September 2022, with performances halted on the day of the state funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as a mark of respect. The Ambassador Theatre Group, Delfont Mackintosh Theatres, the National Theatre and the RSC are among a number of major organisations and venues who […]
The Magician’s Elephant – Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Magician’s Elephant continues at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It’s a joy to see the RSC welcoming audiences back to Stratford for the first time since March 2020, offering a musical treatment of Kate DiCamillo’s enchanting tale The Magician’s Elephant. We are delivered a sumptuous, atmospheric […]
Matilda’s West End booking extended – new rehearsal video released
Just a few days before the Royal Shakespeare Company’s West End production of Matilda The Musical resumes performances at the Cambridge Theatre, the RSC has announced a booking extension through to 29 May 2022 for individuals and through to 16 December 2022 for groups and schools. The announcement was accompanied by the release of a […]
Full cast for RSC’s The Magician’s Elephant
The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced full casting for the highly-anticipated world premiere of the musical version of American author Kate DiCamillo’s much-loved children’s book, The Magician’s Elephant. Acclaimed actor, musician and writer Renu Arora (Women of Hope, The Crossing) will take on the role of Madame LaVaughn with Amy Booth-Steel (Heathers, Sister Act) appearing […]
Full cast unveiled for Matilda The Musical’s West End return
Imogen Cole, Alyssa D’Souza, Alex Munden and Zoe Simon will share the title role when the Royal Shakespeare Company’s West End production of Matilda The Musical resumes performances at the Cambridge Theatre from 16 September 2021. Celebrating ten years since the multi-award-winning show opened in London, the other young performers due to join the London […]
RSC to live-stream special one-off concert performance of Swingin’ the Dream
A special concert performance of work in progress Swingin’ the Dream will be among the Royal Shakespeare Company’s live-stream special events in January. To be streamed as part of the current Tales For Winter 2020/2021 programme, the new version of Gilbert Seldes and Erik Charell’s jazz-infused re-working of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is currently being […]
RSC announces online launch of The Boy in the Dress cast recording
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s hit musical version of David Walliams’ best-selling The Boy in the Dress will be the focus of a live-streamed special event next month marking the launch of the cast recording. Just over a year after playwright and actor Mark Ravenhill’s stage musical re-working of Walliams’ successful debut novel debuted in Stratford […]
RSC’s The Magician’s Elephant rescheduled dates announced
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s musical version of American author Kate DiCamillo’s much-loved book, The Magician’s Elephant will now receive its world premiere in Stratford-upon-Avon in October 2021. Originally scheduled to play the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from 29 October 2020 until 17 January 2021, the new adaptation of the popular children’s novel will now play its […]
New designer group unites with theatres for ‘Missing Live Theatre’ ribbon campaign
Newly launched theatre creatives’ group #scenechange is joining forces with theatres across the UK and Ireland in a new campaign to focus attention on the industry’s continuing Covid-closedown as other parts of the entertainment and hospitality industries start to reopen. The #MissingLiveTheatre initiative will wrap theatre buildings with pink barrier tape reading ‘Missing Live Theatre’ […]
Theatre industry welcomes Government’s £1.57 billion support package
Arts venues, organisations and high-profile industry figures have welcomed the Government’s announcement of a £1.57 billion rescue package for the arts, culture and heritage industries in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. Commenting on the package which includes emergency loans and investments in infrastructure, Andrew Lloyd Webber said: “This news is truly welcome at a […]
Musical version of The Magician’s Elephant to feature in RSC 2020 season
The world premiere of a musical version of American author Kate DiCamillo’s much-loved book, The Magician’s Elephant looks set to be one of the highlights of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Winter 2020 season. Due to play the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from 29 October 2020 until 17 January 2021, the new adaptation of the children’s novel […]
Rufus Hound among first cast revealed for RSC’s The Boy in the Dress
First casting has been announced for the eagerly-anticipated Royal Shakespeare Company’s musical version of David Walliams’ best-selling The Boy in the Dress which will debut in Stratford-upon-Avon this Christmas season. Featuring music by Robbie Williams and his long-time songwriting partner Guy Chambers, Walliams’ successful debut novel is being transformed into a stage musical by playwright […]
‘Doing a musical has always been on my wish list’: Mark Ravenhill chats about adapting The Boy in the Dress for the RSC (and watch a new video!)
In February this year, it was announced that playwright MARK RAVENHILL, along with Robbie Williams and his songwriting partner Guy Chambers, will collaborate on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s musical theatre version of David Walliams’ best selling The Boy in the Dress, debuting in Stratford-upon-Avon later this year. Directed by the RSC’s artistic director Gregory Doran, the musical […]
Elliot Harper is the new Miss Trunchbull taking charge on tour in 2019
The Exorcist’s Elliot Harper will step into the role of Miss Trunchbull in the UK and Ireland tour of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda The Musical when the multi-award-winning show opens at Plymouth’s Theatre Royal on 15 January 2019. Harper (Les Misérables, Queens Theatre, One Man Two Guvnors, National Theatre) will take over from Craige […]
Miss Littlewood – Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Miss Littlewood continues at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon until 4 August 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It’s thrilling to find any new musical celebrating the life of a revolutionary theatre-maker, and more wonderful to find a complex and fascinating woman at the heart of it. Sam Kenyon’s tribute to Joan Littlewood is […]
‘It’s a story that should be heard’ – Clare Burt makes her RSC debut in Miss Littlewood
Actress CLARE BURT is making her RSC debut in the title role in Miss Littlewood, a new musical about one of the biggest names in British theatre, Joan Littlewood. The Flowers For Mrs Harris and Big Fish star will take on the central role of the outspoken and visionary ‘Grand Dame’ who inspired a generation […]
Clare Burt to make her RSC debut in Joan Littlewood musical
Clare Burt will make her RSC debut in the title role in Miss Littlewood, a new musical about one of the biggest names in British theatre, Joan Littlewood. The Flowers For Mrs Harris and Big Fish star will take on the central role of the outspoken and visionary ‘Grand Dame’ who inspired a generation of […]
‘Godfather of British theatre’ Sir Peter Hall dies aged 86 – past and present National Theatre directors pay tribute
National Theatre directors past and present have led the tributes paid to Sir Peter Hall who died yesterday (11 September) at the age of 86 in London’s University College Hospital surrounded by his family. One of the giants of British theatre, and celebrated internationally for his ground-breaking work on stage and on film, Hall’s extraordinary […]
Matilda The Musical to tour UK and Ireland in 2018/2019
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s multi award-winning Matilda The Musical will take to the road across the UK and Ireland next year. Launching at the Leicester Curve in March, the 2018-2019 tour of the hit musical version of Roald Dahl’s much-loved book will visit Dublin, Sunderland, Milton Keynes, Birmingham, Manchester and Cardiff. Winner of 85 major […]
RSC to stage fourth relaxed Matilda performance
The Royal Shakespeare Company is to present its fourth special relaxed performance of Matilda the Musical on Sunday 11 June at London’s Cambridge Theatre. This year’s performance of the hit show follows on from similar sell-out events last year and in 2015 and 2014, and builds on the RSC programme of relaxed performances started in […]
