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West End History Hour - 27 March Starlight Express

Ray Rackham delves back into the boxes of programmes to bring you a celebration of the one and only Starlight Express which opened on 27 March 1984.

Theatre books to help get you through the shutdown

The team at BritishTheatre.com have got together (virtually) to come up with a few of the theatre-books – both old and new – that we’ve been reading and reco…

Mark Ludmon

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Lloyd Webber and Sondheim sing each other Happy Birthday

Watch Andrew Lloyd Webber and Stephen Sondheim sing Happy Birthday to each other on the Rosie O'Donnell Show yesterday

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: One Of Them, From Albert Square to Parliament Square, Bloomsbury ✭✭✭✭

Paul T Davies reviews Michael Cashman's memoir One Of Them, From Albert Square to Parliament Square published by Bloomsbury.

Paul T Davies

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West End Live 2020 has been postponed due to Covid 19

West End Live 2020 has become the latest victim of Covid 19 as the Westminster City Council and Society Of London Theatres announce its postponement.

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: I Love The Bones Of You, Christopher Ecclestone Simon and Schuster ✭✭✭✭✭

Paul T Davies reviews Christopher Eccleston's memoir I Love The Bones Of You published by Simon and Schuster Publishing. Available now!

Paul T Davies

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Eugenius is a streaming hit raising over £13,200 for Acting For Others

British musical Eugenius was a streaming hit last night as musical theatre fans at home tuned in to watch and raise over £13,200 for Acting For Others.

Douglas Mayo

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Winners revealed in Vault Festival 2020 awards

The winners have been announced today in the annual awards for shows at the Vault Festival 2020 awards. Which shows were your favourites?

Mark Ludmon

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Victoria Hamilton-Barritt cast as Stepmother in Lloyd-Webber's Cinderella

Victoria Hamilton-Barritt has been cast as Cinderella's stepmother in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical Cinderella.

Douglas Mayo

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Broadway revival of Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf has closed

The 2020 Broadway revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf starring Laurie Metcalf and Rupert Everett has closed.

Douglas Mayo

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Hangmen - the UK hit play will not return to Broadway

Hangmen - the Olivier Award-winning Royal Court Theatre production will not be returning to Broadway when theatres are reopened.

Douglas Mayo

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Cotswolds’ Barn Theatre to stream free live shows

The Barn Theatre in Cirencester has introduced a new free live-streaming service to entertain and inform during the coronavirus shutdown.

Mark Ludmon

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REVIEW: Indecent, BroadwayHD ✭✭✭✭✭

Paul T Davies reviews Paula Vogel's play Indecent which is now streaming on BroadwayHD following its acclaimed run on Broadway.

Paul T Davies

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Hampstead theatre to stream I and You free from 23 - 29 March

Hampstead Theatre are to stream their hit production of I and You, starring Maisie Williams and Zach Wyatt, for free from Monday 23 - Sunday 29 March 2020.

Douglas Mayo

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West End Theatres to stay closed until at least 26 April

The Society Of London Theatres has issued a statement that all performances of West End shows are cancelled through 26 April 2020.

Douglas Mayo

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EIF postpones programme announcement due to coronavirus

The Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) postponed the announcement of this year’s programme due to coronavirus but will go ahead with the 2020 festival.

Mark Ludmon

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Thriller Live ends its 11 year run at the Lyric Theatre London

Thriller Live ended its 11 year run at London's Lyric Theatre on 15 March 2020, a bit earlier than planned when London theatres closed due to Coronavirus.

Douglas Mayo

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Endgame at the Old Vic with Daniel Radcliffe and Alan Cumming closes early

The Old Vic has announced that its production of Endgame starring Daniel Radcliffe and Alan Cumming has closed early due to concerns over Coronavirus.

Douglas Mayo

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Theatres to close with immediate effect due to Coronavirus

Following today's press conference by the Prime Minister, UK Theatre and the Society Of London Theatre have announced the close of all its venues with immedi…

Douglas Mayo

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Off West End Venues: Coronavirus update

Coronavirus is taking its toll on our Off West End Theatre community. This page will be updated as news comes to hand. Watch this space!

Douglas Mayo

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Vault Festival preview: week 8 from 17 to 22 March - The Final Week!

With Vault Festival continuing as planned, Mark Ludmon previews new theatre work set to open during the eighth and final week from 17 to 22 March

Mark Ludmon

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REVIEW: One Jewish Boy, Trafalgar Studios 2 ✭✭✭

Ray Rackham reviews Stephen Laughton's play One Jewish Boy which has now transferred to Trafalgar Studios 2 where it plays until 4 April 2020.

REVIEW: The Tempest, Jermyn Street Theatre London ✭✭✭

Julian Eaves reviews William Shakespeare's The Tempest directed by Trevor Nunn at Jermyn Street Theatre, London until 4 April 2020

Julian Eaves

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Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel to leave Waitress at the Adelphi Theatre a week early

Gavin Creel and Sara Bareilles Tweeted Waitress the musical fans announcing that concerns over travel restrictions will mean they will leave the London produ…

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW:The Brief Life and Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria, The Vaults ✭✭✭✭✭

Mark Ludmon reviews The Brief Life and Mysterious Death of Boris III, King Of Bulgaria: Part The First presented at the Vault Festival 2020.

Mark Ludmon

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Carrie Hope Fletcher to star in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella

Carrie Hope Fletcher is to star in the title role of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Emerald Fennell's Cinderella when it makes its World Premiere at the Gillian Lyn…

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Love, Love, Love, Lyric Hammersmith London ✭✭✭✭✭

Julian Eaves reviews Love, Love, Love by Mike Bartlett currently playing at the Lyric Hammersmith London directed by Rachel O'Riordan.

Julian Eaves

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Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Charing Cross Theatre Postponed

The London premiere of the Tony award-winning Best Play comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang has been postponed

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Over My Dad's Body, The Vaults London ✭✭✭✭

Ray Rackham reviews Over My Dad's Body at the Vault Festival 2020 at The Vaults In London.

Broadway Theatres to close until April 12 due to Coronavirus

It was announced yesterday (March 12) that Broadway Theatres would close beginning at 5pm due to the global Coronavirus pandemic.

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: On Blueberry Hill, Trafalgar Studios 1, London ✭✭✭✭✭

Paul T Davies reviews On Blueberry Hill, a play by Sebastian Barry now playing at Trafalgar Studios London until 2 May 2020

Paul T Davies

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REVIEW: The Time Machine, The London Library ✭✭✭

Mark Ludmon reviews Creation Theatre’s adaptation of HG Wells’s The Time Machine at The London Library

Mark Ludmon

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1930s fascism inspires Tracy-Ann Oberman’s Shylock

Tracy-Ann Oberman talks about playing Shylock as an East End matriarch in the upcoming tour of The Merchant of Venice

Mark Ludmon

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REVIEW: Blithe Spirit, Duke Of York's Theatre London ✭✭✭

Julian Eaves reviews Richard Eyre's production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit now playing at the Duke Of York's Theatre London.

Julian Eaves

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REVIEW: Coriolanus, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield ✭✭✭✭

Gary Stringer reviews William Shakespeare's Coriolanus at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Until 28 March 2020. Book Now!

Lucie Jones and David Hunter return to Waitress on 23 March 2020

Lucie Jones and David Hunter were to have returned to the Waitress diner at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 23rd March 2020 but the show will now close.

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Once Upon A Mattress, Upstairs At The Gatehouse ✭✭

Julian Eaves reviews Once Upon A Mattress the musical by Mary Rodgers now playing Upstairs at the Gatehouse until 29 March 2020.

Julian Eaves

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Full casting for revival of Peter Gill’s Small Change

Full casting has been announced for the revival of Peter Gill’s play Small Change at Strode Theatre in Somerset and London’s Omnibus Theatre.

Mark Ludmon

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REVIEW: Lipstick, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭

Sophie Adnitt reviews Lipstick, a play by Lily Shahmoon now playing at Southwark Playhouse until 28 March 2020. Book Now!

Sophie Adnitt

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REVIEW: Not Quite Jerusalem, Finborough Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Julian Eaves reviews Not Quite Jerusalem, a play by Paul Kember now playing at the Finborough Theatre, London until 28 March

Julian Eaves

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Winners in Offies 2020 Awards for London’s Off West End theatre

All the winners in the Offies 2020 Awards for shows, artists and theatres across London’s Off-West End and fringe.

Mark Ludmon

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Vault Festival 2020 New Writing Preview - 10 to 15 March

Mark Ludmon picks out some of the new theatre writing coming up this week at London’s Vault Festival from 10 to 15 March 2020

Mark Ludmon

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Foley reveals musicals and dramas in first season at Birmingham Rep

Director Sean Foley talks to Mark Ludmon about his first full season at Birmingham Rep which includes the UK Premiere of Something Rotten the musical

Mark Ludmon

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Sasha Regan's All-Male HMS Pinafore UK Tour

Douglas Mayo

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Straight White Men UK Premiere to star Charlie Condou, Kamari Romano and Kim Tatum

Charlie Condou, Kamari Romeo and Kim Tatum are to star in the UK Premiere of Straight White Men by Young Jean Lee at Southwark Playhouse London.

Douglas Mayo

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National Theatre to present Manor by Moira Buffini

The National Theatre will present Manor, a new play by Moira Buffini which is to play at the Lyttelton Theatre from 7 April - 15 July 2020.

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Ghost House, Pit, Vault Festival, London ✭✭✭✭

Mark Ludmon reviews Tristan Bernays’s contemporary ghost story Ghost House at Vault Festival in London

Mark Ludmon

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Another Mother will have its World Premiere at Park Theatre London

Another Mother, a dark comedy created by Selina Cadell and written by Justine Mitchell will have its World Premiere at Park Theatre in June 2020.

Douglas Mayo

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What's New Pussycat? New musical featuring hits of Tom Jones to play Leeds Playhouse

Leeds Playhouse to stage new musical What's New Pussycat featuring the hit songs of the legendary Sir Tom Jones in September 2020.

Douglas Mayo

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