Londons’s West End has a history of enthralling magic shows which has seen daring performances from the likes of Harry Houdini, Penn & Teller and, erm, Paul Daniels. With CGI making audiences ever more cynical about what’s real, you’d be forgiven for thinking magic shows had become extinct. But this month, magic and illusion have … >
Arthur Darvill has written the music for a new children’s show for the National Theatre. The 33-year-old actor played companion Rory Williams in Doctor Who from 2010-2012 and his previous theatre work includes roles in Our Boys, Once and Treasure Island. Based on Jon Klassen’s 2011 book, I Want My Hat Back plays in the … >
A brand new “pop-up immersive theatre experience” inspired by David Lynch’s cult TV show Twin Peaks will open next month. ‘The Owls Are Not What They Seem’ will launch at a secret location in central London at the end of August and tickets will be released on the official website at midday on Friday 17 … >
Time is running out to see the adrenalin-pumping The Generation of Z: Apocalypse at Department W in Whitechapel! Book now to see this critically-acclaimed immersive production before its final performances on Sunday 19 July. Before it closes, we’ve got some great zombie merchandise to give away to five of our Twitter followers! For a chance … >
Two more Doctor Who stars will be attending the official Doctor Who Festival later his year. BBC Worldwide has announced today that Michelle Gomez and Ingrid Oliver will be joining Peter Capaldi (the Twelfth Doctor) and showrunner Steven Moffat at the three-day event, which takes place at ExCeL in London from 13-15 November. Michelle Gomez … >
Southbank Centre will present the original Planet of the Apes movie in August with Jerry Goldsmith’s soundtrack performed live by the BBC Concert Orchestra. Franklin J. Schaffner’s 1968 film stars Charlton Heston as an astronaut who crash-lands on an unknown planet where apes rule and humans are enslaved. The screening at London’s Royal Festival Hall … >
How do you even begin staging one of the most oft-performed plays of all time? Oscar Wilde’s 1895 masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest has been done with an all-male cast, all-black cast, all-nude cast, with puppets, as an opera, as a musical, and been adapted for film and TV. Well, Adrian Noble’s new production … >
BBC Worldwide has announced details of an official Doctor Who Festival later this year. The event will take place at ExCeL in London on 13-15 November and will be attended by Peter Capaldi (the Twelfth Doctor) and showrunner Steven Moffat. Doctor Who Festival will allow fans to discover “the inspiration behind the Doctor’s recent adversaries, … >
Doctor Who‘s Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy, has been confirmed as a special guest for the next MCM London Comic Con in May. McCoy played the Doctor from 1987 to 1989, returning for 1996’s TV movie. The Scottish actor was most recently seen as Radagast the Brown in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy. MCM London Comic … >
Revisiting Kevin Elyot’s 1994 drama, My Night With Reg, after twenty years, it’s striking how the play both epitomises and transcends its period. Telling the story of six friends knit together by a shared history, the shadow of the AIDS epidemic and sexual encounters with the titular Reg, the play sparks with pathos, heart and … >