His acclaimed National Theatre performance in CP Taylor’s GOOD comes to BBC Four. David Tennant may have missed out on an Olivier Award for Macbeth this weekend, but there’s a chance to catch another of his stage performances. The BBC have announced a screening of his performance in the critically acclaimed GOOD this coming weekend. … >
The star will appear in a new production of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People. Thanks to Stageberry, we’ve learned that Matt Smith (House of the Dragon) is returning to the West End. The former Doctor Who star is cast as Dr Stockmann in Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, his first stage role … >
The Triffids are coming in a new stage production (and audio drama) as Platform 4’s show tours the UK. Humanity beware, there’s a new outbreak of monstrous vegetation throughout the country! A new production which adapts John Wyndham’s classic novel The Day of the Triffids into an immersive stage show has arrived. Triffids! features a … >
45 years after the sci-fi horror comedy musical’s first appearance, Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show is embarking on a new year-long national tour.
Gaslight, one of the greatest thrillers of all time, arrives in Brighton next month. The new production returns to UK theatres starring Kara Tointon (Mr Selfridge), Rupert Young (Merlin) and Keith Allen (Robin Hood). Tointon plays Bella Manningham, the character famously played by Oscar winner Ingrid Bergman in the classic 1944 movie adaptation. Gaslight visits Theatre Royal Brighton from Monday … >
John Wilmot, the Second Earl of Rochester, was, to use a modern phrase, a bit of a lad. Drinking in excess, staying out all hours with his ‘merry gang’ and sleeping with anyone he wished to have his wicked way with. Dominic Cooper’s ridiculous good looks and swagger make him almost perfect for a role … >
An adaptation is always going to differ from its source material. A play can’t be the book, and neither can a movie; what’s necessary is to capture the mood and essence of the story and transplant it to a different medium. Jonathan Glazer’s remarkable film Under the Skin, for example, is such an abstracted adaptation … >
Reece Shearsmith (Inside No 9) and Ken Stott (The Missing) will star in the revival of The Dresser this autumn. Sean Foley’s revival of Ronald Harwood’s play arrives at Theatre Royal Brighton from Tuesday 20 September until Saturday 24 September, directly prior to a West End transfer. Buy tickets at atgtickets.com/brighton or by phoning 0844 871 7650. A … >
Based on Kevin Bacon’s hit 1984 movie, Footloose: The Musical first opened on Broadway way back in 1998. Featuring original songs by Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford, the show also tears through a number of classic ’80s tracks, including Holding Out for a Hero, Almost Paradise, Let’s Hear it for the Boy and, of course, that … >
Based on Kevin Bacon’s hit 1984 movie, Footloose: The Musical arrives in Brighton later this month. It visits Theatre Royal Brighton from Monday 25 July until Saturday 30 July. Tickets are on sale now atgtickets.com/brighton or by calling 0844 871 7650. Footloose: The Musical tells the story of city boy Ren, who has to move to a rural backwater in America where … >