Having begun as the teasing suggestion of “For One Final Night Only” and then spiralled into a frenzy of demand following the initial show selling out in 40 seconds, the final performances of the greatest British comedy export are at last upon us. A ten day residency at London’s O2 replete with many audience members … >
This morning I was wedged amongst the world’s press for the Monty Python press conference ahead of their 10 O2 shows which start tomorrow (1 July) and culminate with the final ever time the Python’s will be together on a stage on 20 July. A promo of Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts kicked off proceedings, … >
Musicals based on movies are quite the norm now, with huge successes such as The Producers and Legally Blonde, but how does this Michael Caine/Steve Martin screen romp from 1988 hold up on a London stage in the 2010s? Like those two aforementioned adaptations, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: The Musical also expands and illuminates its source … >
Fed up with football already? Proving that the talent’s not just on the pitch this summer, watch some of the stars of London’s biggest West End shows share their footie skills… TheatrePeople.com have got some great offers on top shows across performances during the World Cup (12 June – 13 July), including Charlie and the … >
Robert Powell (Holby City, The Detectives) will star as Hercule Poirot in a new production of Agatha Christie’s first ever play, Black Coffee, later this month at Theatre Royal Brighton. Presented by the Agatha Christie Company, Black Coffee will run from Tuesday 27 May to Saturday 31 May at 7.45pm, with matinee performances on Wednesday, … >
A lonely climbing frame sits amongst a host of birches in the darkness. Characters walk through the woods in the glow of a street lamp, their boots kicking up snow as they cross the scene. It seems only a few members of the audience have noticed what’s happening on stage, before the lights have dimmed; … >
Arthur Darvill will be appearing as the male lead in West End musical Once for eight weeks only from Monday 17 March. Based on the Oscar-winning film, Once is performing at Phoenix Theatre on Charing Cross Road. Darvill played companion Rory Williams in Doctor Who from 2010 to 2012. When an Irish busker and a … >
The Bodyguard, based on Whitney Houston’s 1992 movie, is now winner of Best New Musical at the WhatsOnStage.com Awards 2013. The romantic thriller is currently showing at the Adelphi Theatre in London, starring Tristan Gemmill (Casualty) and singer Beverley Knight.Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from … >
A woman buried up to her waist by a cliff-face on a sandy beach. The sand is a mound, spreading like a ginormous skirt, and grains of it trickle threateningly down from the rocks.
A Nottingham nurse becomes an amateur porn star. Hilarity ensues.