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Theatres don’t usually look like furniture shops. But arriving at the venue for the Royal Court’s new venture, that is exactly what it looks like. In fact, the venue is a disused lot at the Elephant & Castle shopping centre, and the venture is Theatre Local. London premiere for Fishburne’s first play
Riff Raff, the debut play by Hollywood actor Laurence Fishburne, will receive its UK premiere at London’s Arcola theatre next month. Nominees celebrate “seriously alive†West End
Anthony Head is taking his hosting of this year’s Laurence Olivier Awards very seriously indeed. “I do see a lot of award ceremonies where it’s an opportunity for somebody to knock everything,†he said today. “And I don’t want to knock this, I feel we should celebrate. This year, for the first time in a decade, theatre is really on its feet and we should shout it from the rooftops.†Sweet Nothings
Little known in Britain, but legendary in his native Switzerland, director Luc Bondy brings Arthur Schnitzler’s erotic, tragic romance to the cold, grey streets of Waterloo, filling the Young Vic with sexual tension and unfilled desire. Stage return for Campbell Moore
Stephen Campbell Moore and Jemima Rooper are to join David Suchet and Zoe Wanamaker in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, which plays at the Apollo theatre from 19 May. Olivier nominees prepare to party
Today, 2 March, will see the performers, creatives and producers nominated for this year’s Laurence Olivier Awards come together to celebrate in style at a lunchtime event at the Haymarket hotel. Private Lives
Amanda and Elyot are made for each other. It is obvious from the start of Noël Coward’s comedy about relationships that the divorced pair should never have married their tiresome new spouses. Court announces Posh cast
Laura Wade’s new drama Posh, about an elite Oxford University dining society, boasts a cast of 14, including Leo Bill, Fiona Button, David Dawson, Kit Harington and Henry Lloyd-Hughes. Introducing... Carrie Crowley
Carrie Crowley, star of the Tricycle theatre’s current production The Dead School, talks to Charlotte Marshall about growing up in Ireland where the boys still took to the stage in the absence of girls, her impatience to get on stage every night and why it is always important to listen to your mum. Allam to play Falstaff in Globe season
Roger Allam is to make his debut on the stage of Shakespeare’s Globe this summer, when he takes on the role of Falstaff in the Dominic Dromgoole-directed productions, Henry IV Part I and Henry IV Part II. Ghost Stories
It was a dark, moonlit night. The cold air chilled my very bones. A light breeze stalked me, breathing insistently on the back of my neck. And that was just before the press night of Ghost Stories at the Lyric Hammersmith. Matthew Macfadyen
He has worked with Ridley Scott and starred opposite Keira Knightley, but Matthew Macfadyen doesn’t lead a life of celebrity, he tells Caroline Bishop. Backstage: Alison Chitty
Designer Alison Chitty was resident designer at the National Theatre for eight years and has more than four decades of experience designing operas and plays all over the world. As an exhibition of her work runs at the National, she talks to Official London Theatre about her profession. Christopher Timothy cast in All The Fun Of The Fair
Christopher Timothy will join David Essex in the cast of his new musical All The Fun Of The Fair at the Garrick theatre from 20 April. Pilkington joins 39 Steps
Dianne Pilkington, currently appearing as the good witch Glinda in the musical Wicked until the end of March, is to join the cast of The 39 Steps from 26 April. |
