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Ellis swaps broomstick for song book
Kerry Ellis, the West End leading lady who has recently starred in hit musical Wicked on both sides of the Atlantic, will appear without her regular green make-up for two special concert performances at the Shaw theatre this summer. Sheen honoured by Queen
British actor Michael Sheen has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Actors Liz Smith and Earl Cameron and Graeae Artistic Director Jennifer Sealey also receive honours. London venues embraced in young people’s free theatre scheme
Arts Council England today announced the successful applicants for its pilot scheme which aims to offer 618,000 free theatre tickets to under 26-year-olds over the next two years. The list of successful theatres includes many of London’s top off-West End venues. Lyric Hangs On to family entertainment
The Lyric Hammersmith will stage an unusual new family show as part of its spring season. Hang On, which plays from 15 to 25 April, is a circus-inspired aerial show in which daring performers create a giant human mobile high above the theatre’s main stage. Tennant recovery leads to hopes of Hamlet return
David Tennant, who withdrew from the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production of Hamlet earlier this month due to a prolapsed disc, is making a good recovery and could rejoin the show in its final week (5-10 January). Tennant back in Hamlet
David Tennant returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Hamlet at the Novello theatre on Saturday night. Damascus comes to Tricycle theatre
A sell-out success at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe, Traverse Theatre’s production of David Greig’s Damascus, will play at the Tricycle theatre in spring 2009. Tributes paid to Harold Pinter
Tributes have been paid to Harold Pinter, the Nobel Prize-winning British playwright, actor and director who died on Christmas Eve, aged 78. Pinter, Harold: Playwright, actor, director. Born 1930, Died 2008
Nobel Prize-winner Pinter's style of writing was so unique that the term 'Pinteresque' was coined to describe it. Craig Revel Horwood
Matthew Amer talks to the Strictly Come Dancing judge and West End director/ choreographer about his new version of Sunset Boulevard and his controversial 2008. International season at Lyric Hammersmith
The Lyric Hammersmith looks to the international stage for its spring programme of work, as Sean Holmes takes over as Artistic Director of the West London venue. Unicorn looks to spring
Two new in-house productions and five shows by visiting theatre companies make up the Unicorn theatre’s spring season 2009. |
