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Carlos Acosta: Premieres
It is clear from the moment the curtain rises at the London Coliseum that the great Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta has created a starkly contemporary, surreal show that leans as much on digital imagery as dance. Dyson tells Twisted Tales in Lyric Hammersmith new season
Jeremy Dyson (pictured left), co-writer of TV’s The League Of Gentlemen and the Lyric Hammersmith’s hit show Ghost Stories, will return to the West London venue next year to present his new stage adaptation of Roald Dahl’s dark short stories for adults. Holden to be Shrek’s London princess
TV reality show judge Amanda Holden will prove she has talent next year when she takes to the London stage as Princess Fiona in the musical adaptation of the hit family movie Shrek. The Prince Of Homburg
Jonathan Munby, who directed Dominic West in Life Is A Dream, returns to the Donmar Warehouse with a play that conjures a similar dream-like atmosphere, Heinrich Von Kleist’s The Prince Of Homburg. Donmar Lear gets worldwide audience
The forthcoming Donmar Warehouse production of King Lear, which stars Derek Jacobi as the foolish sovereign, will be seen by many more people than previously expected as it will be screened in over 300 cinemas worldwide. Smokey Joe’s Café welcomes La Barrie
West End regular Melanie La Barrie has joined the cast of Smokey Joe’s Café, which has extended its run at the Landor theatre to 12 September. It had been due to finish on 12 August Toby Stephens
It is a somewhat depressing subject for a summer’s day but given Toby Stephens is starring in a play called Danton’s Death it is inevitable that mortality comes up more than once in his conversation with Caroline Bishop. Recording released for Legally’s London cast
Fans of the perky pink show Legally Blonde The Musical will be bending and snapping with delight at the news that the London production will release a cast recording this summer. The House Of Bilquis Bibi
Theatre company Tamasha marks its 21st birthday with a powerful drama where class, complicated matters of the heart and the role of women take centre stage as Hampstead theatre is transported to stiflingly hot Pakistan. Two premieres for Unicorn new season
A new show based on the novel The Garbage King and another in-house Christmas show top and tail the autumn season at the Unicorn children’s theatre this year. Old Vic Tunnels get Scorched
The Old Vic’s programming of its new theatre space under Waterloo Station continues this autumn with Scorched, a new play by Wajdi Mouawad, which plays in the Old Vic Tunnels from 3 September to 2 October. Gambon brings Beckett’s Last Tape to London
Michael Gambon is to return to the London stage this autumn when he stars in Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape at the Duchess theatre from 15 September to 20 November. tkts celebrates 30th birthday with free tickets
Leicester Square’s official and most famous ticket booth, tkts, has reached an important milestone this year. The half price ticket outlet will celebrate its 30th birthday on 10 August with a free ticket giveaway. Disappearing Number found at the Novello
Complicite’s Laurence Olivier Award-winning play A Disappearing Number is to play a strictly limited season at London’s Novello theatre from 10 to 25 September. |
