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Review: FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/ WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, Yard Theatre
17+ hour, 44+ min ago (370+ words) westendbestfriend.co.uk Review: FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/ WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, Yard Theatre The brand spanking new Yard Theatre has recently reopened its doors with a thrilling season kick, started by the London premiere of…...
Adrienne Warren to star in new musical IMITATION OF LIFE
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (264+ words) Producers of new musical IMITATION OF LIFE have announced that Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren will star as Delilah in the upcoming world premiere run at The Griffin Theater at The Shed, in a co-production with National Black Theatre, from…...
SLEIGH MIS??RABLES announces festive performances in Cardiff, Seaton and Birmingham
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (156+ words) Musical theatre and Christmas classics will collide this festive season as Sleigh Misérables returns for performances in Cardiff, Seaton and Birmingham. The festive cabaret spectacular will play at Wales Millennium Centre on 27 & 28 November, Gateway Theatre Seaton on 11 December, and the…...
Michelle Gomez and Michael D. Xavier to make Royal Exchange debuts in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (456+ words) West End Best Friend Michelle Gomez and Michael D. Xavier to make Royal Exchange debuts in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC The Royal Exchange Theatre has announced full casting for Stephen Sondheim’s much-loved classic A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, the penultimate production of…...
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO, Hampstead Theatre
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (436+ words) Arriving from Broadway, with five Tony awards nestled in its hand luggage, Kimberly Akimbo has undoubtedly been one of the most anticipated London transfers in recent years. It’s easy to see why it became such a fan favourite across the…...
Shona McGarty and Frances Mayli McCann join Don Black's FROM THE HEART in West End
4+ day, 11+ min ago (227+ words) Olivier Award nominee Frances Mayli McCann and EastEnders star Shona McGarty join the cast of From The Heart this October. Shona McGarty said: “I am so excited to be part of this show. Don Black is such a legend, and…...
Review: BIGFOOT RIPPED MY DOG IN HALF I SAW IT, Soho Theatre
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (553+ words) The music doesn't stop there. Songs keep popping up at exactly the right moment, sometimes with a lyric that suddenly fits what's happening – Britney Spears singing "I must confess" being one particularly well-timed example. At first, it's another part of…...
Review: EAST IS EAST, Octagon Theatre
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (594+ words) West End Best Friend Review: EAST IS EAST, Octagon Theatre As a celebration of the original production’s 30th anniversary, a new production of East is East comes to Bolton as a collaboration between the Octagon Theatre, Citizens Theatre and Wiltshire Creative,…...
Review: THE TEMPEST, Golden Hinde
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (629+ words) West End Best Friend Review: THE TEMPEST, Golden Hinde It’s all aboard, or should that be all abard, the Golden Hinde along London’s South Bank for an intimate, 60-minute, abridged, site-specific re-staging of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Staged as part of…...
Full 2027 programme announced by National Theatre
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (270+ words) Director and Co-Chief Executive of the National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham, said: “Next year’s programme brings together a remarkable range of work that looks across the last century to explore the perspectives, cultures and conflicts that continue to shape our world....