STEFAN AND FRIENDS, CECIL BEATON'S DIARIES & More Set for Jermyn Street Theatre Summer Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 14, 2023 Jermyn Street Theatre has revealed an eclectic programme of summer visitors, running over a two-month period from 4 July to 2 September....
CW Seed Lands Licensing Agreement With BBC Studios
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 08, 2020 CW Seed, The CW's free, ad-supported digital network, has acquired the second window, non-exclusive streaming rights to 14 series from BBC Studios. The pact will bring more than 200 episodes and 150 hours of scripted library content to the platform. The announcement was made today by Rick Haskins, ...
Dame Arlene Phillips and Actor Sir Derek Jacobi Special and Lifetime Achievement Award at the Olivier Awards
by Stephi Wild - February 22, 2023 Two individuals have been honoured in the 'Special Awards' category of the Olivier Awards with Mastercard 2023, recognising their outstanding contributions to the theatre industry....
EDINBURGH 2019: Pick Of The Programme - Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 07, 2019 With nearly 4,000 shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe it can be a little overwhelming to select which shows to see. BWW reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue has narrowed down her top ten picks in the theatre section of the programme....
The Creator and Cast Of YEARS AND YEARS Talk About The Limited Drama Series Debuting 6/24 On HBO
by Tori Hartshorn - June 19, 2019 They're a more-or-less typical British family from Manchester, but their experiences over the course of 15 years are shaped by incredible technological innovations and profound political upheaval. Following the day-to-day lives of the Lyons family beginning on one crucial night in 2019, as they face...
Cast Announced For ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST at Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - August 31, 2022 Sheffield Theatres has announced the full cast for their production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist, which will open as the first production in the newly named Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse (previously Studio Theatre), in Sheffield on Friday 23 September....
HBO and BBC Renew GENTLEMAN JACK for Season Two
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 23, 2019 Following the show's April debut, the HBO/BBC drama series GENTLEMAN JACK, produced by Lookout Point, has been renewed for a second season, it was announced today by HBO and the BBC....
Nina Sosanya Joins New Audio Drama SEEDS
by Stephi Wild - September 14, 2020 No Stone Theatre presents Seeds, the legacy of Nikolai Vavilov, founder of the world's first seed bank, told as an audio drama starring Nina Sosanya....
Cast Revealed and Tour Dates Set For THE BOOK OF WILL
by Stephi Wild - March 23, 2023 A brand-new production of Lauren Gunderson's award-winning comedy, The Book of Will, is coming to UK audiences this year in its European premiere....
BBC One and SundanceTV Begin Production on Season Two of THE SPLIT
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 21, 2019 BBC One and SundanceTV announced today that production has started in London on season two of the original series The Split, helmed by BAFTA and Emmy® Award-winning writer Abi Morgan (River, Suffragette, The Hour) and executive producer Jane Featherstone (Broadchurch, River, Humans). The series' sec...
Casting Announced for Finborough Theatre's INTO THE NUMBERS
by Stephi Wild - December 11, 2017 Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Nanking massacre, as well as the first production at the Finborough Theatre building in its 150th anniversary year, the European premiere of Into the Numbers by multi-award-winning American playwright Christopher Chen opens at the Finborough Theatre for a fo...
Greenwich Theatre Presents A Duo Of Dark Comedies By Harold Pinter
by Stephi Wild - April 20, 2023 Bringing together this duo of dark comedies by one of Britain's most influential modern dramatists, Harold Pinter, Greenwich Theatre presents their first in-house production of 2023....
CALL THE MIDWIFE Begins Filming Ninth Season
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 22, 2019 Made by Neal Street Productions for BBC One, the award-winning drama series, Call The Midwife, has completed filming for a Christmas Special to be broadcast this year and has begun filming a new series of eight episodes for 2020....
Russell T. Davies' Epic New Drama YEARS AND YEARS Set for BBC One
by Macon Prickett - June 04, 2018 Award-winning writer Russell T Davies is confirmed to write an epic new BBC One drama, Years And Years, which follows the lives of a single family over 15 years in a Britain rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances....
BANG BANG! Will Embark on UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - October 16, 2019 Exeter Northcott Theatre and Dermot McLaughlin Productions announce the Premiere UK Tour of Bang Bang! A new farce from John Cleese starring Tessa Peake-Jones, Tony Gardner and Wendi Peters....
BBC One's Original Drama THE SPLIT Will Return for Second Season
by Macon Prickett - May 30, 2018 Abi Morgan's original drama The Split, produced by Sister Pictures, will return to BBC One for a second series....
FOR ONE KNIGHT ONLY Will Be Rescreened in Aid of The Royal Theatrical Fund
by Stephi Wild - April 29, 2021 Following the success of the live Q&A in November 2020 which raised over £300,000 for Acting for Others, Lockdown Theatre today announces they will be rescreening For One Knight Only in aid of the Royal Theatrical Fund and partner organisation, the Fleabag Support Fund. ...
Shakespeare's Globe Announces Cast for MEASURE FOR MEASURE in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 28, 2021 Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the full cast of Measure for Measure, directed by Blanche McIntyre and designed by James Cotterill. Opening the Winter Season on the 19 November in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe....
JUDY & LIZA Continues Its Tour This Autumn
by Stephi Wild - September 15, 2021 A dazzling and heartwarming stage show charting the careers and relationship between Hollywood mother and daughter Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli continues its UK tour into Autumn at venues across the country....
Cast Announced for PLASTIC by Kenneth Emson at Old Red Lion Theatre
by Stephi Wild - February 19, 2018 Louis Greatorex (Safe, Netflix; The Last Post, BBC1; Last Tango In Halifax, BBC1), Madison Clare (The Dark Things, Linbury Studio Theatre; War Whores, Courtyard Theatre; Close, Landor Space), Mark Weinman (Captain Amazing, Soho Theatre/Live/UK Tour; The Gamechangers, BBC2; Press, BBC1) and Thomas Co...
New Writing By John Cleese Comes To The Wyvern Theatre
by Stephi Wild - October 22, 2019 The Wyvern Theatre announce that John Cleese's new farce, based on Monsieur Chasse by Georges Feydeau and starring Tessa Peake-Jones, Tony Gardner and Wendi Peters, will be arriving in Swindon next March. A delicious blend of French Farce and Fawlty Towers, Bang Bang! is sure to sell fast and, with...
BBC Two Announces Cast for Factual Drama SALISBURY
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 24, 2019 Filming has begun this week on Salisbury, an engrossing three-part factual drama for BBC Two written by Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn and produced by Dancing Ledge Productions....
Full Cast Announced For the UK Première of MARJORIE PRIME
by Stephi Wild - January 17, 2023 As public booking opens, the Menier Chocolate Factory has announced the full casting for the UK première of Jordan Harrison's Marjorie Prime....
SundanceTV and BBC One Greenlight Second Season of Drama Series THE SPLIT
by Tori Hartshorn - May 31, 2018 SundanceTV and BBC One announced today that Abi Morgan's original drama 'The Split,' produced by Sister Pictures, will return for a second season. Season one premiered on SundanceTV on May 23rd to critical acclaim, having been called a 'powerful drama' by The Wall Street Journal and 'an addictive gu...
JUDY & LIZA Will Embark on Spring Tour Across the UK
by Stephi Wild - February 08, 2023 A dazzling and heart-warming stage show charting the careers and relationship between Hollywood mother and daughter Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli, is stepping out on a UK tour this spring at venues across the UK.... |