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Hackney Empire to celebrate its 120th anniversary with special events

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120 years of theatre, that’s something right? Hackney Empire will launch its birthday celebration on Tursday 9 December. A year of special shows and events to celebrate the theatre’s 120th anniversary. And of course, a giant birthday cake will be cut on stage by the venue’s Patron and Pantomime Dame Clive Rowe. Further details of the celebratory programme will be announced in the New Year so keep your eyes peeled for more information! About the celebration Clive Rowe said : “For generations now Hackney Empire has brought people and communities together. After the challenges of the last two years, it’s … Continue reading Hackney Empire to celebrate its 120th anniversary with special events

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New photographs released for LIFE OF PI in the West End

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Performances have begun at the Wyndham’s Theatre in London for Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s award-winning book Life Of Pi. Life Of Pi is a breath-taking epic journey of hope: After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, there are five survivors stranded on a single lifeboat – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, a sixteen year-old boy and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive? Hiran Abeysekera will return to the show playing the role of Pi, alongside Mina Anwar as Ma, Nicholas Khan as Father, Payal Mistry as Rani, Tom Espiner as … Continue reading New photographs released for LIFE OF PI in the West End

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The Lion, the Witch & The Wardrobe Tour Adds Two New Dates

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has been extended with the addition of dates at New Wimbledon Theatre (12-16 April 2022) and the Bristol Hippodrome (3-7 May 2022). This week the show is in Aylesbury and continues its journey of the UK and Ireland to Southampton next week, then Sunderland, Salford, Cardiff, Aberdeen, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Canterbury, Plymouth, Glasgow, Birmingham, Dublin, Woking, Norwich, Wimbledon and finally Bristol in May 2022. Described by its Bristol based director Michael Fentiman as ‘total theatre’ this epic new production is a mixture of dance, puppetry and actor-musicianship. The show tells the story Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter as they step through the wardrobe into the enchanted kingdom of Narnia. Here the embark on magical adventures and meet a faun, talking … Continue reading The Lion, the Witch & The Wardrobe Tour Adds Two New Dates

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INSIDE The Rythmics rehearsals at the Southwark Playhouse

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Pictures by (c) Alex Brenner Ahead of its opening on December 2nd 2021 at the Southwark Playhouse, the joyous new british musical ‘The Rythmics’ has released new rehearsal images. The cast includes Noel Sullivan who will star as ‘Grey’ alongside Zweyla Mitchell Dos Santos making her professional debut playing ‘Silva’. Joining the cast are Ken Christiansen as ‘Nick’, Kinny Gardner as ‘Sid’, Kirby Hughes as ‘Sue’, Rebecca Hayes as ‘Robin’, Andrew Patrick-Walker as ‘Jeremy’, Joshua Steel as ‘Connor’, and Phil Snowden as ‘Dennis’. The show tells the story of single-dad Grey who is in a rut. His teenage daughter, Silva, packs him off to revive his rockstar dreams, successfully auditioning for … Continue reading INSIDE The Rythmics rehearsals at the Southwark Playhouse

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THE GREAT GATSBY extends its run until October 2022

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Forced to close in March 2020 due to the pandemic, The Great Gatsy, created and directed by Alexander Wright, The Great Gatsby, will be playing at Gatsby’s Mansion at Immersive LDN in Mayfair until 30 October 2022. The show will be led by Oliver Towse who plays Gatsby. He will star alongside Lucinda Turner as Daisy, Hugh Stubbins as Nick, Jermaine Dominique as Tom, Steve McCourt as George Wilson, Jessica Hern as Jordan, Aminita Francis as Myrtle, Alex Wingfiel as Rosy Rosenthal, Aimee Barrett as Lucile and Gred Fossard as Joey. Amie Burns Walker and Oliver Tilney are Associate Directors. Choreography is by Holly Beasley-Garrigan, with MJ Lee as … Continue reading THE GREAT GATSBY extends its run until October 2022

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Lucie Jones leads the 2022 London Cast Of Wicked

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Lucie Jones (Elphaba), Ryan Reid (Fiyero), Sophie-Louise Dann (Madame Morrible) and Gary Wilmot (The Wizard) will lead the new London cast at the Apollo Victoria Theatre from Tuesday 1 February 2022. The current cast, who includes Laura Pick, Sophie Evans, Alistair Brammer, Kim Ismay and Andy Hockley will play their final performances on Sunday 30 January 2022. They will join Helen Woolf who is also returning as Glinda. 17 current cast members will also continue withthe show including Carina Gillespie (Nessarose), Nicholas McLean (Boq), Simeon Truby (Doctor Dillamond), Amy Webb (Standby for Elphaba) and Charli Baptie* (Standby for Glinda), who will all continue in their starring roles. Wicked will also star Yuki Abe, Kofi Aidoo-Appiah, Meg Astin, Alishia-Marie Blake, Pàje Campbell, Grace Chapman**, Michael Colbourne, Fergus Dale, Nolan Edwards, Nicola Espallardo, Danny Fogarty, Laura Harrison, Amie … Continue reading Lucie Jones leads the 2022 London Cast Of Wicked

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Petula Clark celebrates birthday at ‘Mary Poppins’

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Petula Clark, who currently plays Bird Woman in the West End production of Mary Poppins, was surprised by the cast at the curtain call on November 15t, 2021 for her birthday.  She was acclaimed by producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh who presented her with a birthday cake brought on to the stage to the tune of Don’t Sleep in the Subway, one of her many iconic numbers. The Company, along with the audience, then sang a rousing Happy Birthday. As an extra special treat, the cast sang Downtown, another one of Petula’s all-time hits, a final round of Happy Birthday, and plenty of streamers rounded off the celebrations! The cast for that … Continue reading Petula Clark celebrates birthday at ‘Mary Poppins’

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Immersive Everywhere and Butterfly Theatre to launch Immersive acting school

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The project led by Olivier Award-winning producers Louis Hartshorn and Brian Hook and Butterfly Theatre are launching the first Immersive Acting School. The goal is to combine their expertise and experience in all aspects of immersive theatre with courses starting in January 2022 at West End Venue Immersive LND. Three part time courses will run over a 6-week period starting on January 2022 : A Foundation Immersive Acting Course for non-professional actors A specialist Immersive Acting Course for Graduate level professional actors) An Intensive Immersive Acting Course for experienced immersive actors The aim is to bring theatre actors into a … Continue reading Immersive Everywhere and Butterfly Theatre to launch Immersive acting school