New production of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove to open in the West End in Autumn 2024

Stanley Kubrick’s iconic work will be adapted for the first time ever, when a world premiere stage production of his timeless classic Dr. Strangelove opens in the West End in Autumn 2024. This jet-black comedy masterpiece, about a rogue U.S. General who triggers a nuclear crisis, is brought to the stage by acclaimed, BAFTA and Emmy Award winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award winner Sean Foley in an explosively funny satire of mutually assured destruction. Sean Foley will also direct. Armando Iannucci said:  “It’s both thrilling and hugely terrifying to be asked to adapt Kubrick’s great apocalyptic movie for the stage: which is useful, since it’s a thrilling comedy about huge terror. The events it portrays … Continue reading New production of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove to open in the West End in Autumn 2024

MASTER OF THE HOUSE THE THEATRES OF CAMERON MACKINTOSH Wins The Inaugural Architectural History Book of the Year

Michael Coveney and Cameron Mackintosh are delighted to have received the news that MASTER OF THE HOUSE – THE THEATRES OF CAMERON MACKINTOSH, by Michael Coveney with a foreword by Cameron Mackintosh has just won the inaugural Architectural History Book of the Year award in a ceremony at the Zaha Hadid Foundation in Clerkenwell on Wednesday 12 July 2023 as part of the World Architecture Festival. Published in October 2022 through Unicorn Publishing Group, MASTER OF THE HOUSE – THE THEATRES OF CAMERON MACKINTOSH charts the fascinating history of his spectacularly refurbished eight historic London buildings – their origins, their iconic shows and productions, the stars and above … Continue reading MASTER OF THE HOUSE THE THEATRES OF CAMERON MACKINTOSH Wins The Inaugural Architectural History Book of the Year

Matt Doyle to star as Frank Sinatra in World Premiere of Sinatra The Musical

 Tony Award-winning Matt Doyle will take on the iconic role of  Frank Sinatra in the highly anticipated World Premiere of Sinatra The Musical, based on the life and career of the legendary artist and cultural icon.  This spectacular new musical features twenty actors and seventeen musicians performing over twenty five of Sinatra’s most legendary songs.  It will run at Birmingham Rep from 23 September to 28 October 2023. Matt Doyle said: ‘I have no doubt my Italian grandmothers would be profoundly overjoyed. This one is for Geraldine Padula and Nicoletta Macchia who raised my family and me on Frank’s music. I cannot begin to express what an … Continue reading Matt Doyle to star as Frank Sinatra in World Premiere of Sinatra The Musical

CABARET to extend its booking in the West End until Saturday 29 June 2024

The multi award-winning and critically acclaimed production extends its booking in London’s West End until Saturday 29 June 2024. CABARET currently stars Maude Apatow (HBO’s Euphoria) as Sally Bowles, Mason Alexander Park (Netflix’s The Sandman) as Emcee, Beverley Klein as Fraulein Schneider and Teddy Kempner as Herr Schultz. The cast also includes Nathan … Continue reading CABARET to extend its booking in the West End until Saturday 29 June 2024

Casting announced for Shakespeare Globe’s As You Like It

Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the cast of As You Like It, directed by Ellen McDougall (Watch on the Rhine, Donmar; Insurrection: A Work in Progress, Royal Opera House). Shakespeare’s joyous tale of all kinds of love, between all kinds of people, unfolds in the Forest of Arden, in this exuberant tale of community, romance and redemption. As You Like It runs in the Globe Theatre from 18 August – 29 October. The cast of As You Like It comprises Isabel Adomakoh Young as Orlando, Emmanuel Akwafo as Amiens, Jessica Alade as Pheobe, Alex Austin as Jaques, Nina Bowers as Rosalind, Stephanie Jacob as Adam / Corin, Mika Onyx Johnson as Silvius, Tonderai Munyevu as Duke Senior, Jessica Murrain as Oliver, Tessa Parr as Touchstone, Dale Rapley as Duke Frederick, Hannah … Continue reading Casting announced for Shakespeare Globe’s As You Like It