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Full casting announced for Zoe Cooper’s Reimagining of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey

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Orange Tree Theatre (OT) with co-producers Octagon Theatre Bolton, Stephen Joseph Theatre Scarborough and Theatre by the Lake Keswick today announces the full cast for Zoe Cooper’s playful reimagining of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey. Tessa Walker directs Rebecca Banatvala (Cath), AK Golding (Iz) and Sam Newton (Hen). Zoe Cooper returns to the OT following the hit premières of Jess … Continue reading Full casting announced for Zoe Cooper’s Reimagining of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey

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Full casting announced for the Immersive Production of 1984 at Hackney Town Hall

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Pure Expression today announces the full cast for the immersive theatrical version of George Orwell’s 1984 created by Adam Taub running at the Hackney Town Hall, opening on 26 October, with previews from 19 October, and running until 26 November. Jem Wall and Richard Hahlo, the co-artistic directors of Hydrocracker … Continue reading Full casting announced for the Immersive Production of 1984 at Hackney Town Hall

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The world premiere of Minority Report to open in February 2024 in the UK

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Simon Friend Entertainment is today delighted to announce that in partnership with co-producers Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, Birmingham Rep and Nottingham Playhouse, the World Premiere stage adaptation of Minority Report will be presented next spring. Based on Philip K. Dick’s 1956 near-future novella made globally famous by Steven Spielberg’s 2002 blockbuster movie, this timely presentation is adapted for the stage by David Haig (My Boy Jack, Pressure) and reunites Simon Friend Entertainment with director Max Webster (Life of Pi, Henry V and the forthcoming production of Macbeth starring David Tennant, Donmar Warehouse), whose multi-award-winning production of Life of Pi has captivated audiences both sides of the Atlantic. Opening at the Nottingham Playhouse, where it plays from 16 Feb – 9 March 2023, Minority … Continue reading The world premiere of Minority Report to open in February 2024 in the UK

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Full cast and creatives announced for The Wizard Of Oz at The Watermill

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The Watermill Theatre is thrilled to announce the full cast and creative team for their upcoming Christmas production of THE WIZARD OF OZ, a fresh new take on the novel by L. Frank Baum, from Marietta Kirkbride (Five Children and It, The Egg), director Georgie Staight (Camp Albion, The Watermill), and composer and musical director Nick Barstow (From Here to Eternity, West End). The Wizard of Oz will play at the Watermill from Friday 17 November until Sunday 31 December 2023, with a press performance on Monday 20 November. Tickets are on sale via watermill.org.uk/oz Dot is a dot of a girl stuck in a small town with dreams beyond her family’s … Continue reading Full cast and creatives announced for The Wizard Of Oz at The Watermill

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The West End comes together to support The Watermill

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The Watermill Theatre today announced a West End ticket raffle to support their Propel fundraising campaign. Tickets on offer as part of the Big West End Ticket Raffle include Little Big Things, The Unfriend, Frozen, Guys and Dolls, The Time Traveller’s Wife, and Phantom of the Opera. All income from the raffle will go to supporting The Watermill Theatre’s fundraising campaign, Propel, which was launched in the aftermath of the Arts Council’s 100% cut to its funding. As the charity looks to its future as an independent theatre, fundraising will play an essential role in enabling The Watermill to continue to offer a vibrant and ambitious … Continue reading The West End comes together to support The Watermill

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Freddie Fox, Tanya Reynolds and Greta Scacchi to star in She Stoops to Conquer

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Orange Tree Theatre (OT) today announces the full cast for Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer. Artistic Director Tom Littler directs Freddie Fox and Tanya Reynolds as Charles Marlow and Kate Hardcastle, with David Horovitch and Greta Scacchi as Mr and Mrs Hardcastle, joined by Sabrina Bartlett, Richard Derrington, Guy Hughes, and Robert Mountford in this celebration of chaos and courtship. The production opens on 22 November, with previews from 18 November, and runs until 6 January. Artistic Director Tom Littler said today: “We are delighted to welcome such a tremendous company for Oliver Goldsmith’s heartwarming and hilarious play. Two hundred and fifty years since it premiered, it remains one of the liveliest, sharpest, and most generous plays in the canon. She Stoops … Continue reading Freddie Fox, Tanya Reynolds and Greta Scacchi to star in She Stoops to Conquer

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Casting announced for the European premiere of Lynn Nottage’s CLYDE’S

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With Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s Next to Normal currently running at the theatre, Donmar Artistic Director Michael Longhurst and Executive Director Henny Finch today announce full casting for the European première of Clyde’s which reunites double Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and director Lynette Linton as a follow up to their Donmar smash hit Sweat which transferred to the West End. Linton directs Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ (Letitia), Patrick Gibson (Jason), Gbemisola Ikumelo (Clyde), Sebastian Orozco (Rafael) and Giles Terera (Montrellous). The production opens on 19 October, with previews from 13 October and runs until 2 December. It’s kind of a ritual, we speak the truth. Then, let go and cook. In the bustling kitchen of a run-down Pennsylvania truck stop, the formerly incarcerated staff … Continue reading Casting announced for the European premiere of Lynn Nottage’s CLYDE’S

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Full casting announced for the first UK revival of Shakespeare’s R&J

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Reading Rep Theatre has today announced the full cast and creative team of the first UK revival of Joe Calarco’s queer play Shakespeare’s R&J, which will run from Wednesday 11th October – Saturday 4th November 2023 (Press Night: 16th October) at the Berkshire venue. In a rigid boarding school, four repressed adolescents unearth a secret copy of Shakespeare’s tale of forbidden love… what begins as a rebellious laugh soon turns into something more violent. Award-winning actor Elijah Ferreira (Hedwig And The Angry Inch – Leeds Playhouse/Manchester Home) will return to Reading Rep Theatre for the production, having played the roles of Young Scrooge and Fred in their 2022 remount of Beth Flintoff’s retelling of A Christmas Carol. … Continue reading Full casting announced for the first UK revival of Shakespeare’s R&J

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BalletBoyz to return with England on Fire at Sadler’s Wells

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Widely acclaimed dance pioneers, BalletBoyz return to the stage this winter with England on Fire at Sadler’s Wells for four nights only from Wednesday 8 – Saturday 11 November 2023, with a Press Night on 8 November 2023.a Inspired by the groundbreaking artbook of the same name by Stephen Ellcock and Mat Osman, England on Fire will see over 40 collaborators across multiple disciplines including choreographers, composers, dancers and performers come together to create a unique kaleidoscope of mesmerising performance. BalletBoyz will bring together leading artists in their field for a performance featuring arresting visuals accompanied by live music from folk to punk and everything in-between and supported … Continue reading BalletBoyz to return with England on Fire at Sadler’s Wells