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X Factor musical I Can’t Sing to open at the Palladium next year
Producers of The X Factor musical have confirmed that the show, called I Can’t Sing!, will open at the London Palladium in February next year. It will preview from February 27, 2014, with press night…
James Cameron to direct 3D live Swan Lake
James Cameron, whose film credits include Titanic and Avatar, is to direct a worldwide broadcast of Swan Lake from the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg in what is being described as “the first ever global…
Tom Hiddleston to play Coriolanus at Donmar Warehouse
Tom Hiddleston is to star in the title role of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus as part of the Donmar Warehouse’s autumn season. Joining Hiddleston in the production, which will be directed by artistic director Josie Rourke, is…
Famous Spiegelterrace to return for Edinburgh Fringe 2013
The Famous Spiegelterrace on George Street will return for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe in a modified format after local concerns following last year’s event. The terrace, which costs £600,000 to build and manage, is an…
A Doll’s House to transfer to West End
The Young Vic production of A Doll’s House will transfer to the Duke of York’s Theatre this summer. Simon Stephens’ adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s play, which is directed by Carrie Cracknell, will run from August…
Jane Asher cast in Pride and Prejudice at Regent’s Park
Jane Asher, Charlotte Wakefield and Michael Xavier are all to appear in productions being staged at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in London this summer. Asher has been cast as Lady Catherine de Bourgh in…
Made in Scotland Fringe programme announced
A play about the London riots of 2011 and a piece of dance theatre initially created for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad are among more than a dozen productions to feature in the Scottish Government-funded Made…
Harry Houdini play to tour UK
A play about the illusionist Harry Houdini and his brother Theodore is set to tour the UK this autumn. Written by and starring filmmaker Stuart Brennan, who is best known for his BAFTA award-winning performance…
Maxine Peake and Andrew Scott star in Radio 4’s dystopia season
Maxine Peake and Andrew Scott are to feature in a season of BBC dramas exploring “a world of dystopian futures”. The BBC Radio 4 season, called Dangerous Visions, will be broadcast in June and will…
NYT to perform West End rep season
The National Youth Theatre has created a West End repertory company, which will perform three shows at the Ambassadors Theatre from this September. The West End season includes Tory Boyz by James Graham, directed by…
Chicago and Martin McDonagh play to feature in Curve’s autumn season
Leicester’s Curve has announced its fifth birthday season will include Martin McDonagh’s play The Beauty Queen of Leenane and a new production of musical Chicago, both directed by artistic director Paul Kerryson. In a co-production…
Shameless creator Paul Abbott writing new eight-part comedy drama for Channel 4
Channel 4 has commissioned a new eight-part comedy drama from Shameless creator Paul Abbott. The commission comes as the last ever series of Shameless is aired on Channel 4. Abbott’s new comedy drama is called…
First previews of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical rescheduled
The first two previews of new musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory have been rescheduled, with producers blaming “unforeseen problems” involving a contractor. Performances for this week, on May 17 and 18, have now been…
Wayne McGregor and Rambert bring world premieres to Sadler’s Wells autumn season
Sadler’s Wells’ 2013 autumn season will include world premieres from Wayne McGregor’s Random Dance and Rambert Dance Company. Atomos, choreographed by McGregor, is inspired by the structure and form of the atom and will feature…
Dirty Dancing to replace Viva Forever! in the West End
Dirty Dancing is to replace Viva Forever! at the Piccadilly Theatre in the West End. The musical previously played in London at the Aldwych Theatre from 2006 until 2011 and has since been touring the…
Broadway’s Colman Domingo and Forrest McClendon to star in Young Vic’s The Scottsboro Boys
Colman Domingo and Forrest McClendon, who starred in the original Broadway production of The Scottsboro Boys, will return to the musical in the Young Vic’s production later this year. Domingo will reprise the role of…
Oliver! revival to be Sheffield Crucible Christmas show
Sheffield Theatres is to stage a new production of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! at the Crucible Theatre this Christmas. The show, which will be directed by Sheffield Theatres artistic director Daniel Evans, will open on December…
Alex Bourne and Tiffany Graves to star in The Witches of Eastwick
Alex Bourne and Tiffany Graves are to star in The Witches of Eastwick at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury. The production, directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, opens at the theatre on July 25…
BBC commissions six-part Poldark series
Cutting It creator Debbie Horsfield is adapting Winston Graham’s Poldark novels into a six-part series for the BBC. The series is one of four new dramas that has been announced by outgoing BBC1 controller Danny…
Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre season to feature Simon Stephens premiere
The world premiere of Simon Stephens’ play Blindsided will be presented at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre next year as part of the venue’s winter season. Described as an “unexpected and romantic” play about murder, spanning…
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