Entries by Theatre M

& JULIET, the award-winning musical, will play its final performance at the Shaftesbury Theatre on Saturday 25 March 2023

& JULIET, the award-winning musical which has been thrilling audiences in London since opening in 2019, will play its final performance at the Shaftesbury Theatre on Saturday 25 March 2023. & Juliet first opened at the Manchester Opera House in October 2019. It transferred to London the following month and ever since has played to nightly standing ovations. As well […]

Headlong Announce Groundbreaking Experiment in Sustainable Theatre Making

Headlong and the Barbican, have today announced the UK premiere of A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction by award-winning playwright Miranda Rose Hall. Katie Mitchell is drawing on and furthering her work on the Sustainable Theatre? projectwith this production and tour, which she originally conceived with the support of the French choreographer […]

imitating the dog to premiere daring new production of Macbeth  

From imitating the dog, the creators of the critically acclaimed production of Dracula: The Untold Story (the UK Theatre Award nominee for Best Design) and the unique shot-for-shot stage recreation of George A. Romero’s classic 1968 zombie movie – Night of The Living Dead ™ –  Remix,comes Macbeth, an audacious and dazzling new retelling of William Shakespeare’s tale of ambition, betrayal, and […]

Michael Ball to star in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love, reimagined for the 21st century and directed by Jonathan Kent

Michael Ball to star in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love, reimagined for the 21st century and directed by Jonathan Kent.  Michael Ball said: “Aspects of Love holds a very special place in my heart.  I am absolutely delighted to revisit Andrew Lloyd Webber’s glorious score in a re-imagined chamber production in the West End from May next […]

National Theatre announces upcoming programming including programming including three new productions, Shakespeare in schools and a US Tour

Simon Stone (Yerma, Young Vic) makes his National Theatre debut in the Lyttelton theatre in February, directing his striking new play Phaedra after Euripides, Seneca and Racine. After years of fierce focus on her political career, Phaedra turns her attention to her personal life. The reappearance of her stepson shakes the foundations of her house and the beliefs […]

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical announced for Broadway

 Today, at the Imperial Theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber officially announced the arrival of Bad Cinderella on Broadway, starring Linedy Genao in the title role. Performances will begin on Friday, February 17, 2023 at the Imperial Theatre (249 W 45th Street), with Opening Night taking place on Thursday, March 23, 2023. In addition to music by Lloyd Webber, Bad Cinderella features a book by Academy […]

MOTHER GOOSE Starring Ian McKellen, John Bishop and Mel Giedroyc To Tour UK and Ireland

Ambassador Theatre Group Productions have announced a UK and Ireland Tour of the pantomime MOTHER GOOSE. The first of its kind to tour the country and play all the way to Easter! www.mothergooseshow.co.uk Starring Ian McKellen as Mother Goose, John Bishop as Vic Goose and Mel Giedroyc as the Goose, the show will play at the Theatre Royal Brighton from 3 – 11 December 2022, […]

The Boy with Two Hearts to open at the National Theatre this October

Wales Millennium Centre’s widely acclaimed adaptation of Hamed and Hessam Amiri’s The Boy with Two Hearts will open for performances in the Dorfman theatre this October, with press night on 5 October. Directed by Amit Sharma and adapted for the stage by Phil Porter, the play is based on the book of the same name by Hamed and Hessam Amiri. Drawing on extraordinary real-life experiences, it is […]

“MJ” breaks house record for 5th time with gross of $1.76 Mn

The unofficial final days of summer have delivered yet another record-breaking 8-perfomance week for MJ. Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre box office record for the 5th time, MJ’s receipts totaled $1,762,559 for the week ending Sunday, September 4. This brings the total cumulative gross of the smash hit musical to $49,415,323.90. MJ is directed and choregraphed by two-time Tony Award winner Christopher […]

The National Theatre adds King Lear and Young Marx to on-demand streaming platform

The National Theatre launches an exciting upcoming season on its streaming platform, with a host of productions to be made available on National Theatre at Home. Available from today is Ian McKellen’s moving portrayal of Shakespeare’s King Lear, presented by Chichester Festival Theatre and Ambassador Theatre Group Productions, captured live during its sell-out transfer at the Duke of […]