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25 June 2020

Dame Judi Dench's theatre fear

Dame Judi Dench fears many theatres will not reopen "in [her] lifetime". The 85-year-old actress is concerned about the UK arts industry amid the coronavirus pandemic as even within the next ...
19 June 2020

Andrew Lloyd Webber: I Want to Prove Theatre Can Open Again

Andrew Lloyd Webber has called on the theatre industry to be "positive" about its future amid the pandemic. The 72-year-old plans to trial measures at The London Palladium after Phantom ...

18 June 2020

Max Bowden urges UK to support theatre industry during tough times

Max Bowden has urged people to support UK theatres and the arts during the coronavirus pandemic. The 'EastEnders' star has opened up about the lack of funding for the industry - ...

18 June 2020

Young Vic Boss: Theatre Is a Jewel in Our Crown And Needs Government Support

The Government must not "let our arts die", the artistic director of the Young Vic has said. Kwame Kwei-Armah called for help after stars warned that the UK theatre industry ...

10 June 2020

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Viola Davis and Sandra Oh call out racism in theatre

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Viola Davis and Sandra Oh are among those who have signed an open letter calling out systemic racism in the theatre world. The trio joined over 300 people - ...
28 May 2020

Theatre Leaders Call on Government to Protect Progress on Diversity in Arts

More than 60 ethnically diverse artistic directors of theatre companies and arts institutions have called on the Government to help ensure that progress made on diversity in the industry is ...

27 May 2020

Claire Foy And Matt Smith to Perform Socially-Distanced Play in Empty Theatre

Claire Foy and Matt Smith will star in a socially-distanced play on stage in an empty Old Vic theatre. The Crown stars will reprise their roles as a couple wrestling ...

10 May 2020

Ore Oduba on Theatre Career: I Started to Worry Whether It Was Going to Happen

Strictly Come Dancing winner Ore Oduba has said he had doubts as to whether his musical theatre career would get off the ground. The sports presenter lifted the coveted glitterball ...

7 May 2020

Gillian Anderson And Tom Hiddleston Plays Streamed By National Theatre

Gillian Anderson and Tom Hiddleston will star in the next tranche of plays to be streamed by the National Theatre – as bosses announced they will pay artists involved. Frankenstein ...

5 May 2020

West End Theatre Closures Extended to End of June

West End theatre closures have been extended to June 28 amid the coronavirus crisis. Theatres around the country closed their doors after the Government advised against visiting leisure venues in ...

27 March 2020

Dream Interpretation: Theatre

Dreaming about the theatre is often associated with your social life. You might think highly of it and value that side of your time away from work and your home ...
14 March 2020

Sasha Velour blew my mind with her incredible theatre show Smoke and Mirrors

On Monday (March 9th, 2020) I finally got the opportunity to see one of my all-time favourite RuPaul's Drag Race winners Sasha Velour take to the stage, with Smoke and Mirrors. As ...
27 February 2020

Elaine Paige 'can't stand' chomping theatre-goers

Elaine Paige "can't stand" annoying theatre-goers who eat throughout a performance. The 70-year-old West End star has shared her disapproval of audiences eating in the stalls during a theatre performance, and ...
14 February 2020

Samantha Womack to star in Dial M for Murder theatre production

Samantha Womack is to star in a theatre production of 'Dial M for Murder'. The former 'EastEnders' actress will be joined in the production by Tom Chambers, who has appeared in ...
14 January 2020

Paul Danan lands new theatre role

Paul Danan and Dapper Laughs are to star in a new play together. The former 'Hollyoaks' actor and the comedian - whose real name is Daniel O'Reilly - are to ...
12 December 2019

The Bodyguard the Musical review, Palace Theatre, Manchester

I'm mad about The Bodyguard. Ever since I saw the movie in my teenage years, it's been one of my all-time favourite go-to films when I want to enjoy a singalong and ...
8 November 2019

Taj Jackson slams Apollo theatre for not featuring Jackson 5 in HBO doc

Taj Jackson has blasted the team at the Apollo theatre in New York for not featuring The Jackson 5 in their HBO documentary about the history of the iconic venue. Michael ...
7 November 2019

Emmerdale's Louisa Clein opens on 'terrifying' theatre collapse

Louisa Clein has opened up on the "terrifying" moment the Piccadilly Theatre ceiling collapsed. The former 'Emmerdale' actress - who played Maya Stepney on the soap until her exit earlier this ...

29 October 2019

Review: On Your Feet!, Palace Theatre Manchester

On Your Feet! is a relatively new jukebox musical, first hitting the stage in 2015. As such, the show has actually never been on the road across the UK - ...
20 October 2019

Chris Evans returns to childhood theatre to open new building

Chris Evans returned to the theatre where his career started on Saturday (19.10.19). The Captain America actor attended the opening of Concord Youth Theatre's new venue in his hometown of Concord, ...
18 September 2019

Review: 9 to 5 the Musical, Palace Theatre Manchester

The story is absolutely ridiculous, and the characters' actions are unbelievable throughout, but that's all part of the magic with 9 to 5 the Musical, now playing at the Palace Theatre ...

5 July 2019

Stephen Sondheim to have West End theatre named after him

Stephen Sondheim is set to have a West End theatre named after him. The 89-year-old composing legend - who was responsible for the lyrics for the Broadway adaptation of 'West Side ...
15 May 2019

Keanu Reeves immortalised at TCL Chinese Theatre

Keanu Reeves has been immortalised at the TCL Chinese Theatre. The 'John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum' star was joined by his co-stars Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne and Ian McShane as ...
7 May 2019

Madonna to play intimate theatre shows

Madonna is set to go on an intimate theatre tour. The Queen of Pop will play a string of small theatre shows in support of her upcoming album 'Madame X', and ...