I can vividly remember my first visit to The Bunker for two specific reasons.  Firstly, it was not at all what I expected; I had heard that it was an underground car-park that had been transformed into a theatre, and as such, I assumed it would be a found space...

The Donmar Warehouse today announces full casting for Bruce Norris’ new translation of Bertolt Brecht’s satirical masterpiece The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, directed by Simon Evans with design by Peter McKintosh. As previously announced, Lenny Henry will make his Donmar debut as Arturo Ui, he is joined by Michael...

Artistic Directors of Paines Plough James Grieve and George Perrin today announced the company’s full Programme 2017. Full details can be found here  Paines Plough presents ROUNDABOUT Following another critically acclaimed season at Summerhall, 2017 sees the return of Roundabout, Paines Plough’s award-winning portable in-the-round auditorium. Now in its fourth year, 2017 will see three World...

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s multi award-winning production of Matilda The Musical has announced that Lilian Hardy, Emma Moore and Éva-Marie Saffrey will join Abbie Vena in the title role of Matilda from 14 March. Performances at the Cambridge Theatre are currently on sale until 17 December 2017. To mark the...

The highly anticipated Original London Cast Recording of the new, hit West End musical Dreamgirls, will be released on Sony Classical mid-April and is available to pre-order today via Amazon. This brand new double-album was recorded live last month at the Savoy Theatre.  It captures the on-stage exhilaration of the original London cast of Dreamgirls, the...

Two twits, one junkyard and an unexpected surprise! Hot Coals Theatre return to Park Theatre with Finders Keepers: a fun-filled, highly visual cartoon for the stage. Inspired by the story of Moses, Finders Keepers is an adult comedy suitable for children, and is fully inclusive for both D/deaf and hearing audiences. Using music,...

In response to the closing of iconic nightclub Passing Clouds in 2016 and the 50% decrease in the capital’s nightclubs in the last five years, band Benin City kick-starts the Roundhouse’s annual festival of spoken word with Last Night, a snapshot of a fading scene interspersing rhythmic, brass-flavoured music, poetry...

Lindsey Ferrentino’s Ugly Lies The Bone explores alternative pain relief therapies in a production directed by Indhu Rubasingham at The National’s Lyttelton Theatre.  Set against the heat of a Florida town, slowly being abandoned as the last space shuttle takes flight and NASA packs up shop. Having returned from a...

MetalMouth Theatre bring their new short show Vines to Theatre N16 in March 2017, running at just 30 minutes. Vines tells the story of a girl finding herself through a spiritual ayahuasca ceremony. Uplifting and thought-provoking, it’s a look at how to become the person you want to be, why...

Created by Samir Bhamra, the master of authentic Bollywood inspired work, Bring On The Bollywood is a brand new Bollywood dance-theatre extravaganza. Bringing a festival of colour and Bollywood magic in a major new nationwide tour, Bring On The Bollywood brings audiences new and old together for this delightfully romantic riot of Anglo-Indian exuberance. Having...