Day: 20 October 2016
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NEWS: Miss Saigon: the 25th Anniversary Performance Sets New Event Cinema UK Box Office Record
Last Sunday (16th October) saw the release of Miss Saigon: the 25th Anniversary Performance in cinemas across the UK, it has now been confirmed that the screening has recorded the biggest ever debut for an event cinema release in the UK grossing £2.03m. The news means that the figure overtakes those set in 2014 by Universal’s own […]
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NEWS: Sleeping Trees Return to Theatre503 with Brand New Pantomime
Scrooge, Snow White, Harry Potter and Father Christmas are just a few of the characters to expect from the new pantomime Scrooge and the Seven Dwarfs, running at the Theatre503 from the 22nd November until the 7th January 2017. One cold Christmas Eve, Santa and his elves are preparing for another busy night. The reindeer […]
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Shows Opening in November…
With October whizzing past us, here is a guide to some of the shows opening in London next month… Comus, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe: (Opening night 1st November) John Milton’s masque is directed by Lucy Bailey and stars Danny Lee Wynter in the title role. It is a story that sweeps audiences into a world […]
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NEWS: Charles Court Opera Return to King’s Head Theatre with Pinocchio
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Boutique Panto, Charles Court Opera will return to the King’s Head Theatre to present a production of Pinocchio from the 1st December until the 7th January 2017. Following on from last year’s production of Mirror, Mirror!, the creative team reunite to present Pinocchio – a pantomime filled with plenty of […]
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Review Round Up: One Night in Miami, Donmar Warehouse
Kwame Kwei-Armah directs this production of Kemp Powers’ fictional account of one night when 22-year old Cassius Clay celebrated his world heavyweight title not by hitting the town, but in a hotel room with his three closest friends: activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke and American football star Jim Brown. What have critics said about it? The […]
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NEWS: Dates Added to UK Tour of Dirty Dancing
Following on from the announcement that Dirty Dancing will return to the West End for a limited time, further dates for the UK tour have been confirmed for 2017, with dates in Woking, Blackpool, Liverpool and Sunderland being added. Based on the hugely popular 1980’s film, the classic story of Baby and Johnny will now […]