Tag: Matthew Iliffe

• NEWS: Casting Announced for The Niceties at the Finborough Theatre

  The production will play at the theatre from the 1st to the 26th October. It has been announced that Matthew Iliffe’s production of The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess is set to star double Olivier award winner Janie Dee alongside Moronkẹ Akinola who makes her professional stage debut. At an elite East Coast university, an ambitious […]

  Emma Clarendon

  September 6, 2019

  drama, News, Theatre

  Eleanor Burgess, Finborough Theatre, Janie Dee, Matthew Iliffe, Moronke Akinola

• REVIEW: Maggie May, Finborough Theatre

  This first London professional revival is lively but also highlights the problems with the book. Having only being familiar with Lionel Bart’s most famous musical Oliver! it is refreshing to see the Finborough Theatre rediscovering this little known musical set in Liverpool and director Matthew Iliffe giving it a lively production. It is just a […]

  Emma Clarendon

  April 10, 2019

  Musicals, Reviews, Theatre

  Alun Owen, Emma Clarendon, Finborough Theatre, Henry Brennan, Kara Lily Hayworth, Lionel Bart, Matthew Iliffe

• NEWS: Cast Announced for Revival of Lionel Bart’s Maggie May

  The production will play at the Finborough Theatre from the 27th March. Featuring music and lyrics by Lionel Bart and book by renowned dramatist Alun Owen, Matthew Iliffe’s production is the first London revival since its premiere in 1964 at the Adelphi Theatre. It has been confirmed that the cast for the production is set […]

  Emma Clarendon

  February 28, 2019

  Musicals, News, Theatre

  Finborough Theatre, Lionel Bart, Matthew Iliffe

• Review Round Up: The Burnt Part Boys, Park Theatre

  This European premiere production is directed by Matthew Iliffe and follows the story of a group of teenagers living under the shadow of a tragic mining accident. But what have critics been saying about it?  The Independent: *** Paul Taylor thought that: “The trouble with this 90-minute piece, though, is that while the quest involves much […]

  Emma Clarendon

  August 19, 2016

  Musicals, Theatre, Uncategorized

  Matthew Iliffe, Park Theatre