British Theatre Guide logo

 

Links

Articles

News

Reviews

Amateur Theatre

Contact

Other Resources

Bookstore

Forum

Search the Site

 

Dateline: 3rd May, 2008

Can't Smile Withou You publicity image

Bromley to Premiere Manilow Musical
Bromley's Churchill Theatre is to premiere a new musical based on the music of Barry Manilow, Can't Smile Without You, in August. Based on an original idea by Bill Kenwright, who co-directs with Keith Strachan, the show will begin previews on 28th August, followed by a tour which begins at the Liverpool Empire on 15th September, after which it will move into the West End.

The story centres around an aspiring young band who, on a visit to New York, come across an opportunity not to be missed - auditions for the latest reality TV show to find the next pop music sensation. When the TV company offers lead singer Tony a chance to appear on the show, the other band members give him their unconditional blessing. But before Tony can realise his dream, he is caught up in a tragic sequence of events which leaves him fighting for his life. Left with no memory, his dreams are all but shattered. His only hope lies in the power of the music he loves and his feelings for a girl he once knew called Mandy…

The book is by Tim Prager and the show features over thirty Manilow songs.

Marti Pellow

Pellow to Star in Eastwick Tour
Former Wet Wet Wet singer Marti Pellow is to star as Darryl Van Horne in the new touring production of The Witches of Eastwick.

The production opens at the Theatre Royal, Norwich, on 25th August and will then tour to Canterbury, Northampton, Bradford, Wimbledon, Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, Plymouth, Woking, High Wycombe, Southampton, Wolverhampton, Sheffield, Edinburgh and Leeds, with more dates to be announced later.

Zorro Confirmed for Gielgud
Zorro the Musical is confirmed to open at the Gielgud on 15th July (previews from 30th June) after completing a national tour.

English Game Casting
The cast for the touring production of Richard Bean's new play, The English Game, which opens at the Rose in Kingston on 17th June before going on to Guildford, Exeter, Leeds, Oxford, Malvern and Salford, has been announced.

A co-production between Headlong and the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford and directed by Sean Holmes, the play features Tony Bell, Peter Bourke, Rudi Dharmalingam, Robert East, Andy Frame, John Lightbody, Trevor Martin, Ifan Meredith, Sean Murray, Marcus Onilude, Fred Ridgeway, Jamie Samuels and Howard Ward.

God of Carnage publicity image

God of Carnage Pays Back
God of Carnage, the new play by Yasmina Reza, which stars Ralph Fiennes, Tamsin Greig, Janet McTeer and Ken Stott, has paid back its entire £525,000 capitalization in a record-breaking six weeks. The play will close at the Gielgud Theatre at the end of its scheduled 14-week limited season on 14th June.

Crimp's First Success Revived
As Martin Crimp's latest work, The City, premieres at the Royal Court, young company Waxwing Theatre rediscovers No-one Sees The Video, the play that first launched his career at the venue eighteen years ago.

Elizabeth is vulnerable; her husband has walked out. An innocuous interview about shopping lures her and her 15-year-old daughter Jo into a world of manipulation, deceit and predatory men. Nothing can be taken at face value, nothing is quite what it seems. Not least frozen pizza.

No-one Sees The Video plays at the Rosemary Branch Theatre, Islington, from 21st to 31st May.

Extending
Kneehigh's Brief Encounter - Live on Stage at the Cinema, Haymarket, has extended it booking period to 21st September.

Index A-F
Index G-K
Index L-Q
Index R-Z

News Archive A-L
News Archive M-Z
Production News Archive

Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.

 

 

©Peter Lathan 2008