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Enron Review

Kathy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:24:34 +0000

Enron Earns 4* Review from Benedict Nightingale in The Times. Enron opened in London at the Noel Coward Theatre in January this year and was reviewed on its second night by Benedict Nightingale for the Times – the full review is on The Times Online. Obviously it was well received by the reviewer – a 4* review [...]

Sweet Charity

Kathy — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:22:22 +0000

Tamzin Outhwaite to star in Sweet Charity in London. The acclaimed musical Sweet Charity at the Haymarket Theatre Royal from 22nd April 2010 will star Tamzin Outhwaite (Eastenders, Red Cap, Fixer, Hotel Babylon) as Charity Hope Valentine. Following the misadventures of love encountered by the gullible and guileless Charity Hope Valentine, a woman who gives her heart [...]

Richard Briers to star in London Assurance

Kathy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:01:48 +0000

Recently Michael Ball introduced Richard Briers on his BBC Radio 2 show by saying “I absolutely love this guy. He’s a legend. He’s an icon.” Currently Richard Briers is rehearsing for the very funny play London Assurance — an instant hit in 1841 for the Dublin actor and writer Dion Boucicault — directed [...]

La Bete

Kathy — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:12:37 +0000

La Bete at Comedy from 28th June 2010. La Bete is American playwright David Hirson’s rollicking 1991 play. This is a comic tour de force about Elomire (David Hyde Pierce), a high-minded classical dramatist who loves only the theatre, and Valere (Mark Rylance), a low-brow street clown who loves only himself. When the fickle princess (Joanna [...]

Dancing on Ice Live

Kathy — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:08:13 +0000

Dancing on Ice Live at the O2 Arena, London. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are probably the most famous ice dancers of all time, certainly the most famous British ice dancers. They captivated TV audiences in 2006 when they danced together for the first time in nearly 10 years in the smash hit ITV show, Dancing [...]

London Assurance

Kathy — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:01:28 +0000

London Assurance at the Olivier Theatre, London. The brilliantly funny London Assurance was written by the Irish genius of London theatre Dion Boucicault in 1841 and created two of the great comic roles of the English stage, Sir Harcourt Courtly played by Simon Russell Beale and Lady Spanker played by Fiona Shaw. Sir Harcourt Courtly is lured [...]

Women Beware Women

Kathy — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:55:49 +0000

Women Beware Women at Olivier Theatre in April Women Beware Women is the blackly funny, fast and ferocious tragedy from Thomas Middleton – where corruption will not go unpunished! In the Italian court, where wealth secures power and power serves lust, the lascivious Duke can play wherever he chooses. He catches the eye of another’s exquisite bride, [...]

Maria Pages Company

Kathy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:27:26 +0000

The crème de la crème of Spain’s flamenco talent are performing during Sadler’s Wells’ very special two week Flamenco Festival. From Rafaela Carrasco’s bold, contemporary flamenco style to Maria Pagés’ emotional rollercoaster of a show and the maestros of flamenco, Rojas and Rodriguez, with their sublime company Nuevo Ballet Español , famed for their heart-racing sequences, [...]

Abbaworld Tickets

Kathy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:23:53 +0000

Tickets for Abbaworld at the Museum Court, Earls Court now on sale Fully approved and supported by ABBA, ABBAWORLD is playing in London at Earls Court until 28th March 2010. The hugely interactive experience will take visitors on a mind-blowing journey through ABBAWORLDS’ 25 rooms, bursting with exclusive music, footage, images and never-before-displayed memorabilia from the personal [...]

Madness in Valencia

Kathy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:19:19 +0000

Madness in Valencia has just finished a sell-out run at the White Bear and now moves to the Trafalgar Studio Two theatre in London. This is a beguiling and hilarious pageant of love, madness and mistaken identity. Floriano kills a Prince and flees. Erifila escapes an abhorrent arranged marriage. Uncertain of their futures they take refuge [...]