Month: March 2010

David Harewood, who played Martin Luther King in the recent Olivier Award-winning play The Mountaintop, will star as Theseus alongside Nikki Amuka-Bird’s Eurydice in Richard Eyre’s forthcoming production of Moira Buffini’s Welcome to Thebes at […]

Scarlett Strallen and David Thaxton will join Elena Roger in the Donmar Warehouse’s upcoming revival of Stephen Sondheim’s 1994 musical Passion (See News::E8831266575066, 19 Feb 2010), which runs at the Donmar’s 250-seat Covent Garden home […]

Felicity Kendal returned to the West End last night (25 March 2010) starring in the title role of a new production of George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs Warren’s Profession at the Comedy Theatre. Written in 1894 […]

According to the Daily Mail, Michael Colgan’s production of Samuel Beckett’s monologue Krapp’s Last Tape starring Michael Gambon could transfer to the West End. The production begins life at the Gate Theatre Dublin, on 28 […]

Kevin Spacey told the Evening Standard recently that he will leave his position as artistic director of the Old Vic “within the next five years”. The Oscar-winning American actor has worked tirelessly to turn around […]

How do you build a successful career in theatre? This week Fin Kennedy blogged extensively about how an emerging playwright might manage to keep writing and actually make some money whilst Chris Hislop took John […]

W For Banker should be one episode in a half-hour BBC sitcom. Living up to its tag line as a ‘gentle jab’ at society’s obsession with status and money, it focuses entirely on ‘banker with […]

With the election due to take place on or before 3 June 2010, two new plays are tackling one of the biggest political scandals of modern times – the revelations regarding MPs expenses. First up […]