UK Live Entertainment News - West End
The editorial team at West End Theatre Bookings brings you the latest news on live entertainment in the UK.
New Phantom Peter Jöback Chats with Us
Peter Jöback is a platinum-selling Swedish recording artistwho has also performed extensively on stage and TV He won a Swedish Tony award for creating Robert in Bjorn Ulvaeus' and Benny Andersson's musical Kristina before going on to play Chris in Cameron Mackintosh's hit West End production of Miss Saigon He ...
The Importance of Being Earnest Transfers to Haymarket
Oscar Wilde’s farcical masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest will transfer to the Theatre Royal Haymarket for a short run performances only after a successful revival at the fringe Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington The production directed by Henry Filloux-Bennett will play from Tuesday st January to Saturday th ...
Midnight Tango Plays 10-Week West End Season
Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace the stars of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing bring their spectacular live show Midnight Tango to the West End’s Aldwych Theatre in January for a limited week season prior to a national tour Set in a downtown Buenos Aires bar the production brings alive the drama ...
West End Gets The Wind in the Willows?
A new musical adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows has been announced with the creative team behind the award-winning Mary Poppins - Scriptwriter Julian Fellowes Composer George Stiles and Lyricist Anthony Drewe - reuniting The production is expected to open in London within the next months Stiles ...
Zach Braff to Make West End Debut
Scrubs star Zach Braff will make his London stage debut in the New Year when he appears in his own play All New People at the Duke of York’s Theatre The show will also play dates at the Manchester Opera House Feb th to th and the King's Theatre Glasgow ...
Phantom to Release 25th Anniversary Album
The Phantom of the Opera will release a special two-disc album of the upcoming th anniversary performances at London's Royal Albert Hall The fully-staged production presented by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh takes place on the weekend of st and nd October is set to feature a cast and ...
X Factor Musical in Development?
With season eight up and running on ITV the X Factor could be taking a step towards dominating the entertainment industry on stage as well as screen with a brand new West End musical in the pipeline According to Theatreland rumours Simon Cowell has approached comedian Harry Hill The Harry ...
Open Air Theatre Announces 2012 Season
The Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park has announced that two productions Ragtime and A Midsummer Night’s Dream will play in their season running in rep with a shared company and creative team Timothy Sheader and Liam Steel will co-direct both productions with designs by Jon Bausor and costumes by Laura ...
Monster Fun Back at the Lyric Theatre
The Gruffalo - Julia Donaldson’s fantastic children’s story - will be bringing monster fun back to the West End this Christmas when the production claws its way into the Lyric Theatre from Wednesday rd November to Sunday th January The story of the quick-thinking mouse who must fend off numerous ...
Chicago to Reopen in London on 7th November
Chicago the Musical will reopen in London in two months time after finding a new home at the Garrick Theatre The production which ended a five year run at the Cambridge Theatre the new home of Matilda the Musical in August will reopen at the Charing Cross Road venue on ...
