A trio of actors wait on stage for instructions that will issue forth from a swimming pool’s tannoy system. They do everything they are told to do; they don’t know what they are going to be told to do. Then suddenly, the world where folks …
Well, you can’t. By all accounts, if you’re thinking of staging a new play in the West End, be aware that it’s going to be bloody hard work, and will probably cost hundreds of thousands of pounds. Sorry, but there it is. With London’s theatre …
Steptoe and Son are coming back to London. Not alas to Oil Drum Lane as both Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett went to that great rag-and-bone yard in the sky many moons ago, but the much loved duo are back nonetheless: A stage play …
Damon “Blur / Gorrillaz / “I’ve worked with musicians in Africa” Albarn is to use his musical genius in creating a new stage musical. Londonist loves musicals (when they’re not by Mick Hucknall) so we welcome this new venture from Albarn who can be relied …
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The third annual Flamenco Festival has opened in London at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre. Fifteen days of the Spanish art of flamenco has been programmed with performances both traditional and contempoary on the main stage and in the smaller Lillian Baylis studio theatre, while at …
Yellow Gentlemen is a new play, opening next week as part of the China in London season. Written by Benjamin Yeoh who has been described as one of the hottest new writing talents since featuring in the Battersea Arts Centre New Writing season in 2004, …
Jump is a high octane display of the ancient Korean fighting art of Tae-kwon-do, jaw-dropping flips, dazzling acrobatics and sword fights… crossed with a sit-com. Let’s review: martial arts plus comedy. Finally, our prayers have been answered. Jump, which opened yesterday at the Peacock Theatre, …
It seems like we can’t stop talking about musicals, even though we prefer our theatre with fewer songs and more interesting restrictions. However, yet another new musical has been announced for September this year and we think it’s worth a mention. Wicked will transfer from …
Ken is pitching his low emmission zone idea by calling it “a tax on people who trigger premature death.” Kate was questioned by the Met for over an hour but she hasn’t been arrested, although the conversation took place ‘under caution’. The 2005 Critics’ Circle …
Following yesterday’s report on declining West End theatre ticket sales, and our exhortation to grab tickets while they’re cheap and plentiful, we’re pleased to see that London has immediately stepped up to the plate. It’s great to see that Londonist has such a positive influence …
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