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Lyrical Slater steals Lloyd Webber's thunder
10:11am Monday 15th March 2010
Love Never Dies must rate as one of the Adelphi Theatre's most stupendous productions, with fantastic sets and marvellous special effects plus the captivating voices of Sierra Boggess and Ramin Karimloo.
Haunted - review
11:30am Friday 12th March 2010
Haunted, Richmond Theatre The curtain came down to wolf whistles and rapturous applause last night as Edna O’Brien’s Haunted starring Brenda Blethyn and Niall Buggy opened at Richmond Theatre.
Rosamund's role to relish
9:56am Friday 12th March 2010
The title role of Henrik Ibsen’s play Hedda Gabler has challenged actresses ever since the Norwegian dramatist wrote it in 1890. From the first Hedda, Clara Heese, to modern legends of the stage, including Dames Diana Rigg and Maggie Smith, plenty have had a crack at the part.
Leon's Dream diary
9:40am Thursday 11th March 2010
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Rose has been a great success thanks in no small part to performances of theactors playing the hapless Rude Mechanicals. Leon Williams, who gives a hilarious performances as Flute, tells us how the play went from rehersal to opening night with his exclusive production diary.
Haunted - review
8:22am Wednesday 10th March 2010
Haunted, Richmond Theatre The curtain came down to wolf whistles and rapturous applause last night as Edna O’Brien’s Haunted starring Brenda Blethyn and Niall Buggy opened at Richmond Theatre.
Double header at Landor
5:44pm Tuesday 9th March 2010
Visitors to the Landor Theatre next week are in for a double dose of comedy fun as members of the Player-Playwrights put on back-to-back performances of two original plays, both written by Eddie Coleman.
Getting on famously
11:39am Tuesday 9th March 2010
My Fifteen Minutes, running at the New Wimbledon Studio from March 17-20, asks how ordinary people, their principles, and their relationships are affected by the prospect of becoming famous.
Winning over the Shakespeare snobs
9:00am Sunday 7th March 2010
As far as some people are concerned, Shakespeare is Shakespeare and shouldn't be messed with, but even they are being won over by Trestle Theatre and Moon Fool's re-imagining of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Learning to Relax
9:20am Saturday 6th March 2010
Croydon-born playwright Robert Farrar returns to his routes on Friday when he premieres his new gay comedy, Relax, at Warehouse Theatre. GRAHAM MOODY talks to him about the star James Holmes (from BBC sitcom Miranda), the difficulties of attracting straight people to a gay play and being grilled by Morecambe and Wise as a 15-year-old.
Prepare to be Haunted at Richmond Theatre
2:43pm Friday 5th March 2010
Last year, Irish actor Niall Buggy jumped at the chance to star in Edna O’Brien’s Haunted alongside Brenda Blethyn in a production that received rave reviews upon its opening at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.
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