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La Cage Aux Folles to close in the West End

12 Nov 2009

The West End hit La Cage Aux Folles is to close on 2nd January 2010. The award-winning show, currently playing at the Playhouse Theatre, will close with Douglas Hodge ......

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Simon Callow to play Dickens at Riverside Studios

10 Nov 2009

Simon Callow is to play the Victorian novelist Charles Dickens in a one-man play at the Riverside Studios. Dr Marigold and Mr Chops is two stories written by the writer at ......

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Jonathan Pryce returns to West End in Pinter transfer

06 Nov 2009

Harold Pinter’s classic The Caretaker is to open in the New Year at the Trafalgar Studios. As Governor Weatherby Swann in Pirates of the Carribean – 2006 The Liverpool Everyman production, starring ......

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Jude Law's Hamlet a big hit on Broadway says Donmar

05 Nov 2009

Jude Law has proved a big hit on Broadway. The Donmar has confirmed that they have recouped the £1.5 million ($2.5 million) costs on their production of Hamlet, in which ......

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Early closures for two major West End productions

04 Nov 2009

Unfortunate news in the West End theatre world, as two major shows announce early closure notices. Prick Up Your Ears, the Simon Bent play about the life and untimely death of ......

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ATG completes �90 million Live Nation portfolio deal

03 Nov 2009

The Ambassador Theatre Group yesterday completed the deal to purchase Live Nation’s UK theatre portfolio. The £90 million acquisition of 16 venues across the country make ATG the biggest theatre ......

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Theatre review: Woman of Manhattan � Old Red Lion

30 Oct 2009

I was fortunate to see John Patrick Shanley’s award-winning Doubt on Broadway, a production that had me gripped from start to finish. I was intrigued, therefore, to catch Women of ......

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24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala cast announced

28 Oct 2009

The Old Vic has announced that this year’s 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala will go ahead with an exciting cast. Graham Norton is set to host the event this Sunday 1st ......

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Coco Chanel Review By Judith Brown

02 Aug 2009

  Coco Chanel is a flawed, but well acted film, especially after the slow moving first thirty minutes have passed. The film loses out by ignoring great chunks of Chanel’s later ......

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The Cherry Orchard, at the Old Vic theatre, London.

17 Jul 2009

This version of 'The Cherry Orchard' is a compelling production of the play, highlighting miscommunication as the main theme; the key contributor to the characters' distressing lives. On a most basic level, ......

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