Shrek the Musical is heading to the UK in 2011 as previews for the show start in May next year before the show opens on June the 7th. For more information on this story please click here.
An Actor, as yet unidentified, passed away today at the Minack Theatre Cornwall and had to be airlifted away. A tragic situation to happen in the middle of a play, the actor was not onstage but in the changing area of this unique theatre space. For more on this sad story please click here.
Experiments in Freedom: Explorations of Identity in New South African Drama by Anton Krueger has just been released in South Africa and looks at the post apartheid text plays coming out from there. This is a review of this interesting book, just click here.
New Steven Berkoff production 'Biblical Tales' will debut at the New End Theatre on the 3rd of August. For more information click here.
Valhalla! opens tonight at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow. It is the UK premiere of this play which was written by Paul Rudnick the screenwriter known for his films Addams Family Values, In and Out and The Stepford Wives. For the review please click here. For tickets and info on the Tron Theatre click here.
It seems that Chichester Festival Theatre's production of 42nd Street is really running away with some great notices, here is another review of this fantastic show this time from the Financial Times who award it four stars. To read the review please click here.
There is an excellent article on the BBC website about one womans acsension from a poverty stricken South African Township to international Operatic acclaim. It also talks about how she works to improve the situation in her own country. Check it out here. The film made for Newsnight about her features on tonights Newsnight broadcast at 10:30pm on BBC2.
Bollywood Film Legend Aamir Khan has announced his stage show Peepli Live. For more information please click here.
The plans to create a brand new theatre space in Finsbury Park London have been submitted to the local council. Jez Bond the artistic director of this new project has stated he wants to create a powerhouse of theatre in North London. The Park Theatre will apparently be predominantly a producing house. For more information please click here.
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