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David Essex and Marti Webb return with Godspell
| April 1, 2014
Marti Webb, who recently returned to the West End in triumph in her seminal musical, Tell Me on a Sunday, is reuniting with David Essex and other original
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Chichester honours Shaffer in 2014 festival season
| April 1, 2014
The new season at Chichester Festival Theatre will soon get under way with Hugh Whitemore’s Stevie. What else can we expect from the venue which reopens its main
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Iris Theatre to stage Richard III and Alice in Covent Garden
| March 31, 2014
Covent Garden-based Iris Theatre is going back down the rabbit hole this summer for another visit with Alice. The company’s sixth season will feature two very different productions
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Rock Of Ages hits the road for national tour
| March 31, 2014
Rock Of Ages is hitting the road, man, just when the West End has said goodbye to the feel-good 1980s musical. It comes to Aylesbury Waterside and Milton
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Woodland setting for National Theatre Wales WWI production
| March 31, 2014
The National Theatre Wales is going out into the fields to commemorate World War I with Mametz, a production which will be staged in ancient woodland. The piece
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Schools take part in world’s biggest Shakespeare lesson
| March 28, 2014
Children from all over the UK are set to be a part in the world’s biggest Shakespeare lesson when the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) streams Henry IV Parts
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Shane Ritchie to return in Wycombe Swan Xmas panto
| March 28, 2014
I can’t believe that I’m writing about Christmas panto in March but here goes… Wycombe Swan has announced that TV soap-star, actor and comedian Shane Richie will star
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Playwriting duo win Perfect Pitch award
| March 27, 2014
Playwriting team Chris Bush and Matthew Winkworth have won a £12,000 commission to write a new musical after winning the Royal & Derngate’s Perfect Pitch Award. The writers
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The Grove Theatre launches its summer programme
| March 26, 2014
Summer seasons are being launched even though we’ve only just got the hang of spring. The Grove Theatre, Dunstable, continues to provide variety with everything from music and
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory up for seven Olivier Awards
| March 26, 2014
Sam Mendes’ spectacular production of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory has been nominated for seven awards in this year’s Oliviers. The announcement came just as the show makes
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World premiere season for the National Theatre
| March 25, 2014
Ten world premieres are among the National Theatre productions announced this week by Nicholas Hytner, including new plays by Tom Stoppard and David Hare. Three plays by Rona
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Wicked breaks records at Milton Keynes Theatre
| March 23, 2014
Wicked has become the biggest hit musical in the history of Milton Keynes Theatre, it has been announced. More than 45,000 saw the spectacular production during its five-week
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