By Stuart King Friday, May 9 2025, 08:56
With a book by David Ives, music and lyrics by the late great Stephen Sondheim, HERE WE ARE is apparently inspired by the films of Luis Buñuel, (presumably the goings on in The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie and Exterminating Angel). This week, the show completed its transatlantic migration and landed at National Theatre’s Lyttelton stage.
The cast of Here We Are at the National Theatre. Photographer Marc Brenner
By Emmie Newitt Thursday, May 8 2025, 14:06
Based on the beloved book by Roald Dahl, Matilda The Musical is now the 15th longest running production in the West End, where it has played since 2011. The show also embarks on a major UK and Ireland tour later this year.
The London cast of Matilda The Musical (2025). Photo by Manuel Harlan.
By Emmie Newitt Thursday, May 8 2025, 10:05
The "show that whisks you to another dimension" (The Times) will conclude its performances in London next month after 30 weeks, ahead of a major UK tour that kicks off in August this year.
The Cast of The Lightning Thief. Photo by Manuel Harlan
By Stuart King Thursday, May 8 2025, 09:51
Before Thatcher’s hooray Henry capitalism, before Blair’s Brit-pop socialism, there were Oxford educated centre-left politicos who bestrode the land looking every bit a potential future PM as Labour’s pipe-smoking Harold Wilson or his Tory counterpart, the yacht-sailing Ted Heath.
Gang Of Three - Alan Cox, Hywel Morgan, Colin Tierney - photographer Manuel Harlan
By Emmie Newitt Thursday, May 8 2025, 08:35
The announcement comes after a triumphant series of performances at The Barn Theatre, Theatre Royal Bath, and Cambridge Arts Theatre last year. The West End transfer is the final chapter for the production, written and directed by BAFTA Award-winning Jonathan Lynn.
Griff Rhys Jones and Clive Francis. Headshots provided by production.
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