Category: Theatre

Interview with Willy Wonka – Douglas Dodge & The Creative Team Behind the Chocolate Factory

ROALD DAHL’s deliciously dark tale of young Charlie Bucket and the mysterious confectioner Willy Wonka comes to life in a brand new West End musical directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes.  To give fans of Willy Wonka an insight into the progress of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory we’ve got two interviews for you. The first interview is a discussion…

Derren Brown announces West End run for INFAMOUS

The multi-award winning acknowledged master of psychological illusion returns to the West End stage with his new one-man show DERREN BROWN: INFAMOUS. Following a sell-out 81-date national tour, the dark manipulator brings his unique brand of magic and mind control to the Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, from June 24 to August 17. INFAMOUS, a more…

Theatre News: James McAvoy to Play Macbeth in 2013

Seen that poster before? you’d be forgiven in thinking it was the Star Trek one.  I like it though, the skull in the background made up from a destroyed city, it shows that this version of Macbeth is going to be “modern”, and James McAvoy is an excellent choice for the Scottish King.  It’s quite…

Theatre News: Wicked Celebrates 2500th Performance

One of these days somebody will make this into a movie, until then though it’s still a raging success in the theatre and has now reached it’s 2500th performance.  It also seems to be as popular as ever so I’m sure it’s got many more birthdays to celebrate: Wicked, the smash hit musical that tells the…