We all appreciate the chance to go to the theatre more often. There are some wonderful venues around the country and some really superb drama companies whose interpretations of old classics and brand new material are well worth seeing. However, the theatre is something most people like to experience in good company and this makes […]

Once you buy lottery tickets and have already gone through the process of selecting your lucky numbers, you can sit back and relax in the knowledge that you have done all you can to try and ensure your numbers are drawn out of the machine in the daily or weekly lottery game.
Seeing if your numbers […]

The drams The Children’s Hour will welcome Keira Knightley to star when it opens in the West End in 2011. Ian Rickson will direct the a-list cast who most recently earned praise for the award winning play Jerusalem. Dates, full casting and venues are still to be announced however but the fact Knightley is involved […]

The licence fee that the BBC currently price at £145.50 will be frozen for the next 6 years. It is understood that the corporation made a deal with the government last night as part of cost cutting measure.
The BBC will take over the cost of World Service which is funded by the Foreign office and […]

Maria Friedman is set to return in The Invisible Man, music hall-style classic tale of mysterious happenings in a rural village written by HG Wells. Maria Friedman’s last appearance at the Chocolate Factory was in a solo show “Maria Friedman: Rearranged”. It earned her a Laurence Olivier Award-nomination.
The Invisible Man has a cast that includes […]

Recently I went to the West End to see Monty Python’s Spamalot and thoroughly enjoyed it. Having been a fan of the films since my early teens I was eager to see what the staged version of the show would look like and I wasn’t disappointed. The production was great from start to finish and […]

Many people fall asleep during productions but it could be dangerous and you may miss the show! After a long day’s work many people like to unwind at the theatre but unwinding can often go a step further and make you drowsy. Sleep is more fatal to performance than it is to say a book, […]

Fatal attraction was a classic movie that coined the phrase ‘bunny boiler’ and was a massive hit but would it work in the West End? If the rumors are anything to go by, we could soon be finding out.
Apparently the adaptation would be less violent than the film and I am sure there that no […]

The BBC Proms has always been a popular event, but many have been put off from buying tickets in the past, due to an outdated ticket system. Last year, to obtain a ticket people were asked to write in with a blank cheque and request the performance they wanted to see. Due to this only […]

Many people are put off by the theatre as some shows can be very lengthy, but a new production in Manchester is set to change all that. The plays labelled Manchester’s JB shorts showcase a mini-festival of 6 plays each only 10 minutes in length. The mini festival which was set up by Trevor Suthers […]

Scarlett Johansson is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood but now she has swapped the sliver screen to tread the boards on Broadway. The actress is currently starring in the play A View from a Bridge which is set in Working class Brooklyn in 1955. The play follows the relationship between a longshore man […]