2017 Olivier Award Winners
Finally we get a year where shows that have won awards and been nominated are still in London. HORRAY! Here are they are… Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre) won two awards – …
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Cast Announced for London Palladium Panto
Following the success of last year’s Cinderella, 2017 will see the return of Julian Clary, Paul Zerdin and Nigel Havers as the London Palladium host the hugely popular panto: Dick …
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Theatre Review: The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre
Writers, Tim Firth (who also directs) and Gary Barlow and the cast of The Girls had been doing the rounds on the build-up to the opening of The Girls at …
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London Theatre Company at the Bridge Theatre
Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr’s London Theatre Company announce the first season at the new Bridge Theatre, opening October 2017. Situated on the south bank of the River Thames by Tower …
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Review: How to Succeed in Business at Wilton’s
There is nothing more exciting than walking into a theatre auditorium and hearing the band warming up. There is no need to spice things up with actors doing actory stuff! …
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Ready or Not
Production photos for “Ready or Not” at the Arcola Theatre in April 2017. Written by Naylah Ahmed. Joan Blackham as Pat Adam Karim as Yusuf Photos: Robert Day
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Soap at the Spiegeltent
Although the Underbelly Festival Southbank of 2018 started this weekend, my first taste will not be until next month, when I head to The Spiegeltent for Soap – a fusion …
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Stars and Royalty meet on 42nd Street
It is said that 42nd Street is where the underworld can meet the elite. And so on Tuesday, press, stars and royalty rubbed shoulders at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane …
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Theatre Breaks News – April
Subscribe to Theatre Breaks News Hi This last month has seen the opening of two great Broadway classics, an hilarious home-grown comedy and the launch of our new season of …
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Theatre Review: 42nd Street
Last night London’s Theatreland celebrated all that is Broadway with the press night of 42nd Street. It turned into a royal event too as the Theatre Royal Drury Lane flung …
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An American in Paris
An American In Paris Theatre Breaks are no longer available, with tickets to see the show at the Dominion Theatre and hotel accommodation from a range of over 100 central …
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New Cast, but can you guess the show?
Just a quickie. They’ve started rehearsing, but can you guess what for? photo by Manuel Harlan I’ll give you a clue. They are the second set of actors to be …
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Star Sixes and Hotel Package Breaks in London
Star Sixes at the O2 Hotel Package Breaks in London are now available for the Star Sixes six-a-side football competition at the O2 Arena from Thursday 13 July to Sunday …
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Theatre News: Othello to Wilton’s Music Hall
Wilton’s Music Hall will host Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory and English Touring Theatre contemporary reimagining of William Shakespeare’s Othello this May when Richard Twyman’s urgently relevant production, that focuses …
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Theatre News: 2017 Underbelly Festival announced
Summer 2017 will see the Udderbelly Festival and London Wonderground merge to create the Underbelly Festival under the iconic udders of the big purple cow on the River Thame’s Southbank. …
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Exhibition Review: Michelangelo and Sebastiano
As you will know, from our review of Cagnacci’s The Repentant Magdalene, Theatre Break’s interest in art is of the “common or garden” variety. We are not learned scholars, we …
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Production Shots – 42nd Street
The iconic 42nd Street has come to London. The Theatre Breaks gang saw it at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, last week and we loved it so much we just …
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An American In Paris Press Reviews: 5 stars
Last week, An American in Paris at the Dominion Theatre had its press night and it enjoyed some amazing reviews! If you are thinking of coming to London and seeing …
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My Family : Not the Sitcom
David Baddiel’s My Family : Not the Sitcom was at The playhouse theatre Described by one critic as “Who Do You Think You Are? meets You’ve Been Framed “, this is a …
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The Kite Runner
Adapted from the award winning novel, The Kite Runner Theatre Breaks returns to the West End The critically acclaimed production of Khaled Hosseini’s best selling novel The Kite Runner returned …
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Rehearsal Photos for The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia
Here at Theatre Breaks, we have got our hands on rehearsal images, featuring Damian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo and the rest of the cast, working on the new production of …
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Memory Lane aka 42nd Street
Hi Theatre-goers March has already become a good month for me what with it being book-ended by my brithday (and dancing to Wham! at an 80s disco) and a trip …
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It’s award season and the spotlight swings back to London’s Theatreland with the Olivier Awards. This year they will be bigger and better and they will be televised from the …
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Carole King’s Surprise Visit to Beautiful
To help celebrate the show’s second birthday in London this week, Carole King surprised the cast and audience when she made her second visit to see the West End production of …
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Soho at the Peacock Theatre
Circus, theatre and street performance, collide to re-create the exciting, edgy and voyeuristic world of London’s Soho in the world premiere of SOHO – a thrill ride by rock’n’roll global …
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Hair Returns to London
The Vaults, on London’s Southbank, will transform into a fully immersive 60s venue, this autumn for the 50th anniversary of hippy musical Hair Hope Mill Theatre’s production of the iconic …
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Theatre Review: In Other Words at the Hope Theatre
You know at the end of Eastenders when they say “if you are affected by any of the subjects in tonight’s episode…” Well that, about Alzheimer’s, for people who have …
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All Or Nothing – The Mod Musical
BASED ON THE STORY of Mod band The Small Faces, All Or Nothing has closed. ALL OR NOTHING – THE MOD MUSICAL, has been touring the UK for some time, …
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Beautiful: Carole King Musical
Book Beautiful Theatre Breaks for the person that wakes you up in the morning with a smile on your face! NOW BOOKING FOR ITS UK TOUR Beautiful Theatre Breaks in London …
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La La Land – will come to London’s Theatreland
Despite it famously NOT winning the Oscar for Best Picture at the weekend, La La Land is being adapted for the stage and a London opening. The film, which was …
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