Production shots from the spectacularly silly and wonderfully entertaining Murder for Two , which plays at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury until 25 February before moving over to The Other Palace in March.
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Death Takes a Holiday
Production shots from Maury Yeston’s sumptuous musical, Death Takes a Holiday, at the Charing Cross Theatre.
The show runs to 4 March.
Veterans Day
Production shots from the first London production of playwright Donald Freed’s thought-provoking Veterans Day since 1989.
The show, now playing at the Finborough, looks at the clashing ideals of three veterans of three different wars.
Three Sisters
Production shots from Chekhov’s Three Sisters, now playing at the Union Theatre, in a lively new translation by Tracy Letts.
In rehearsal: Death Takes a Holiday
Rehearsal shots for the musical Death Takes a Holiday, which opens imminently at the Charing Cross Theatre.
Respro masks
Something a little different from my usual theatre fare.
A shoot for cycling equipment makers, Respro, to showcase some of their different cycling masks. Shot in the extraordinary town of Thamesmead in southeast London.
Joe Stilgoe and his Big Band
Concert stills from the phenomenally entertaining Joe Stilgoe and his Big Band’s pre-Christmas concert at the Lyric Hammersmith.
Happy Christmas, everyone!
New Songs 4 New Shows
Production shots from a very special one-off last week.
Musical theatre producers The Stable took over the Lyric Theatre for one night only for a gala performance of selections from four new musicals currently in development: Wigmaker, Fanatical, Joan and The Happy Prince.
Among the performers were (in no particular order!) Mel Giedroyc, Douglas Hodge, Gemma Whelan, Sally Dexter, Ian Shaw, Alex Gaumond, Haydn Gwynne, Clive Carter, Hal Cazalet, Gwyneth Herbert and dancers Sophia Hurdley and Alan Vincent.
Rumpy Pumpy
Production shots from musical Rumpy Pumpy at the Theatre Royal Windsor, starring Linda Nolan and Louise Jameson, which moves to the Union Theatre today for a one-week run.
The show, based on true events, follows the adventures of two Women’s Institute members as they head round the world on a mission to legalise brothels.
The Last Five Years
Well, getting to run around on this one was a real privilege.
Production photos of the incredibly charismatic Samantha Barks and Jonathan Bailey in Jason Robert Brown’s musical, The Last Five Years.
The show is running at the St James Theatre.