Griff Rhys Jones News

With under a week to go before the 2012 HighTide Festival gets underway, Artistic Director Steven Atkinson has announced full casting for HighTide Festival 2012. Familiar names include Louise Brealey, Brendan Coyle, Russell Floyd, Elizabeth Hopper, Danny Kirrane, Lesley Nicol, Abi Titmuss, Rosie Wyatt, andMatilda Ziegler. Also announced are the guests for the HighMind Talks at the Festival, including Alan Bissett, Will Gompertz, Ben Hammersley, Owen Jones, Juliet Stevenson and Griff Rhys Jones.

Some of the West End's biggest stars have been nominated in BroadwayWorld UK's first-ever awards!

Gary Naylor sees the bourgeoisie skewered by the pen of a long dead French surrealist.

Conductor David Charles Abell has worked extensively, and to great acclaim, across the musical and operatic repertoire but only now is he directing his talent in any major way toward his fellow American, Stephen Sondheim, who turned 80 earlier this year.

The former Wicked star will be starring at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane as from March 2010

Victoria Wood is to direct a new version of her play Talent, a comedy with songs, previewing at the Menier Chocolate Factory from 17 September with press night on 23 September, and running until 14 November.

Oliver! breaks all records at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane for the second time this year and takes an astonishing £829,383 for the w/e 31 October (half-term).

Victoria Wood is to direct a new version of her play Talent, a comedy with songs, previewing at the Menier Chocolate Factory from 17 September with press night on 23 September, and running until 14 November.

The two lead characters are cast, joining Mark Curry and Jeffrey Holland

Victoria Wood is to direct a new version of her play Talent, a comedy with songs, previewing at the Menier Chocolate Factory from 17 September with press night on 23 September, and running until 14 November.

'It was the idea that the Hackney Empire could offer its iconic stage for new local East End talent to take their first steps in either becoming performers or writers (or both) that first attracted me to the theatre prior to its refurbishment.

'It was the idea that the Hackney Empire could offer its iconic stage for new local East End talent to take their first steps in either becoming performers or writers (or both) that first attracted me to the theatre prior to its refurbishment.