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Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story at
Clapham Grand for one night only with
opener Sooz Kempner
Clapham Grand, Clapham Junction, 21-25 St John’s Hill, SW11 1TT
Wednesday 6th December 2023, 7.30pm

After playing to sold-out audiences across the UK this autumn, the People’s Princess returns to the royal realm of London to delight her subjects at the iconic Clapham Grand for one night only this December in Awkward Productions’ rioutously hilarious Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story. With comedic princess Sooz Kempner (Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer, Funny Women Variety Award) as the fantastic opening performer, this is a raucous royal night not to be missed.

Kempner (Doctor Who’s Doom’s Day, BBC Studios) is a comedian, singer, writer and actor who has written and performed nine solo stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, the most recent, Y2K Woman, selling out almost every day. Known best for her viral online content, which includes Donald Trump’s words delivered verbatim by ‘Liza Minnelli’ and parodies of Nadine Dorries and Liz Truss, Kempner’s irreverent comedy is the perfect accompaniment to Awkward Productions’ queer chaos.

Linus Karp comments, Sooz Kempner makes me howl with laughter with everything she does. I couldn’t be more thrilled to have such a dicon and a comedy hero of mine open our show at Clapham Grand. She is the Queen of my Heart.

Sooz Kempner comments, As a child of the 80s I grew up with Diana influencing everything from my eyeliner to my mum’s 1994 haircut and to be part of the greatest possible tribute to the Queen of Hearts is the greatest honour of my life. Fetch the kohl and the heather shimmer lipstick – it’s time to Di.

Labelled “the most unhinged piece of theatre in existence” (Broadway Baby) and told by Diana from Heaven, Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story foregrounds this iconic royal as the powerful, independent woman she wasn’t meant to be, uniquely combining drag, multimedia, audience interaction, puppetry and queer joy to highlight Diana’s ground-breaking stances on social and queer issues and allowing her to speak her (un)truth in breaking free from the monarchy.

Writer and performer Linus Karp (how to live a jellicle life: life lessons from the 2019 hit movie musical ‘cats’, Edinburgh Fringe/UK Tour; Gwyneth Goes Skiing, The Pleasance) brings Diana to life supported by puppetry and voice overs from Joseph Martin (The Gunpowder Plot, Layered Reality; Gwyneth Goes Skiing, The Pleasance). Geri Allen (Operation Mincemeat, Fortune Theatre) portrays The Queen and Zina Badran (Doctor Who, BBC) joins as God, both via interactive video clips. The remaining supporting cast is different every single show – due to it being played by audience members!

This tour follows hugely successful spring 2023 and autumn 2023 tours alongside a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run, and will see Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story delight and surprise her London devotees all over again this December with tickets available here.

★★★★★ Diana is a riot from beginning to end. The audience participation is perfectly crafted, the jokes and stings consistently spot-on, and the lead performance an absolute joy – The WeeReview

★★★★★ Rowdy, unhinged, and wilfully savaging – this show is a one hit K.O of satire and
silliness – Binge Fringe

Hilarious, joyful and ridiculous to the point of sublime – Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist

LIZA PULMAN & JOE STILGOE 

“A COUPLE OF SWELLS”

HOST A GALA EVENING IN AID OF LONDON’S MARYLEBONE THEATRE

Special guests include ALISTAIR MCGOWAN –

–  further guests to be announced.

FRIDAY 19 JANUARY 2024 AT 7.30PM

Liza Pulman and Joe Stilgoe will host a very special fundraiser in aid of the Marylebone Theatre in London on Friday 19 January 2024. Performing their favourite extracts from their acclaimed show “A COUPLE OF SWELLS”. 

“Oooo…it’s SO good” – Dawn French 

Liza and Joe will also be introducing some very special guests to the stage, including the impressionist, comic, actor, singer and writer Alistair McGowan with further celebrity guests to be announced soon.

Liza and Joe launched “A COUPLE OF SWELLS” in 2023, enjoying a major UK tour and a special one-night show at The Duchess Theatre in London.  The pair are back together in 2024 at Chichester Festival Theatre (6 January) and the Acapela Cardiff (10 January) for more artfully chaotic musical shenanigans, showcasing Liza’s exquisite vocals and Joe’s virtuoso piano playing.

Featuring some of the most loved songs from the Great American Songbook and all-time favourites from Bernstein, Berlin, Rodgers & Hart and more, “A COUPLE OF SWELLS” has a deliciously contemporary spin, sprinkled with heaps of humour and a whole lot of chemistry.

The Marylebone Theatre is a small, off-West End venue, which is earning a deserved reputation for outstanding work. After only a year, it has acquired numerous awards and five-star reviews and been praised by The Guardian for consistently turning out shows “with National Theatre production values”.  Without public subsidy, the theatre relies on income from ticket sales and donations from supporters of the arts. In 2024 it wants to make a quantum leap with a slate of productions set to involve some of Britain’s top actors and directors. At a time when serious, high-quality theatre is under threat, the Marylebone Theatre is a boldly pioneering venture, already bringing fresh vision and creativity to London.

https://www.marylebonetheatre.com/

Booking Link: https://www.marylebonetheatre.com/productions/a-couple-of-swells

The Spiegeltent, Leicester Square – until 6th January 2024

Reviewed by: Ava Clarkson

5*****

Having recently reviewed an Underbelly show, the same producers as La Clique, I thought I knew what to expect – but I certainly was not expecting this!

The international cabaret sensation that is La Clique, has returned to London’s Leicester Square for the christmas 2023 season. La Clique has toured the globe with sold out runs for nearly 20 years.

The show which boasts “Cabaret, Circus, Comedy, Music” is housed inside the “Spiegeltent” in the centre of the Leicester Squares Christmas market. The atmosphere as you walk inside the big top is amazing, a holly decked bar greets you in a pre-show room, as you wait to enter the show. The staff are friendly and welcoming, inviting you to enjoy the show.

As we move into the big top, it feels like Victorian times with music akin to the Greatest Showman and a beautiful tented ceiling. The audience are seated circled around a small centre stage, and at the edge of the tent are saloon style booths. Everyone has “a good seat”. The ring master arrives and explains he has gathered all the beautiful, talented weirdos from around the world and to leave our troubles at the door.

The lights go down and a silk rope lowers from the ceiling. A muscular bare chested man enters the room and effortlessly moves up and down the silks, falling to gasps and climbing back up to form aerial splits and other body defying moves, whilst dangling from the ceiling. Haunting music plays as he draws you into his act.

Next comes a complete change – puppets! A giant spiral puppet takes to the stage and belts out “you’ve got the music in me” with attitude – I never thought a giant puppet could have attitude – but she does! The puppeteers, Cabaret Decadanse, are behind the puppet and are just as much a part of the show as the puppet herself.

As the acts come and go, you remain mesmerised with feats of daring, including an aerobatic striptease and an acrobatic hip hop performer using hanging elastic bands! Chastity Belt, a singer with the most beautiful Adele style voice, wows us with her wit and voice. She involves the audience and works the room – she has us in the palm of her hand.

Just before the interval comes an act no one was expecting. Tara Boom, “booms” onto the stage with her wide eyed makeup and popcorn dispenser on her head. I do not want to spoil this for you, but suffice to say, partial nudity, popcorn making and butter were all involved in her hilarious show. She took us to the interval with a bang and was by far the star of the night for me.

After the interval, we walk back into the big top, which now has a more modern feel to it. The lighting has changed and the music is upbeat. More acts follow, singing, acrobatics, hoopla skills, a contortionist – this really is a feast for the eyes and senses. During the second half there is full frontal nudity in one act, but the humour he brings to the big top and the response from the audience was just right. Be reminded if you dare to sit in the front row – you are not safe!

Overall, the performers Aaron Marshall, Cabaret Decadanse, Chastity Belt, David Pereira, LJ Marles, Yuliia Pykhtina and Tara Boom provided a night to remember and to be talked about for days. The energy, elegance, comedy and talent in that big top is a sight to behold. A must see over this festive period.

Royal & Derngate Northampton – Wednesday 15th November 2023

Reviewed by Amarjeet Singh

5*****

An Evening Without Kate Bush is a slightly misleading title for this beautiful and brilliant show. We are told, “She’s not there – but you are”. However, there are points during the show, where if you close your eyes, you would swear you were in the company of Kate whilst she was singing some of her greatest hits, and yet its highly accurate as a title, as this is as much about us, the audience and the artist, as it is Kate. Multi-talented tour de force, actress and singer Sarah-Louise Young developed her show with fellow artist Russell Lucas, for the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019, where it was a hit, and after experiencing it in all its glory, it’s clear to see why. Young’s vocals are spectacular and as it was eluded to earlier, they are eerily similar to the great Kate’s, but this is not a tribute act, this is a homage to the great lady and her fans, both old and new, established and fledgling.

What really makes An Evening Without Kate Bush fantastic, entertaining and different from the usual tribute acts are the oodles of appropriate and wonderful audience interactions as it focuses on the collective love for Kate Bush, the need for tribute acts due to Kate’s reclusiveness and her song collection from the viewpoint of her fans (fish people) and those that have interacted with her through her time in the limelight. Young weaves these stories into her show, and we are treated to a spectacular smorgasbord of shorts, including Babushka sung as it ought to be, with its correct pronunciation. Presented in a visually striking way, with lashings of humour; some scripted and some shot from the hip…it was hard to believe this was all created from a suitcase, a microphone and a sole performer on stage.

At no point did Young pretend to be Kate, she talked through costumes, dance moves, meanings behind songs, fans, and her own love for the Bush, but her reverence was evident. The audience interaction and involvement delighted everyone and induced both laughter and tears, a true sense of connection and community was established in such a short space of time, with Young staying behind after the show to talk to the audience as they left. An Evening Without Kate Bush was packed to the rafters with her impressive back catalogue and they were performed with aplomb. Cloudbusting, Hounds of Love, Running Up That Hill and a bit of a twist on Wuthering Heights … but there are no spoilers here. Please keep your eyes peeled for a stunning rendition of Army Dreamers.

An evening with Sarah-Louise Young is recommended if you want to celebrate the glory that is Kate Bush, and if you want to experience a night of theatre that is funny, fresh and full of feels. Tremendous talent, touching, meticulous attention to detail, tingling vocals and an endearing and undeniable rapport with the audience makes An Evening Without Kate Bush a must see. If it were possible to give it 6 stars I would.

FOURTH WALL LIVE ANNOUNCES

WEST END STAR

JAMIE MUSCATO

LIVE AT

CADOGAN HALL

SATURDAY 21 JULY 2024

FOURTH WALL LIVE with Westway Music is delighted to announce West End star JAMIE MUSCATO live at Cadogan Hall on Saturday 21 July 2024 at 6.30pm. Tickets go on sale on Monday 20 November at www.fw-live.com and www.cadoganhall.com

Jamie Muscato, one of the most exciting musical theatre voices in the UK, is performing a brand new solo concert at Cadogan Hall in 2024. Jamie was recently seen as Christian in Moulin Rouge in the West End, and is widely known for originating the role, in the UK, of JD in Heathers at The Other Palace and the Haymarket Theatre. 

JAMIE MUSCATO most recently appeared as Matt Flamhaff in workshops for 13 Going on 30 The Musical (Battersea Arts Centre), Christian in Moulin Rouge! (Piccadilly Theatre), Guy in Once In Concert (London Palladium), Enjolras in Les Misérables The Staged Concert (Sondheim Theatre), Tony in West Side Story (Leicester Curve), JD in Heathers (Theatre Royal Haymarket/ The Other Palace), Story Edward in Big Fish (The Other Palace), Ben in Lazarus (Kings Cross Theatre), George Jacob Holyoake in A Subject of Scandal and Concern (Finborough Theatre) Jake in Stay Awake Jake (The Vaults) Joe in Bend it Like Beckham (Phoenix Theatre), Anthony in Sweeney Todd (Welsh National Opera), Eddie in Dogfight (Southwark Playhouse), Nathan in House of Mirrors and Hearts (Arcola Theatre), Eddie in Dogfight (Southwark Playhouse), The Light Princess (National Theatre), Rock of Ages (Shaftesbury Theatre), Love Story (Duchess Theatre), Jean Prouvaire in Les Misérables (25 Anniversary tour) and Spring Awakening (Novello/ Lyric Hammersmith).

His TV and film work includes Chemistry of Death (Paramount+), Darkness Rising (Channel 4/NBC), Pistol (FX Network), The Colour Of Spring (Winterlight Productions), The Trial of Christine Keeler (BBC), The Nun (New Line Cinema/ Warner Bros), Cilla (ITV) and Les Miserables (Working Title Films).

FOURTH WALL LIVE is an entertainment company that produces events, concerts and on-stage shows. In January 2022, FWL presented Bonnie and Clyde The Musical In Concert for two nights to a sold-out audience at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, starring Broadway favourite Jeremy Jordan. The concert broke Drury Lane box office records selling out a two-night run in less than six minutes. 

In recent months, Fourth Wall Live has presented Audra McDonald at the London Palladium, Jeremy Jordan at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Ariana DeBose at the London Palladium and both Rachel Tucker and Stephanie J Block at Cadogan Hall. FWL regularly presents concerts featuring stars of the West End and Broadway including Keala Settle, Sierra Boggess, Matthew Morrison and Hannah Waddingham among others.

Fourth Wall Live is also a producer of the What’sOnStage Award winning Bonnie & Clyde The Musical which recently ended its successful run at the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End.

LISTINGS INFORMATION

Saturday 21 July

Cadogan Hall

5 Sloane Terrace

London 

SW1X 9DQ

Performance: 6.30pm

Tickets: From £16*  

Box Office: 020 7730 4500

Website: www.fw-live.com and www.cadoganhall.com

Instagram: @jamiemuscato

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Tiktok: @jamiemuscato

*Post show meet and greet available via the venue

LAURA DONNELLY, LEANNE BEST,

OPHELIA LOVIBOND AND HELENA WILSON

LEAD THE CAST IN

A NEW PLAY BY JEZ BUTTERWORTH

DIRECTED BY SAM MENDES

RUNNING AT HAROLD PINTER THEATRE

FOR A STRICTLY LIMITED SEASON

FROM 27 JANUARY – 15 JUNE 2024

REUNITING THE PARTNERSHIP BEHIND

THE MULTI–AWARD-WINNING PLAY THE FERRYMAN
 

Laura Donnelly (The Ferryman, The Nevers, Outlander), Leanne Best (Sweat, Ripper Street, Line of Duty), Ophelia Lovibond (Minx, W1A, The Effect) and Helena Wilson (Vogue World, Jack Absolute Flies Again, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern) lead the cast as the Webb family in Jez Butterworth’s new play, The Hills of California.

They are joined by Bryan Dick, Shaun Dooley, Corey Johnson, Richard Lumsden, Natasha Magigi, Nancy Allsop, Sophia Ally, Alfie Jackson, Lara McDonnell, Lucy Moran and Nicola Turner.

Following their multi-award-winning triumph, The Ferryman, Jez Butterworth, writer of Jerusalem, and Sam Mendes, director of The Lehman Trilogy, return to the West Endto bring you The Hills of California. The latest play from the acclaimed playwright, a generational drama that rifles through decades of one family’s past, will run at Harold Pinter Theatre, for a limited season, from 27 January to 15 June 2024.

“This house. It’s called ‘Sea View’. It’s just I’ve looked out of every window, and you can’t. You can’t see the sea.” 

Blackpool, 1976. The driest summer in 200 years. The beaches are packed. The hotels are heaving. In the sweltering backstreets, far from the choc ices and donkey rides, the Webb Sisters are returning to their mother’s run-down guest house, as she lies dying upstairs.

The creative team for The Hills of California is Writer: Jez Butterworth, Director: Sam Mendes,Designer: Rob Howell,Lighting Designer: Natasha Chivers,Composer, Sound Designer and Arranger: Nick Powell,Choreographer: Ellen Kane,Musical Supervisor and Arranger: Candida Caldicot, Casting Director: Amy Ball, Young Person’s Casting Director: Verity Naughton and Associate Director: Zoé Ford Burnett.

Sonia Friedman Productions and Neal Street deepen their commitment to making theatre more accessible, offering 1,000 tickets at £10 to NHS and key workers, those who are in receipt of government benefits, educational groups, community organisations, and those who currently access food banks. They are supported by Ambassador Theatre Group’s Creative Learning team. Organisations can register their interest via ATG’s West End Creative Learning Producer: Conor Hunt on conorhunt@theambassadors.com

FOURTH WALL LIVE ANNOUNCES

BROADWAY STAR

LENA HALL

LIVE AT

CADOGAN HALL

MONDAY 27 MAY 2024

FOURTH WALL LIVE is delighted to announce Broadway star LENA HALL live at Cadogan Hall on Monday 27 May 2024 at 7.30pm. Tickets are on sale now at www.fw-live.com and www.cadoganhall.com

TONY award winner and Grammy nominee Lena Hall is set to bring her latest one woman show “Little Career of Horrors” to London’s Cadogan Hall in 2024. Following her recent U.K. Theatre award-winning run of the world premiere of the new musical In Dreams at the Leeds Playhouse, Hall is ecstatic to finally get to share one of her up close and intimate concert shows with her London fans.

The new show co-written and directed by long-time collaborator and ex-boyfriend Stephen Amato chronicles Hall’s fascinating career highlights through the harrowing, hilarious, and often deadly mishaps that accompanied her experience on productions like Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kinky Boots and television’s Snowpiercer. The show promises to deliver all of Hall’s trademark songs, lots of laughter, and the heartfelt unabashed storytelling Ms Hall has become known for.

Lena Hall garnered widespread critical acclaim for her performance as the title role in the feature film Becks, which won the U.S. Fiction Award at the L.A. Film Festival. Hall starred as fan favourite Miss Audrey in the hit sci-fi drama Snowpiercer alongside Jennifer Connelly. She has also been featured on Girls (HBO), Good Girls Revolt (Amazon Prime) and Evil (Paramount Plus). Following her Tony-winning Broadway run in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Lena toured North America with Josh Groban on his Stages tour. She portrayed the dual starring roles of Hedwig and Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Lena originated the role of Nicola in Kinky Boots on Broadway, starred opposite Marisa Tomei in How To Transcend A Happy Marriage (Lincoln Center Theatre) and played Audrey in the hit Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop Of Horrors. Most recently, she won the U.K. Theatre Award for best performance in a musical for her starring role in the world premiere production of In Dreams at the Leeds Playhouse, a brand new musical written and directed by the &Juliet team, David West Read, and Luke Sheppard.

Lena’s solo musical revues, including Sin & Salvation at Cafe Carlyle, Art of the Audition (Cafe Carlyle) and The Villa Satori: Growing up Haight Ashbury all played to sold-out shows and received rave reviews.

FOURTH WALL LIVE is an entertainment company that produces events, concerts and on-stage shows. In January 2022, FWL presented Bonnie and Clyde The Musical In Concert for two nights to a sold-out audience at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, starring Broadway favourite Jeremy Jordan. The concert broke Drury Lane box office records selling out a two-night run in less than six minutes. 

In recent months, Fourth Wall Live has presented Audra McDonald at the London Palladium, Jeremy Jordan at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Ariana DeBose at the London Palladium and both Rachel Tucker and Stephanie J Block at Cadogan Hall. FWL regularly presents concerts featuring stars of the West End and Broadway including Keala Settle, Sierra Boggess, Matthew Morrison and Hannah Waddingham among others.

Fourth Wall Live is also a producer of the What’sOnStage Award winning Bonnie & Clyde The Musical which recently ended its successful run at the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End.

LISTINGS INFORMATION

Saturday 27 May

Cadogan Hall

5 Sloane Terrace

London 

SW1X 9DQ

Performance: 7.30pm

Tickets: From £15

Box Office: 020 7730 4500

Website: www.fw-live.com and www.cadoganhall.com

Instagram: @lenarockerhall

X: @lenarockerhallFacebook: @lenarockerhall

PROTEUS THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES

INDESTRUCTIBLE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY MARY SWAN

TO PREMIÈRE AT OMNIBUS THEATRE

Proteus todayannounces full cast and creative team for Indestructiblewritten and directed by the company’s Artistic Director Mary Swan.

Mary Swan directs Danny Charles (Christian), Paul Huntley-Thomas (Robin) and Mary Rose (Catherine) in this highly visual production incorporating AI imagery, projections and original music into Proteus’ distinctive physical style.

The full creative team includes Animation and Projection Design by Christopher Harrison, Set and Costume Design by Sam Pine, Lighting Design by Joe Hornsby, Dramaturg and Digital Artist Paula Varjack, and Dramaturg Saul Jaffe.

Indestructible will première at Omnibus Theatre on 18 January 2024 and will run until 3 February 2024, with previews from 16 January.

Artistic Director of Proteus Mary Swan said today, “Indestructible is by turns dryly funny and caustic about the machinations of what it means to be a female Artist, whilst also asking serious and vital questions about cancel culture and accountability.

“Taking photographer Lee Miller’s identity as a Surrealist as inspiration, the show uses a myriad of visual theatrical styles and techniques. Multi-disciplinary Artist Christopher Harrison has created animations and AI-generated digital projections, at once unsettling and beautiful, to propel the action inside and outside the mind of our central character. It is a show we want the audience to discuss, and argue about, long after they have seen it.” 

Proteus presents

INDESTRUCTIBLE

Written and directed by Mary Swan

Omnibus Theatre

16 January – 3 February 2024

Dramaturg and Digital Artist: Paula Varjack; Dramaturg: Saul Jaffe; Animation and Projection Design: Christopher Harrison; Set and Costume Design: Sam Pine; Lighting Design: Joe Hornsby

Cast: Danny Charles (Christian); Paul Huntley-Thomas (Robin); Mary Rose (Catherine).

“I’m tired, I’m tired of trying to play the system, I’m tired of trying to fight the system and I’m tired of feeling tired about it.”  

Catherine Shaw spent the 90s shocking the art world with her provocative performance art. She’s always called herself a feminist, but looking back through the lens of #MeToo, she’s questioning how much she enabled the culture she now sees being called out.

An ambitious Curator approaches her to put together an exhibition of female Artists at a major new gallery; a scandal breaks and, unwittingly caught in the centre, she begins to question everything.   

When men behave in unacceptable ways, why do we always point to the women close to them and ask why they did nothing? Can we, and should we, separate the art from the artist? How far do the ripples of consequence spread? And why is it always women who must hold the moral space?  

Indestructible takes in uncompromising female Artists, from Lee Miller to the Guerrilla Girls via Sinead O’Connor and Taylor Swift, to ask: why is it still so difficult for female Artists to succeed? And why are women always the Muse, never the Artist?  

Danny Charles plays Christian. Previous credits with Proteus include The Little Mermaid, The Arabian Nights, Macbeth, and A Christmas Carol (UK tours) and, as a writer, Talk to me. His theatre credits include Stripy Tales (Octagon Theatre Bolton), No Worries (Polka Theatre), Nervous Break-down (Croydon Warehouse), and Sleeping Beauty (Hoxton Hall).

Paul Huntley-Thomas plays Robin. Previous credits with Proteus include Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know, A Christmas Carol, More C*nt Than Can’t, Rapunzel, M.I.A, The Secret Garden, and Frankenstein. His theatre credits include Table Manners, Wait Until Dark, The Morning After the Night Before, Sunkissed, Dial M for Murder (Sheringham Little Theatre), Entertaining Angels (New Perspectives Theatre Company), The Clearing (Forest Forge Theatre Company), The Firebird and Wuthering Heights (Oxford Touring Theatre Company), The Tractor Girls (Salisbury Playhouse), Around the World in 80 Days (Snap Theatre), Macbeth (Pukka Theatre Company), and As You Like It, Macbeth (Soho Group). His television credits include Lost Women Spies, Secret Invasion, Good Neighbours, Jim Morrison Biopic, I Am A Nazi, Premier League, The Definitive Guide to Hitler, 999 Killer on the Line, Omid Djalili Show, Mozart’s Muse, The Sex Education Show,and Hero At 30,000 Feet; and for film Kunjaali Marakkar.

Mary Rose plays Catherine. Her previous work with Proteus Theatre company includes 12.10.15 (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, UK tour) Frankenstein, Dracula, Beauty and the Beast,and The Wedding Present (UK tours). Other theatre credits include Romeo and Juliet (Pilot Theatre), The Seagull (Royal Court Theatre, Walter Kerr Theatre), Bullet Shaped Heart (Greenwich Theatre), Kane (Theatre503), Thin Toes (Hampstead Theatre), The Cut (The Old Vic), Macbeth (New Wolsey Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Salisbury Playhouse), Fortune’s Fool (Chichester Festival Theatre), and Tess of the d’Urbervilles (The Watermill Theatre). She also co-wrote and performed What About Samuel? (Brighton Festival, Arts Theatre London) with fellow cast member, Danny Charles.

Mary Swan writes and directs. She joined Proteus as Artistic Director in December 2004. Since then, she has developed the company’s distinctive style for fusing physical performance, circus, puppetry and music. Her theatre credits as director for Proteus Theatre include The Secret Garden, Missing in Action, Dracula, Houdini, Frankenstein, Arabian Nights, Becoming Hattie, Macbeth, Merrick, The Bloody Chamber (UK tours),The Elephant Man (Shakespeare’s Globe, 59E59 Theatre, Brits Off Broadway Festival), The Party (a co-production with Nearly There Yet Theatre, Southbank Centre) and The Bloody Chamber (Pavilion Theatre and National tour).

Paul Wild composes. He has written and performed music for Proteus shows for 10 years, including Frankenstein, Merrick, Below Zero, Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, Dracula, The Princess and the Pea, The Secret Garden, Poppy Wild’s Magical Machine, Sophia and the Snail and Houdini (UK tours) and The Elephant Man (Shakespeare’s Globe, 59E59 Theatre, Brits Off Broadway Festival). He has previously worked with Mary Swan on the soundtrack for shows at Solent People’s Theatre and The New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich. 

LISTINGS

Indestructible

Omnibus Theatre

1 Clapham Common North Side, London, SW4 0QW

Box Office: www.omnibus-clapham.org / 0207 498 4699

16 January – 3 February 2024

Run Time: 90 mins

Age guidance 14+

MICHAEL BALL AND LUCY ST. LOUIS

ANNOUNCED AS FURTHER HEADLINE ARTISTS FOR

“MY FAVORITE THINGS:

THE RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

80^TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT”

WITH 40-PIECE ORCHESTRA

AT LONDON’S THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE

FOR TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY ON TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER  2023

Today, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization announced that two-time Olivier Award^® winner Michael Ball and West End sensation Lucy St. Louis will also headline the previously announced My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert. Tickets are available now.

They join the previously announced television, film and stage actor Daniel Dae Kim; Emmy^®, two-time GRAMMY^® and six-time Tony Award^® winner Audra McDonald; Olivier Award^® nominee Julian Ovenden; Tony, GRAMMYand Critics Choice Award^® nominee Ashley Park; Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit; Olivier Award nominee Marisha Wallace; and two-time Tony, two-time Golden Globe^® and Emmy Awardnominee Patrick Wilson.

Featuring a 40-piece orchestra, the gala will be presented for two performances only onTuesday, 12 December, at London’s newly restored Theatre Royal Drury Lane – the same venue that premiered the original West End productions of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific and The King and I.

Directed and staged by Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Christopher Gattelli, the celebration of the historic partnership of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II will feature the Rodgers & Hammerstein Concert Orchestra, conducted by Simon Lee, along with a West End chamber choir, dance ensemble and surprise guest appearances. Artist lineup subject to change.

Tickets are currently on sale at RH80Concert.com.

Presented by The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, the concert is produced by Concord Originals, Concord Theatricals and Kilimanjaro Live/JAS Theatricals.

MAYFLOWER THEATRE IS DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE RETURN OF THE

HIGHER EDUCATION BURSARY SCHEME

Mayflower Theatre’s Higher Education Bursary Scheme has been designed to support individuals in the local community who want to progress in a career within the arts, whether that is as a performer, a technician or an arts administrator. Mayflower Theatre recognises particularly in the current climate, how key it is to support young people with this and look forward to being able to give back to the community through this scheme. The Higher Education Bursary Scheme is open to individuals between the ages of 18 – 25 who reside in Hampshire. Support is prioritised to those who are either attending a degree course or audition run by a member of The Federation of Drama and Dance Schools; experiencing financial or other hardship or who demonstrate outstanding commitment and achievement in their art form.

Michael Ockwell, Chief Executive of Mayflower Theatre says “I am delighted that we are continuing the Higher Education Bursary Scheme in 2023. We have already had a positive impact on so many young people’s careers and in the last 12 months we have awarded £19,000 in bursary monies to seven aspiring performers, and we cannot wait to continue to support more individuals through this scheme.”

Patrick O’Sullivan, Head of Creative Learning added to this by saying “It is so important to us as a theatre, we can provide an inspiring experience to all ages. The Higher Education Bursary Scheme is one of many initiatives we have to help engage young people into the world of the arts. In the current economic climate we want to help ensure that financial barriers do not limit young people’s opportunities.”

One recipient of the Higher Education Bursary for 2022-2023 was Petra Joan-Athene, whose has been visiting Mayflower Theatre since a young age with the theatre being just minutes away from her home. When asked how the bursary has benefited her she said ‘The Bursary has definitely given me a confidence boost in that I could continue my training with the ‘financial armbands’ I needed to keep me afloat. I am very grateful to have received the bursary and I think it’s such a wonderful scheme that gives other local aspiring performers the support they need.’ Petra has now booked her first theatre contract following her time at Bristol Old Vic and is excited to see where her career progresses.

The scheme provides up to £50,000 per year to individuals with an interest in acting, dance, music, writing, technical theatre and other arts-related professions. With a maximum amount of £3,000 per awardee, there are also additional ‘special’ awards of up to £9,000 for those who have exceptional potential or unique talent and ideas. Mayflower Theatre encourages any individuals between the ages of 18 – 25 who reside in Hampshire to apply if they are looking to pursue a career in the arts.

The Higher Education Bursary scheme encourages young people to apply before the deadline of 8 December 2023.