Peter Kay Plays It Gay 11 November, 2006 Peter Kay is to fulfill a lifetime ambition by performing in the upcoming tour of Mel Brooks' musical The Producers. Kay says that he fell in love with t... History Boys On Tour 25 July, 2006 Alan Bennett's The History Boys is set to tour the UK. The play has been a hit so far in four countries and is also being made into a film. It is a mix of... Evil Dead: The Musical 19 July, 2006 Some films were destined to become stage musicals (see: The Producers) some were not (see: Lestat) and some are just plain weird choices that make you thi... Goodies At The Fringe 1 June, 2006 If when you read the names Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie next to each other and feel a small thrill of nostalgia and excitement, then get ... An Evening of Linda Smith's Favourite Things 12 May, 2006 The second date for the Linda Smith tribute, Tippy Top - an Evening of Linda Smith's Favourite Things, has been announced as Sunday 4th June at the Victor... Pub Landlord on Tour 8 May, 2006 Watch out - the Pub Landlord is on the road and looking for banter. Al Murray, the comedian who both invented and plays the character, is starting at the L... Rocky Reunites 3 May, 2006 Some of the original cast of cult-sci-fi-camp-comedy-bmovie-musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show are to reunite for a special one-off charity performance ... Brooks Lives Again! Again! 10 April, 2006 It was bound to happen because the one big problem with having a successful adaptation/remake is that the party responsible feels obliged to jump on ... Pete'n'Dud Go Home Early 6 April, 2006 Pete and Dud: Come Again is too close early. The play, on at the Venue, Leicester Square, tells the story of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's tempestuous rel... New Producers cast 3 April, 2006 Mel Brooks' blazingly fantastic musical The Producers has a new London cast, which is currently up and running. The lead role of Max Bialystock - mad... Spam-A-LOT! 28 March, 2006 Python fever is heating up in the UK with the imminent arrival of critically acclaimed, award winning, Eric Idle ('lovingly ripped off') theatre musical a... Pete And Dud: Come Again 3 March, 2006 Dudley Moore and Peter Cook are to be reunited on the London stage. However, rest assured that they are not being dug up and put on show (although I can't ... Alan Ayckbourn Suffers Stroke 1 March, 2006 Sir Alan Ayckbourn, writer of more than sixty plays, is recovering from a stroke in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. He said "I hope to be back on my feet, or... It's Only A Model 22 February, 2006 Eric Idle has announced that Spamalot, the Monty Python musical 'lovingly ripped off from Monty Python and the Holy Grail', is to be on show in London's W... Line Up For Cancer Charity Shows 14 February, 2006 The Teenage Cancer Trust Charity gigs are a yearly event, featuring some of the best talent performing in The Royal Albert Hall to raise money for an undo... Grumpy Old Women - Live! 14 February, 2006 Look out, men of all ages, the Grumpy Old Women are coming to a theatre near you! Following on from the hit BBC2 show, and a short live run across the UK ... West End is good for Fighting 8 February, 2006 Astonishing Kung-fu comedy Jump has arrived at London's Peacock Theatre. Mixing martial arts with comedy, the show features Tae-kwon-do, sword fights...an... Jerry Back On Tour 16 January, 2006 Jerry Springer the Opera, in continued defiance of the Christian Right, is to go back on tour starting at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth on the 27th Januar... Cheap London Theatre Comedy Tickets 10 January, 2006 London's West End is cutting ticket prices as part of an eleven week offer to help boost audiences in the traditionally slow first part of the year. The ch... Spamalot Wins! 6 June, 2005 Spamalot! Spamalot! Spamalot! Yes, the Monty Python musical has taken three prizes at the Tony Awards. Best Musical, Best Director for Mike Nichols and Sar... More Awards For Spamalot? 11 May, 2005 Following on from it's recent award wins, the Broadway musical Spamalot has now been nominated for 14 Tony's. The Tony's are the biggest award for the Amer... Bruce Gets Busted! 7 May, 2005 Bruce Forsyth has been honoured with a bronze bust of himself at the London Palladium theatre. The veteran entertainer, still working at 77 years old, has ... Spamalot nominated for Awards 30 April, 2005 The shortlists for the American Drama Desk awards have been announced, with Spamalot! the Monty Python musical based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail ... Evans Leaves The Producers 26 April, 2005 A new cast is set to start with The Producers as Lee Evans and Brad Oscar depart. Scottish actor John Gordon Sinclair is to take over Leo Bloom, the part tha... Friends On The London Stage 3 March, 2005 David Schwimmer is to make his West End debut in a new play by Neil LaBute. He will be playing an emotionally crippled womaniser in "Some Girls" at the Gi... Pythons Musical Cast Announced 9 July, 2004 The first cast members and opening dates have been announced for the stage musical version of Monty Python And The Holy Grail. “Lovingly ripped off from... Musically Blonde 12 June, 2004 Hit film, Legally Blonde, is currently being adapted into a stage musical due for theatrical release in 2005.   The 2001 surpri... Stewart Lee Takes Jerry Springer To Broadway 27 April, 2004 Since opening at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival "Jerry Springer - The Opera" has gone on to achieve huge critical acclaim, win multiple awards and ... Lee Evans to Bloom on West End 26 April, 2004 Lee Evans is to star in Mel Brooks’ The Producers alongside Richard Dreyfus, which is due to open in the West End in November.   The award-... Barrymore Decides not to Come Back to his Come-Back Tour 20 September, 2003 Anyone who owns a swimming pool knows that after a particularly lively party, it is not unusual to find the occassional wine cork, mini-sauagage-on-a-si... Monty Python's Holy Grail - The Musical! 12 September, 2003 2005 is quite a long way off.  As yet I have nothing scheduled in my diary for that year, except during the first few days of January, for which an e... Wood To Adapt Acorn Antiques 3 September, 2003 Comedian Victoria Wood is set to rework her popular 80's series of sketches, Acorn Antiques, for a musical version that could go all the way to the West E... Lee Evans the Producer? 29 August, 2003 Reports are suggesting that Lee Evans is under consideration for the much anticipated West End version of hit Broadway show "The Producers." The play is b... Hackney Empire Theatre Saved 15 August, 2003 The Hackney Empire has been the venue for every kind of entertainment through Music-Hall, Theatre, Television productions and of course Stand-up comedy in... Father Dougal Goes To The West End 19 July, 2003 "Father Ted" star, and stand-up comedian, Ardal O'Hanlon is to make his west end debut in October.  He will be appearing opposite Nigel Havers in an ... Tommy Cooper Play Cut Short 17 July, 2003 "Jus' Like That", starring Jerome Flynn of "Soldier Soldier" fame (pictured) as the legendary comedian Tommy Cooper, has had it's run cut short by over a ... Terry Pratchett's Comedy "Eric" In York NOW! 7 July, 2003 The first ever professional stage production of "Eric" by Terry Pratchett is now running.  Opening night was on Thursday and you can catch a performa... Fringe Programme Released into the Wild 6 June, 2003 The 2003 Edinburgh Fringe festival programme has been released today.  The programme includes full details on the 355 Comedy Shows that wil... Comedian to play Pontius Pilate in Play 28 May, 2003 Doug Healy, who has been described as "Scotlands cleanest and funniest comedian" by... er... himself (so it must be true) will be appeari... Terry Pratchett Book Takes To The Stage 10 May, 2003 Harry Potter may have given us all a better understanding of what life must be like at a public boarding school (although we're still not really sure what ... Springer show may face legal action 30 April, 2003 You may have thought that the only way you could attend the Jerry Springer Show would either be in the studio audience (for which you must live in a U.S. ...