SPOTLIGHT BRIEF Mod musical to play West End
w RSC Rome Season transfers to Barbican
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Rome MMXVII season of four Shakespearean plays transfers from the RST in Stratford-upon-Avon to London’s Barbican theatre, from November 6. Coriolanus runs to November 18, followed by Julius Caesar (November 24- January 20, 2018), Antony & Cleopatra (November 30- January 20) and Titus Andronicus
(December 7-January 19).
rsc.org.uk
w Kent Christmas panto celebrity cast revealed
John Jackson-Almond, director of Assembly Hall Theatre in Tunbridge Wells, has announced the cast for
the Christmas pantomime, Aladdin.
CBBC’s presenter, Dancing
on Ice star and Pop Idol finalist Mark Rhodes will play Aladdin, while the villain will be played
by former EastEnders star and Britain’s Got Talent quarter- finalist Jessica Robinson. The show runs from December 8 to
January 3, 2018.
assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk
Aden Gillett
All or Nothing – the Mod Musical will play a limited West End season at the Arts Theatre in London next year following a third sell-out tour. Based on the story of the Small
Faces, the show follows four charismatic kids from East London who rocketed to fame in the 1960s, only to discover that the path to success is paved with exploitation, betrayal and, ultimately, tragedy. The musical celebrates the unique sound of this iconic Mod
Here Comes the Nice, Itchycoo Park and, of course, All or Nothing. The cast at the Arts Theatre will
band, with all the Small Faces’ hits, including Whatcha Gonna Do About It, Tin Soldier, Lazy Sunday,
Rattigan classic to tour the UK
Lead casting has been announced for the 2018 UK tour of Terence Rattigan’s classic family drama, The Winslow Boy. Tessa Peake-Jones (Only Fools and Horses, Grantchester) stars as Grace Winslow, wife of Arthur Winslow, played by Aden Gillett (The House
of Eliott, Holby City), the father who embarks on an extraordinary campaign for justice for his son. The tour opens at Chichester
Festival Theatre on February 8, 2018 before visiting other leading UK drama houses including Bath Theatre Royal; Oxford Playhouse; Cambridge Arts Theatre; Salford Lowry; Cheltenham Everyman Theatre; Brighton Theatre Royal; Belfast Grand Opera House; Richmond Theatre; and Canterbury’s Marlowe Theatre. Having been expelled from the
Royal Navy College for stealing a five-shilling postal order, young cadet Ronnie Winslow’s entire family are pulled apart by the repercussions of this charge.
be led by Carol Harrison as Kay Marriott and Chris Simmons as the older Steve Marriott. Further casting is to be announced. The show will run from February 6-March 11, 2018, and an accompanying 29-track cast recording has been released.
allornothingmusical.com
Tessa Peake-Jones Set against the values of 1910
Edwardian London, the Winslow family fight to clear his name or face being ostracised as the case becomes a national scandal. Based on a real-life event, The Winslow Boy is a window into the class and political hypocrisy of the time.
cft.org.uk
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