Casting announced for new musical


Casting has been announced for Come From Away, a musical that tells the true story of 7,000 stranded air passengers during the wake of 9/11. It will premiere in Dublin’s


Abbey Theatre on December 6 for a seven-week run, before transferring to the Phoenix Theatre in London’s West End on January 30, 2019. It tells the story of passengers


stranded after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, and the small Canadian town of Gander in Newfoundland that welcomed them. The cast includes Jenna Boyd, Nathanael Campbell, Clive


Arthur Miller’s The Price heads to West End


The 50th anniversary production of Arthur Miller’s drama The Price will transfer to the West End from Bath in February 2019. The Price will run at Wyndham’s


Twilight Zone transfers to Ambassadors Theatre


The Twilight Zone will transfer to the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End from March 4, after a sell-out run at the Almeida in Islington. This adaptation of CBS television's The Twilight Zone is a mixture of morality tales and fantasy. twilightzonetheplay.com


Theatre from February 5 to April 27. David Suchet, best known for


playing Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie’s Poirot, and Brendan Coyle – whose TV credits include John Bates in Downton Abbey – will both reprise their roles as furniture dealer Gregory Solomon and New York cop Victor Franz, respectively. The play tells the story of two


brothers, Victor and Walter Franz, one a New York cop nearing retirement, the other a surgeon,


Only Fools and Horses goes musical


The classic TV comedy series Only Fools and Horses is heading for the Theatre Royal Haymarket, in London's West End as a musical (February 9, 2019). The 1980s sitcom was created


by scriptwriter John Sullivan and starred David Jason as Del Boy, Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney and Lennard Pearce as Grandad. It is being revived as a musical


by comedian Paul Whitehouse from The Fast Show, and


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Sullivan’s son Jim. The duo have written 20 songs for the musical. Whitehouse will take centre stage


as Grandad, alongside stage and screen actor Tom Bennett as Del Boy and Ryan Hutton, who will be making his West End debut as Rodney. The show also features musical


contributions from Chas and Dave and will follow the antics of Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad. Directed by Caroline Jay Ranger, Only Fools and Horses The Musical


Carter, Mary Doherty, Robert Hands, Helen Hobson, Jonathan Andrew Hume, Harry Morrison, Emma Salvo, David Shannon, Cat Simmons, Rachel Tucker, Mark Dugdale, Bob Harms, Kiara Jay and Kirsty Malpass. The multi-award-winning musical


continues sold-out engagements on Broadway, and in Canada, with a 60-city North American tour recently launched in Seattle, an Australian production confirmed for summer 2019, and a feature film adaptation also in the pipeline. comefromawaylondon.co.uk


Anderson and James lead All About Eve cast


Gillian Anderson and Lily James will star in All About Eve at the Noël Coward Theatre in London’s West End next year. The 1950 movie – which starred


Bette Davies and Marilyn Monroe and won six Academy Awards – has been adapted for stage and will be directed by Olivier and Tony Award- winner Ivo van Hove. It will run for 14 weeks from February 2, 2019. All About Eve tells the story of


who meet for the first time in 16 years to sell their family furniture stored in the attic of a condemned New York brownstone. delfontmackintosh.co.uk


theatre legend Margo Channing, who has just turned 40 and is concerned about her future. She becomes close friends with her biggest fan, young, beautiful Eve, which leads to Margo’s life taking an unexpected turn. Anderson, best known for her


will feature many of the loveable characters from the TV series including Raquel, Denzil, Mickey Pearce, Mike the Barman, Trigger, Boycie and Marlene. onlyfoolsmusical.com


role as special agent Scully in cult TV series The X-Files, will play Channing, while James, who recently starred as the young Donna in


Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, takes on the role of Eve.


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