Staines News - What's On - Theatre

A rip-roaring revival of Aladdin

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:06:00 GMT

THERE was a time, not so many years ago, when the great British traditional pantomime was in the doldrums.

Pride and Prejudice - a perfect run-in for the festive season

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:12:00 GMT

IT’S PANTOMIME time in Windsor next week, but before the Aladdin team move in with their outrageous costumes, terrible puns and zany characters, there’s a chance to revel in little bit of theatrical enchantment of a vastly different, far less raucous nature.

Round the Horne, unseen and uncut

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:58:00 GMT

ANY visitors from overseas attracted along to the Theatre Royal, Windsor, this week, must have been left in a state of utter bewilderment.

Forcing sceptics to have a rethink

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:28:00 GMT

Whether you believe in the afterlife, or if psychics can communicate with loved ones in the spirit world, then acclaimed medium Sally Morgan may be the one who forces sceptics to have a rethink.

A well-scribbled giggle at the Sunbury & Shepperton Arts Festival

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

So, as part of Sunbury and Shepperton Arts Festival, they staged a read-through performance of the plays, together entitled Walk Out Backwards, to an audience which included actors and interested residents.

Dancing Queen had the audience in the aisles

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:08:00 GMT

NO ONE could have predicted the worldwide phenomenon that would erupt from the appearance of four young Swedes at the Eurovision Song Contest of 1974.

Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes comes to Surrey

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:54:00 GMT

YVONNE Arnaud Youth Theatre (YAYT) in Guildford presents the world premier that promises to be truly revolting.

This dream will do

Tue, 12 May 2009 16:06:00 GMT

He may not have won BBC TV’s Any Dream Will Do, but Craig Chalmers is triumphant in a sizzling production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, at Windsor this week.

The bard's birthday bash

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT

I AM a sucker for any good love story so was particularly looking forward to seeing this spin-off of William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Awards keep coming for Jersey Boys

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Jersey Boys, the award-winning Broadway musical has emulated the success it achieved across the pond after an incredibly successful first year in London.

Convict cruising

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A prolific director who suffered from a stroke in 2006 is bringing his first solo work since the accident to a Kingston theatre.

Getting into the spirit of the dance

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:01:00 GMT

I never thought I’d forgive the Riverdance team for what they did to Irish traditional dancing.

For the love of theatre

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The son of famous director Peter Hall says his love of the theatre started from a young age.

Mercer's back on the ice

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

One of the most ambitious ice shows created is the brainchild of a man who used to tour with The Four Tops.

Messing about in Kingston

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Voice impressions of people from all over the world has always come easy for ex-Emmerdale star Emma Atkins.

Hooked on panto

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

As Dirty Den in Eastenders and now heading the cast as Captain Hook in Peter Pan, Leslie Grantham is used to playing baddies. Notorious for his past - he was sentenced to life imprisonment at 18, after a German cabbie he attempted to rob died from a gunshot wound - he does not come across as a hard man.

Jennifer Ellison stars in the Vagina Monologues in Woking

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:26:00 GMT

It is 10 years since The Vagina Monologues debuted on the stage, and the funny and sexy play returns to the New Victoria Theatre, Woking, from January 19-24.

Pan's the man

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Walt Disney has a lot to answer for.

Wonders of Walsh

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Yes, it's panto season again and no one does it like Woking. Loud, silly and very, very funny, Aladdin is one of the most entertaining productions in years.

Auditions open for Shakespeare comedy

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Auditions are coming up in January 2009 for Surrey Youth Theatre's (SYT) full-scale production of Shakespeare's comedy, As You Like It, which will be staged at Guildford's Electric Theatre in July.