Nikolai Foster
White Christmas for Edinburgh
Playhouse to host Irving Berlin classic in Xmas 2020:
The West End production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas will be blowing into the Edinburgh Playhouse for the Festival season 2020/2021, with tickets now on sale, Monday 16 December 2019.
Annie
★★★☆☆ Optimistic:
The sun, as always, is coming out tomorrow in Annie, but in this touring production at the Playhouse to Saturday, the orphan’s optimism is more dearly bought than it might be.
Lesley Joseph for Miss Hannigan
Lesley Joseph to star in Annie tour for Edinburgh:
Lesley Joseph will play the role of Miss Hannigan when the touring production of Annie visits the Edinburgh Playhouse in September and October 2019.
Anita and Craig take on Annie
Double dose of Hannigan for Annie Tour:
The recent West End production of Annie has announced a UK tour in 2019, playing the Edinburgh Playhouse in October and including both Anita Dobson and Craig Revel Horwood in the role of Miss Hannigan at different venues.
Sunset Boulevard
★★★★★ Triumphant:
There is no doubt that Ria Jones, as Norma Desmond, owns the Curve theatre’s production of Sunset Boulevard that lights into the Playhouse this week, on the first date of its major UK tour.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
★★★★☆ Smooth sophistication:
There is charm and sparkle on the stage at the Kings Theatre until Saturday, and that’s not just from the costume jewellery.
Annie
★★★★★ Captivating style:
They say you should never work with animals or children. The touring production of Annie, at the Playhouse until Saturday, proves that, boy, were they wrong.
Atack takes Tiffany’s
Verity Rushworth withdraws as Holly Golightly:
Verity Rushworth has had to withdraw from the role of Holly Golightly in the UK tour of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, as she is expecting her first baby.
Verity for Breakfast
Rushworth to Golightly at King’s:
Emerdale star Verity Rushworth will take on her “dream role” of Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, when the production tours to the King’s next year.
Calamity Jane
✭✭✭✭✩ Whip cracks along
There ain’t no dead wood on the Playhouse stage this week as a sparkling Calamity Jane staring Jodie Prenger lights into town at the start of its long tour around the UK.
