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21 February 1967: Olivier and McEwan do Dance Of Death
23 Apr 2008
On 21 February 1967, Laurence Olivier and Geraldine McEwan opened in a production of August Strindberg’s The Dance Of Death at the Old Vic, directed by Glen Byam Shaw. Read more
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13 May 1997: Beauty comes to the West End
13 May 2008
First released as an animated movie featuring singing cutlery in 1991, Disney’s Beauty And The Beast began enchanting audiences at London’s Dominion on 13 May 1997. Read more
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2 May 1985: Hopkins’s award-winning Pravda performance
01 May 2008
Before he was known the world over for portraying Chianti-loving, cultured, cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter, Anthony Hopkins was a talented stage performer. On 2 May 1985, he debuted in a show that would win him a Laurence Olivier Award, Pravda. Read more
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26 February 1981: The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, had its UK premiere
26 Feb 2008
American musical The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, had its UK premiere at the Drury Lane on 26 February 1981. Read more
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20 February 1908: Wyndham proposes creation of SWET
23 Apr 2008
Exactly 100 years ago, on Thursday 20 February 1908, actor-manager Sir Charles Wyndham held a luncheon at the Hyde Park Hotel in order to propose the creation of an association of West End theatre managers. Read more
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22 February 1977: Privates On Parade makes award-winning premiere
23 Apr 2008
Peter Nichol’s World War II-set comedy Privates On Parade received its world premiere on 22 February 1977, when it was staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych. Read more
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25 February 1969: Dotrice opens Brief Lives at Criterion
23 Apr 2008
Roy Dotrice took a step to Guinness world record fame on 25 February 1969, when the award-winning actor opened in Brief Lives at the Criterion. His 400 performances at this venue, combined with other touring credits, saw Dotrice claim a world record for most solo performances with a total of 1,782. Read more
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27 February 1962: Crawford makes West End debut
23 Apr 2008
Michael Crawford – actor, singer and entertainer – made his West End debut on 27 February 1962 as a 19-year-old, opposite seasoned performer Bob Monkhouse in the London premiere of Neil Simon’s Come Blow Your Horn. Read more
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28 February 1968: Dench makes musical debut in Cabaret
16 Apr 2008
It was a risky choice to pick a classical actress known for her Shakespearean performances to play a morally dubious singer in a new musical, but that was what happened when Judi Dench originated the role of Sally Bowles in Cabaret for its UK premiere on 28 February 1968. Read more
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05 March 1998: National Theatre premieres Not About Nightingales
23 Apr 2008
Tennessee Williams’s early play Not About Nightingales, which was written by the American playwright in 1938, was given a world premiere at the National’s Cottesloe theatre 60 years later on 5 March 1998. Read more
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