https://wooller.com West End theatre photography for more than 15 years en-gb copyright wooller.com, 1997-2023 At the first gender neutral WhatsOnStage Awards, Jodie Comer scoops Best Performer in a Play and Courtney Bowman wins for Best Performer in a Musical ]]> https://wooller.com/2023_whatsonstage_awards_concert_12664 https://wooller.com/2023_whatsonstage_awards_concert_12664 Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty returns to Sadler's Wells with Dominic North (Count Lilac), Ashley Shaw (Princess Aurora), Paris Fitzpatrick (Carabosse/Caradoc) and Andrew Monaghan (Leo) ]]> https://wooller.com/matthew_bourne's_sleeping_beauty_gala_12663 https://wooller.com/matthew_bourne's_sleeping_beauty_gala_12663 Sun, 04 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Eddie Redmayne and Carrie Hope Fletcher win the lead musical performer trophies at the 2022 Whatsonstage Awards held at the PRince of Wales Theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/2022_whatsonstage_awards_concert_12662 https://wooller.com/2022_whatsonstage_awards_concert_12662 Sun, 27 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker returns to Sadler's Wells with Ashley Shaw (Princess Sugar), Cordelia Braithwaite (Clara), Dominic North (Fritz) and Harrison Dowzell (Philbert/Nutcracker) ]]> https://wooller.com/matthew_bourne's_nutcracker_gala_12661 https://wooller.com/matthew_bourne's_nutcracker_gala_12661 Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 A host of West End stars attend a screening of tick tick... BOOM at Soho House ]]> https://wooller.com/tick_tick..._boom_screening_12660 https://wooller.com/tick_tick..._boom_screening_12660 Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Greg Hersov directs Cush Jumbo (Hamlet), Adrian Dunbar (Ghost/Claudius), Tara Fitzgerald (Gertrude) an Joseph Marcell (Polonius) in Shakespeare's Hamlet at The Young Vic ]]> https://wooller.com/hamlet_press_night_12659 https://wooller.com/hamlet_press_night_12659 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Kwame Kwei-Armah directs Ben Okri's Changing Destiny with Joan Iyiola and Ashley Zhangazha at the Young Vic ]]> https://wooller.com/changing_destiny_press_night_12658 https://wooller.com/changing_destiny_press_night_12658 Fri, 30 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Rachael Stirling (Sandra) and Nicholas Burns (Kenneth) star in the revival of Mike Bartlett's Love, Love, Love at Lyric Hammersmith ]]> https://wooller.com/love,_love,_love_after_party_12657 https://wooller.com/love,_love,_love_after_party_12657 Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 jennifer saunders (madame arcati) and lisa dillon (ruth condomine) star in noel coward's blithe spirit, directed by richard eyre at the duke of york's ]]> https://wooller.com/blithe_spirit_press_night_12656 https://wooller.com/blithe_spirit_press_night_12656 Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 vicky featherstone directs katherine parkinson (viv) in ev crowe's experimental play, shoe lady at the royal court ]]> https://wooller.com/shoe_lady_after_party_12655 https://wooller.com/shoe_lady_after_party_12655 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 pretty woman: the musical opens at the piccadilly theatre with a cast led by danny mac (edward lewis) and aimie atkinson (vivian ward), directed and choreographed by jerry mitchell ]]> https://wooller.com/pretty_woman:_the_musical_gala_night_12654 https://wooller.com/pretty_woman:_the_musical_gala_night_12654 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 &juliet wins 6 awards including best actress in a musical for miriam-teak lee, andrew scott wins best actor in a play and jamie lloyd is best director, at the prince of wales theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/2020_whatsonstage_awards_concert_winners_12653 https://wooller.com/2020_whatsonstage_awards_concert_winners_12653 Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 arrivals for the 2020 whatsonstage awards concert at the prince of wales theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/2020_whatsonstage_awards_concert_arrivals_12652 https://wooller.com/2020_whatsonstage_awards_concert_arrivals_12652 Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 the new musical, the prince of egypt stars luke brady (moses), liam tamne (ramses), christine allado (tzipporah), alexia khadime (miriam) and debbie kurup (queen tuya) at the dominion theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/the_prince_of_egypt_gala_night_12651 https://wooller.com/the_prince_of_egypt_gala_night_12651 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 kate prince's dance show based on the songs of sting stars lukas mcfarlane (leto), tommy franzen (mati), nafisah baba (roxanne) and natasha gooden (tana) at the peacock theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/message_in_a_bottle_after_party_12650 https://wooller.com/message_in_a_bottle_after_party_12650 Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 inspired by waiting for godot, indhu rubasingham directs paapa essiedu (moses), alexander eliot (mister/ossifer) and gershwyn eustache jnr (kitch) in antoinette nwandu's pass over at the kiln theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/pass_over_after_party_12649 https://wooller.com/pass_over_after_party_12649 Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 david mitchell (shakespeare) makes his west end debut in ben elton's stage adaptation of of the bbc sitcom, the upstart crow, directed by sean foley at the geilgud theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/the_upstart_crow_after_party_12648 https://wooller.com/the_upstart_crow_after_party_12648 Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 the world premiere of tom stoppard's leopoldstadt directed by patrick marber at wyndham's theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/leopoldstadt_press_night_12647 https://wooller.com/leopoldstadt_press_night_12647 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 jessica chastain and emilia clarke go backstage after a performance of cyrano de bergerac with james mcavoy (cyrano de bergerac) at the playhouse theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/cyrano_de_bergerac_jessica_chastain_and_emilia_clarke_backstage_12646 https://wooller.com/cyrano_de_bergerac_jessica_chastain_and_emilia_clarke_backstage_12646 Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 stef smith's reworking of ibsen's a doll's house stars mark arends (nathan 1/2/3), natalie klamar (nora 2/christine 1), luke norris (thomas 1/2/3), amaka okafor (nora 3/christine 2), anna russell-martin (nora 1/christine 3) and zephryn taitte (daniel 1/2/3) at the young vic ]]> https://wooller.com/nora:_a_dolls_house_after_party_12645 https://wooller.com/nora:_a_dolls_house_after_party_12645 Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 the world premiere of al blyth's espionage thriller the haystack stars lucy black (denise), oliver johnstone (neil), rona morison (cora), enyi okoronkwo (zef) and sarah woodward (hannah) ]]> https://wooller.com/the_haystack_after_party_12644 https://wooller.com/the_haystack_after_party_12644 Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 daniel radcliffe (clov/a) returns to the old vic alongside alan cumming (hamm/b) to star in samuel beckett’s endgame, directed by richard jones ]]> https://wooller.com/endgame_after_party_12643 https://wooller.com/endgame_after_party_12643 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 sara bareilles (jenna) and gavin creel (dr pomatter) join the london cast of the musical waitress at the adelphi theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/waitress_the_musical_media_night_12642 https://wooller.com/waitress_the_musical_media_night_12642 Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 jodie mcnee (johanna faustus) and danny lee wynter (mephistopheles) star in faustus: that damned woman, reimagined by chris bush and directed by caroline byrne at lyric hammersmith ]]> https://wooller.com/faustus:_that_damned_woman_after_party_12641 https://wooller.com/faustus:_that_damned_woman_after_party_12641 Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 toby jones (vanya) and richard armitage (astrov) star in conor mcpherson's new adaptation of uncle vanya, directed by ian rickson at the harold pinter theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/uncle_vanya_press_night_12640 https://wooller.com/uncle_vanya_press_night_12640 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 noah thomas (jamie) takes the lead role in everybody's talking about jamie after open auditions, with melissa jacques (margaret), bianca del rio (hugo/loco chanelle) and preeya kalidas (miss hedge) at the apollo theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/everybody's_talking_about_jamie_cast_change_12639 https://wooller.com/everybody's_talking_about_jamie_cast_change_12639 Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 the newly refurbished and named sondheim theatre opens for the new production of les miserables with jon robyns (jean valjean), bradley jaden (javert) and carrie hope fletcher (fantine) ]]> https://wooller.com/les_miserables_gala_night_12638 https://wooller.com/les_miserables_gala_night_12638 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 mischief theatre in collaboration with penn & teller present magic goes wrong, the second instalment of their residency at the vaudeville theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/magic_goes_wrong_after_party_12637 https://wooller.com/magic_goes_wrong_after_party_12637 Wed, 08 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 jason manford (cioffi), carley stenson (georgia hendriks) and rebecca lock (carmen) star in the kander and ebb musical curtains at wyndham's theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/curtains_the_musical_press_night_12636 https://wooller.com/curtains_the_musical_press_night_12636 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 girl from the north country returns to the west end at the gielgud theatre with katie brayben (elizabeth laine), gloria obianyo (marianne) and rachel john (mrs neilsen) ]]> https://wooller.com/girl_from_the_north_country_after_party_12635 https://wooller.com/girl_from_the_north_country_after_party_12635 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 adam cooper (boris lermontov) returns to new adventures after more than 20 years for the red shoes with ashley shaw (victoria page), dominic north (julian craster), liam mower (ivan boleslawsky/grischa ljubov) and cordelia braithwaite (victoria page/lady neston/edith) at sadler's wells ]]> https://wooller.com/the_red_shoes_gala_night_12634 https://wooller.com/the_red_shoes_gala_night_12634 Sun, 15 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 sharon osbourne (crystal collins), danny dyer (the hollywood producer), dani dyer (polly parker), rylan clark-neal (the critic) and simon lipkin (mr poppy) star in nativity! the musical at hammersmith apollo ]]> https://wooller.com/nativity!_the_musical_press_night_12633 https://wooller.com/nativity!_the_musical_press_night_12633 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 david hasselhoff (franklin hart jr) joins the cast of the dolly parton musical at the savoy theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/9_to_5_the_musical_cast_change_12632 https://wooller.com/9_to_5_the_musical_cast_change_12632 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 jamie lloyd premieres martin crimp's new adaptation of cyrano de bergerac with james mcavoy (cyrano de bergerac) at the playhouse theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/cyrano_de_bergerac_press_night_12631 https://wooller.com/cyrano_de_bergerac_press_night_12631 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 the hospital club hosts a breakfast reception for nominees for the 2020 whatsonstage awards that include new musical ]]> https://wooller.com/2020_whatsonstage_awards_nominations_party_12630 https://wooller.com/2020_whatsonstage_awards_nominations_party_12630 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 the new psychological thriller ravens by tom morton-smith stars ronan raftery (boris spassky) and robert emms (bobby fischer), directed by annabelle comyn at hampstead theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/ravens_after_party_12629 https://wooller.com/ravens_after_party_12629 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 the pulitzer prizewinning fairview by jackie sibblies drury is directed by nadia latif and stars nicola hughes (beverly), naana agyei-ampadu (jasmine), donna banya (keisha) and rhashan stone (dayton) at the young vic ]]> https://wooller.com/fairview_after_party_12628 https://wooller.com/fairview_after_party_12628 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 matthew warchus directs paterson joseph (ebeneezer scrooge) in jack thorne's adaptation of a christmas carol at the old vic ]]> https://wooller.com/a_christmas_carol_after_party_12627 https://wooller.com/a_christmas_carol_after_party_12627 Wed, 04 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 the revival of sandy wilson’s musical the boy friend stars janie dee (madame dubonnet), adrian edmondson (lord brockhurst), tiffany graves (hortense), jack butterworth (bobby van husen), dylan mason (tony), amara okereke (polly), robert portal (percival brown) and issy van randwyck (lady brockhurst) at the menier chocolate factory ]]> https://wooller.com/the_boy_friend_press_night_12626 https://wooller.com/the_boy_friend_press_night_12626 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 irving berlin's white christmas stars danny mac (bob wallace), dan burton (phil davis), michael brandon (general henry waverly), brenda edwards (martha watson), danielle hope (betty haynes) and clare halse (judy haynes) at the dominion theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/white_christmas_press_night_12625 https://wooller.com/white_christmas_press_night_12625 Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 & juliet stars miriam-teak lee (juliet), cassidy janson (anne), oliver tompsett (shakespeare) and david bedella (lance) in the new musical at the shaftesbury theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/&_juliet_press_night_12624 https://wooller.com/&_juliet_press_night_12624 Wed, 20 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 the tony award winning best musical opens at the noel coward theatre with newcomer sam tutty in the title role ]]> https://wooller.com/dear_evan_hansen_press_night_12623 https://wooller.com/dear_evan_hansen_press_night_12623 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 mary poppins returns to london with zizi strallen (mary poppins), charlie stemp (bert), joseph millson (george banks) and petula clark (bird woman) at the prince edward theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/mary_poppins_press_night_12622 https://wooller.com/mary_poppins_press_night_12622 Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 wendell pierce (willy loman) and sharon d clarke (linda loman) take the production of death of a salesman back the young vic following the temporary closure of the piccadilly theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/death_of_a_salesman_scratch_performance_12621 https://wooller.com/death_of_a_salesman_scratch_performance_12621 Sat, 09 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 layton williams (jamie), phil nichol (hugo/loco chanelle), melissa jacques (margaret) and rita simons (miss hedge) celebrate two years of everybody's talking about jamie at the apollo theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/everybody's_talking_about_jamie_2nd_birthday_12620 https://wooller.com/everybody's_talking_about_jamie_2nd_birthday_12620 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 wendell pierce (willy loman) and sharon d clarke (linda loman) transfer the young vic production of death of a salesman to the piccadilly theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/death_of_a_salesman_west_end_transfer_12619 https://wooller.com/death_of_a_salesman_west_end_transfer_12619 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 the launch for irving berlin's white christmas starring danny mac (bob wallace), dan burton (phil davis), michael brandon (general henry waverly), brenda edwards (martha watson), danielle hope (betty haynes) and clare halse (judy haynes) at the dominion theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/white_christmas_launch_12618 https://wooller.com/white_christmas_launch_12618 Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 david baddiel's debut play stars alan davies (henry), nitin ganatra (tim), alexandra gilbreath (virginia), leila mimmack (edie) and adam strawford (interlocuter/billy) ]]> https://wooller.com/god's_dice_press_night_12617 https://wooller.com/god's_dice_press_night_12617 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 the european premiere of jordan tannahill's botticelli in the fire directed by blanche mcintyre at hampstead theatre ]]> https://wooller.com/botticelli_in_the_fire_after_party_12616 https://wooller.com/botticelli_in_the_fire_after_party_12616 Thu, 24 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 duncan macmillan's two-hander lungs stars matt smith (m) and claire foy (w) at the old vic ]]> https://wooller.com/lungs_after_party_12615 https://wooller.com/lungs_after_party_12615 Sat, 19 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000