Luke Brady and Liam Tamne in The Prince Of Egypt. Photo by Tristram Kenton.

London Theatre News Today: Friday 12 March

By Kitty Underwood First Published 12 March 2021, Last Updated 15 March 2021

The Prince Of Egypt announces re-opening date and tickets go on sale

Tickets for the Prince Of Egypt go on sale today for performances from Thursday 1 July at the Dominion Theatre. Find out more about the show’s plan to reopen and grab your tickets through the link below.

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The Prince Of Egypt will reopen at the Dominion Theatre from 1 July with tickets on sale from noon today! Find out more here!

John Owen-Jones: Celebrating His 50th Birthday live at Cadogan Hall

Lambert Jackson today announce John Owen-Jones: Celebrating his 50th Birthday, a special one-off concert to mark this milestone. Featuring some of John’s favourite songs with a 5-piece band, the concert is performed live at Cadogan Hall with a socially distanced audience, and is also available to live-stream via Vimeo on Saturday 19 June 2021, 5pm.

John Owen-Jones said today, “It’s been well over a year since I last performed a solo show to a live audience and I’m really excited about getting back on stage and performing at one of my favourite venues in London, the gorgeous Cadogan Hall. It’s going to be a great night. What a way to celebrate the big five-oh!”

John Owen-Jones as Jean Valjean. Photo by Matt Murphy.

Jamie Lambert and Eliza Jackson, CEO and Creative Director of Lambert Jackson, also commented, “John is one of the greatest performers of our time and to be able to celebrate his 50th birthday with a performance to both live and streamed audiences all around the world is such a fabulous way to mark this milestone for John.”

You can book in-person or live stream tickets on the Cadogan Hall website here.

Sonia Friedman Productions announces Re:Emerge season coming to the Harold Pinter Theatre

Following a year of extraordinary challenges, and as British theatre begins to find ways to re-emerge from the devastating impact of the enforced shutdown, SFP today announces a season of new plays for a new world. The RE:EMERGE season at The Harold Pinter Theatre will create a space for vital, new voices and fresh talent in the West End and beyond, working alongside some of the industry’s greatest theatremakers and artists.

The extraordinary collection of plays curated by SFP alongside Ian Rickson – who becomes Artistic Director for the season – tackles urgent issues integral to rebuilding our society, including structural inequality, climate change and the economics of truth in an internet age. Supported by Arts Council England, RE:EMERGE will support the theatre-makers of the future, provide vital work for the freelance community and celebrate the live experience as we begin to build back to the full reopening of British Theatre.

The RE:EMERGE season intends to open to socially-distanced audiences from May to help re-open and re-energise our theatres, and will be staged in a Covid safe environment following government advice and adhering to social distancing guidelines; and in line with Society of London Theatre & UK Theatre’s See It Safely campaign. Alongside the season, SFP also intends for the comedy The Comeback to return to the West End following its enforced shutdown in December.

Announced today as part SFP’s RE:EMERGE season so far is:

  • Amy Berryman’s WALDEN, directed by Ian Rickson, starring Gemma Arterton, Fehinti Balogun and Lydia Wilson.
  • Yasmin Joseph’s J’OUVERT, directed by Rebekah Murrell, starring Annice Boparai, Gabrielle Brooks, Sapphire Joy and Zuyane Russell.
  • Joseph Charlton’s ANNA X, directed by Daniel Raggett, starring Emma Corrin and Nabhaan Rizwan.

SFP plans to open the season in May in line with the government’s roadmap. Further information regarding performance and on-sale dates will be released in the coming weeks, and audiences can sign up today at www.sfp-reemergeseason.co.uk to be the first to hear more news. Tickets for the previews will be priced from £5, and from £10 for the runs post-press night, with a top price ticket of £49.50. There will be 600 tickets each week priced under £15.

Sonia Friedman said today:

“After what has been such a devastating year for so many it fills me with the greatest joy and hope to announce RE:EMERGE, an SFP Season of bold, new work for a bold, new world as we begin to build back to the full reopening of British Theatre.

“Yasmin Joseph’s J’OUVERT, first seen at Theatre503 and currently in rehearsals to be filmed for the BBC, reveals Notting Hill Carnival through the eyes of two best friends navigating the joys and dangers of young Black womanhood in 21st Century Britain. Whilst Amy Berryman’s WALDEN depicts the intensity of familial love and loss as the climate emergency encroaches ever closer, Joseph Charlton’s ANNA X delves deep into the corruption of truth and reality through the all-consuming lies we tell the world about ourselves over social media. These extraordinary plays, each one with a distinct and powerful voice, will thrill, move and delight audiences.

“We hope that the RE:EMERGE Season will help the immense effort being made across our industry to reopen our theatres, with the most exciting, new talent working in tandem with some of our greatest theatre makers and artists. And this is just the beginning – we have so much more to come.”

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