Richard Curtis News

Top stories: Casting for Sondheim's final musical Here We Are at The Shed, Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme will embark on a holiday tour this year, Theater Camp box office success, and more!

Christmas Actually, a brand-new festive show curated by Love Actually filmmaker Richard Curtis, and directed by Daniel Raggett is headed to London this holiday season. Learn more about the upcoming show here!

Single tickets for the San Francisco Symphony’s 2023–24 season go on sale Saturday, July 15 starting 10am via the Davies Symphony Hall box office and will be available online and via phone beginning 12pm the same day.

Elena Skye will play Twiggy in the world première of Close Up – The Twiggy Musical at The Menier Chocolate Factory.

With Marjorie Prime currently running at the company's home base in South London and Funny Girl on Broadway, the Menier Chocolate Factory announced forthcoming programming for 2023. Learn more about the lineup here!

Oscar-nominated Melissa McCarthy will receive this year’s CinemaCon® Cinema Vérité Award, Mitch Neuhauser, Managing Director of CinemaCon. McCarthy can be seen next month in The Little Mermaid, from visionary filmmaker Rob Marshall. The live-action reimagining of the studio’s Oscar®-winning animated musical classic features McCarthy as Ursula.

Global leader in comedy, Just For Laughs, in collaboration with leading live entertainment company, AEG Presents, and The O2, the world’s most popular music, leisure and entertainment venue, has released photos from the first day of programming the latest of the inaugural Just For Laughs LONDON festival, which is currently taking place through 5th March 2023 at The O2.

Miranda Hart has joined the line-up for Just For Laughs LONDON festival which kicks off this Thursday 2nd March until Sunday 5th March. Miranda will be joining Richard Curtis live on stage on Sunday 5th March at indigo at The O2 as part of Comic Relief The Truth & Everything Except The Truth.

Television royalty Jonathan Ross, comedian Rosie Jones and actress Michelle De Swarte have joined the Just For Laughs LONDON festival line up, which is taking place from 2nd - 5th March 2023 at The O2 complex.

In an interview with Screen Rant, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again director Ol Parker teased the possibility of a third film, saying that it was always intended to be a trilogy.

Global leader in comedy, Just For Laughs, in collaboration with leading live entertainment company, AEG Presents, and The O2, the world's most popular music, leisure and entertainment venue, have announced  the second slate of 2023 programming for the Just For Laughs LONDON festival which is taking place from 2nd - 5th March 2023 at The O2.

From December 13th to 18th, you won't want to be anywhere other than Wharton Center while the national tour of Pretty Woman: The Musical makes its East Lansing debut.

Global leader in comedy, Just For Laughs, in collaboration with leading live entertainment company, AEG Presents, and The O2, the world's most popular music, leisure and entertainment venue, have shared details of the first slate of programming to be added to the first-ever edition of Just For Laughs LONDON.

To commemorate what would have been her 60th birthday (on February 2), Blix Street Records will release a landmark new album, which pairs Cassidy's impeccable voice with the backing of the legendary London Symphony Orchestra.

BWW catches up with Will Jackson to chat about bringing Confetti to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

The multi-award-winning cinch presents Latitude returns to the stunning grounds of Henham Park, Suffolk, from 21st July - 24th July 2022. Lewis Capaldi, Foals, Snow Patrol, Maggie Rogers, Little Simz, Manic Street Preachers, Phoebe Bridgers, Groove Armada, Fontaines D.C. and Russell Howard, Reginald D. Hunter and Frankie Boyle top a diverse bill where music meets the arts in a full-on cultural explosion.

Today, Nottingham Playhouse announces the full casting for Adrian Scarborough’s adaptation of Alan Bennett’s comic novella The Clothes They Stood Up In. Opening in September, this is the first time the popular story has been told on stage and kicks off the Playhouse’s Autumn season.

The new films include Ember, Sergio Pablos’ follow-up to Klaus; animated musical Scrooge: A Christmas Carol featuring songs by Academy Award® winner Leslie Bricusse; That Christmas based on the children's books by BAFTA winner Richard Curtis; as well as an untitled animated film by Wallace & Gromit alumni and Academy Award® winner, Steve Box.

The OPC – short for The Old People's Channel – an original scripted podcast series created and written by Richard Curtis has released its 13th episode, the Season Finale.

 The OPC, an original scripted podcast series created and written by Richard Curtis has released its eleventh and twelfth episodes, each under 20 minutes, now available on all streaming platforms.