On 4 December 1956, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis came together at Sun Records in Memphis. This musical is the story of what happened in that room that day.
What unfolds is a story of fame, friendship, loyalties and jealousy peppered with incredible music.
There's a rumour rife in Hollywood: the silent movie is over and a new kind of film is about to sweep the globe. Actors will be able to talk, sing and dance on screen...all at the same time! For Don Lockwood...
The stage show inspired by the 1935 film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers follows dancer Jerry Travers as he begins work for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Enthusiastically practising his routine...
Sophie Evans and Russell Grant stars in Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of The Wizard of Oz. This is the classic story of Dorothy, a young girl from Kansas, and her adventures after she is caught in a...
Poor Matilda has a bit of a rough deal, being ignored and neglected by her parents and suffering under the tyranny of a sadistic headteacher at school. But Matilda is no ordinary little girl, as everyone...
Hats off to Helena Bonham Carter for her turn in the film but is there a more perfect Mrs Lovett than Imelda Staunton? Michael Ball makes a marmite Sweeney Todd but Jonathan Kent's production of this Stephen...
A thin plot that doesn't matter too much with all the amazing dancing and brilliant music filling the stage at Peacock Theatre. Inspired by the Mujra dancers who entertained India's elite back in the day...
The Landor's ?A Spotlight On...' series provides a musical theatre artist with an opportunity to share the music and stories that are important to them - a sort of Desert Island Dics for cabaret lovers...
After years of bitter rivalry, the great vaudevillian comedy act, Lewis and Clarke (Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths) are reunited on TV.Their task is to discuss the history of comedy but feuding for ...
A gaggle of no-hopers in the Bronx talk cockfights and hustling but their story isn't really about the sickly rooster they're caring for. It's about friendship and honestly, relationships and all the drama...
A group of men in an elite club gather to eat, drink and smash chandeliers. But the top dog isn't as well received as he likes to think and there may be a coup in the offing. Laura Wade's much acclaimed...
All singing, high kicking fun is the order of the day in this sexy, sleazy musical set in prohibition era Chicago, and following a showgirl named Roxie Hart as she tries to clear her name of a murder she...
The National Gallery hosts a comparative exhibition that explores the links between the works of JMW Turner and seventeen century painter Claude (Lorrain). Of late, the National has excelled at these kind...
In celebration of the National Gallery's recent acquisition of the great Titian masterpiece Diana and Callisto, it's currently on show in Room 1, and free to visit. Until 01.07.12.
An exhibition that places one of Titian's earliest known works - the wonderful Flight into Egypt - alongside paintings by his Venetian contemporaries. Until 19.08.12.
After his death in 2011 comes the National Portrait Gallery's survey of the portraits of Lucian Freud - one of Britain's best loved artists. Freud is one of the major names in post-war British art. His...
To celebrate the Diamond Jubilee the National Portrait Gallery is hosting an exhibition that focuses on images of the queen from throughout her sixty-year reign. On show are works by artists as diverse...
After 2011's major solo show over at the Whitechapel, Thomas Struth is back in town with a series of family portraits at the National Portrait Gallery. Until 20.01.13.