A blog for the latest theatre, music, dance and performance photography from Andrew Billington - live performance photographer based in Staffordshire and photographing across the UK.
Dave Graham's 60s Musical Comedy Show
This year, Eric is throwing a huge party to celebrate 25 years of sensational shows at the New Vic and you’re all invited!
This year, Eric is throwing a huge party to celebrate 25 years of sensational shows at the New Vic and you’re all invited!
Everyone’s favourite hero Eric has been entertaining audiences with the
very best 60s music and side-splitting comedy in shows that have seen him in all manner of compromising positions! He’s taken on murder mysteries, adventures into the outback and even ballroom dancing and you’ve laughed, and laughed some more at his hilarious antics, all whilst dancing away to the songs you love.
In this special concert, ‘Eric’ and friends will be performing all your favourite 60s hits for a celebration of his 25 years of appearances at the New Vic.
Come along and join in the fun!
The Killing of Sister George - New Vic Theatre / Told By An Idiot
By Frank Marcus
Directed by Paul Hunter
A much-loved character on Applehurst, the BBC soap opera, Sister George is a cheerful nurse who cycles around the countryside singing hymns and doing good. In reality June Buckeridge, the actress who plays her, is a swaggering, foul mouthed loose cannon who has very little in common with her radio persona.
Due to low ratings, cut backs and June’s own bad behaviour, the BBC decides “Sister George” has to go…
for good!
The Killing of Sister George is an iconic black comedy shot through with surprising moments of tenderness. Famously adapted into a film in 1968 with Beryl Reid in the title role, the New Vic and Told by an Idiot will bring to life this bittersweet play with a unique visual flair and an audacious blend of raucous humour and compelling drama.
Join us as we premiere this ‘60s cult classic on our extraordinary stage!
‘Their work is never less than sublime’
The Independent on Told by an Idiot
The Pantomime Awards 2023
The UK Pantomime Association (UKPA) has announced the winners of The Pantomime Awards 2023 in association with Butlin’s at a star-studded ceremony which took place at the Trafalgar Theatre in London’s West End on the evening of Tuesday 11 April 2023.
The UK Pantomime Association (UKPA) has announced the winners of The Pantomime Awards 2023 in association with Butlin’s at a star-studded ceremony which took place at the Trafalgar Theatre in London’s West End on the evening of Tuesday 11 April 2023.
I was there to photograph it.
As You Like It - Northern Broadsides
Northern Broadsides tour of ‘As You Like It’ 2022.
What a joy to be asked to photograph Northern Broadsides latest production.
It ‘s a company I’ve seen and adored for years and it was a great to be able to provide the publicity material for their latest tour….
Beauty and the Beast - Key Theatre - Panto
Beauty & the Beast
Peterborough's longest running traditional family pantomime
Join us for a brand new panto written for the Key Theatre by Simon Egerton.
This year it's Beauty & the Beast: the story of a young woman who is caught up in a handsome chevalier's struggle to defeat an evil Wolf Queen's curse.
Prince & The Pauper - NVT - December 19
Prince and the Pauper
By Mark Twain
Adapted and directed by Theresa Heskins
Classic stories, spectacular adventures and lots of fun are the hallmarks of a New Vic Christmas show, and this year will be no exception! Bringing together the same creative team who brought to life our adaptations of The Borrowers, Treasure Island and the UK Theatre Award-winning The Snow Queen, this year we bring to life another classic adventure story in our stunning trademark style!
Prepare for a tale full of heart, filled with imaginative storytelling, live music, humour, puppetry and festive magic as we stage a brand new adaptation of The Prince and The Pauper.
Join us and be enchanted by this story of a chance meeting between two people, which might just change their lives….and the lives of everyone around them.
Don Giovanni - Clonter Opera
Don Giovanni is a bedazzling tragicomedy showcasing the genius of Mozart and Da Ponte at the height of their powers. The Martin Lloyd-Evans production will transport this serial seducer and charismatic anti-hero into the midst of contemporary society to reveal staggering hypocrisy hidden beneath a surface of respectability.
“Compelling, stylish, imaginative, colourful, gripping and refreshingly unpretentious.”
39 Steps - New Vic Theatre
I love a good piece of theatre and this is a fabulous piece of theatre.
And one that can only exist on stage as the joy is in the theatricality and conceit of 4 actors playing 120 roles between them….
From the New Vic Website:
Following on from our hugely successful productions of Around The World In 80 Days and Astley’s Astounding Adventures, thrilling spy drama The 39 Steps gets the New Vic treatment!
Richard Hannay, upstanding gent and all-round good guy, finds himself in a bit of a pickle when he wakes up to find a mysterious woman in his apartment. Dead. Now on the run, pursued by all manner of suspicious characters, can Hannay evade capture and clear his name of murder before it’s too late? Will he fall in love along the way? And what exactly are The 39 Steps?
A thrilling, inventive, fast-paced caper, four actors will play over 120 characters in this side-splitting comedy based on John Buchan’s famous spy novel.
Starring New Vic favourites: Rebecca Brewer (Playhouse Creatures), Gareth Cassidy (Treasure Island), Michael Hugo (Around The World In 80 Days) and Isaac Stanmore (Peter Pan In Scarlet).
