Swallows and Amazons Shortlisted

Last December’s production of Swallows and Amazons has been shortlisted for the Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical, one of the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. 

Insights into the Swallows and Amazons Rehearsal Room

Herewith some more links about the new Swallows and Amazons production, including Tom Morris’s account of rehearsing (and re-adapting) the Musical, and Stewart Wright’s blog, which includes rehearsal photographs.

Musical Developments

Recent developments for the Swallows and Amazons musical include cast announcements for the forthcoming revived production, and the original Bristol production’s nomination in the 2011 UK Theatre Awards.

Schedule Shaping Up for Swallows and Amazons Tour

The schedule for the forthcoming Swallows and Amazons Tour is shaping up, with bookings already open at a number of venues.

The Tour opens with a five week run at the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End (December 15, 2011 – January 14, 2012), followed by visits to Chichester, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Coventy, High Wycombe, Malvern, Darlington, Norwich, West Yorkshire, Canterbury, Sheffield, Wolverhampton, Plymouth, Blackpool and Cardiff. 

Swallows and Amazons Musical Set For West End and UK Tour

Progress continues on plans to revive the Bristol Old Vic’s smash hit production of Swallows and Amazons, which they premiered in December, 2010.

Bookings have opened for a five week run from December 15, 2011, at the Vaudeville Theatre, in London’s West End, to be followed by a UK tour in 2012.