Photos

Gloria Estefan, Ben Forster and Alexandra Burke make our top pics of the week

We round up our top pics from across the theatre world

Alex Wood

London

25 May 2018

The cast of Peter Pan during their opening night curtain call as Regents Park Open Air Theatre — The cast of *Peter Pan* during their opening night curtain call as Regents Park Open Air Theatre
© David Jensen

Gloria Estefan made a brief stop off in Leicester

Chris Stafford, Gloria Estefan and Nikolai Foster
© Ellie Kurttz

Zoe Rainey ahead of her five-star performance in Kiss Me, Kate

The calm before the storm. Tonight we have our first preview/press night/opening night for @operanorth #kissmekatetour. Here we go! #kissmekate #leedsgrandtheatre #tour #firstpreview #pressnight #openingnight #loislane #bianca #tamingoftheshrew #musical

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While the show tapped into something great

It's #TapDanceDay (how lucky)! Here's the unedited sounds of tap magic on the stage of @GrandTheatreLS1 from @Alan_Burkitt as Bill… pic.twitter.com/QxMPWPkyCU

— Kiss Me, Kate (@kissmekatetour) May 25, 2018

Battersea Arts Centre gave us the coolest season announcement photo ever

Loved. Lost. Reborn. Check out the exciting shows and projects coming up in our #PhoenixSeason > https://t.co/YP8HrKMRk7? pic.twitter.com/iLlvT3e5SJ

— BatterseaArtsCentre (@battersea_arts) May 20, 2018

The Rink had one fancy sitzprobe

The wannabe musician in me always jumps for joy when it's Sitzprobe time. Today is that day! @TheRinkMusical pic.twitter.com/DrXMpe2dVZ

— Gemma Sutton (@gemmasutton1) May 21, 2018

"Ladies Who Lunch" made for a great Royal wedding meme

#RoyalWedding #disappointed pic.twitter.com/OLk7fR6c3o

— COMPANY (@CompanyWestEnd) May 19, 2018

The BBC assembled a bunch of famous faces

Had an amazing night with this lot, sorry we missed @racheltucker1 @JulianOvenden @mattfordsinger from the pic! marvelous to sing with the @BBCCO & all these guys for @BBCRadio3 & @BBCRadio2. All tagged Plus the lovely #charlottepage thanks to @Robin_Rayner & @julianpbird pic.twitter.com/x5C1rEB2tt

— Ben Forster (@thebenforster) May 24, 2018

Alexandra Burke picked up some new skills

A rousing end to the first half of #ENOChess as the brilliant @alexandramusic has a go at conducting members of the ENO Chorus offstage during a performance!
Filmed by ENO Chorus member Pablo Strong. pic.twitter.com/HODN1zSHEK

— EnglishNationalOpera (@E_N_O) May 22, 2018