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Beautiful extends to 2017

Published: 24 February 2016

Olivier Award-winning hit musical Beautiful – The Carole King Musical has celebrated its first West End birthday by extending its run to 18 February 2017. The news comes in a… Read More

Q&A: The Father’s Kenneth Cranham

Published: 24 February 2016

Cards on the table; The Father’s star Kenneth Cranham pretty much made us cry when Official London Theatre met him at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards. He was collecting the… Read More

Audience Award 2016: Charlie

Published: 24 February 2016

Sam Mendes’ take on Roald Dahl’s much loved children’s story is confection perfection. The tale of a reclusive chocolate-making mastermind Willy Wonka, his iconic factory and golden ticket winner Charlie… Read More

Young Vic reveals winter season

Published: 23 February 2016

The return of Isango Ensemble, a revival of Once In A Lifetime, a new play from the team behind Kafka’s Monkey and a new adaptation by Conor McPherson will all… Read More

Bush Theatre launches £4 million revamp

Published: 23 February 2016

The Bush Theatre is to spend £4 million developing its home at the Old Library to add a new studio theatre, increase accessibility, double bar and café space, and revamp… Read More

Meera Syal joins Romeo And Juliet

Published: 23 February 2016

Meera Syal is to join the previously announced Richard Madden, Lily James and Derek Jacobi in the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s Romeo And Juliet when Shakespeare’s play runs at London’s… Read More

Charlie to close Chocolate Factory in 2017

Published: 23 February 2016

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory is to end its run at the West End’s iconic Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 2017, having become the third longest-running show at the historic… Read More

Audience Award 2016: Beautiful

Published: 23 February 2016

Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is a newcomer to the Magic Radio Audience Award in 2016. The tale of the titular singer/songwriter opened in London’s West End in February… Read More

Old Vic’s Jekyll And Hyde reveals cast

Published: 22 February 2016

Daniel Collins, Tim Hodges and Rachel Muldoon will lead the cast of The Old Vic’s forthcoming radical dance retelling of the legendary story Jekyll And Hyde. Collins will star as… Read More

David Hare satire premieres at Arts

Published: 22 February 2016

Max Stafford-Clark has teamed up with prolific playwrights including David Hare and Caryl Churchill to create A View From Islington North, an evening of short political plays that will premiere… Read More

Nicole Kidman wins WhatsOnStage Award

Published: 22 February 2016

Nicole Kidman and Benedict Cumberbatch were crowned Best Actress and Best Actor in a Play at the WhatsOnStage Awards this weekend as 2016’s theatrical season of prize-giving gets into full… Read More

Video: The War Of The Worlds press night

Published: 19 February 2016

With a few of the catchiest riffs in music history – we know, we’re still singing them – an alien attack craft, Liam Neeson in holographic form, and David ‘Rock… Read More

A day in the life: Nell Gwynn’s canine star

Published: 19 February 2016

It doesn’t matter if you’re a Bond girl. It doesn’t matter if you’re an award-winning playwright. It doesn’t even matter if you’ve somehow managed to recreate Shakespeare’s Globe for an… Read More

Ron Cook joins Donmar’s Faith Healer

Published: 19 February 2016

Ron Cook will star alongside the previously announced Gina McKee and Stephen Dillane in the Donmar Warehouse’s forthcoming production of Brian Friel’s Faith Healer. The trio will be directed by… Read More

Jessica Raine makes Court debut in X

Published: 19 February 2016

Jericho star Jessica Raine will return to the London stage in March, when she stars with Rudi Dharmalingam, Darrell D’Silva, James Harkness and Ria Zmitrowicz in Alistair McDowall’s new play… Read More

Dominic West joins Globe’s Walk

Published: 18 February 2016

Stars including Dominic West, Hayley Atwell, James Norton and Lindsay Duncan have joined the cast of Shakespeare’s Globe’s ambitious The Complete Walk project. An incredible line-up of famed performers from… Read More

In rehearsal: Breakfast At Tiffany’s

Published: 18 February 2016

It might be considered a bit rude to be curled up with a book if you’re meant to be rehearsing for one of the West End’s most anticipated shows opening… Read More

Brenton & Bartlett premieres for Hampstead

Published: 18 February 2016

Hampstead Theatre has announced its 2016 season will include world premieres of work by two of the UK’s most respected playwrights, Howard Brenton and Mike Bartlett. Brenton follows recent hits… Read More

The War Of The Worlds

Published: 18 February 2016

What’s it all about? Grumpy great aliens flying their nasty old spaceships over here and wreaking deadly havoc on humanity. More importantly, it’s about creating a visually spectacular staging for… Read More

Curious Incident extends Gielgud run

Published: 17 February 2016

Multi Olivier Award-winning hit The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time has extended its London run at the Gielgud Theatre to 29 October. More than 140,000 tickets have… Read More

Video: Mrs Henderson Presents press night

Published: 17 February 2016

New musical Mrs Henderson Presents has brought nude tableaux back to the London stage. Inspired by the women who appeared on stage at the Windmill Theatre, which refused to close… Read More

The Encounter

Published: 17 February 2016

What’s it all about? Inspired by Petru Popescu’s book Amazon Beaming, Simon McBurney takes audiences on an intimate journey into the Brazilian jungle to discover the sensational, disorientating story of… Read More

Boris takes to the West End stage

Published: 17 February 2016

Boris Johnson will leave City Hall behind and take to the stage of London’s Trafalgar Studios in April, as part of comedy play Boris: World King. Sort of. The real… Read More

Mrs Henderson Presents

Published: 17 February 2016

What’s it all about? You’ve heard of the Windmill Theatre? The one that pioneered nude tableaux as entertainment and resolutely remained open during the Blitz? This is its story. Sort… Read More

Meow Meow stars in Globe’s Dream

Published: 16 February 2016

Performance artist Meow Meow will make her Shakespeare’s Globe debut this summer, when she plays Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the first production to be directed by Emma Rice… Read More

Hand To God

Published: 16 February 2016

What's it about? A grieving family finding solace and purpose through the art of hand puppetry. But one of those hand puppets might just be the devil... Meet Tyrone. He's… Read More

Samantha Spiro joins Guys And Dolls

Published: 16 February 2016

Samantha Spiro, Richard Kind and Oliver Tompsett will replace Sophie Thompson, David Haig and Jamie Parker when hit musical Guys And Dolls transfers across London’s West End from the Savoy… Read More

Young Londoners take over Tricycle

Published: 15 February 2016

More than 500 young Londoners will take part in the Tricycle Theatre’s third and biggest ever Tricycle Takeover, its annual festival created and run by people aged 11 to 25-years-old.… Read More

Nell Gwynn

Published: 15 February 2016

What’s it all about? Cheeky orange seller turned stage phenomenon and lover to King Charles II, Nell Gwynn. It follows the filthy minded queen of the London stage from her… Read More

People, Places & Things extends

Published: 15 February 2016

The National Theatre’s critically acclaimed People, Places & Things will play an extra two weeks in the West End when it transfers to the Wyndham’s Theatre next month. Duncan Macmillan’s… Read More

The End Of Longing

Published: 12 February 2016

What’s it all about? The One with the alcoholic, the hooker, the neurotic and the simpleton. Let’s get it out of the way, Friends this is not. Its main draw… Read More

Exclusive: Miss Atomic Bomb rehearsal diary

Published: 12 February 2016

The undisputed King of West End musical puppetry, Simon Lipkin – he of The Lorax, I Can’t Sing: The X Factor Musical and Avenue Q – is in rehearsals for… Read More

Motown The Musical extends West End run

Published: 12 February 2016

Following its first London preview last night, Motown The Musical has released 200,000 extra tickets and extended its booking period to 18 February 2017. While the Broadway hit has yet… Read More

Musical Show Boat sails into London

Published: 12 February 2016

Sheffield Theatres’ hit production of Show Boat will make its musical way to the West End’s New London Theatre later this spring. The classic Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II… Read More

James Norton stars in Found111’s Bug

Published: 12 February 2016

War And Peace star James Norton will return to the London stage opposite Olivier Award nominee Kate Fleetwood in a 20th anniversary revival of Tracy Letts’ seminal play Bug next… Read More

In rehearsal: Welcome Home, Captain Fox!

Published: 11 February 2016

It’s not a sequel to Roald Dahl’s fantastic story. It doesn’t even feature an ocean-going forest-dweller. We looked into Welcome Home, Captain Fox’s rehearsals to find out more. If we’re… Read More

Tim Crouch, 3 words & 1 Unicorn hit

Published: 11 February 2016

If you’ve ever grappled with putting pen to paper to write a script, creating a show with just three words may sound like a bit of a shortcut. But, as… Read More

St James premieres US hit play Sideways

Published: 11 February 2016

The stage adaptation of Rex Pickett’s novel Sideways, on which the Oscar-winning film was based, will receive its UK and European premiere when it plays at London’s St James Theatre… Read More

Cirque Berserk!

Published: 10 February 2016

What’s it all about? Take every act you might expect from your traditional circus show, add in a healthy wallop of those you might not, and garnish with the visual… Read More

In his words: Motown’s Charles Randolph-Wright

Published: 10 February 2016

As Motown The Musical takes to the stage at the Shaftesbury Theatre, director Charles Randolph-Wright tells us why bringing the hit show, which charts the rise of the world’s most… Read More

Haymarket sees How The Other Half Loves

Published: 9 February 2016

Alan Ayckbourn’s marital comedy How The Other Half Loves will play a short London season this spring when Alan Strachan revives the classic at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 23… Read More

In rehearsal: The War Of The Worlds

Published: 9 February 2016

“No-one would have believed, in the last years of the 19th century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space.” Or that in the 21st that… Read More

Stiles and Drewe launch mentorship award

Published: 9 February 2016

The musical theatre team behind Honk! and Betty Blue Eyes, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, have launched a new award offering its winner mentorship and support in developing a new… Read More

Matilda musical stages third relaxed show

Published: 9 February 2016

Matilda The Musical is to stage its third relaxed performance, aimed at the families of theatregoers with autism and learning disabilities, on Sunday 12 June at London’s Cambridge Theatre. The… Read More

Menier unveils star cast for The Truth

Published: 9 February 2016

Frances O’Connor, Tanya Franks, Alexander Hanson and Robert Portal will star in Florian Zeller’s The Truth when it receives its UK premiere at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory next month. The… Read More

Video: Hand To God’s Tyrone and Harry

Published: 8 February 2016

I don’t get star-struck, not any more. But I was nervous about meeting one of Broadway’s biggest stars. Tyrone McHansely set the Great White Way alight with his astonishing, bold,… Read More

The Winter’s Tale at the Sam Wannamaker playhouse

Published: 8 February 2016

What’s it all about? Arguably Shakespeare’s most ludicrous character, the insanely jealous without any justification Leontes, sets in motion a devastating series of events when he accuses his wife of… Read More

Exclusive: First look at Curtain Up

Published: 8 February 2016

One of the most joyous aspects of working in theatre is the occasional chance to step behind the curtain and see the incredible work that goes into creating a show… Read More

Amanda Drew joins London’s The Father

Published: 8 February 2016

Evening Standard Theatre Award winner Kenneth Cranham will be joined in The Father by acclaimed actress Amanda Drew when the hit play returns to the London stage this spring. The… Read More

In The Heights extends London stay

Published: 8 February 2016

Hit musical In The Heights has lengthened its run in London and will now play at the King’s Cross Theatre until 30 October. The hugely popular show has added six… Read More

Sheridan Smith’s Funny Girl extends

Published: 5 February 2016

Funny Girl, the hit musical starring Sheridan Smith, has extended its London run at the Savoy Theatre two months before it begins at the West End venue. The production, which… Read More

Beverley Knight brings back Bodyguard

Published: 5 February 2016

Soul star turned stage sensation Beverley Knight will return to the London stage this summer when she brings hit musical The Bodyguard to the West End’s Dominion Theatre. Knight will… Read More

Michael Crawford makes London stage return

Published: 5 February 2016

Musical theatre legend Michael Crawford will return to London theatre later this spring when he leads the cast of The Go-Between’s West End premiere. The former star of The Phantom… Read More

Amber Riley to lead London Dreamgirls

Published: 4 February 2016

Glee star Amber Riley will lead the London cast of Dreamgirls when the Tony Award-winning musical opens at the Savoy Theatre in November. The UK premiere of the musical about… Read More

The Master Builder at the Old Vic

Published: 4 February 2016

What’s it all about? What happens when a fresh-faced young woman comes into the life of an arrogant aging architect. It’s not necessarily as seedy as you might be thinking,… Read More

The Railway Children extends

Published: 4 February 2016

The hugely popular Olivier Award-winning family hit The Railway Children has extended its run at the King’s Cross Theatre to 30 October. The show, that brings E Nesbit’s classic children’s… Read More

Andrew Garfield returns to National stage

Published: 3 February 2016

The Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield will return to the National Theatre stage in 2017, leading the cast of a revival of seminal drama Angels In America. Garfield’s NT comeback,… Read More

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Published: 3 February 2016

What’s it all about? It’s 1927. In a Chicago recording studio four black musicians and two white studio executives await the arrival of the legendary blues singer Ma Rainey. As… Read More

Mark Curry joins Wicked

Published: 3 February 2016

Former Blue Peter presenter Mark Curry will join the cast of London’s hit musical Wicked this spring to take on the pivotal role of The Wizard. The radio and television… Read More

Exclusive: Sarah Solemani on NYT

Published: 2 February 2016

National Youth Theatre (NYT) is special. Really special. It’s the only acting organisation for young people we can think of that not only trains you to a professional standard but… Read More

Red Velvet at the Garrick theatre

Published: 2 February 2016

What’s it all about? There’s a good chance you have heard of Lolita Chakrabarti’s play already. One of the Tricycle Theatre’s greatest successes in recent years, it premiered at the… Read More

OLT’s ideal West End Valentine’s Day

Published: 2 February 2016

Ah, Valentine’s Day, the day of the year where you love your spouse/partner/latest Tinder find more than any other. What better way to express your joy at having them in… Read More

Iphigenia In Splott

Published: 1 February 2016

What’s it all about? Effie, a woman whose life is an endless cocktail of fury, emptiness, ingesting anything that will help, recovering and starting again. Until one night the cycle… Read More

The Mother extends Tricycle run

Published: 29 January 2016

In the latest success for French playwright Florian Zeller on the London stage, the Tricycle Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of his drama, The Mother, has extended its run. The show,… Read More

Helen McCrory makes NT return

Published: 29 January 2016

Helen McCrory will reunite with acclaimed director Carrie Cracknell to star in a new production of Terence Rattigan’s classic drama The Deep Blue Sea at the National Theatre this June.… Read More

Escaped Alone

Published: 29 January 2016

What’s it all about? The end of days juxtapositioned against the most normal of days. Four retired women sit in a garden on a blue skied English afternoon. As the… Read More

Cast confirmed for Branagh’s Painkiller

Published: 29 January 2016

Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon will be joined by Mark Hadfield, Claudie Blakley, Marcus Fraser and Alex Macqueen in London’s upcoming production of comic play The Painkiller. Sean Foley’s adaptation… Read More

Jersey Boys announces new cast

Published: 29 January 2016

Matt Corner will lead a brand new leading cast of West End hit Jersey Boys in the biggest shakeup of the company since its London premiere in 2008. For the… Read More

Wicked extends run into 2017

Published: 29 January 2016

The West End’s most magical musical Wicked has announced it has extended its booking period at the Apollo Victoria Theatre to 29 April 2017. Demonstrating just how loved the Oz-set… Read More

Hit musical Kinky Boots extends in London

Published: 29 January 2016

Fabulous high-heeled musical theatre hit Kinky Boots has proved a sparkling, sassy success with London’s theatre lovers, and is extending its run at the Adelphi Theatre to 24 September 2016.… Read More

Dominic Cooper is West End’s Libertine

Published: 29 January 2016

Dominic Cooper will return to the London stage this September to star in Stephen Jeffreys’ hedonistic drama The Libertine at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Olivier and Tony Award winner Terry… Read More

Cast of debutants lead Court’s I See You

Published: 28 January 2016

A cast of seven performers entirely new to the Royal Court Theatre will perform I See You in the theatre’s Upstairs space when acclaimed actor Noma Dumezweni makes her directorial… Read More

In rehearsal: Nell Gwynn

Published: 28 January 2016

In exactly one week’s time, Gemma Arterton will take to the stage for the very first time as legendary actress Nell Gywnn and, if these photos from the rehearsal room… Read More

Matt Barber joins Breakfast At Tiffany’s

Published: 28 January 2016

Downton Abbey’s Matt Barber will play Pixie Lott’s on stage love interest in the forthcoming West End run of Breakfast At Tiffany’s this summer. Barber will play Fred opposite Lott’s… Read More

Video: The Great Matilda Bake Off

Published: 27 January 2016

It seems Matilda The Musical has some rather unusual initiations when new cast members join its multiple Olivier Award-winning company. Rather than putting them through their paces in the dance… Read More
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