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Elf musical gets London premiere

Published: 9 February 2015

Elf, the hit musical based on Jon Favreau’s much-loved Christmas film starring Will Ferrell, will receive its London premiere at the Dominion Theatre next winter. The production, which opened in… Read More

Shakespeare In Love to close in April

Published: 6 February 2015

Lee Hall’s acclaimed adaptation of Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard’s romantic comedy Shakespeare In Love will end its run at the Noël Coward Theatre on 18 April. Declan Donnellan’s production,… Read More

New audience record set in 2014

Published: 6 February 2015

London’s theatres were bursting at the seams with audiences in 2014, box office figures released today show, with 14,744,887 theatregoers attending a performance last year. The total, the highest ever… Read More

Rory Kinnear leads Young Vic season

Published: 6 February 2015

Rory Kinnear and Romola Garai will lead the casts of two new productions of Franz Kafka’s The Trial and Measure For Measure when they open at the Young Vic as… Read More

West End dons Kinky Boots this summer

Published: 6 February 2015

Following months of rumours and anticipation, Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots has confirmed it will make its West End debut this summer at London’s Adelphi Theatre. The big-hearted, high-spirited… Read More

In conversation: The Nether

Published: 5 February 2015

Jennifer Haley’s The Nether was one of the most talked about new plays of 2014. Strike that; it was one of the most talked about productions, new or old, musical… Read More

Arts revives Beautiful Thing

Published: 5 February 2015

Nikolai Foster’s acclaimed anniversary production of Jonathan Harvey’s seminal comedy Beautiful Thing will return to the Arts Theatre this summer for a limited six week run. Former EastEnders star Charlie… Read More

New shows added to Tricycle season

Published: 5 February 2015

The Tricycle Theatre will present two new shows – Mozart’s Don Giovanni and a new production of Come In! Sit Down! by The MUJU Crew – in addition to its… Read More

Michael Flatley returns to be Lord

Published: 4 February 2015

Michael Flatley will appear in a limited number of performances of Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games when the hit Irish dance spectacular returns to London’s West End next month.… Read More

Globe’s Malfi to debut in cinemas

Published: 4 February 2015

Shakespeare’s Globe’s production of The Duchess Of Malfi starring Gemma Arterton will receive its big screen debut on 26 February when it’s screened in cinemas worldwide as part of Shakespeare’s… Read More

Curious Incident gets extended run

Published: 3 February 2015

The National Theatre’s seven-time Olivier Award-winning production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time has extended its booking period at the Gielgud Theatre until 24 October 2015.… Read More

War Horse extends with new cast

Published: 2 February 2015

The hugely popular West End production of War Horse has confirmed it will continue to entertain theatregoers into 2016, extending its booking period at the New London Theatre to next… Read More

Sunny Afternoon extends again

Published: 2 February 2015

Sunny Afternoon, the hit West End musical featuring songs by The Kinks, has extended its booking period for a third time and will now play at the Harold Pinter Theatre… Read More

Actress Geraldine McEwan dies

Published: 2 February 2015

British actress Geraldine McEwan, who was best known for playing Agatha Christie’s TV sleuth Miss Marple, has died at the age of 82. Though renowned for her role as the… Read More

Ghost Stories scares until March

Published: 2 February 2015

Ghost Stories will bring its West End reign of terror to a close next month when the show plays its final performance at the Arts Theatre on 15 March. Racking… Read More

Punchdrunk’s family show reveals crew

Published: 30 January 2015

Casting has been announced for Against Captain’s Orders: A Journey Into The Uncharted, Punchdrunk’s forthcoming collaboration with the National Maritime Museum for six to 12-year-olds and their families. The theatrical… Read More

In pictures: The Ruling Class gala night

Published: 30 January 2015

As James McAvoy took to the stage – and a unicycle – in the premiere of Jamie Lloyd’s production of The Ruling Class on Wednesday, stars soon to appear in… Read More

New Sinatra tribute to play Palladium

Published: 30 January 2015

The iconic music of Frank Sinatra will fill one of the capital’s most iconic venues this summer with the world premiere of Sinatra At The London Palladium. The tribute show,… Read More

Di And Viv And Rose

Published: 30 January 2015

What’s it all about? Di And Viv And Rose is a warm, witty, charming, comfortable, endearing drama about friendship, specifically the enduring friendship between three women who meet at university… Read More

Just Jim Dale plays West End

Published: 30 January 2015

Tony Award winner Jim Dale will bring his New York hit one-man show Just Jim Dale to the Vaudeville Theatre this summer in an appearance that will mark the 50th… Read More

Critics’ Circle Awards: winners’ reactions

Published: 30 January 2015

“London theatre is the fulcrum of British theatre.” So spoke Jonathan Kent at the Critics’ Circle Awards earlier this week. The director of the only show not yet staged in… Read More

Wicked extends to April 2016

Published: 30 January 2015

Fans of hit musical Wicked have even longer to catch the untold tale of the witches of Oz after the London show announced it has extended its booking period at… Read More

In pictures: Playwrights at work

Published: 29 January 2015

The act of writing is about as romantic an idea as they come. For centuries, people have fallen in love with the idea of locking themselves up in rooms with… Read More

Alex Ferns leads Trafalgar’s The Father

Published: 29 January 2015

Alex Ferns (pictured left) and Emily Dobbs will lead the cast of August Strindberg’s The Father when Laurie Slade’s new version of the drama receives its London premiere at the… Read More

The Ruling Class

Published: 29 January 2015

What’s it all about? When the 13th Earl of Gurney accidentally kills himself during his daily erotic asphyxiation routine, the Earl’s entire estate is left to his son Jack. This… Read More

The Hard Problem

Published: 29 January 2015

What’s it all about? Consciousness, duality and the philosophical and psychological debate of altruism vs egoism. Feeling daunted? Don’t be. Tom Stoppard’s much anticipated first play for almost ten years… Read More

Video Exclusive: Backstage at Wicked

Published: 28 January 2015

What a Wicked treat! We don’t want to break the magic, but taking a peek backstage at one of the West End’s favourite musicals is as rare as a six… Read More

A theatrical Valentine’s survival guide

Published: 28 January 2015

Whatever your romantic status, Valentine’s Day is looming with just over two weeks to go to the big day. Whether you’re happily single, looking for love or have been married… Read More

Rory Mullarkey adapts Globe Oresteia

Published: 28 January 2015

Rory Mullarkey, who won the 2014 George Devine Award for his play The Wolf From The Door, is to adapt Aeschylus’ Oresteia for Shakespeare’s Globe. The new version of the… Read More

Hello/Goodbye

Published: 28 January 2015

What’s it all about? Album sleeve designer and McDonald’s toy collector Alex is moving into his new flat. The boxes are in and he’s beginning to unpack his beloved framed… Read More

Casts announced for NT’s spring

Published: 28 January 2015

Full casts have been announced for two productions playing as part of Nicholas Hytner’s final season as Director of the National Theatre; the Ralph Fiennes’ led Man And Superman and… Read More

Dara

Published: 28 January 2015

What’s it all about? A gripping cocktail of Shakespearean history play, Game Of Thrones-style epic legend, fairytale and modern theatremaking, Dara is a tale of warring brothers. First performed by… Read More

Beverley Knight stays in Memphis to July

Published: 28 January 2015

Beverley Knight will continue to entertain London audiences as Felicia in the hit West End production of Memphis The Musical until July after extending her run in the acclaimed London… Read More

In The Night Garden arrives in London

Published: 27 January 2015

Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka will leave the comfort of their magical forest to entertain families in London this summer when In The Night Garden Live, a musical theatre… Read More

In rehearsal: Harvey

Published: 27 January 2015

Rehearsals have begun for the forthcoming West End arrival of the award-winning comedy Harvey and while we can spot at least two Olivier Award winners behind their scripts, there’s not… Read More

Made In Dagenham confirms April end

Published: 27 January 2015

Made In Dagenham has announced it will conclude its run at the Adelphi Theatre on 11 April, extending its booking period by a final two weeks to enable more theatregoers… Read More

Transfers lead Critics’ Circle Awards

Published: 27 January 2015

A View From The Bridge, The Nether and Gypsy, which will all transfer to the West End in the coming weeks and months, will start their Theatreland runs on the… Read More

Lynda Baron reprises Stevie role

Published: 27 January 2015

Lynda Baron and Chris Larkin will join Zoë Wanamaker in the forthcoming transfer of Hugh Whitemore’s Stevie at the Hampstead Theatre. Directed by Christopher Morahan, the biographical snapshot of poet… Read More

Taken At Midnight

Published: 27 January 2015

What it’s all about? The little known story of Hans Litten, a German lawyer who put Adolf Hitler on the stand in a trial against four storm troopers. Two years… Read More

Charlie extends to June 2016

Published: 27 January 2015

The Theatre Royal Drury Lane will keep its sugary coating until at least 4 June 2016 after Sam Mendes’ hit musical Charlie And The Chocolate Factory announced a seven month… Read More

My Night With Reg

Published: 26 January 2015

What it’s it all about? Love, friendship, longing, loss and everything in between, all played out in one man’s London where a dinner party is followed in swift succession by… Read More

Menier recruits new Assassins

Published: 23 January 2015

Michael Xavier and Anna Francolini will join the cast of Jamie Lloyd’s acclaimed production of dark musical Assassins next month as two of its original cast members depart to fulfil… Read More

Cast to play Game at Almeida revealed

Published: 23 January 2015

Daniel Cerqueira, Clare Burt and Jodie McNee are amongst the cast announced to lead Mike Bartlett’s highly anticipated new play Game at the Almeida Theatre next month. The production, which… Read More

West End LIVE confirms 2015 dates

Published: 23 January 2015

The world’s biggest celebration of musical theatre, West End LIVE in association with MasterCard, will this year take place on 20 and 21 June, returning to its home in London’s… Read More

Bradley Cooper confirms West End debut

Published: 23 January 2015

Bradley Cooper will make his West End debut in The Elephant Man when the Broadway production transfers to the Theatre Royal Haymarket for a strictly limited season in May. The… Read More

Cast announced for Suchet’s Earnest

Published: 23 January 2015

A cast including Michael Benz, Philip Cumbus and Imogen Doel will join David Suchet when he takes to the stage as Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance Of Being… Read More

Lara Pulver reprises Gypsy role

Published: 23 January 2015

Lara Pulver and Peter Davison will join Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton in Chichester Festival Theatre’s acclaimed production of the musical Gypsy when it transfers to the West End in… Read More

John Goodman joins American Buffalo

Published: 23 January 2015

John Goodman, the US star of The Big Lebowski and The Artist, will join Damian Lewis in the West End production of David Mamet’s American Buffalo. The heist drama, which… Read More

Bad Jews

Published: 22 January 2015

What’s it all about? Three Jewish cousins at war over a family heirloom, one claustrophobic New York studio flat and an unfortunate girlfriend caught in the crossfire of their vitriolic… Read More

Gary Watson joins Jersey Boys

Published: 22 January 2015

Gary Watson will take over the role of Nick Massi in the West End production of Jersey Boys as the hit musical prepares to celebrate its seventh birthday in March.… Read More

Introducing… Lewis Reeves

Published: 21 January 2015

Two hours after I’d spoken to Lewis Reeves during a break in technical rehearsals for My Night With Reg, controversy breaks. His bare bottom has been deemed unsuitable by TfL… Read More

NT offers free screenings for schools

Published: 21 January 2015

Three of the National Theatre’s recent acclaimed productions – Frankenstein, Hamlet and Othello – will be available free to every secondary school classroom in the UK as part of the… Read More

The Changeling at the Globe theatre

Published: 21 January 2015

What’s it all about? Lust, love, passion, murder and finger removal. After meeting the handsomely bearded Alsemero in church, Beatrice decides she must marry the dashing chap. I say marry,… Read More

Chiwetel Ejiofor leads Rufus Norris’ NT

Published: 21 January 2015

Academy Award nominated actor Chiwetel Ejiofor will lead Rufus Norris’ first season as Director of the National Theatre to star in a new version of Everyman by Poet Laureate Carol… Read More

Bend It Like Beckham extends to October

Published: 20 January 2015

The forthcoming musical theatre adaptation of Bend It Like Beckham has added extra time to its West End run after extending its booking period to 24 October. An additional 200,000… Read More

MyAnna Buring to star in The Wasp

Published: 20 January 2015

MyAnna Buring and Sinéad Matthews will star in Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s disquieting thriller The Wasp when it begins its run at the Hampstead Downstairs later this month. The tale of… Read More

Greg Wise leads Park’s Kill Me Now

Published: 16 January 2015

Greg Wise will return to the London stage after an absence of almost two decades to star in the European premiere of Brad Fraser’s Kill Me Now at the Park… Read More

Nicholas Pinnock to star in The Royale

Published: 16 January 2015

Nicholas Pinnock will have a heavy weight on his shoulders in March when he takes to the stage of the Bush Theatre to play world boxing champion Jay Jackson in… Read More

Felicity Kendal to lead Hay Fever

Published: 15 January 2015

Felicity Kendal will lead the cast of Noël Coward’s Hay Fever when the Theatre Royal Bath production arrives at the Duke of York’s Theatre in April. The revival, which is… Read More

Q&A: Bad Jews

Published: 15 January 2015

Bad Jews, Joshua Harmon’s acerbic tale of acid-tongued family members vying for the possession of a grandfather’s heirloom, arrives at the St James Theatre with more than a hint of… Read More

Harvey confirms West End run

Published: 15 January 2015

Dates for the forthcoming West End run of Mary Chase’s iconic comedy Harvey, starring the previously announced James Dreyfus alongside Olivier Award winner Maureen Lipman, have now been confirmed. The… Read More

Amy Morgan leads Globe’s Broken Heart

Published: 15 January 2015

Mr Selfridge star Amy Morgan will appear alongside Owen Teale and Luke Thompson in Shakespeare’s Globe’s forthcoming production of The Broken Heart at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Morgan, who plays… Read More

Othello

Published: 15 January 2015

What’s it all about? This is Shakespeare’s story of jealousy, paranoia and prejudice as you’ve never seen it before. Stripped down to its bare bones – that’s 100 minutes straight… Read More

The Railway Children at the Kings Cross theatre

Published: 15 January 2015

What’s it all about? This Olivier Award-winning show is based on E Nesbit’s classic 1906 novel about three children who move with their mother to the countryside after their father… Read More

NT Live shows A View From Bridge

Published: 15 January 2015

The Mark Strong-led Young Vic production of A View From The Bridge, which transfers to London’s Wyndham’s Theatre next month, will be screened worldwide as part of National Theatre Live… Read More

Liberian Girl

Published: 14 January 2015

What’s it all about? This debut play from Diana Nneka Atuona is a harrowing tale of brutality and survival set during the first Liberian Civil War of the late 80s… Read More

Tiger Country to be screened worldwide

Published: 14 January 2015

Nina Raine’s acclaimed production of Tiger Country will be streamed live to audiences worldwide on the final night of its run at the Hampstead Theatre next week. A free streaming… Read More

Cast announced for Tricycle’s Multitudes

Published: 14 January 2015

Full casting has been announced for the Tricycle Theatre’s forthcoming production of Multitudes, which will see Navin Chowdhry, Clare Calbraith and Jacqueline King take to the stage in the world… Read More

Wicked writing competition returns

Published: 14 January 2015

For the fifth year running, the West End’s most magical musical Wicked is inviting creative young people aged between five and 25-years-old to kick their imagination into gear and enter… Read More

Q&A: Lauren Ward

Published: 13 January 2015

There’s a pleasing mirroring between life and art when US-born acclaimed actor Lauren Ward admits if she weren’t acting she would devote her life to children in need of a… Read More

Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown

Published: 13 January 2015

What’s it all about? A group of neurotic females whose problems range from cheating lovers and estranged husbands to sleeping with terrorists, and for whom valium is the answer to… Read More

Former EastEnder leads Court Fireworks

Published: 13 January 2015

Nabil Elouahabi, former star of EastEnders and Top Boy, will appear in new Palestinian play Fireworks when it runs at the Royal Court next month. Elouahabi, who played Tariq in… Read More

Beyond Bollywood heads to West End

Published: 12 January 2015

A brand new musical celebrating the colourful, exuberant cultural history of India, Beyond Bollywood, will receive its West End premiere at the London Palladium this summer. Fresh from its sell-out… Read More

Lyric revive Secret Theatre plays

Published: 12 January 2015

The Lyric Hammersmith’s Secret Theatre season will be given a fittingly unique grand finale next month when the company performs every show that has played as part of the project… Read More

New Horrible Histories for summer

Published: 9 January 2015

A third instalment of the much-loved family show Horrible Histories – Barmy Britain will take to the West End stage this summer with the promise that it’s the most horrible… Read More
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