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Published: 29 August 2014
West End stars Hadley Fraser and Caroline Sheen will come together in September to workshop a new musical by Stuart Matthew Price and Timothy Knapman, Before After. The pair, who… Read More
Director Jamie Lloyd has withdrawn from directing the highly anticipated forthcoming musical adaptation of Back To The Future. The Artistic Director of the Trafalgar Transformed season has left the project… Read More
Audiences will have the chance to watch Hollywood star Gemma Arterton in her musical debut for just £15 following the news that Made In Dagenham has released 15,000 tickets at… Read More
The Park Theatre’s revival of David Hare’s Vertical Hour has added Cameron Cuffe, Pepter Lunkuse and Finlay Robertson to a cast that already included Thusitha Jayasundera and Peter Davison. Cuffe,… Read More
Young performers eager to be The Lion King’s next Young Simba or Young Nala will have the opportunity to audition for the show’s Cub School at an open call on… Read More
The Woman In Black has extended its run at the Fortune Theatre, taking its more than a quarter of a century West End run to 25 July 2015. One of… Read More
George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was on hand at the Theatre Royal Brighton today to launch the government’s new theatre tax relief that comes into effect on 1… Read More
Once’s current Girl, Jill Winternitz will star alongside Ronan Keating when the pop star joins the cast of the hit West End musical in November. Winternitz, who took over from… Read More
Simon Paisley Day will reprise his role in Urinetown The Musical alongside Nathan Amzi and Matthew Seadon-Young when the production transfers to the Apollo Theatre next month. Sherlock and Being… Read More
Leading comedic performers Adrian Edmondson, Miles Jupp, Neil Morrissey and Robert Webb will star in a 20th anniversary West End production of Tim Firth’s classic comedy Neville’s Island this autumn.… Read More
Published: 28 August 2014
People are queuing around the block to get into Clarks, the Great British Bake-Off is down to just eight contestants – and one very controversial pedal bin… – and Stylist… Read More
Jake Canuso, James Dreyfuss, Matt Evers, Jill Halfpenny, Helen Lederer and Harriet Thorpe may not have a Cluedo what they’ve let themselves in for when they signed up as special… Read More
The 2013 Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of To Kill A Mockingbird is to be revived at the Barbican Theatre in the summer of 2015. The stage adaptation of… Read More
Published: 27 August 2014
Stephen Sondheim song cycle Marry Me A Little will return to the St James Studio this autumn following a successful run at the Victoria venue earlier this summer. The production,… Read More
The crises of family life are at the heart of the trio of plays presented in the Hampstead Theatre’s Downstairs space this autumn/winter. James Fritz’s Four Minutes Twelve Seconds, which… Read More
Terry Deary and Neal Foster’s hit family treat Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain Part Two! will return to the Garrick Theatre this Christmas following its current summer residency at the West… Read More
Published: 26 August 2014
As the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge floods social media with hordes of shivering fundraisers donating to Motor Neurone Disease charities, the West End’s finest have got in on the chilly… Read More
Following a UK tour and run at the St James Theatre, The Trials Of Oscar Wilde will transfer to the West End for a strictly limited four week season at… Read More
Jamie Lloyd will direct Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Tony Award-winning musical Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory this winter. The latest Sondheim offering from the London Bridge venue –… Read More
Legendary screen actor Richard Attenborough had died at the age of 90. The hugely respected performer, writer and director passed away on 24 August. Born in 1923 in Cambridge, Attenborough… Read More
Published: 22 August 2014
We’re two-thirds through Kids Week and thousands of children have been flooding through Theatreland’s doors to enjoy a theatrical treat as part of our Kids Go Free campaign. Running alongside… Read More
Aliens Love Underpants. We all know that. Well, those of us with toddlers do anyway. But why? What is it about undercrackers that make them irresistible? And which are the… Read More
Most shows, unlike vampires, do not live forever. The Mousetrap is an exception to the rule. The final curtain is set to fall on West End vampire tale Let The… Read More
As Michael Flatley prepares to jig his way back onto the London stage early next month, the Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games cast, including former Girls Aloud singer Nadine… Read More
Shakespeare In Love, the stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning film, has proved so popular with London theatre audiences that it will extend its run at the Noël Coward Theatre until… Read More
Game Of Thrones star Harry Lloyd will return to the London stage this autumn when he stars in the transfer of Dostoyevsky’s Notes From Underground at the Print Room. The… Read More
Published: 21 August 2014
The Almeida Theatre has announced the full cast that will join award-winning US actor and director David Cromer in the transfer of his New York hit production of Our Town.… Read More
Charity Wakefield, Bryan Dick, Rebecca Grant and Oliver Hembrough will play four aspiring writers mentored by Roger Allam’s cantankerous Leonard in the Hampstead Theatre production of Seminar this autumn. The… Read More
An influx of head-wobbling, Liverpudlian-accented musicians who want to hold your hand and twist and shout are expected at the Garrick Theatre on 3 September, as hit Beatles show Let… Read More
Published: 20 August 2014
The world premiere of renowned theatre company Oily Cart’s latest children’s show, There Was An Old Woman, will play as part of the Southbank Centre’s packed autumn/winter family season. The… Read More
Published: 19 August 2014
Miss Saigon will celebrate its 25th birthday next month with a special gala performance in which cast members from the original production will reunite to join the West End’s current… Read More
Jane Horrocks and Ayub Khan Din’s on stage East Is East family for the forthcoming revival of Din’s award-winning comedy at the Trafalgar Studios has been announced. Amit Shah, Nathan… Read More
Published: 15 August 2014
Stephen Macdonald’s Not About Heroes, a World War I drama charting the friendship of two of the greatest war poets, will end its forthcoming UK tour with an autumn run… Read More
Cynthia Erivo will join Harriet Walter in Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female production of Henry IV when it opens at the Donmar Warehouse this autumn. The actress, who joins other previously announced… Read More
Published: 14 August 2014
“Nothing he writes is ever not funny”, Max Stafford-Clark says of Richard Bean in Shakespeare’s Globe’s recent video in which the writer and director talk about the upcoming London premiere… Read More
Published: 13 August 2014
The St James Theatre is soon to welcome through its doors everything from a new comedy about lesbians trying for a baby to revivals of a Chekhov classic and Emlyn… Read More
The West Wing’s Richard Schiff will star alongside London stage veteran actor Nigel Lindsay in autumn’s much-anticipated Speed-The-Plow in which Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan will make her stage debut. The… Read More
Published: 12 August 2014
The Royal Court will stage a new play written by Palestinian writer Dalia Taha and inspired by recent events at the Sloane Square venue next year. The piece, entitled Fireworks… Read More
Published: 11 August 2014
Southwark Playhouse will present the epic story of a brave rabbit samurai warrior this Christmas, with the world premiere of a family adaptation of Stan Sakai’s iconic comic book series… Read More
If you live in London, you can’t turn a corner without seeing Lucy Briggs-Owen and Tom Bateman adorning the side of a bus or staring out at you wistfully from… Read More
Calvin Demba will return to the Royal Court next month to star alongside Anna Chancellor in Rory Mullarkey’s The Wolf From The Door. The production, which is directed by James… Read More
Lucy Punch will lead the cast of Great Britain when the hit National Theatre production transfers to the West End next month. The Bad Teacher star replaces Billie Piper as… Read More
Published: 8 August 2014
Families will be reacquainted with Julia Donaldson’s kind-hearted witch, disgruntled cat and their decreasingly spacious broomstick this Christmas as the Lyric Theatre makes room for the West End return of… Read More
Hit Oz-based musical Wicked has become the 14th longest-running musical in West End history after surpassing the run of Me And My Girl. The 1985 production of Noel Gay’s classic… Read More
Stewart Clarke, Zoë Rainey and Laura Pitt-Pulford will star in a new musical adaptation of The Return Of The Soldier when it receives its world premiere at the Jermyn Street… Read More
Hetty Feather is yet to officially set foot on the Vaudeville Theatre’s stage when I meet with author Jacqueline Wilson and adaptor Emma Reeves to talk about the feisty Victorian… Read More
Published: 7 August 2014
What’s it all about? Jacqueline Wilson’s Victorian heroine, of course. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Hetty Feather, she’s a feisty fearless foundling who is taken into foster… Read More
Published: 5 August 2014
Bad Education’s Kae Alexander, Sunshine On Leith’s Kevin Guthrie and London Irish’s Kerr Logan will star in the Royal Court’s hacking drama Teh Internet Is Serious Business. The trio is… Read More
There aren’t many occasions when you find yourself in the company of underwear-clad aliens, a Hawaiian shirt-sporting ghost elephant and some of Britain’s best-loved children’s authors, but that was the… Read More
Roger Allam is to return to the Hampstead Theatre this autumn when he stars as former novelist turned teacher Leonard in Theresa Rebeck’s comedy Seminar. In taking on the role… Read More
Published: 4 August 2014
Actors Isla Blair and David Cardy will join Gemma Arterton in the musical stage adaptation of hit film Made In Dagenham. The production opens at the Adelphi Theatre in November.… Read More
Published: 30 July 2014
Miss Saigon’s Rachelle Ann Go and Hugh Maynard, Mamma Mia!’s Dianne Pilkington and Olivier Award nominee Summer Strallen are among the stars who will perform in a cabaret to raise… Read More
Simon Callow will be acting Juvenal at the St James Theatre later this summer when he transfers Juvenalia to the Victoria venue direct from the Edinburgh Festival. The one-man show,… Read More
Published: 29 July 2014
London’s place as the theatre capital of the world was cemented today by a new report exploring the quantity of theatre available in the West End and beyond. According to… Read More
What better way to celebrate the glorious London summer sunshine, thought the Official London Theatre team, than experience a makeover fit for the Greek island paradise of Mamma Mia!? “The… Read More
What’s it all about? Tennessee Williams’ classic drama is renowned for its iconic leading role, Blanche DuBois, a woman who leaves her home in Laurel, Mississippi – for reasons we… Read More
What’s it all about? The Gershwins’ great folk opera reframed as a musical. No, this doesn’t mean jazz hands and high kicks. It means there’s just as much tragedy and… Read More
Published: 28 July 2014
The current West End production of Bakersfield Mist, starring Kathleen Turner and Ian McDiarmid, will end its run at the Duchess Theatre earlier than planned on 9 August. Stephen Sachs’… Read More
Natalie Casey will star in Chris Thompson’s new play Albion when it receives its world premiere at the Bush Theatre in September. Playing from 12 September to 25 October, Albion… Read More
Despite originating as an Oscar-winning movie, the stars of Shakespeare In Love, Tom Bateman and Lucy Briggs-Owen, are convinced the tale of poetry, love and a dog has found its… Read More
The Menier Chocolate Factory’s production of Forbidden Broadway will transfer to the West End this autumn after Nigel Harman’s production of Rabbit Hole starring Joanne Froggatt is forced to postpone… Read More
Published: 25 July 2014
Angela Griffin, best known for TV performances in Coronation Street and Mount Pleasant, has joined the cast of new comedy Breeders. The latest play from Ben Ockrent, which plays at… Read More
Natalie Mendoza will star as Imelda Marcos in the National Theatre’s forthcoming production of Here Lies Love, which opens in the newly refurbished Dorfman Theatre this autumn. The Hong Kong-born… Read More
What’s it all about? As the findings of Operation Yewtree continue to hit the headlines, the Royal Court’s latest production tackles the unthinkable subject of child abuse. Flitting between scenes… Read More
Liam Mower will return to Billy Elliot The Musical for one performance of the hit West End show when it is screened live to cinemas on 28 September. The actor… Read More
Published: 24 July 2014
What’s it all about? Billy the Bard has writer’s block. Desperate for inspiration, and cash, and with a play promised to two producers, he meets Viola De Lesseps, who gets… Read More
Published: 23 July 2014
Many, including Nicolas Kent, might have thought the former Artistic Director of the Tricycle Theatre had been finished with plays concerning Iraq when his tenure at the Kilburn venue came… Read More
David Bedella is to play Sweeney Todd in a new production of the Stephen Sondheim musical. The show will be the first in-house show to be produced at the new… Read More
Daniel Betts will take the lead role in the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s production of To Kill A Mockingbird when it returns to the alfresco venue from 28 August.… Read More
West End star Liam Tamne (pictured above with former Les Misérables co-star Craig Mather), who hit the headlines when he swapped the stage for the TV studio for BBC talent… Read More
The Menier Chocolate Factory’s five star hit Forbidden Broadway will keep audiences in fits of laughter for two weeks longer than expected with the news it has extended its run… Read More
Published: 22 July 2014
Shakespeare’s Globe regulars Matthew Needham and James Garnon will lead the casts of the historic venue’s productions of The Comedy Of Errors and Doctor Scroggy’s War. Needham, who previously appeared… Read More
The final performance of Hampstead Theatre’s acclaimed production of Beth Steel’s miners’ strike drama Wonderland will be live-streamed online to audiences across the world for free on 26 July. As… Read More
What’s it all about? Let’s start with a warning: Ben Power’s adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy is the darkest night you’ll likely ever spend in the National Theatre. But… Read More
London theatre regular Clive Rowe will be digging out his inner diva this Christmas as he returns to the Hackney Empire to play Mother Goose. Rowe, who received an Olivier… Read More