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Kids Week announces 2013 line-up

Published: 15 May 2013

The line-up for this year’s Kids Week has been announced with a massive 34 top London shows on board to offer free tickets to children aged 16 and under with… Read More

Mark Arends on creating Something Very Far Away

Published: 15 May 2013

Last year, the multi-talented Mark Arends’ Something Very Far Away premiered at the Unicorn theatre, wowing audiences with its moving story brought to life through live animation, projection, puppetry and… Read More

NYT launches West End season

Published: 15 May 2013

The National Youth Theatre will present its first West End season later this year when a selection of the company’s most talented young actors perform three shows in rep at… Read More

Theatre in the Park

Published: 14 May 2013

Prior to the Park theatre’s official opening tomorrow night with the UK premiere of These Shining Lives, London’s newest venue invited press on an exclusive tour of the Finsbury Park… Read More

Lipman leads Park’s Daytona

Published: 14 May 2013

Maureen Lipman will star in the world premiere of Olivier Cotton’s Daytona, which plays as part of the Park theatre’s inaugural season. Last seen on the London stage in Old… Read More

Circle Mirror casts Webb

Published: 14 May 2013

Danny Webb will join Olivier Award winners Imelda Staunton and Toby Jones in the UK premiere of Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation, which plays as part of the Royal Court’s… Read More

Public Enemy

Published: 14 May 2013

The team behind the Young Vic’s psychedelic The Government Inspector is back with another look at corruption and power, this time tackling Ibsen’s Public Enemy, and while it may not… Read More

Charlie delays previews

Published: 14 May 2013

Sam Mendes’ highly anticipated musical Charlie And The Chocolate Factory has cancelled its first two previews due to unforeseen technical problems. The production was due to begin previews this Friday,… Read More

Play Goes right at Trafalgar

Published: 14 May 2013

The Old Red Lion theatre’s West End transfer of The Play That Goes Wrong has gone against its name, proving such a success that it has extended its run at… Read More

Q&A: Anna-Jane Casey

Published: 13 May 2013

One of the West End’s most recognisable faces, Anna-Jane Casey’s CV reads like a ‘Best Of The Musicals’ compilation. After making her West End debut in Cats at the age… Read More

Brainiac brings science to Palace

Published: 13 May 2013

Aspiring young scientists should get ready to strap on their safety goggles this summer as Brainiac Live! prepares to stun audiences at the Palace theatre with its unique take on… Read More

Billy welcomes new young star

Published: 13 May 2013

Billy Elliot The Musical has announced that 12-year-old Ali Rasul will become the 33rd young actor in the show’s West End history to play the title role in Stephen Daldry’s… Read More

Monkey & Crocodile take over London playgrounds

Published: 13 May 2013

Metta Theatre is getting set to take over playgrounds across London with its new show Monkey & Crocodile, which will premiere at the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival next month. Written and… Read More

Cassidy and Calder-Marshall for Studio Passion

Published: 13 May 2013

Natalie Cassidy and Anna Calder-Marshall will join Lisa Dillon and William Troughton to present a series of free public readings that will run alongside the West End premiere of Happy… Read More

Exclusive: Lia Williams on The Match Box

Published: 10 May 2013

Lia Williams tells us about the transition from actress to director as her stage directorial debut, Frank McGuinness’ one woman play The Match Box, plays at the Tricycle theatre. This… Read More

UK premieres for new Sadler’s season

Published: 10 May 2013

Sadler’s Wells’ autumn season will see a deluge of premieres hit the Islington dance venue’s stage later this year, with Sadler’s Wells regulars Wayne McGregor Random Dance, Rambert Dance Company,… Read More

The Hothouse at Trafalgar Studios

Published: 10 May 2013

Something rather strange and even a little nightmarish is taking place at the Trafalgar Studios. Cigars are exploding, cakes are being thrown and mysterious experiments are taking place with the… Read More

Grainger and Boyd join Best’s Macbeth

Published: 10 May 2013

Double Olivier Award winner Gawn Grainger and The Lord Of The Rings star Billy Boyd have joined the cast of Macbeth, Eve Best’s forthcoming directorial debut at Shakespeare’s Globe. The… Read More

National stages Boo novel

Published: 10 May 2013

Rufus Norris will direct a new stage adaptation of Katherine Boo’s acclaimed novel Behind The Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death And Hope In A Mumbai Undercity at the National Theatre next… Read More

Glover leads Scottsboro Boys cast

Published: 10 May 2013

Olivier Award-winning actor Julian Glover will star in the UK premiere of The Scottsboro Boys when it opens at the Young Vic later this year featuring a cast that also… Read More

Dirty Dances to the West End

Published: 10 May 2013

Musical theatre fans will have the time of their life this summer when Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage returns to the West End, taking up residence at… Read More

Almeida announces full festival line-up

Published: 9 May 2013

This year, the annual Almeida Festival returns with an eclectic line-up of fresh collaborations, award-winning artists and brand new shows announced to play during the summer. Kicking off the festival… Read More

Henry and Brenton make Connections

Published: 9 May 2013

Lenny Henry, Howard Brenton and Jonathan Harvey are among the 10 playwrights commissioned to write new plays for the National Theatre’s annual Connections Festival this year. Celebrating high quality new… Read More

Lumley and Scott join Trafalgar season

Published: 9 May 2013

Joanna Lumley and Andrew Scott will star in two short plays by Harold Pinter as part of an exciting programme of platform events announced today in conjunction with Jamie Lloyd’s… Read More

The Match Box

Published: 9 May 2013

Good theatre should leave you affected in some way, but great theatre can leave you bruised. Leanne Best’s performance in The Match Box leaves you battered. A one-woman show, Best’s… Read More

Introducing… Annabel Scholey

Published: 8 May 2013

Actress Annabel Scholey recently tweeted a photo of her dressing room table with a bottle of Chanel No 5 gleaming underneath the iconic light bulb mirror, adorned with Vogue covers… Read More

Passion Play

Published: 8 May 2013

Never has a play’s title so perfectly encapsulated its contents than in Passion Play, Peter Nichols’ black comedy that – as its religious connotations suggest – depicts the pain, suffering… Read More

Punchdrunk reveals location for Drowned Man

Published: 8 May 2013

The forthcoming Punchdrunk and National Theatre co-production, The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable, will see the pioneering theatremakers transform the biggest space in Punchdrunk’s history when it takes over an… Read More

London return for Slava’s Snowshow

Published: 7 May 2013

Family spectacle Slava’s Snowshow will return to the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall this Christmas for the third year running. Following the success of sell-out winter runs in 2011 and… Read More

Murder and Marple for West End

Published: 7 May 2013

Murder, Marple And Me, Philip Meeks’ acclaimed play about the relationship between Margaret Rutherford and Agatha Christie, will transfer to the Ambassadors theatre next month. Playing a strictly limited run… Read More

Jumpers For Goalposts transfers to Bush

Published: 7 May 2013

Tom Wells’ new play Jumpers For Goalposts will transfer to the Bush theatre later this year following a national tour. Playing from 26 November (press night 27 November) to 21… Read More

St James stages American Plan

Published: 7 May 2013

Theatre Royal Bath’s critically acclaimed production of Richard Greenberg’s The American Plan will transfer to the St James theatre this summer. Playing from 2 July (press night 8 July) to… Read More

The Tempest at Shakespeare’s Globe

Published: 3 May 2013

Returning to Shakespeare’s Globe for the first time since his Olivier Award-winning performance as Falstaff in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, Roger Allam brings refreshing humour to his portrayal… Read More

2014 gets more Curious

Published: 3 May 2013

Following its recent success at the Olivier Awards with MasterCard, the National Theatre’s hit production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time has extended its booking period… Read More

Theatre directors dominate ENO season

Published: 2 May 2013

Renowned theatre directors Simon McBurney, Richard Jones, Katie Mitchell and Joe Hill-Gibbins will all direct productions in the English National Opera’s new season. Artistic Director of Complicite, McBurney – who… Read More

Abrahami made Young Vic Fellow

Published: 2 May 2013

Director Natalie Abrahami has been appointed Genesis Fellow and Associate Director of the Young Vic theatre, following her work on the Southwark venue’s 2012 hit After Miss Julie. Following in… Read More

Merrily We Roll Along

Published: 2 May 2013

Following its sell-out run at the hit-making Menier Chocolate Factory, a very sophisticated musical has arrived in the West End along with its original stellar cast. Jenna Russell, Mark Umbers… Read More

Viva says Goodbye to West End

Published: 2 May 2013

New Spice Girls musical Viva Forever! is to end its run at the Piccadilly theatre earlier than expected, closing its doors on 29 June. Written by actress and comedian Jennifer… Read More

Critics’ Circle honours directors

Published: 2 May 2013

Directors Max Stafford-Clark and Danny Boyle will be honoured for their Services to the Arts by the Critics’ Circle next week to celebrate the organisation’s centenary year.The awards will be… Read More

In rehearsal: Chimerica

Published: 1 May 2013

Following a weekend celebrating the best productions to grace the London stage in the past year, our minds turn once again to the productions set to open in the capital’s… Read More

In pictures: Covent Garden Piazza

Published: 1 May 2013

While London theatre’s most coveted accolades were being handed out on stage at the Royal Opera House, around the corner thousands of theatre-loving fans gathered in Covent Garden Piazza to… Read More

Pilkington joins Mamma Mia!

Published: 30 April 2013

Dianne Pilkington will take over the role of Donna Sheridan in hit West End musical Mamma Mia! later this year as part of the largest cast change the London show… Read More

In pictures: Olivier Award winners 2013

Published: 30 April 2013

As the winners of this year’s Olivier Awards with MasterCard took to the stage of the Royal Opera House to collect their prestigious accolades, the world’s press waited backstage ready… Read More

Matilda scores big at Tony Award nominations

Published: 30 April 2013

The Broadway transfer of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda The Musical has received a staggering 12 Tony Award nominations. Announced today by Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Tony… Read More

In pictures: Olivier Awards ceremony

Published: 30 April 2013

The 2013 Olivier Awards with MasterCard ceremony was packed with star-studded presenters, jubilant winners and a magnificent line-up of incredible performances from nominated shows. Photographer Jonathan Hordle for Rex Features… Read More

In pictures: Olivier Awards Red Carpet

Published: 29 April 2013

Is there anything more glamorous than a red carpet? The Olivier Awards boasts the most theatrical of them all. Worldwide superstars, London theatre icons, rising stars and distinguished guests from… Read More

In pictures: Olivier Awards backstage

Published: 29 April 2013

You might have listened live to the Olivier Awards with MasterCard or watched the highlights on ITV, but here's some of what we saw backstage. As the awards were being… Read More

More tickets for One Man

Published: 26 April 2013

The National Theatre’s hit production of One Man, Two Guvnors celebrates its third year in London this week by releasing an additional 150,000 tickets. Adapted by Richard Bean from Carlo… Read More

Little cast for Ladykillers

Published: 26 April 2013

Ralf Little, Simon Day, John Gordon Sinclair and Con O’Neill will all star in Sean Foley’s production of The Ladykillers when it returns to the Vaudeville theatre later this year.… Read More

Burn The Floor to close

Published: 26 April 2013

Hit dance show Burn The Floor, which stars Strictly Come Dancing's Robin Windsor and Kristina Rihanoff, is to draw its hip-swivelling run at the Shaftesbury theatre to an early conclusion.… Read More

West End transfer for Full Monty

Published: 26 April 2013

The acclaimed Sheffield Theatres production of The Full Monty will transfer to the West End next year for a strictly limited 16-week season. Playing from 20 February (press night 25… Read More

Exclusive: Best Set Design artwork

Published: 25 April 2013

Ahead of this Sunday’s Olivier Awards with MasterCard, we decided to celebrate the spectacular work apparent across this year’s Best Set Design category by asking four nominees to provide us… Read More

Glory Dazed

Published: 25 April 2013

Stories based on truth are always the most difficult to watch, so a play that offers a frank and disturbing look at the post-war lives of soldiers, which has been… Read More

In conversation: Merrily We Roll Along

Published: 24 April 2013

“In what other job do you get those opportunities to meet all these wonderful people and hear their stories and life experiences?” Jenna Russell asks me, her face lit up… Read More

First Night: Othello at the National Theatre

Published: 24 April 2013

Most conversations about the National Theatre of late have speculated about the possible identity of outgoing Artistic Director Nicholas Hytner's successor. The perfect remedy to such chat comes as two… Read More

Exclusive: Best Costume Design sketches

Published: 23 April 2013

From corsets designed down to the very last details of original practice to recreating looks first seen on screen in the 1930s and evoking murderous tendencies in the dark underworld… Read More

Horrible Histories returns with Barmy bill

Published: 23 April 2013

Horrible Histories will return to the Garrick theatre this autumn with a brand new show that offers a fresh – and no doubt sometimes disgusting – look at Britain’s grisly… Read More

Lloyd directs Doyle’s The Commitments

Published: 23 April 2013

Jamie Lloyd will direct a new stage version of Roddy Doyle’s much-loved The Commitments at the Palace theatre this summer, more than 25 years after the Booker Prize-winning writer’s acclaimed… Read More

Cast announced for Complicite’s Lionboy

Published: 23 April 2013

The Hour’s Adetomiwa Edun will lead the cast of Complicite’s forthcoming production of Zizou Corder’s Lionboy, which will play at the Unicorn theatre later this year following a national tour.… Read More

Inaugural Wanamaker season announced

Published: 22 April 2013

Shakespeare’s Globe’s new Sam Wanamaker Playhouse will host a diverse season of work that includes drama, opera and live music when it opens for the first time next year. Opening… Read More

Introducing… Krister Henriksson

Published: 22 April 2013

In his native Sweden, actor Krister Henriksson has won the most prestigious of awards for his performances on stage and on screen, but it was not until Swedish-made crime drama… Read More

Macbeth “hurts” McAvoy

Published: 22 April 2013

James McAvoy, a Best Actor nominee at next Sunday's Olivier Awards with MasterCard, has revealed how punishing his time playing Macbeth has been. "It's an outpouring of energy, this show,"… Read More

Webb returns for Lyric Christmas

Published: 22 April 2013

Steven Webb will return to the Lyric Hammersmith this Christmas to star in the venue’s 2013 pantomime Jack And The Beanstalk, which plays as part of a festive season that… Read More

Doktor Glas

Published: 19 April 2013

It’s hardly your typical West End production – a one-man show performed in Swedish with English surtitles – but Doktor Glas brings a breath of fresh air to the London… Read More

Kids take control of Royal Court

Published: 19 April 2013

New Royal Court Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone has announced she will open up the acclaimed new writing venue to kids as part of the venue’s Open Court six-week season. The… Read More

West End Men unveiled

Published: 19 April 2013

West End stars Glenn Carter, Stephen Rahman Hughes, David Thaxton and Matt Willis will join Lee Mead and Kerry Ellis in the forthcoming theatrical concert spectacular The West End Men.… Read More

Staunton and Jones lead Theatre Local

Published: 19 April 2013

Imelda Staunton and Toby Jones will join forces in the Royal Court's latest Theatre Local offering this summer. The pair of British acting stars will perform in Annie Baker's Circle… Read More

Featherstone hands Court to writers

Published: 19 April 2013

Writers will have free rein for six weeks at the Royal Court this summer as Open Court, a programme of work inspired and driven by more than 140 scribes, consumes… Read More

Sing with the Southbank Centre

Published: 19 April 2013

The Southbank Centre has announced a special family singing workshop to take place as part of the venue’s annual Chorus Festival, which will be held over next month’s bank holiday… Read More

Wakefield and Weeks have Shining Lives

Published: 19 April 2013

Charity Wakefield, Honeysuckle Weeks and Alec Newman will star in the forthcoming UK premiere of Melanie Marnich’s These Shining Lives, one of the first productions to open at the new… Read More

Jones is Leicester Square’s Space Vixen

Published: 19 April 2013

Olivier Award-winning actress Leanne Jones will return to the London stage this summer to star in the cult sci-fi musical Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens, which will play a… Read More

Psycho dates and Ghosts cast for Almeida

Published: 19 April 2013

The Almeida theatre has today announced casting for Richard Eyre’s forthcoming production of Ghosts, which will see Lesley Manville make her debut at the Islington venue, as well as details… Read More

Beautiful Thing: Then And Now

Published: 18 April 2013

When Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing premiered at the Bush theatre, The Guardian's Lyn Gardner compared the experience of watching it to "driving up a motorway at 100 miles an hour".… Read More

Beautiful Thing

Published: 18 April 2013

It has been 20 years since Beautiful Thing was a new play. Decades have passed, Prime Ministers have come and gone, laws have changed and barriers have been broken down.… Read More

#aiww: The Arrest Of Ai Weiwei

Published: 18 April 2013

While many people would consider a black circle on a white background and a tent appliqued with names of a woman’s sleeping partners to be crimes against art, you didn’t… Read More
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