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Published: 29 October 2012
X Factor contestant Amelia Lily has joined the celebrity line-up of this year’s POP Goes The Musical in aid of BBC Children In Need.Following Spice Girl Geri Halliwell’s somewhat soggy… Read More
The longlist for 2012’s Evening Standard Theatre Awards has been announced with the National Theatre boasting an impressive 24 nominations. The much-decorated Southbank venue is nominated across all eight categories,… Read More
Blood Brothers legends Lyn Paul, Warwick Evans, Mark Hutchinson, Jan Graveson and Sean Jones will return to hit musical Blood Brothers for the final two weeks of its run at… Read More
When a production boasts a cast of such calibre as Dominic West and Miranda Raison, it’s rare that there would be more excitement about the unseen writer/director duo behind the… Read More
The Bodyguard, one of the most anticipated new shows opening this season, is set to release the first image of stars Heather Headley and Lloyd Owen as the love story’s… Read More
Published: 28 October 2012
Acclaimed actress Imelda Staunton was honoured at today's Theatre Awards UK ceremony, taking home the Best Performance in a Musical Award for her role as Sweeney Todd's gruesome Mrs Lovett.… Read More
Published: 26 October 2012
Real life twins Danielle and Nichole Bird will play the lead roles in The Prince And The Pauper, Mark Twain’s festive tale of confused identities, which plays at the Unicorn… Read More
Welcome to our live coverage of the Theatre Awards UK, the annual celebration of theatrical excellence the length and breadth of the country, with more than a few interested parties… Read More
It was raining water, not men, on Geri Halliwell last night, when she joined the cast of Singin' In The Rain to help raise money, and the water level, as… Read More
The National Theatre’s award-winning production of War Horse galloped into its sixth successful year in London last night as former members of the cast and the show’s creative team gathered… Read More
Henry James’ classic The Turn Of The Screw, Rodney Ackland’s After The Party and a co-production with Headlong theatre company that will see the world premiere of a new play… Read More
Zoë Wanamaker will return to the West End next year to star in David Leveaux’s production of Peter Nichols’ black comedy Passion Play.Playing from 1 May (press night 7 May)… Read More
Published: 25 October 2012
The much-rumoured musical adaptation of From Here To Eternity, featuring lyrics by Sir Tim Rice, will premiere at the Shaftesbury theatre next autumn. The production, based on James Jones' award-winning… Read More
It used to be just something that happened in American sitcoms and resulted in the odd dodgy costume for a school disco, but now there’s no escaping it, Halloween is… Read More
Casting has been announced for the Royal Court theatre’s forthcoming production In The Republic Of Happiness, which will see Olivier Award-winning actress Michelle Terry return to the venue.Joining Terry in… Read More
Following its critically acclaimed reception at the Jermyn Street theatre earlier this month, Trevor Nunn’s production of All That Fall, starring theatrical greats Eileen Atkins and Michael Gambon, will transfer… Read More
Published: 24 October 2012
From the cult 90s series Lipstick On Your Collar to sci-fi favourite Primeval, the critically acclaimed Scottish actor Douglas Henshall is rarely off our screens. Luckily for us, he’s also… Read More
Lucy Davies has been appointed Executive Director at the Royal Court theatre and will take up the post in April alongside incoming Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone. Currently Executive Producer at… Read More
Published: 23 October 2012
After the huge success of Nick Dear’s adaptation of Frankenstein for the National Theatre last year, the pressure must be on for the playwright and the world premiere of his… Read More
Battersea Arts Centre’s (BAC) new project The Good Neighbour is taking south London by storm with its unique family theatrical experience.Playing until 4 November, The Good Neighbour is an adventure… Read More
Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) has announced that David Micklem will step down as Joint Artistic Director of the acclaimed south London venue next month. Micklem joined the BAC in 2008… Read More
Published: 22 October 2012
We're excited, chuffed and a little pleased with ourselves in the Official London Theatre office as this very website has been nominated for a Good Web Guide Website Of The… Read More
Singer and X Factor winner Joe McElderry has joined the stellar line-up of 2012’s BBC Children In Need’s POP Goes The Musical. The annual event sees pop stars perform special… Read More
DCI Banks star Stephen Tompkinson will make his West End musical debut next month as King Arthur in the return of the unashamedly silly Monty Python’s Spamalot. Tompkinson, who is… Read More
When Olivier Award-winning Hustle star Adrian Lester talks about a fellow actor in hallowed tones, you sit up and take notice. So weighty is Lester's opinion, in fact, that even… Read More
Published: 19 October 2012
Felicity Kendal, Kara Tointon, Jonathan Coy and Max Bennett will star in Lindsay Posner’s West End production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Relatively Speaking next year.Playing for a limited season from 14… Read More
Mrs Briggs star Daniel Mays will return to the London stage next month to appear in E.V. Crowe’s new drama Hero at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. Directed by… Read More
Published: 18 October 2012
Former Donmar Warehouse Artistic Director Michael Grandage, whose new company begins its Noël Coward theatre residency next month, is to open 2012 careers fair TheatreCraft 2012. The influential director, who… Read More
Kids Week, our annual summer campaign offering free theatre tickets to children, triumphed last night at the London Lifestyle Awards collecting the Best Cultural Attraction Award. To celebrate, Kids Week… Read More
The social struggles of 19th century France, a woman unsure of the paternity of her daughter and a futuristic planet where individuality is banned. All unlikely topics for hit West… Read More
Olivier Award-winning star of stage and screen Chiwetel Ejiofor will return to London theatre in 2013 to lead the cast of the Young Vic's A Season In The Congo, directed… Read More
Published: 17 October 2012
Inspired by the actions of Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot, the Royal Court is to hold its own day of punk political spirit on 3 November. Short plays by… Read More
If anyone has forgotten how electric a stage performer Adrian Lester is, Red Velvet will give them a shock. For the best part of a decade I indulged in watching… Read More
Published: 16 October 2012
From the outside Morgan Watkins appears to like provocative dramas. Following his acclaimed leading role in the Lyric Hammersmith’s revival of the controversial play Saved, the actor has returned to… Read More
Witches, fairies, spirits and ghosts; not our selection of upcoming Halloween outfits, but the inhabitants of Shakespeare's Globe in 2013. The Bankside venue, which enjoyed a busy 2012 season that… Read More
Artistic Director Steve Marmion has announced an eclectic spring season for the Soho theatre, which includes a vibrant new musical, the return of the London International Mime Festival and Doctor… Read More
The Barbican theatre has announced a programme of multi-disciplinary work to celebrate the great 20th century French artist Duchamp next spring, bringing together key artists who shared his iconic surrealist… Read More
Published: 15 October 2012
Last week the Almeida theatre announced that its Artistic Director, Michael Attenborough, will step down early next year. Such a changing of the guard is full of excitement and possibilities,… Read More
TV impressionist Alistair McGowan, EastEnder Tameka Empson and former Coronation Street star Wendi Peters will unite with Madness frontman Suggs for the one off gala concert to mark the 10th… Read More
Never has the Trafalgar Studio 2 had more tension crammed within its four walls than in Thomas King’s emotive production of Tape. Stephen Belber’s dramatic three-hander tells the story of… Read More
Published: 12 October 2012
Acclaimed Irish actress Dearbhla Molloy is to play Hecuba in award-winning poet Caroline Bird's adaptation of The Trojan Women, which opens at the Gate theatre next month. The production, which… Read More
Max Bennett, Gwilym Lee and Joanna Vanderham will star in the forthcoming production of The Promise, which plays as part of the final Donmar Trafalgar season next month.Star of the… Read More
Hit musical Once, which won an astounding eight Tony Awards when it premiered on Broadway, is to bring its touching tuneful tale to the Phoenix theatre next spring. The show,… Read More
Neil Armfield’s acclaimed production of David Hare’s The Judas Kiss will transfer to the West End following its current run at the Hampstead theatre.Starring Rupert Everett and Freddie Fox, The… Read More
Published: 11 October 2012
Downton Abbey star Lily James will join Olivier Award-winner Matthew Kelly in Anya Reiss’ new adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull at the Southwark Playhouse next month.James, who can currently be… Read More
West End regulars Daniel Boys, Zoe Birkett and Hannah Jane Fox are to star in a one-off concert performance of rock opera Tommy, which will be staged at the Prince… Read More
Rufus Norris’ Olivier Award-winning production of Kander & Ebb’s legendary musical is back in town, and if the prospect of Will Young in leather shorts, sexual debauchery and the chance… Read More
I suspect Damned By Despair director Bijan Sheibani's DVD collection includes at least a couple of action flicks. It must do, for in Tirso De Molina's drama there's a nod… Read More
Michael Attenborough has announced he will step down as Artistic Director of the Almeida theatre next spring, after an 11 year tenure at the helm of the acclaimed venue, in… Read More
Olivier Award winner Douglas Hodge will follow in the footsteps of screen icons Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp to play Roald Dahl's saviour of sweets Willy Wonka in new musical… Read More
Published: 10 October 2012
Following its current sell-out run in the National Theatre’s Cottesloe space, political comedy This House will find a new larger home at the Olivier theatre next year. James Graham’s acclaimed… Read More
I don't know what you might expect a fight director to be, a battle-worn brute whose eyes shoot daggers maybe. Kate Waters is certainly not that. The petite actress, known… Read More
Gleeks and Elphaba enthusiasts are flocking to the Apollo theatre this week as original Wicked witch Idina Menzel returns to the West End to cast her spell over audiences in… Read More
Published: 9 October 2012
Danielle Hope, Alex Gaumond and Sally Ann Triplett are among the line-up of musical theatre stars set to gather at the Novello theatre this Sunday to celebrate the 20th anniversary… Read More
Kristin Scott Thomas, Rufus Sewell and Lia Williams will star in Ian Rickson’s production of Harold Pinter’s Old Times next year. Playing a strictly limited season from 12 January to… Read More
In 2011, Rob Ashford’s production of Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie took the Donmar Warehouse by storm, picking up a handful of Olivier Awards. Soon after, Long Day’s Journey Into Night,… Read More
Published: 8 October 2012
Following last year’s successful festive run, every child’s favourite twiggy adventurer Stick Man will return to the Leicester Square theatre for a seven week season this winter. Playing from 17… Read More
As television personality and Twitter enthusiast Stephen Fry prepares to take his portrayal of Malvolio from the Globe to the Apollo, Tim Crouch’s bizarre and hilarious representation of Twelfth Night’s… Read More
Published: 5 October 2012
Puberty is unpleasant. All those hormones flying around like tiny winged monkeys intent on causing mayhem. The testing transition of being not quite adult, not quite child. The need for… Read More
Veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre, Zubin Varla is to lead the cast of The Changeling when the acclaimed production returns to the Young Vic later this… Read More
Strictly Come Dancing’s Robin Windsor and Kristina Rihanoff will swap the screen for the stage next year when they star in a new production of dance extravaganza Burn The Floor… Read More
Scenes From An Execution is everything you want from the National's intimidating Lyttelton theatre; breathtaking design, an epic story and actors who breathe life into every inch of the vast… Read More
Published: 4 October 2012
Nearly 10 times as many people saw the work of the Royal Opera House through broadcast in 2011/12 than at the famous Covent Garden venue, it was revealed today, as… Read More
Dreamboats And Petticoats will swing back into the West End later this month to play a limited run at the Wyndham’s theatre.The popular 1960s-set musical, which closed at the Playhouse… Read More
English National Opera is encouraging people to Undress for the Opera in an initiative to introduce new audiences to the art form with £25 tickets being made available for the… Read More
Jonathan Lewis’ tale of wounded soldiers recovering from the injuries incurred at war could have been written yesterday. That all too familiar situation is as hard-hitting on stage as the… Read More
It seems an age since US actress Idina Menzel first rattled the rafters of the Apollo Victoria with the promise that no-one was going to bring her down, playing the… Read More
Published: 3 October 2012
Oh, that Anne-Marie Duff could grace the stage in every production I ever see. I suspect I would never tire of the award-winning actress. Returning to the Donmar Warehouse for… Read More
Published: 2 October 2012
When you’ve interviewed a bona fide celebrity, there’s always one thing that people want to know. With A Chorus Of Disapproval’s Ashley Jensen the question repeatedly put to me was… Read More
Fans of the surreal world of Dr Seuss are in for a fantastical, bombastical and songtastical treat this Christmas with the premiere of musical Seussical. Playing from 4 December to… Read More
Simon Callow will make a special guest appearance at this year’s EducationLive, the annual event that offers teachers the unique chance to discover the incredible educational opportunities offered at more… Read More
Writers from across the globe, including David Greig and Neil LaBute, have created 16 new plays that will be presented at the Young Vic in response to political and economic… Read More
Published: 1 October 2012
Strictly Come Dancing’s Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace will dance their way back to the West End next year when they return with the Olivier Award nominated show Midnight Tango.Set… Read More
The National Theatre has released its 2011/2012 annual report boasting a 92% attendance rate at its Southbank home and 99% attendances for its long-running West End hit transfer War Horse.… Read More
Twenty years after the release of the now classic Oscar nominated romance, the countdown is now on for the premiere of the musical adaptation featuring a soundtrack by the film’s… Read More