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Published: 19 January 2012
Last summer’s family hit The Tiger Who Came To Tea will return to the West End for a nine-week season this July at the Lyric theatre. David Wood’s adaptation of… Read More
Westminster City Council is to rescind its controversial plan to extend parking bay charges to evenings and weekends.The changes, which had previously been postponed until after this summer’s Olympics, had… Read More
If anyone was ever in doubt that the National Theatre has a magic touch, it’s surely undeniable this week with the venue opening a production about silent films just a… Read More
Published: 18 January 2012
At the end of my interview with the National Theatre’s latest leading man, he tells me: “At the moment I’m loving anonymity.” Harry Hadden-Paton may not be a household name… Read More
Platform Theatre, a new space in King’s Cross, is to open this week with a unique family production born out of a four year collaboration between English Pocket Opera Company,… Read More
Theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber is to return to the UK’s television screens as he attempts to unearth a new performer to lead the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar.But the… Read More
Despite the bleak economic climate, 2011 proved a record-breaking year for Theatre Tokens, which saw sales of nearly £10 million.The success of the theatre voucher scheme run by the Society… Read More
Published: 17 January 2012
Two Edinburgh Festival hits will premiere in London at the Soho theatre this spring, with plenty of puppetry, magic and fun in store for families. Swamp Juice will play the… Read More
Soho theatre’s Artistic Director Steve Marmion will co-direct an ambitious new writing project entitled Utopia as part of the venue’s spring season, which also includes the return of hit show… Read More
Published: 16 January 2012
Simon Rouse, who played Jack Meadows in long-running police drama The Bill for 20 years, is to take to the London stage as part of the Tricycle theatre’s The Bomb… Read More
Two of British theatre’s greatest and most European of talents, writer Simon Stephens and director Katie Mitchell, joined forces for the first time last year for the Royal Court production… Read More
Published: 13 January 2012
Olivier Award-winning actress Samantha Spiro is to give her premiere performance at the Almeida theatre in the title role of Eduardo De Filippo’s Filumena this spring.The actress, who picked up… Read More
Physical theatre company Frantic Assembly are back in London, this time collaborating with much-in-demand writer Abi Morgan to create an exquisite love story about a very ordinary couple. I could… Read More
Published: 12 January 2012
As part of Shakespeare’s Globe’s forthcoming Globe To Globe project next spring, the South Bank venue is offering families the chance to get involved.During the Easter holidays (3-14 April) families… Read More
When someone mentions mime, puppetry and theatre, three stereotypes often spring to mind: pretentiousness, France and War Horse. Blind Summit have great fun playing around with the first two in… Read More
Eve Myles is to follow the example of her Torchwood co-star John Barrowman this spring, by taking to the West End stage. She will join Zach Braff and Susannah Fielding… Read More
The Unicorn theatre will celebrate the 200th birthday of the Brothers Grimm’s classic collection of fairytales, Household And Children’s Tales, with a season of work inspired by the master storytellers… Read More
Published: 11 January 2012
Kate Fleetwood’s career started early. At the age of just four to be exact when her Liverpudlian parents moved her and her six-year-old sister to a farm just outside Stratford-upon-Avon,… Read More
Simon Callow’s one-man show Being Shakespeare will return to the Trafalgar Studios 1 in March for a strictly limited season before the critically-acclaimed show crosses the pond for a US… Read More
Published: 10 January 2012
As We Will Rock You’s Musical Director Stuart Morley watches over the group of die-hard fans, Queen first-timers and musical theatre enthusiasts performing a routine from the show with cast… Read More
Published: 9 January 2012
Olivier Award-winning actress Jill Halfpenny will star in Lindsay Posner’s production of classic comedy Abigail’s Party at the Menier Chocolate Factory this spring. Arguably Oscar-winner Mike Leigh’s most-loved play, Abigail’s… Read More
Published: 6 January 2012
Star of The Body Farm and Waking The Dead, Tara Fitzgerald will return to the London stage in March to appear opposite Ben Chaplin and Jemma Redgrave in Farewell To… Read More
Mike Kenny, the writer behind Waterloo Station theatre’s hugely successful The Railway Children, will present a new version of Red Riding Hood at Jackson’s Lane theatre next month. Aimed at… Read More
As London’s theatre community prepares for an exciting year, 2,012 Olympic Ambassadors will be welcomed into the capital’s theatres in one of many schemes aiming to promote Theatreland.The selected members… Read More
Drama student Lauren Paine received a once in a lifetime Christmas present this year, when her parents bought her the opportunity to appear in hit show Jerusalem through charity auction… Read More
Stand-up comedian and former Father Ted star Ardal O’Hanlon will lead the cast of a new production of Port Authority, which opens at the Southwark Playhouse later this month.The Irish… Read More
Published: 5 January 2012
The Theatre Royal Haymarket is to host two special performances of a new play created and performed by a company of wounded and sick personnel from the armed forces.The Two… Read More
Choreographer and dancer Akram Khan has been forced to cancel forthcoming performances of one-man show DESH at Sadler’s Wells next month following an injured Achilles tendon. The performer and founder… Read More
The Stage has announced its guide to the 100 most influential people in UK theatre with ATG’s Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire topping the list for the third year running,… Read More
Published: 4 January 2012
As Legally Blonde The Musical’s leading lady, Carley Stenson may live in a pink and fluffy world, but, as Matthew Amer finds, the girly veneer hides a steely centre.It is… Read More
Published: 3 January 2012
Leading figures from London’s Royal Opera House, Royal Court and Roundhouse were named in the Queen’s 2012 New Year Honours list, alongside performers including David Harewood (pictured).Antonio Pappano, Music Director… Read More
Rupert Goold will co-direct a new production of C.S. Lewis’s classic The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe in Kensington Gardens this summer using threesixty’s ground breaking surround video staging.… Read More
Published: 30 December 2011
Misfits star Nathan Stewart-Jarrett will join Chris New, Mariah Gale and Italian actor Steve Guadino in a revival of The Pitchfork Disney to mark the controversial play's 21st anniversary. Philip… Read More
Published: 29 December 2011
Fans of the Olivier Award-nominated actor Ramin Karimloo can catch the musical star in concert when he plays the Royal Festival Hall next year as part of a UK tour.… Read More
Musical theatre veterans Glenn Carter and Robyn North will lead the cast of Floyd Collins, the first London revival of the award-winning musical in over ten years. Floyd Collins will… Read More
Published: 28 December 2011
Cape Town Opera will return to London next summer with a revival of its 2009 production of Porgy And Bess. Following a UK tour, the show will play a two-week… Read More
Published: 22 December 2011
Dianne Pilkington will star opposite Tyne Daly in the forthcoming West End transfer of Broadway’s recent hit Master Class.The pair will be joined by young opera star Naomi O’Connell, Gerard… Read More
Published: 21 December 2011
As the calendar eases closer and closer towards an exciting 2012, Official London Theatre takes a brief look back at the capital’s stages in 2011, the year that…… new musical… Read More
Oh, for a time when the worst accusation that could be made of a boy was being a liar and a knife was considered a responsible reward for an exuberant… Read More
Ah, what a year for high-class interviewees we’ve had; everyone from Sheridan Smith to Imelda Staunton has chatted to Official London Theatre. What better way to celebrate 2011 easing towards… Read More
The Tricycle theatre’s soon to be Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham showcased her impressive directing dexterity at last night’s opening of the revival of Marie Jones’s two-hander Stones In His Pockets.While… Read More
Published: 20 December 2011
Iain Glen and Charlotte Emmerson are to star in Mike Poulton’s new adaptation of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya at The Print Room from 21 March to 28 April (press night 29… Read More
Supermodel Agyness Deyn will make her stage debut opposite theatre veteran Ed Stoppard in a new comedy about a vulgar couple with more money than sense. François Archambault’s The Leisure… Read More
Published: 19 December 2011
Banned in its home country, Belarus Free Theatre will once again be supported by the London theatre community in 2012, when it stages Minsk 2011 at the Young Vic.The Fringe… Read More
Dominic Cooke, Artistic Director of the Royal Court, is to step down from his role at the new writing powerhouse in April 2013. His announcement comes at the same time… Read More
“Once upon a time. He’s behind you! On no he isn’t! Boo! Happily ever after.” It’s not easy to summarise a pantomime in a short, bite-sized chunk, but family-friendly entertainers… Read More
Published: 16 December 2011
Edinburgh Festival hit The Fitzrovia Radio Hour is to return to the West End for a Tuesday night slot at the Ambassadors theatre from 14 February to 6 March. The… Read More
Chicago veterans Sarah Soetaert and Rachel McDowall will pull on the West End’s most famous fishnets once more at the turn of the year.The incoming actresses will replace America Ferrera… Read More
The summer of 2012 will bring cabaret, curiosities and the spirit of Coney Island to the Southbank in a new festival entitled The London Wonderground.The new event, which will be… Read More
Published: 15 December 2011
Westminster City Council has decided to postpone the implementation of its controversial parking reforms until after next year’s Olympic Games.The decision to push back the changes in parking rates, which… Read More
Owain Arthur is to take over from James Corden in National Theatre hit One Man, Two Guvnors as the show transfers from the Adelphi theatre to the Theatre Royal Haymarket… Read More
Published: 14 December 2011
British film star Jaime Winstone is to return to the London stage in February when she stars opposite Being Human’s Russell Tovey in new play Sex With A Stranger.The drama,… Read More
As the Tricycle theatre revives Stones In His Pockets, Matthew Amer finds that playwright Marie Jones is a woman of many stories. As excuses for missing a phone call goes,… Read More
With so many Christmas treats on offer across London this season, Official London Theatre decided to ask stars from a Christmas selection pack of shows why you should pick their… Read More
The Lyric Hammersmith has announced a spring season packed with children’s productions including a new version of Goldilocks from Little Angel Theatre and an Olympic themed show from Pied Piper… Read More
There’s nothing like a spot of theatrical trouser-dropping and door-slamming to brighten up a cold winter’s evening, and that’s exactly what you’ll find at the Old Vic. In a programme… Read More
I thought no shopping experience could give me the willies more than a Saturday morning trip to Ikea. That was until I visited Copyright Christmas at the Barbican.Duckie’s festive offering… Read More
Following the success of 2011’s revival of Edward Bond’s Saved at the Lyric Hammersmith, the playwright will return to the venue in 2012 with a trilogy of short plays.Mogadishu, another… Read More
Published: 13 December 2011
Continuing the Donmar Trafalgar season is Abbey Wright’s revival of Conor McPherson’s Dublin Carol, a melancholic study of a man haunted by his past.Looking back at the past is not… Read More
Published: 12 December 2011
As Michael Grandage steps down from the Donmar Warehouse after a decade in charge, Caroline Bishop looks back at his career. When Richard II opened at the Donmar Warehouse on… Read More
It was the talk of the Edinburgh Festival, dividing opinions and prompting shocked people to walk out mid-show. Now in London, Charlotte Marshall attended the press night of Audience to… Read More
This Christmas, ROH2, the contemporary arm of the Royal Opera House, offers a new dance piece hoping to join The Nutcracker and The Snowman as a festive family favourite. An… Read More
Published: 9 December 2011
Kate Fleetwood and Denise Gough are to star in Nancy Harris’s Our New Girl at the Bush theatre from 12 January. Described as a ‘startling psychological drama about the darker… Read More
In this furious, fast-paced, technology-heavy modern world, are we in danger of losing all sense of ourselves and our place in society? That’s what seems to have happened to Douglas… Read More
A new musical adaptation of The Wind In The Willows will premiere in London, reuniting the creative team behind the Olivier Award-winning Mary Poppins, Julian Fellowes, George Stiles and Anthony… Read More
Former EastEnders star and winner of Strictly Come Dancing Kara Tointon is to star in a new production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Absent Friends in the new year.The comedy of manners,… Read More
Published: 8 December 2011
Olivier Award-winning actress Eve Best is to return to the London stage in 2012, leading the cast of The Duchess Of Malfi at the Old Vic.The British star of stage… Read More
Transferring a classic film to the stage has more potential pitfalls than planning an armed robbery in the home of an exasperating old lady, but that didn’t put off the… Read More
Published: 7 December 2011
Projection designer Timothy Bird staged a coup de théâtre for Sunday In The Park With George at the Menier Chocolate Factory in 2005. Now he’s back at the venue to… Read More
Caroline Bishop chats to the latest actor to jump aboard The Railway Children, Mark Benton, and finds a man quite happy to point the signals away from himself. As commutes… Read More
Incense hangs in the air at the Donmar Warehouse, a constant reminder of religion in Michael Grandage’s farewell production Richard II.Eddie Redmayne, as the eponymous monarch, sits as still as… Read More
Published: 6 December 2011
Katie Leung, who fulfilled many a young girl’s fantasy by playing Harry Potter’s girlfriend Cho Chang on film, will star in the stage adaptation of multi-million selling book Wild Swans.The… Read More
Booking for annual discount ticket promotion Get Into London Theatre is now open. Now in its 11th year, Get Into London Theatre offers tantalising ticket deals to more than 50… Read More
Published: 5 December 2011
As her new show opens at the Royal Opera House, renowned choreographer Aletta Collins tells Caroline Bishop that she could have had an entirely different career, if only her mum… Read More
When a grown man dressed as a blue monkey who is the adopted son of a man dressed as a woman is telling you everything is “amazeplums”, you know it’s… Read More