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Published: 17 April 2008
Stomp, which is packing up its dustbins at the Vaudeville on 23 September after a run of five years, will not be leaving the West End. Instead, the show will… Read More
Pedro Almodóvar’s Spanish language film Todo Sobre Mi Madre (All About My Mother) won a plethora of awards on its release in 1999. In this new stage adaptation for the… Read More
A new play by Kwame Kwei-Armah, Statement Of Regret, opens at the National Cottesloe on 14 November, with previews from 7 November.The play centres on Kwaku Mackenzie, played by Don… Read More
Opera superstar Bryn Terfel has withdrawn from the Royal Opera's sold out production of Wagner's Ring Cycle which is to be staged at the Royal Opera House this autumn. Terfel… Read More
Penelope Keith returns to the West End in January 2008 as she leads the cast of The Importance Of Being Earnest when it arrives at the Vaudeville following a national… Read More
Pop into Oxford Street department store Selfridges on 8 or 13 September and you may be in for a surprise. Two mini-operas, produced by The Opera Group, will be performed… Read More
London is to get its youngest ever Phantom when 28 year old Ramin Karimloo takes over the title role in The Phantom Of The Opera at Her Majesty’s on 10… Read More
Time Out magazine has “named and shamed” West End discount ticket booths around Leicester Square that incorrectly claim to be London’s official ticket booth. The article (Time Out, August 29),… Read More
Life is a little hectic for Jake Maskall at the moment. After being killed off in EastEnders at the end of March, the actor has embarked on three plays in… Read More
Transvestite comedy musical La Cage Aux Folles is to be the next Christmas show at the Menier Chocolate Factory, previewing from 23 November, with press night on 3 December. The… Read More
Two new young dancers join the cast of Billy Elliot The Musical this autumn, alternating in the title role. Sam Angell and Joshua Fedrick, both 13, step into Billy’s ballet… Read More
Given the current anti-war climate, it is surprising that there are not more plays around at the moment that touch on the subject. In Lone Star and Private Wars, we… Read More
British stage and screen actress Jean Marsh joins the cast of hit comedy Boeing Boeing at the Comedy on 1 October, replacing Rhea Perlman in the role of housekeeper Bertha.… Read More
Helen Baxendale and Matt Smith have joined Christian Slater in the cast of Swimming With Sharks, which opens at the Vaudeville on 16 October (previews from 5 October). Baxendale is… Read More
Curiosity propelled me to the first night of Satisfaction. Brought into the Apollo for a two-week slot prior to the September opening of Glengarry Glen Ross, this ‘dance concert’, as… Read More
The Emperor Jones was first seen in late 2005 at the tiny Gate theatre in north London, with a highly acclaimed performance from Paterson Joseph in the title role. Eugene… Read More
One-man puppet company Professor Popup’s Puppet Theatre returns to Millfield theatre on 16 September with a show for 3-9 year olds and their families, Amazing, Mr Noah.Professor Popup is on… Read More
The full cast has been announced for the first production of the newly established Theatre Royal Haymarket Company, The Country Wife, which opens on 9 October (previews from 27 September).Joining… Read More
It is a busy time for family friendly theatre this fortnight with Kids Week in full swing, which is why the third edition of Official London Theatre’s fortnightly podcast, The… Read More
The full cast has been announced to join Emma Williams and Kelly Price in Desperately Seeking Susan, which opens at the Novello on 15 November (previews from 12 October).Mark McGee,… Read More
Ed Hughes, Patrick Robinson and Peter De Jersey star in Rough Crossings, the new stage adaptation of Simon Schama’s best selling history of the abolition of the slave trade, which… Read More
The Autumn Access London Theatre brochure, which lists all audio-described, signed and captioned performances in London theatre, is now available. The brochure has information about more than 100 assisted performances… Read More
He is just 22 and yet Liverpudlian Tommy Sherlock has a fair amount of acting experience to his name. He has appeared on television in The League Of Gentlemen, toured… Read More
Adrian Bower does not look like your average West End star. His shoulder-length hair is unkempt, unruly and a little on the greasy side, like if John Lennon had worked… Read More
Comedian and actor Mel Smith is to make his West End musical debut playing Michael Ball’s husband in Hairspray, which comes to the Shaftesbury on 11 October (press night 30… Read More
The singers of British Youth Opera (BYO) come to the Peacock for their annual season from 7-15 September, with productions of Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring.The… Read More
Singer Suzanne Shaw and comic actress Mel Giedroyc have been cast in the Barbican’s pantomime, Jack And The Beanstalk, which runs from 1 December 2007-12 January 2008.Shaw, who came to… Read More
Jermyn Street presents the UK premiere of On Your Honour, a legal-based farce by Colin Wakefield and Roger Leach, from 11-29 September.On Your Honour is set in a hotel where… Read More
Former EastEnder Shane Richie and James Jagger star in two one-act black comedies at the King’s Head from 28 August-23 September (press night 30 August). Lone Star and Private Wars,… Read More
For nearly 21 years Inspector Javert has been keeping law and order in the West End. The purveyor of justice in long-running French revolutionary musical Les Misérables has long been… Read More
The Chichester Festival Theatre production of The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby Parts I & II will transfer to London’s Gielgud theatre on 5 December (press night 8 December),… Read More
With over 32,000 tickets sold, the 10th anniversary Kids Week is already a record-breaker, and it has only just started!The Kids Week fortnight runs until 31 August, allowing children aged… Read More
James Fleet is among the full cast announced for Caryl Churchill’s Cloud Nine, which opens at the Almeida on 31 October after previews from 25 October.Fleet is joined in the… Read More
Jennifer Ellison and Tracy-Ann Oberman will be unpacking their flight bags at the Comedy from 1 October when they join the cast of Marc Camoletti’s Boeing Boeing to play air… Read More
The successful combination of actor Patrick Stewart and director Rupert Goold returns to West End in September when the current Chichester production of Macbeth transfers to the Gielgud. The duo… Read More
The sun was out for the opening day of Kids Week Covent Garden today as a host of West End stars took to the stage in the first day of… Read More
Little Shop Of Horrors, the Menier Chocolate Factory transfer currently playing at the Ambassadors, is closing in the West End on 8 September prior to a national tour. This revival… Read More
The 10th anniversary Kids Week kicks off on Friday and, to celebrate, the team is holding a special two-day launch event beginning 16 August. Held in Covent Garden, the event… Read More
Any Dream Will Do contestant Daniel Boys may not have won the highly prized technicolor dreamcoat, but he will find himself leading the cast of a London musical this autumn.… Read More
Broadway star Chita Rivera’s cabaret show Chita Sings, which was due to take place at the Wyndham’s from 10-22 September, has been cancelled. Producer Keith Turnipseed said “Due to a… Read More
After a ten-day break, Rufus Sewell is back on stage in Tom Stoppard’s new play Rock ‘N’ Roll, this time treading the boards at the Duke Of York’s, after the… Read More
The casts of 11 West End shows took to the main stage of Kids Week Covent Garden today on day two of the free mini-festival which launches the Kids Week… Read More
She is a former radio DJ, calypso singer and celebrity in Trinidad, she has played the oldest woman in the world, her husband’s aunt and a Boney M-singing mother who… Read More
Simon Burke will succeed Alexander Hanson in the role of Captain Von Trapp in The Sound Of Music at the London Palladium from 24 September. Burke has previously starred in… Read More
Charles Dance and Janie Dee are to star in a new production of William Nicholson’s Shadowlands at the Wyndham’s from 3 October (press night 8 October) to 15 December. The… Read More
Phil Willmott and the The second edition of Official London Theatre's podcast, The Cast, is now available to download. The latest show, hosted by Matthew Amer, was inspired by the… Read More
Kids programming features in the autumn/winter season at the Soho theatre, with morning shows, a half-term treat and comedy for Christmas all in the line-up under the banner Fun For… Read More
The Barbican will host the London transfer of Black Watch, the National Theatre of Scotland show which was a huge success at last year’s Edinburgh Festival, in June 2008.The production… Read More
Epic musical The Lord Of The Rings has announced an extension to its booking period. The adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s fantasy trilogy, which opened at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane… Read More
Four premieres, an Australian comedy show for kids and a promenade performance in Chinatown are some of the highlights in the autumn/winter season of the Soho theatre under Artistic Director… Read More
English National Ballet premieres the first live ballet based on the popular children’s character Angelina Ballerina at the New Wimbledon next month. Angelina’s Star Performance plays at the South London… Read More
The pilgrims travelled from Southwark to Canterbury, but Gregory Doran’s RSC production of The Canterbury Tales Part I and Part II has done that and a lot more besides. After… Read More
Alan Bennett’s Laurence Olivier Award-winning play The History Boys returns to the West End for a second run this winter, opening at the Wyndham’s on 20 December.Desmond Barrit returns to… Read More
Theatrecares, a charity which distributes funds to HIV and AIDS projects in the UK and Africa, has lined up several fund-raising events in the West End in the coming months.… Read More
Black leather, skin-tight lycra, gyrating hips and horny teenagers – it is the perfect recipe for a family musical. Grease, after all the hype and reality television casting, was back… Read More
Do you want to rock and roll? That is a question asked several times during Buddy, and each time the answer is an ever-more enthusiastic yes from the raucous first… Read More
If you missed recent London dates of Birmingham Stage Company productions Horrible Histories and Danny The Champion Of The World, do not fret, as there is another chance to catch… Read More
Christian Slater is returning to the West End stage in a darkly comic modern thriller based on the cult 1994 film Swimming With Sharks, which opens at the Vaudeville theatre… Read More
Amanda Drew has been cast in the The Ugly One by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg, which forms part of the Royal Court’s season of international plays in the Jerwood… Read More
The transfer of Sheffield Theatres's production of Fiddler On The Roof has, once again, extended its originally limited run at the Savoy. The Henry Goodman-led show, which originally extended until… Read More
Shakespearean romp The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged) is to finish its summer season at the Arts on Sunday 2 September, three weeks earlier than planned. It had been… Read More
Peter Davison has played some iconic parts in his time, not least his incarnation as the fifth Doctor Who, but now he is stepping into the shoes of a legend,… Read More
After years away from the stage developing his film and TV career, Mark Addy has returned to the theatre, making his commercial West End debut at the Comedy theatre in… Read More
Theatre company Talawa has announced a season of new work for 2007/8. The company, which was formed 21 years ago and is one of the longest established black theatre companies… Read More
London-based theatre company Pip Productions is launching a new theatre project for children and parents this autumn. Pip Theatre is a weekly course held over 12 weeks in term-time in… Read More
Caroline Quentin is to play Christine Hamilton in Robin Soans’s new play about real-life victims of scandal. Quentin is among a cast of seven who play over 20 characters from… Read More
The Tricycle's autumn season has been released and features the world premiere of Dublin-set drama The Pride Of Parnell Street, Ron Hutchinson's golden age of Hollywood comedy Moonlight And Magnolias,… Read More
There is a chance to catch the musical adaptation of The Gruffalo’s Child at Greenwich theatre on 28-30 August, kicking off a new season of shows for children throughout the… Read More
William Baker, long-time collaborator of Kylie Minogue, is directing a new version of the musical Rent, which opens at the Duke Of York’s on 16 October (previews from 2 October)… Read More
What do you get if you cram a hotel room with an MEP, a sexy Russian secretary, a spying official, a corrupt Turk, a sex-crazed French woman, a racist Yorkshireman… Read More
Everyone knows foxes are clever; bold, wily London foxes who have figured out how to open up wheelie bins and hang about the back doors of restaurants to get the… Read More
The power of love, as Huey Lewis And The News would have us believe, is a curious thing; it makes one man weep, makes another man sing. Or, in Victoria… Read More
Shoot The Crow, rather confusingly, has nothing to do with either the use of ballistic weaponry or annoyingly squawky dark-feathered harbingers of doom. Owen McCafferty’s play, which is currently being… Read More
American Broadway star Chita Rivera comes to London this September for a two-week stay at the Wyndham’s, where she presents her cabaret show Chita Sings as part of the American… Read More
Musicals continue to demonstrate their pulling power with the punters in the West End as two big shows extend their booking periods. Monty Python’s Spamalot is to stay at the… Read More