Published: 28 May 2012
Cheese and pineapple nibbles, gin and the squeamish feeling of an evening falling apart; Mike Leigh’s 70s hit Abigail’s Party has returned to the London stage with a brown-tinged bang.… Read More
Monty Python’s Spamalot is to return to the West End this summer, when a host of famous faces will take to the stage of the Harold Pinter theatre for more… Read More
Robert Daws will take on the role of PM Jim Hacker in Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn’s production of Yes, Prime Minister, which arrives back in the West End from… Read More
Trevor Nunn will direct two of Britain’s most respected actors, Eileen Atkins and Michael Gambon, in the London premiere of Samuel Beckett’s All That Fall this autumn at the intimate… Read More
Published: 25 May 2012
Comedian and star of Grandma’s House Simon Amstell is to perform a special one-off gig in aid of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme.The former presenter of Never Mind The… Read More
Michelle Ryan will make her West End musical theatre debut opposite Will Young in the revival of Rufus Norris’ hit production of Cabaret. The decadent and darkly comic production will… Read More
Published: 24 May 2012
Two of the West End’s hit musicals will liven up Leicester Square this Friday as they perform live to celebrate the square’s relaunch.Chicago and Mamma Mia! will perform for the… Read More
Legendary director Peter Brook’s The Suit opened at the Young Vic last night and at only 75 minutes it’s certainly short and sweet, but it’s an atmospheric production set to… Read More
Published: 23 May 2012
Laura Wade’s acclaimed political drama Posh transfers into the West End this week following its sell-out run at the Royal Court in 2010. Packed full of elitist snobbery, debauchery, misogyny… Read More
Following a national tour, the barbershop quartet Barbershopera will return to London this summer with a brand new cabaret show.Now That’s What I Call Barbershopera! will play at the Soho… Read More
What better way to celebrate our Olympic year than with a stage adaptation of one of Britain’s greatest sporting films. In bringing the Oscar-winning motion picture to the stage, director… Read More
Published: 22 May 2012
The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced that Catherine Mallyon will succeed Vikki Heywood as Executive Director at the prestigious theatre company. Mallyon will take up the post on 14 September… Read More
Sons and daughters who are struggling to find the perfect present this Father’s Day can now get their hands on a gift that will outdo even the most garish novelty… Read More
Royal Court hit Constellations will be the third sell-out play from the much-lauded new writing venue to transfer to the Duke of York’s theatre this year as part of its… Read More
London’s appetite for vaudevillian chic and cabaret kitsch seems unwavering but Cantina, the capital’s newest offering, has raised the bar and given the pastime a darker twist. Wonder down to… Read More
Published: 21 May 2012
Following closely in the footsteps of Alan Ayckbourn’s Absent Friends, Lindsay Posner’s revival of Abigail’s Party takes us back in time once again to an era when wallpaper made you… Read More
The Withnail And I, Harry Potter and Sunshine Boys star talks to Matthew Amer about autograph hunters, celebrity and growing older.“Sometimes people say ‘The thing about Richard Griffiths is he’s… Read More
Lisa Maxwell has joined the cast of Trafalgar Studio 2’s forthcoming drama Chicken, joining previously announced cast members Craig Kelly and George Georgiou in the New York-set drama.American playwright Mike… Read More
Published: 18 May 2012
ZooNation’s acclaimed family production Some Like It Hip Hop will return to the West End later this year, playing a limited run at the Peacock theatre prior to a UK… Read More
London stage regular and Eternal Law star Tobias Menzies will lead the cast of Fear, the debut play by Dominic Savage, when it opens at the Bush theatre next month.The… Read More
If being grumpy were an Olympic event, the West End would have two of London 2012’s hottest contenders.In the red corner is Danny DeVito’s Willy Clark, a miniature malcontent who… Read More
Audiences have the chance to see another of War Horse author Michael Morpurgo’s stories on stage, with First World War drama Private Peaceful set to play a short season at… Read More
Following a one-off concert performance at the Queen’s theatre last year, Stiles and Drewe’s new musical Soho Cinders will receive its world premiere at the Soho theatre this August. Featuring… Read More
Will Young will make his West End debut in a revival of Rufus Norris’ Olivier Award-winning production Cabaret this autumn, starring as Emcee at the Savoy theatre from 3 October.… Read More
Published: 17 May 2012
The Olivier Award-nominated director Sean Foley has officially proved himself as the king of farce, moving from last year’s madcap comedy The Ladykillers to madness in the literal sense with… Read More
Published: 16 May 2012
Comedian Tim Minchin, former Spice Girl Melanie C and BBC Radio 1 presenter Chris Moyles will star in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s forthcoming arena tour of Jesus Christ… Read More
“Each new day in suburbia brings with it a new set of lies.” This may be the opening line of the hit American TV series Desperate Housewives but it couldn’t… Read More
Anthony Rapp - Without You, the one-man show based on actor Rapp’s best-selling memoir about his time starring in Broadway musical Rent, will play the Menier Chocolate Factory from 29… Read More
She has starred in everything from An Ideal Husband on stage to Downton Abbey on screen, but Samantha Bond is arguably still most famous for playing Miss Moneypenny in the… Read More
Published: 15 May 2012
A star-studded gala performance marked 10 years of guitar-thrashing, foot-stomping, hand-clapping rock in the West End yesterday, with the 10th birthday party of We Will Rock You.Producer and Hollywood star… Read More
The hit production of Yes, Prime Minister arrives in the West End for a third time from 6 June.The political comedy is taking up residence for an open ended run… Read More
Published: 14 May 2012
Best known for playing “dumb cockney” Neil in hit comedy The Inbetweeners, Blake Harrison is making his West End debut in a very different role at the Trafalgar Studios. He… Read More
It won’t just be Father Christmas flying into London this Christmas, as Tall Stories’s Room On The Broom lands in the West End from 21 November.Adapted for the stage by… Read More
As Billy Elliot – The Musical extends its booking period to December 2013, Harrison Dowzell will today become the 30th boy to play the title role since the show danced… Read More
Dora The Explorer will bring her love of exploration to the West End when Nickelodeon’s Dora The Explorer LIVE! Search For The City Of Lost Toys arrives at the Apollo… Read More
Published: 11 May 2012
National Theatre of Scotland’s Vicky Featherstone will succeed Dominic Cooke as Artistic Director of the Royal Court when he steps down in April 2013.In doing so she becomes the first… Read More
The Lyric Hammersmith is taking theatre out of the auditorium and into the Lyric Square this summer with a series of free shows from a quintet of innovative companies. Curious… Read More
David Harrower’s A Slow Air has a lot to live up to, following in the award-winning footsteps of his previous two-hander, Blackbird. Though both plays feature a man and woman… Read More
Staff at the Trafalgar Studios are undoubtedly egg-cited today as it is announced the theatre will host the West End premiere of off-Broadway hit Chicken.The gritty New York-set tale will… Read More
Published: 10 May 2012
Comedian Rufus Hound and Spooks star Sophia Myles are to appear in the Soho theatre’s play cycle Utopia, making their theatre debuts at the new writing venue.They are joined by… Read More
On a blustery, drizzly, depressing May evening, it is a treat to escape into Top Hat’s world of glamour and opulence.Here every hotel worker is a trained dancer primed to… Read More
As David Harrower’s Edinburgh Fringe success A Slow Air comes to the Tricycle theatre, we learn a little more about the Scottish playwright and his love of baking.Harrower’s play, already… Read More
Published: 9 May 2012
The summer 2012 edition of the Access London Theatre brochure is now available, listing over 110 audio-described, captioned and signed performances taking place in the capital during the months of… Read More
British light entertainment icon Des O’Connor is following the yellow brick road all the way to the London Palladium, where he will replace Russell Grant in The Wizard Of Oz.The… Read More
The two parts of the Bush theatre’s double bill, Dry Ice and You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy, are as different as chalk and cheese – an idiom which… Read More
As I try to write about Three Kingdoms, I find myself wordless, which isn’t helpful, but the show that begins as a crime drama before descending into I don’t know… Read More
Namesakes of Britain’s most famous couple, The Queen and Prince Philip, are being offered free tickets at the TKTS ticket booth in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee. Sharers of the noble… Read More
Published: 8 May 2012
David Suchet will provide the voice of Aslan in threesixty's production of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, which previews from tonight in Kensington Gardens.Suchet’s roar will be heard… Read More
Actor Blake Harrison might be best known for playing the intellectually challenged Neil in comedy hit The Inbetweeners, but his West End debut sees a dramatic, sinister alteration.In Step 9… Read More
Published: 4 May 2012
Three is the magic number for the Royal Court at the moment. Not only is Love, Love, Love the second of its productions to repeat the same word in its… Read More
Philip Ridley’s testing drama set in a post-Apocalyptic vision of London, Mercury Fur, is to play a West End season at the Trafalgar Studios 2.Greenhouse Theatre Company’s production, which has… Read More
Published: 3 May 2012
The upcoming musical production of The Bodyguard is scouring the country for young performers to play Fletcher, the son of stalked performer Rachel Marron.Speaking to Official London Theatre about the… Read More
Since making a striking impact with her award-winning 2007 play Gone Too Far!, much is expected of every Bola Agbaje project. Belong doesn’t disappoint.An exploratory tale of identity, politics, corruption… Read More
As director Jeremy Herrin and his cast polish Matthew Dunster’s world premiere at the Almeida, we peek into the rehearsal room.Dunster’s tale of tested friendship stars Darrell D’Silva and Trevor… Read More
Published: 2 May 2012
The new leading man of hit comedy One Man Two Guvnors had, when he took over as Francis Henshall, simultaneously the most enviable and unenviable of opportunities; he was leading… Read More
Paul Bhattacharjee is to go toe to verbal toe with Meera Syal this summer when he performs the role of Benedick opposite her Beatrice in the Royal Shakespeare Company production… Read More
Twitter-based talent search #searchforatwitterstar, which has had theatre fans across social site Twitter expressing their excitement in 140 characters or less, is to move out of the cyber world and… Read More
Published: 1 May 2012
Neal Foster, co-writer of Horrible Histories and founder of Birmingham Stage Company, will join the cast of Horrible Histories Barmy Britain, the latest stage adaptation from the much-loved series of… Read More
“I’m puttin’ on my top hat, tyin’ up my white tie, brushin’ off my tails.” So goes the title song of Irving Berlin’s musical Top Hat, which is all very… Read More
New York’s 2012 Tony Award nominees have been announced today with British transfer One Man, Two Guvnors recognised in six categories. One Man, Two Guvnors, which was nominated for five… Read More
Thea Sharrock will direct the much-anticipated and long rumoured musical The Bodyguard at the Adelphi theatre later this year, with Tony Award-winning actress Heather Headley and Lloyd Owen in the… Read More
New theatre company The Wrong Crowd are bringing its critically acclaimed debut show, The Girl With The Iron Claws, to London this season, playing at the Soho theatre this week… Read More
Published: 27 April 2012
Ghost The Musical’s Mark Evans and Siobhan Dillon have taken their on stage partnership into the recording studio to bring a YouTube treat to Ghost’s legion of fans.The pair have… Read More
Gary Milner is to appear on stage alongside his real-life wife when he joins the cast of hit musical Mamma Mia! at the Prince of Wales theatre from 11 June. Milner,… Read More
Anne-Marie Duff will return to the Donmar Warehouse later this year to star in celebrated author Alan Hollinghurst’s new version of Bérénice, following Lyndsey Turner’s Donmar directorial debut with Brian… Read More
Former athlete Kriss Akabusi, comedian Mark Watson and writer, presenter and actor Stephen Fry will all appear on the Criterion theatre stage this summer as part of its Playing The… Read More
Published: 26 April 2012
Sheffield Theatres’ critically acclaimed production of Michael Frayn’s Democracy will transfer to the Old Vic theatre this summer. First seen at the National Theatre in 2003 before playing as part… Read More
Published: 25 April 2012
Currently starring in Written On The Heart, Oliver Ford Davies has enjoyed a career that has spanned four decades, seen him conquer the stage and screen, and become a published… Read More
Shrek The Musical is soon to celebrate its first birthday in the West End and the swamp-dwelling ogre is having a party to mark the occasion. On Sunday 6 May,… Read More
The producers of the upcoming West End theatrical concert Let It Be have launched a search for four talented musicians to step into the shoes of The Beatles this autumn.… Read More
Lisa Dillon will star in the Royal Court Theatre’s forthcoming tense drama Birthday, appearing opposite the previously announced Stephen Mangan.Joe Penhall’s new play will see the pair play a couple… Read More
What a renaissance Rattigan is enjoying, though as we move further from his centenary year, I fear the love for the previously unfashionable dramatist may dissolve and drift away.His short… Read More
Comedian Dylan Moran, Olivier Award-winner Simon Stephens and controversial writer Anthony Neilson have been announced as three of the nine playwrights to collaborate on Soho theatre’s forthcoming production and unique… Read More
Published: 24 April 2012
As two new adaptations of Greek classics open at the Unicorn theatre – Nancy Harris’s The Man With The Disturbingly Smelly Foot for children aged seven to 10 and Ryan… Read More
Unless you’re an expert on the English Reformation – something that I certainly don’t claim to be – I suggest doing a bit of research before stepping inside the Duchess… Read More