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Legally leaves London

Published: 26 January 2012

The Olivier Award-winning production Legally Blonde The Musical has announced it will close on 7 April after a three year run at the Savoy theatre. Jerry Mitchell’s musical transformed the… Read More

Ardal O’Hanlon

Published: 25 January 2012

The former Father Ted star talks to Matthew Amer about reading plays, taking a stand-up breather and appearing in Port Authority at Southwark Playhouse.“There’s no trickery, no gimmickry, none of… Read More

National Theatre announces star-studded 2012

Published: 25 January 2012

The National Theatre has revealed its plans for 2012 with a stellar line-up including Adrian Lester, Julie Walters, Cillian Murphy and Rory Kinnear amongst the talent taking to one of… Read More

American Idiot extends London run

Published: 25 January 2012

Green Day’s award-winning rock musical American Idiot will run for an additional week in London later this year due to an overwhelming demand for tickets.The musical was due to play… Read More

Sergei Polunin quits Royal Ballet

Published: 25 January 2012

In a shock move, Sergei Polunin, the Royal Ballet’s youngest male principal dancer, left the company yesterday. His resignation, with immediate effect, took the Royal Ballet – and indeed the… Read More

Crazy to close in March

Published: 25 January 2012

The Regent’s Park Open Air theatre’s hit musical production Crazy For You, which transferred to the Novello theatre last October, is to end its West End run on 17 March.The… Read More

The Madness Of George III

Published: 24 January 2012

There are some plays that are designed to pull all eyes to one actor’s performance and their performance alone. Despite the large cast, The Madness Of George III is such… Read More

NT dominates Critics’ Circle Awards

Published: 24 January 2012

National Theatre productions collected more than half the awards on offer at today’s Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards, winning in five of the nine categories.Danny Boyle’s production of Frankenstein triumphed in… Read More

Morell announces inaugural Unicorn season

Published: 23 January 2012

The Unicorn theatre’s new Artistic Director Purni Morell has announced her first season at the children’s venue with a double bill from Nancy Harris and Ryan Craig, and a site-specific… Read More

Introducing… Naomi O’Connell

Published: 23 January 2012

When Naomi O’Connell left Ireland for New York’s Juilliard School to carry on her operatic studies, she could never have known that the next time she returned across the Atlantic… Read More

Grant is West End’s waltzing Wizard

Published: 23 January 2012

Former astrologer and Strictly Come Dancing star Russell Grant will samba his way down the yellow brick road when he replaces Michael Crawford in The Wizard Of Oz from 14… Read More

Prenger and Spearritt join One Man

Published: 20 January 2012

Jodie Prenger and Hannah Spearritt will join Owain Arthur in One Man, Two Guvnors when it transfers to the Theatre Royal Haymarket in March. The original cast of Nicolas Hytner’s… Read More

Hytner directs Bennett’s People

Published: 20 January 2012

Nicholas Hytner and Alan Bennett will reunite for the premiere of the renowned playwright’s latest play People at the National Theatre next autumn. While dates and casting details are yet… Read More

Tiger returns for more tea

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

Council calls time on extended parking plan

Published: 19 January 2012

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

Travelling Light

Published: 19 January 2012

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

Harry Hadden-Paton

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 opens with promenade opera for families

Published: 18 January 2012

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

Lloyd Webber searches for Superstar

Published: 18 January 2012

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

Theatre Tokens enjoys record year

Published: 18 January 2012

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

Edinburgh Festival family hits premiere at Soho

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

Marmion creates Utopia in Soho spring

Published: 17 January 2012

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

Bill stalwart leads Tricycle’s Bomb squad

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

Exclusive: Ubu team on trial-free working

Published: 16 January 2012

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

Spiro debuts in Filumena

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

Lovesong

Published: 13 January 2012

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

Globe announces Midsummer Dream Space show for Easter

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

The Table

Published: 12 January 2012

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

Sci-fi star joins Braff’s New People

Published: 12 January 2012

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

Unicorn celebrates 200 years of Brothers Grimm

Published: 12 January 2012

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

Kate Fleetwood

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

Callow returns to Being Shakespeare

Published: 11 January 2012

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

Rocking out with We Will Rock You

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

Halfpenny hosts Abigail’s Party at Menier

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

Fitzgerald swaps Body Farm for Theatre

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

Kenny brings Red Riding Hood to Jackson’s Lane

Published: 6 January 2012

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

London theatre welcomes 2012 Ambassadors

Published: 6 January 2012

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

Theatre fan gets a Lot for Christmas

Published: 6 January 2012

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

Comic stars at Southwark Port

Published: 6 January 2012

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

Haymarket says Bravo to forces company

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

Khan cancels DESH run

Published: 5 January 2012

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

Panter and Squire top Stage 100

Published: 5 January 2012

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

Carley Stenson

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

London’s arts leaders receive honours

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

Goold brings Lion to Kensington Gardens

Published: 3 January 2012

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

Misfits star Stewart-Jarrett in Pitchfork Disney

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

Karimloo in concert at the Royal Festival Hall

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

Carter and North star in Floyd Collins revival

Published: 29 December 2011

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

Cape Town Opera returns to London with Porgy

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

Pilkington joins Daly in Master Class

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

2011: That was the year that…

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

Swallows And Amazons

Published: 21 December 2011

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

2011: A year in interviews

Published: 21 December 2011

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

Stones In His Pockets

Published: 21 December 2011

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

Glen and Emmerson team up for Vanya

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

Deyn debuts opposite Stoppard

Published: 20 December 2011

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

Young Vic to host Belarus Free Theatre

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

Cooke announces Court departure

Published: 19 December 2011

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

Potted Interview

Published: 19 December 2011

“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

Fitzrovia Radio Hour returns to London

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

Soetaert and McDowall make Chicago returns

Published: 16 December 2011

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

Southbank to host London Wonderground

Published: 16 December 2011

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

Westminster parks policy change

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

New One Man for transfer of NT hit

Published: 15 December 2011

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

Winstone brings Stranger to the stage

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

Marie Jones

Published: 14 December 2011

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

Exclusive: Seasonal stars share festive favourites

Published: 14 December 2011

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

Lyric Hammersmith announces spring family programme

Published: 14 December 2011

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

Noises Off

Published: 14 December 2011

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

Copyright Christmas

Published: 14 December 2011

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

Bond back for Lyric 2012

Published: 14 December 2011

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

Dublin Carol

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

Profile: Michael Grandage

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

Audience

Published: 12 December 2011

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

Magical Night

Published: 12 December 2011

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
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