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Stomp celebrates 15 years in London’s West End

Published: 26 September 2017

Percussive smash-hit Stomp marked 15 years in London's West End at the Ambassadors Theatre last night (Monday 25 September 2017) with on-stage celebrations and, of course, birthday cake. At the… Read More

Kwame Kwei-Armah appointed Young Vic Artistic Director

Published: 26 September 2017

The multi award-winning director and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah will succeed incumbent Young Vic Artistic Director David Lan from February 2018, it has been announced. Kwame, the outgoing Artistic Director of Baltimore… Read More

Cast announced for Wicked 2018 UK & Ireland tour

Published: 26 September 2017

Audiences across the country can look forward to seeing a cast including the likes of Amy Ross (Elphaba) and Helen Woolf (Glinda) Defying Gravity as the magnificent musical Wicked tours… Read More

UK Theatre Announce Most Welcoming Theatres 2017

Published: 26 September 2017

UK Theatre has announced the 12 regional and national winners of the UK's Most Welcoming Theatre 2017 in association with Smooth Radio. This award, which is voted for by the… Read More

Reasons to see: Ramona Tells Jim

Published: 25 September 2017

On Friday, we were at the opening night for Ramona Tells Jim at the Bush Theatre, a new play written by Sophie Wu and directed by Mel Hillyard. The play… Read More

Bolshoi Ballet lays out 2017/18 cinema season

Published: 25 September 2017

The Bolshoi Ballet have announced plans for their 2017/18 cinema season, bringing some of ballet's greatest classical works, celebrated choreographers, and finest dancers, to big screens across the country. Three… Read More

In rehearsal: The Lady From The Sea

Published: 25 September 2017

Ibsen's marital masterpiece once again poses the ultimate question in Elinor Cook's new version for the Donmar Warehouse: follow your heart, or settle for security? The Lady From The Sea… Read More

First Look: Dick Whittington at the London Palladium

Published: 22 September 2017

Take a look at these fabulous first pics from London Palladium's 2017 panto, Dick Whittington, starring Julian Clary, Elaine Paige, Ashley Banjo and Diversity, Paul Zerdin, Nigel Havers, Gary Wilmot,… Read More

Patti LuPone and Rosalie Craig to star in Company

Published: 22 September 2017

Patti LuPone will return to the London stage for the first time in more than 20 years to join a new gender-bending version of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Company. Marianne Elliott… Read More

Video interview: Venus In Fur

Published: 21 September 2017

We chatted to Natalie Dormer and David Oakes, stars of the upcoming Venus In Fur, about hysteria in the rehearsal room, knee high leather boots, and er, sadomasochism. Venus In… Read More

In rehearsal: Albion

Published: 21 September 2017

'It's England really, isn't it? A climate without cloud and rain isn't honest.' Albion is a new play by Mike Bartlett, directed by Rupert Goold, their first collaboration following their… Read More

Oslo celebrates International Day Of Peace

Published: 21 September 2017

Oslo, currently playing at the National Theatre, has announced a series of special events to celebrate International Day of Peace prior to its West End transfer. 21 SeptemberThe United Nations… Read More

The Secondary Victim makes world premiere at the Park Theatre

Published: 21 September 2017

Written by former psychotherapist, Matthew Campling, the world premiere production of The Secondary Victim explores the growing world of blame culture within psychotherapy in private practice. Inspired by real life… Read More

In rehearsal: Labour Of Love

Published: 20 September 2017

Look inside the rehearsal room of Labour Of Love, starring Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig, soon to open at the Noël Coward Theatre. Tamsin Greig recently stepped into the role,… Read More

Almeida launches second series of Figures Of Speech

Published: 18 September 2017

The Almeida Theatre has launched the second series of Figures of Speech, its major digital film project interrogating the vitality of speech, the power of performance, and what visionary leadership… Read More

In rehearsal: Le Grand Mort

Published: 18 September 2017

Comedian and entertainer Julian Clary is to lead the world premiere of black comedy Le Grand Mort at Trafalgar Studios this autumn, a play penned specially for him by the… Read More

Reasons to see: Derren Brown: Underground

Published: 18 September 2017

When it was announced that the master of mind-bending manipulation and majestic feats was set to return to the West End this month, it took all our restraint to stop… Read More

Kinky Boots celebrates 2nd West End birthday

Published: 15 September 2017

Tonight (Friday 15 September 2017) Kinky Boots celebrates its 2nd West End birthday, which they marked in typically spectacular style at the Adelphi Theatre. Kinky Boots, now booking until March… Read More

TheatreCraft profile: Lora Krasteva

Published: 15 September 2017

Guest post and interview by Suzie Kirk Dumitru This week, in the third and final instalment of our 'Up & Coming' series, Official London Theatre sat down to talk to… Read More

Pearl Mackie joins The Birthday Party

Published: 15 September 2017

Recent Doctor Who star Pearl Mackie will join the previously announced Toby Jones, Stephen Mangan and Zoë Wanamaker in the cast of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party. In Mackie's first… Read More

Tina Turner musical confirmed for West End world premiere

Published: 15 September 2017

A new musical based on the life and hits of iconic artist Tina Turner will have its world premiere at the West End's Aldwych Theatre in April 2018, it has… Read More

Lily Allen among Ambassadors announced for Cyberscene Project

Published: 14 September 2017

The world premiere of Emily Jenkins’ pioneering new play Cookies is being supported by Lily Allen, Ted Reilly, Maddy Hill and Lady Viola Grosvenor, who will act as Ambassadors to… Read More

Casting announced for The Exorcist

Published: 14 September 2017

Forty-five years after William Peter Blatty’s best-selling novel terrified an entire generation, The Exorcist will be unleashed onto the West End stage for the very first time in a uniquely… Read More

UK Theatre Awards 2017 Nominations revealed

Published: 14 September 2017

UK Theatre has announced the nominations for the UK Theatre Awards 2017, with London-bound musicals Everybody's Talking About Jamie and Caroline, Or Change amongst the heralded shows. The critically acclaimed productions… Read More

Clare Burt joins Kelsey Grammer in Big Fish

Published: 14 September 2017

UK Theatre Award-winner Clare Burt has been announced to star as ‘Sandra Bloom’ alongside the previously announced Kelsey Grammer as ‘Edward Bloom’ in a new production of John August and… Read More

Interview: The cast of Jesus Christ Superstar

Published: 13 September 2017

Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has proven quite the standout production, claiming this year's Magic Radio Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival; we spoke to cast… Read More

Theatre Lounge Live: Motown The Musical

Published: 13 September 2017

In case you missed them, here's another chance to catch Motown The Musical's stunning Theatre Lounge Live performances from the Shaftesbury Theatre last week, guaranteed to get you Dancin' In… Read More

West End set to get Austentatious premiere

Published: 13 September 2017

The smash-hit Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel is set to hit the West End this Winter, following a major UK tour and a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Festival… Read More

Jonny Woo returns to Hackney Empire

Published: 13 September 2017

Following the sell-out success of 2016’s inaugural Un-Royal Variety in the historic setting of Hackney Empire, international drag star and performance artist Jonny Woo will return for two nights this… Read More

West End and Broadway to dim lights in memory of Sir Peter Hall

Published: 13 September 2017

Venues across the West End and on Broadway will be dimming their lights on Friday 15 September in memory of Sir Peter Hall, the peerless British director and theatre impresario. … Read More

My Autism-Friendly Performance experience

Published: 13 September 2017

Kat Farmer took her son Monty, who has Asperger Syndrome and ADHD, to an autism-friendly of Disney's Aladdin on 29 August. Here, she shares her story of the experience. Monty… Read More

Kenneth MacMillan’s Sleeping Beauty returns in new ENB season

Published: 13 September 2017

English National Ballet has today announced its 2018 Spring/Summer Season, including the world premiere of a new William Forsythe work as part of a new mixed American accented bill, and… Read More

James Dreyfus withdraws from Menier’s The Lie

Published: 13 September 2017

The Menier Chocolate Factory has today announced that James Dreyfus has regretfully been forced to withdraw from their forthcoming production of Florian Zeller's The Lie on medical advice, with Alexander… Read More

Dramatic trailer released for West End cyber bullying play

Published: 12 September 2017

Ground-breaking new anti-cyber bullying play Cookies, commissioned as part of The Cyberscene Project, has released the show’s official trailer which features the voices of students affected by online bullying. Written… Read More

The Birthday Party to star Toby Jones, Stephen Mangan and Zoë Wanamaker

Published: 12 September 2017

Sonia Friedman Productions have announced a new production of Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party which will run at the Harold Pinter Theatre, 60 years since the play’s debut. It will… Read More

Sir Peter Hall: 1930 – 2017

Published: 12 September 2017

The National Theatre have issued the following statement today. The National Theatre is deeply saddened to announce the death of its former Director, Sir Peter Hall, one of the great… Read More

Full cast announced for National Theatre’s Network

Published: 11 September 2017

Full casting has been announced for the National Theatre and Ivo van Hove's world premiere production of Network, which stars Bryan Cranston (Howard Beale), Michelle Dockery (Diana Christenson) and Douglas… Read More

Old Vic to stage The Lorax relaxed performance

Published: 11 September 2017

The Old Vic will present a relaxed performance of Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax on Sunday 5 November at 2.30pm. This performance is for families with one or more children with… Read More

The Wind In The Willows hits the big screen

Published: 11 September 2017

West End musical The Wind In The Willows, which recently ended its strictly limited summer season at the London Palladium, has been filmed for cinematic, television and online releases. Based… Read More

Royal Court announces The Fall transfer

Published: 11 September 2017

The Royal Court has announced the transfer of the three-time award-winning Edinburgh Fringe Festival show, The Fall. Having won acclaim from critics and audiences alike at this year's Fringe, the… Read More

Sharon D Clarke to host UK Theatre Awards 2017

Published: 11 September 2017

UK Theatre has today announced that Olivier Award-winning actress Sharon D Clarke will host the UK Theatre Awards 2017. The UK Theatre Awards are the only nationwide Awards to honour… Read More

Vikki Stone returns to Lyric Hammersmith panto

Published: 11 September 2017

Comedian Vikki Stone will return to the eagerly anticipated Lyric Hammersmith pantomime again this year, with initial casting announced for festive favourite Jack And The Beanstalk. The award-winning comedian, composer… Read More

Reasons to see: Follies

Published: 11 September 2017

Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical is staged in spectacular style at the National Theatre, on the imposing Olivier stage, and tells the story of Weismann’s Follies girls, who gather thirty years… Read More

Joanna Riding stars in Emma Rice’s Romantics Anonymous

Published: 8 September 2017

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the full cast of Romantics Anonymous, a new musical in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse directed by Emma Rice, with Olivier Award-winning Joanna Riding starring. Riding (Carousel… Read More

TheatreCraft profile: marketer Farah Omotosho

Published: 8 September 2017

Guest post and interview by Josh Brown For the second instalment of our ‘Up & Coming’ series, this month, Official London Theatre spoke with Farah Omotosho, an aspiring Arts Marketer,… Read More

Hamilton pushes back previews by fortnight

Published: 8 September 2017

West End performances of the eagerly anticipated musical Hamilton will reopen the brand new Victoria Palace Theatre two weeks later than previously announced. Previews will now begin on 6 December… Read More

10 questions with the new cast of Wicked

Published: 7 September 2017

To be cast in the West End cast of Wicked and own the Apollo Victoria Theatre stage every night, you need three things: talent, perseverance, and a strong sense of… Read More

National’s Angels In America transfers to Broadway

Published: 7 September 2017

Producers Tim Levy and Jordan Roth have today announced that the National Theatre's production of Tony Kushner’s epic and seminal masterwork, Angels In America: A Gay Fantasia On National Themes,… Read More

Production photos: Five Guys Named Moe

Published: 7 September 2017

Fresh from acclaimed opening performances, the new production of Clarke Peters' Olivier Award-winning musical Five Guys Named Moe has announced it will extend its run at the custom-built Marble Arch… Read More

La Soirée swings into Aldwych for Christmas

Published: 7 September 2017

The Olivier Award-winning cabaret spectacular La Soirée will return to London's Theatreland this Christmas, taking up residency in the West End's refurbished Aldwych Theatre for the first time. Having previously played… Read More

Jennifer Saunders makes West End return in Lady Windermere’s Fan

Published: 7 September 2017

Initial casting has been announced for director Kathy Burke's West End revival of Wildean comedy Lady Windermere's Fan, with Jennifer Saunders, Samantha Spiro and Kevin Bishop set to star. The… Read More

In rehearsal: The Seagull at the Lyric Hammersmith

Published: 6 September 2017

The prolific Simon Stephens masterfully reinvents Chekhov’s classic play of art, love, and their potent, destructive mix - rehearsals for the Lyric Hammersmith's The Seagull are well underway. Legendary actress… Read More

Royal Court announces B and Victory Condition casting

Published: 6 September 2017

The Royal Court has announced casting for its next Jerwood Theatre Downstairs productions, B and Victory Condition, set to run in nightly repertory with flexible performance times for theatregoers. Acclaimed… Read More

An American Waltzes Into St Pancras in special performance

Published: 6 September 2017

Visitors to St Pancras International were left with a spring in their step yesterday, as the London cast of hit musical An American In Paris celebrated their 200th West End… Read More

The Play That Goes Wrong stumbles on to September 2018

Published: 6 September 2017

Something must be going right for the disastrous Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society (better known as Mischief Theatre) at the Duchess Theatre, as their riotous The Play That Goes Wrong marks… Read More

Sharon D Clarke and Caroline, Or Change transfer to Hampstead

Published: 5 September 2017

The Hampstead Theatre has announced its first two productions of 2018: the UK premiere of a witty comedy by Sarah Burgess, and the London transfer of critically acclaimed Chichester Festival… Read More

George Maguire to lead 35mm: A Musical Exhibition

Published: 5 September 2017

Full casting has been announced for The Other Palace's thrilling new alternative rock musical 35: A Musical Exhibiton, with Olivier Award winner George Maguire (Sunny Afternoon) leading the cast. Joining… Read More

TheatreCraft announces Lyn Gardner as 2017 Ambassador

Published: 5 September 2017

TheatreCraft, London’s largest free careers event for people seeking careers off-stage in theatre, has announced renowned theatre journalist and critic, Lyn Gardner, as the TheatreCraft 2017 Ambassador. Gardner will open… Read More

The Very Hungry Caterpillar wiggles back into West End

Published: 5 September 2017

One of the most iconic characters in children’s literature will be wiggling his way back into the West End this Christmas, when The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show returns to the… Read More

New Matildas prove spell-binding ballroom dancers

Published: 5 September 2017

Three new young actresses will join the cast of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda The Musical next week, as Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin's multi award-winning production enters its seventh… Read More

Prince of Wales appointed Old Vic Royal Patron

Published: 5 September 2017

The Old Vic has announced that His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales as newly appointed Royal Patron of The Old Vic to mark the theatre’s bicentennial year in 2018.… Read More

Christian Slater to star in Glengarry Glen Ross

Published: 5 September 2017

International star and Golden Globe winner Christian Slater will head a star-packed West End cast as David Mamet's cult classic play Glengarry Glen Ross returns to London this autumn. The… Read More

Rehearsal diary: Luke Bradshaw on 5 Soldiers

Published: 4 September 2017

It's safe to say that the rehearsal process for Rosie Kay's 5 Soldiers: The Body Is The Frontline was not dictated by your standard schedule of regular practice and refinement.… Read More

Full casting announced for James Graham’s Ink

Published: 4 September 2017

The full West End cast has been announced for James Graham's celebrated new tabloid journalism drama Ink, which transfers from the Almeida to the Duke of York's Theatre from Saturday… Read More

42nd Street opens chorus auditions

Published: 4 September 2017

The hit tap-tastic West End musical 42nd Street has announced open auditions for chorus boys and girls at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, seeking strong tap dancers. In a post on… Read More

Production photos: Follies

Published: 4 September 2017

Stephen Sondheim's majestic masterpiece Follies is brought to life on the National Theatre for the very first time - and its magnificent cast and spectacular set are shining accordingly. Follies… Read More

Production photos: Tom Hiddleston in Hamlet

Published: 4 September 2017

To see, or not to see? Well, you'd be hard-pushed to source tickets to the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company and RADA's fund-raising production of Hamlet, which sees Tom Hiddleston star… Read More

Nils Frahm to score Heisenberg play

Published: 4 September 2017

Elliott & Harper Productions' first West End show Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle, which reunites much of the creative team behind The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, will… Read More

An American In Paris springs into April 2018

Published: 4 September 2017

Christopher Wheeldon's critically lauded reimagining of the Oscar® winning Hollywood musical An American In Paris will spring into April 2018, with a second extension at the Dominion Theatre annnounced today. The… Read More

Shows to see this September

Published: 1 September 2017

It's all change in London's Theatreland this September, with plenty of world-class shows setting up shop in the West End for the onrushing Autumn season. We’ve picked out some of… Read More

Sarah Lancashire withdraws from Labour Of Love

Published: 1 September 2017

Sarah Lancashire has regretfully had to withdraw from the forthcoming world premiere of James Graham's Labour Of Love, with her role now set to be played by Olivier Award-winning actress… Read More

The Ferryman announces October cast changes

Published: 1 September 2017

Paddy Considine will give his final performance in the lead role of Jez Butterworth's critically acclaimed play The Ferryman next month, with new cast members joining the company from 9… Read More

Douglas Henshall joins Bryan Cranston in Network

Published: 1 September 2017

Primeval actor Douglas Henshall will star opposite Tony Award-winner Bryan Cranston in the world premiere of Network at the National Theatre from November. Directed by Ivo van Hove, Henshall will… Read More

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof in National Theatre Live broadcast

Published: 1 September 2017

The Young Vic’s celebrated West End production of Tennessee Williams' classic Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, currently playing at the Apollo Theatre, will be broadcast to cinemas around the… Read More

Suranne Jones and Jason Watkins to star in Frozen play

Published: 1 September 2017

Doctor Foster star Suranne Jones and Jason Watkins (Line of Duty, Taboo, W1A) will star in a new West End production of Bryony Lavery's award-winning play Frozen next year. The… Read More
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