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Wicked extends booking to May 2018

Published: 24 January 2017

Wicked, the West End musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, has announced the opening of its 23rd new booking period at London’s Apollo Victoria… Read More

RENT’s Lucie Jones to perform on Eurovision: You Decide

Published: 23 January 2017

The BBC has announced today that Lucie Jones, currently starring in RENT at the St James' Theatre, is one of the six artists chosen to perform the songs competing for… Read More

Casting announced for City Of Glass world premiere

Published: 23 January 2017

Vivienne Acheampong, Mark Edel-Hunt, Chris New and Jack Tarlton will star in the first stage adaptation of a Paul Auster novel in the UK, City Of Glass, a brand new… Read More

Hampstead Theatre announces Spring season

Published: 23 January 2017

The Hampstead Theatre has announced this year's Spring season for its Main Stage, featuring two world premieres, a UK premiere of a text which was a finalist for the Pulitzer… Read More

Horrible Histories returns to West End this summer

Published: 23 January 2017

This August, Birmingham Stage Company will once again take over the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End to present Horrible Histories – More Best Of Barmy Britain, celebrating the company’s… Read More

Bush Theatre announces reopening plans

Published: 20 January 2017

The Bush Theatre will reopen after a year-long £4.3m redevelopment, the largest capital project in the theatre’s history, with a bold new season. From 18 March a week-long housewarming celebration… Read More

Almeida announces new Spring 2017 season

Published: 20 January 2017

The Almeida Theatre has today announced a new season and a major new digital film project exploring leadership in crisis and the power of words, starring Ben Whishaw, Aisling Loftus… Read More

Donmar Warehouse announces full casting for Limehouse  

Published: 20 January 2017

The Donmar Warehouse today announces full casting for playwright Steve Waters’ searing new drama Limehouse. The play imagines what happened when the ‘Gang of Four’ met in 1981 to break away from… Read More

NHS Nurses first to see The Girls in London

Published: 20 January 2017

Gary Barlow and Tim Firth are offering nurses free seats to the Dress Rehearsal of their new musical comedy The Girls, offering them the chance to be amongst the first… Read More

Full cast announced for Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

Published: 20 January 2017

Full casting for Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? is announced today. Joining Damian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo, who play husband and wife Martin and Stevie in Ian… Read More

Nicholas Lyndhurst joins Carousel at the London Coliseum

Published: 20 January 2017

Nicholas Lyndhurst (Star Keeper) joins the previously announced Alfie Boe (Billy Bigelow) and Katherine Jenkins (Julie Jordan) in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, the third production in the partnership between The… Read More

Hackney Empire heads to the Ball 2017

Published: 19 January 2017

Following the spectacular success of 2016's show, with 50,000 people seeing the show and a record number of first time attenders, the Hackney Empire has today announced Cinderella as its… Read More

The Play That Goes Wrong celebrates 1001 performances

Published: 19 January 2017

The Play That Goes Wrong would have been delighted to announce its 1000th performance. However in true goes wrong fashion, producers of the hit play have realised that due to… Read More

Natalie Casey to be Stepping Out this Spring

Published: 19 January 2017

Natalie Casey will join the previously announced Amanda Holden, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Tamzin Outhwaite and Nicola Stephenson in heart-warming comedy Stepping Out when it opens in London this Spring. Natalie is… Read More

In rehearsal: The Girls

Published: 19 January 2017

Here comes The Girls, with preparations for the exciting Gary Barlow and Tim Firth musical well underway as the show prepares to begin West End previews on 28 January at… Read More

Wicked flies to tour UK & Ireland 2018

Published: 19 January 2017

Wicked, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, has today confirmed that its spectacular, multi record-breaking and critically acclaimed touring… Read More

In rehearsal: Sex With Strangers

Published: 18 January 2017

Intricate romantic comedy Sex With Strangers is due to hit the Hampstead Theatre from 27 January, and we've had a sneak peek at the hugely exciting multifaceted love story starring Silent… Read More

Royal Court unveils The Kid Stays In The Picture cast

Published: 18 January 2017

The Royal Court has announced casting news for its upcoming Simon McBurney-directed play The Kid Stays In The Picture, based on the life of legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans. The… Read More

In rehearsal: Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical

Published: 17 January 2017

There's only one way to stage a Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf musical: with blood, thunder and all-out rock 'n roll. Based on these rehearsal photos, there's plenty of all of… Read More

Full cast for National’s My Country announced

Published: 16 January 2017

Full casting has today been announced for the National Theatre's verbatim production My Country; A Work In Progress, delving into the reflections of a nation fragmented by last year's EU referendum.… Read More

New casting announced for A Clockwork Orange

Published: 16 January 2017

Action To The Word’s award-winning all-male production of Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange, directed by Alexandra Spencer-Jones, will return to London following its acclaimed premiere in Edinburgh in 2011 and… Read More

Further casting announced for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Published: 16 January 2017

Further casting is today announced for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead which previews from Saturday 25 February with a press night on Tuesday 7 March, starring Daniel Radcliffe, David Haig… Read More

Politics on stage

Published: 13 January 2017

By Abby Dan On both sides of the Atlantic, 2016 was a political roller coaster––and it looks like 2017 will have all the twists and turns we knew were coming,… Read More

In rehearsal: Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Published: 13 January 2017

New images are released today marking the first week of rehearsals for the new West End production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, and on the basis of… Read More

Soho world premiere to play in West End

Published: 13 January 2017

Circus, street and theatre performance show Soho will have its world premiere in the West End at the Peacock Theatre in May. Soho – just one word conjures up London’s world… Read More

Details revealed for first Hamilton ticket release

Published: 12 January 2017

At 12noon (GMT) on 16 January 2017 the allocation of seats put aside for those who registered for priority booking will go on sale for the West End production of… Read More

Q&A: BU21 director Dan Pick

Published: 12 January 2017

As the dust settles on the opening night of BU21, a play following six Londoners in the aftermath of a fictitious terrorist attack, we caught up with the show’s director,… Read More

The Kite Runner

Published: 12 January 2017

We chatted to The Kite Runner team backstage after this week's opening night at the Wyndham's Theatre. The stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s international best-selling novel The Kite Runner, a… Read More

Sadler’s Wells Wild Card returns with Dan Daw

Published: 12 January 2017

Sadler’s Wells Wild Card returns in 2017, offering a bespoke evening of works curated by the next generation of dance makers, with Dan Daw in late March. This edition invites… Read More

Bank Robbery snags new cast

Published: 12 January 2017

With Mischief Theatre’s production of The Play That Goes Wrong soon to open on Broadway, the company has today announced the new cast for its critically acclaimed smash (and grab)… Read More

An Inspector Calls tours the City Of London Police Museum

Published: 11 January 2017

JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls has returned to the West End as Stephen Daldry’s multi award-winning National Theatre production plays at the Playhouse Theatre. A recipient of four Tony Awards… Read More

Angels In America cast images released

Published: 11 January 2017

America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. The… Read More

New theatre audience club for deaf 16-25 year olds

Published: 11 January 2017

Mousetrap Theatre Projects is launching a new theatre audience club for deaf 16-25 year olds called AccessTheatre4£5, with offers to some of London’s top theatre productions for only £5. AccessTheatre4£5… Read More

Disney’s Aladdin holds open London auditions

Published: 10 January 2017

Open auditions will be held at London’s Pineapple Studios for the 2017/18 cast of Disney’s hit new West End musical Aladdin, which opened to critical acclaim at the Prince Edward… Read More

Harry Potter And The Cursed Child announces new booking period

Published: 10 January 2017

The producers of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child have announced that a further 75,000 tickets will be released for sale on Monday 23 January, at 11am GMT, for performances from… Read More

In rehearsal: The White Devil

Published: 10 January 2017

There are few venues capable of providing as immersive an ambience as that of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse – and it looks like upcoming dystopian tale The White Devil will… Read More

School Of Rock rocks on until May

Published: 9 January 2017

Having recently twice smashed the house record at the New London Theatre, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End production of School Of Rock - The Musical has today announced that the show is… Read More

Theatreland favourites in final flourish

Published: 7 January 2017

One of the hallmarks of a great theatre show is how long the remnants of the experience stay with you after the final curtain has gone down; the sights, the… Read More

Sinbad is best selling panto in Stratford East history

Published: 6 January 2017

Theatre Royal Stratford East’s production of Sinbad The Sailor has broken all box office records with the highest income and attendance for any show in the theatre’s history. Over 27,000… Read More

David Haig stars with Daniel Radcliffe at Old Vic

Published: 6 January 2017

The Old Vic has today announced that David Haig will join Daniel Radcliffe and Joshua McGuire in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead in the role of 'The Player'.  Olivier Award-winner… Read More

Things you’ll love about Hedda Gabler

Published: 5 January 2017

The setting A stark open space, almost bewildering in size, filled occasionally with the warm orange tones of sunlight pouring in from a large window; filtered by blinds which Hedda… Read More

Full casting announced for Running Wild UK tour

Published: 5 January 2017

Full casting has been announced by Children's Touring Partnership for the first UK tour of Samuel Adamson's adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's Running Wild, which plays a short London run in… Read More

Sonia Friedman tops Stage 100 list

Published: 5 January 2017

Harry Potter And The Cursed Child and Dreamgirls producer Sonia Friedman has been placed number one in this year's The Stage 100, the newspaper's annual guide to the most influential… Read More

Shows to see this January

Published: 4 January 2017

So here we are in January again - from all of us here at Official London Theatre, Happy New Year! We stand in the New Year with twelve months' spectacular theatre… Read More

How to do Veganuary in Theatreland

Published: 4 January 2017

Our resident vegan Andy Glynn gives you his Veganuary tips, showing you how easy it is to pick up an animal-free, dairy-free, pre-theatre meal in Theatreland. Here are a few… Read More

Full casting announced for Almeida’s Hamlet

Published: 3 January 2017

As rehearsals begin, full casting has been announced for Hamlet at the Almeida Theatre, led by Sherlock star Andrew Scott in his debut at the venue. Andrew will co-star with acclaimed actress… Read More

Audra McDonald returns to West End

Published: 3 January 2017

Record-breaking 6-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald is to return to London’s West End in April for four concerts at Leicester Square Theatre. Returning to the venue where she completely sold… Read More

2016: a gender-blind year

Published: 30 December 2016

Guest post by Niall Palmer 2016 has been a year of transformation for London Theatre. Both the Victoria Palace and the Royal Opera House are undergoing face-lifts, and we’ve also… Read More

School Of Rock smashes box office records

Published: 30 December 2016

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock - The Musical last week smashed box office records on both sides of the Atlantic. In the West End the production has broken the… Read More

2016: most read

Published: 29 December 2016

We took a look back at some of the most read news stories from Theatreland in 2016. Kit Harington in Doctor Faustus. Kit Harington's starring role in Jamie Lloyd's new… Read More

Q&A: Gary Barlow and Tim Firth

Published: 28 December 2016

New musical comedy The Girls will be making its West End premiere at the Phoenix Theatre on 28 January 2017, with music by world-famous composer and musician Gary Barlow, and… Read More

Panto returns to the London Palladium for 2017

Published: 28 December 2016

Qdos Entertainment have announced that they will return to the London Palladium over the festive season in 2017 with Dick Whittington. On the return of pantomime to the Palladium Qdos… Read More

Footloose returns to London 2017

Published: 21 December 2016

Following a smash-hit 2016 tour which saw over 160,000 people cut loose across the UK, Footloose: The Musical will burst back onto the stage in 2017 with an international tour,… Read More

Why we love Saint Joan

Published: 21 December 2016

Saint Joan, George Bernard Shaw’s masterful retelling of the story of the French saint, recently opened at Donmar Warehouse. Here are just some of the reasons this production is unmissable...… Read More

Thriller Live becomes the 16th Longest-Running Musical of all Time

Published: 21 December 2016

Thriller Live, the concert spectacular that was created to celebrate the career of Michael Jackson and The Jackson Five, has now become the 16th longest running musical in the West… Read More

Video: Simon Callow

Published: 21 December 2016

There can be little treat more fantastically festive than settling into a warm, comfy theatre seat, with a soundtrack of hymns playing in the background, and being regaled by a… Read More

Gallery: Saint Joan at the Donmar Warehouse

Published: 19 December 2016

Gemma Arterton stars as Joan of Arc in the Donmar Warehouse's latest electrifying drama, Saint Joan, with Josie Rourke directing the Olivier Award-nominated actress. Joan: daughter, farm girl, visionary, patriot,… Read More

Flamenco Festival returns to Sadler’s 2017

Published: 19 December 2016

The annual Flamenco Festival returns to Sadler’s Wells for the 14th year from Wednesday 15–Sunday 26 February 2017, representing the varied styles of the celebrated art form with performances from… Read More

Tina Turner musical in development

Published: 16 December 2016

Stage Entertainment are pleased to confirm they are developing a new musical based on music legend Tina Turner’s story.   Today, Friday 16 December, Tina Turner joined the creative and… Read More

Video: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Published: 16 December 2016

The beloved children’s tale, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, comes to life at the Ambassadors Theatre this Christmas in beautiful technicolour. The show encompasses four fabulous tales from Eric Carle’s collection,… Read More

Dreamgirls extends to October 2017

Published: 16 December 2016

Sonia Friedman Productions is delighted to announce that at midday on Friday 16 December Dreamgirls, which opened this week at the Savoy Theatre to widespread critical acclaim 35 years after… Read More

John Barrowman hosts an evening of Disney’s Broadway hits

Published: 15 December 2016

Tune into BBC Radio 2 this Friday from 8pm, for a Disney special on Friday Night Is Music Night. John Barrowman hosts an evening of Disney's Broadway hits from the… Read More

Buried Child to extend to 4 March

Published: 15 December 2016

The New Group’s production of Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer & Obie prize-winning play, Buried Child, directed by Scott Elliott, and starring the multi award-winning, international star Ed Harris (whose credits include… Read More

Further casting announced for Angels In America

Published: 15 December 2016

The cast of the National Theatre’s 2017 revival of Tony Kushner’s landmark work Angels In America includes Stuart Angell, Susan Brown, Laura Caldow, Andrew Garfield, Denise Gough, Nathan Lane, Amanda… Read More

Have your say! Apply to be an Olivier Awards panellist

Published: 15 December 2016

The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) is looking for public panellists for the Olivier Awards 2018 with Mastercard! The judging period for shows that are eligible for the Olivier Awards… Read More

Gallery: Cinderella opening night

Published: 15 December 2016

When seasonal pantomime returns to the London Palladium for the first time in nearly 30 years, and that pantomime is the most enchanting rags-to-riches tale of them all, the celebrations… Read More

An American In Paris on the Royal Variety Performance

Published: 14 December 2016

Watch original Broadway stars Robbie Fairchild and Leanne Cope reunite to rehearse an unforgettable appearance on the Royal Variety Performance! A taste of the ‘S WONDERFUL Broadway romance in action...… Read More

Casting announced for Globe’s The White Devil

Published: 14 December 2016

Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce that Kate Stanley-Brennan, Jamie Ballard, Joseph Timms, Paul Bazely and Michael Feast will star in John Webster’s The White Devil, from 26 January. Kurt… Read More

Theo James joins Sex With Strangers

Published: 13 December 2016

‘Look, I’m giving you another chance to show the world how talented you are. Take it. It’s worth the risk’ Hampstead Theatre today announces that Theo James will join Emilia… Read More

School Of Rock releases rights to schools

Published: 12 December 2016

Andrew Lloyd Webber has announced that academic schools in the UK and Eire can obtain the rights, free of charge, to create and perform their own productions of his latest… Read More

Gwyneth Keyworth joins cast of Raising Martha

Published: 12 December 2016

Gwyneth Keyworth has joined the cast of Raising Martha after Morgona Robinson had to withdraw from the production. Raising Martha is a brand new dark comedy by award-winning writer David… Read More

Mathew Horne joins the cast of The Miser

Published: 12 December 2016

Full casting has today been announced for the incoming production of The Miser, playing at the Garrick Theatre which previews from 1 March. Joining the previously announced Griff Rhys Jones… Read More

Wild Honey

Published: 12 December 2016

Directed by Howard Davies and Jonathan Kent, Michael Frayn’s Wild Honey is a comedy of errors that’s drawn from one of Chekhov’s untitled early plays which since its discovery has… Read More

Casting announced for Dirty Great Love Story

Published: 12 December 2016

Felix Scott (The Angry Brigade, The Archers and Inception) and Ayesha Antoine (Red Velvet, Holby City and Grange Hill) have been cast in Dirty Great Love Story which makes its… Read More

Gallery: Cinderella at the London Palladium

Published: 12 December 2016

Pantomime returns to the London Palladium for the first time in nearly 30 years in a magical production of the enchanting rags-to-riches story Cinderella. The iconic West End venue will… Read More
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