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Nice Fish: What the audience thought

Published: 9 December 2016

Captivating. Beautifully silly. Provocative. Poignant. Just some of the words audiences used to describe Nice Fish when we chatted to them outside of the Harold Pinter Theatre. Starring the Academy… Read More

Alice returns to The Vaults

Published: 9 December 2016

Les Enfants Terribles and ebp in association with Creature of London are delighted to announce the smash hit Alice's Adventures Underground and the children’s show Adventures In Wonderland will both… Read More

Royal Court releases new Playwright Podcast series

Published: 9 December 2016

Today the Royal Court Theatre release the first in a 12 part series of podcasts with leading playwrights. The Playwright's Podcast goes live at www.royalcourttheatre.com/podcasts with a new episode released… Read More

ITV shows Hairspray Live!

Published: 9 December 2016

If you can hear the bells, and truly the beat for you can't be stopped, then boy do we have a Christmas treat for you: NBC's Hairspray Live! will be… Read More

Full casting announced for The Wild Party

Published: 9 December 2016

Full casting is announced today for Michael John LaChiusa’s The Wild Party, which receives its first major London production at The Other Palace, playing from Monday 13 February to Saturday… Read More

Curious Incident to close in June

Published: 9 December 2016

After nearly five successful years in London, the National Theatre today (9 December 2016) announced the final extension of its West End run of The Curious Incident of the Dog… Read More

Once In A Lifetime

Published: 8 December 2016

By Jim Glaub Once In A Lifetime at the Young Vic is a hilarious, mad-cap comedy about three New Yorkers who spot a unique opportunity to milk a momentous revelation… Read More

Nica Burns and Dominic Dromgoole announce new theatre company

Published: 8 December 2016

Nica Burns, Chief Executive of Nimax Theatres and former President of the Society of London Theatre, and Dominic Dromgoole have announced the formation of their new theatre company Classic Spring. … Read More

Backstage prep with Mr Popper’s Penguins

Published: 7 December 2016

The Criterion Theatre hosts the West End debut of new family musical Mr Popper’s Penguins, based on the popular book by Richard and Florence Atwater. Recently made into a Hollywood… Read More

Booking now open for relaxed performance of Peter Pan

Published: 7 December 2016

  The National Theatre have opened booking for a relaxed performance of Director Sally Cookson's wondrously inventive Peter Pan, taking place on Saturday 21 January at 2pm. Relaxed performances are… Read More

No Man’s Land will be broadcast in cinemas

Published: 7 December 2016

Ian McKellen plays ‘Spooner’, Patrick Stewart plays ‘Hirst’, Owen Teale plays ‘Briggs’ and Damien Molony plays ‘Foster’ in Sean Mathias’ production of Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land, which will be… Read More

In rehearsal with Hamlet

Published: 6 December 2016

We stepped inside the rehearsal room for Flute Theatre Company's Hamlet, which comes to the intimate space of Trafalgar Studios 2 this December in a co-production with English Touring Theatre,… Read More

Booking for Get Into London Theatre now open.

Published: 5 December 2016

Booking has opened for Get Into London Theatre 2017. Since 2002, London’s biggest and best-loved shows have offered tickets from £10, £20, £30 or £40 and Get Into London Theatre … Read More

Sleeping Beauty, Hackney Empire

Published: 5 December 2016

The creative team at Hackney Empire, who long ago cracked the secret to the perfect panto, returns with another helping of festive joy and this time they’ve put their unique… Read More

The Albatross 3rd & Main cast announced

Published: 5 December 2016

Gritty black comedy The Albatross 3rd & Main opens the new PARK90 season. Hamish Clark, Charlie Allen and Andrew St Clair-James star in this American tale of three men, a… Read More

Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella returns Christmas 2017

Published: 5 December 2016

Matthew Bourne, New Adventures and Re:Bourne have announced a year-long celebration of work to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the company, including the much-anticipated return of Cinderella to Sadler’s Wells… Read More

Old Vic class of 2016-2017

Published: 5 December 2016

Today The Old Vic announces the theatre makers behind this year’s Old Vic 12: a company of talented, developing artists looking to make the next step in their careers. The… Read More

Buried Child

Published: 2 December 2016

Dark, difficult and devastating. And to quote Barnaby Kay, who stars as Tilden, 'you've got Ed bloody Harris in it'. That's about as neat a summary of Buried Child as… Read More

Harry Potter headed for Broadway

Published: 2 December 2016

Producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender, with J.K. Rowling, have confirmed they are in exclusive talks with The Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) to bring the London hit to The Lyric… Read More

#Ham4Ham mixtape performances – watch live

Published: 1 December 2016

No matter where you are, you can be in the room where it happens by watching a livestream featuring artists from the Hamilton Mixtape album!   Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway sensation… Read More

In rehearsal: Saint Joan

Published: 1 December 2016

If you’re looking for a brilliant leading lady to play a powerful historical figure, Gemma Arterton is your woman. Having received an Olivier Award nomination for her acclaimed portrayal of… Read More

Shows to see this December

Published: 1 December 2016

Crikey - where did the past twelve months go?! Somehow, we’ve reached the end of a truly remarkable 2016, with more hit shows than you can shake a chocolate log… Read More

Cast announced for Fitzrovia’s Christmas Carol

Published: 30 November 2016

Casting has been announced for The Fitzrovia Radio Hour’s unique take on Charles Dickens’ classic tale A Christmas Carol at The Vaults, Waterloo. The cast includes Archers regular Michael Lumsden,… Read More

Q&A: Peter Pan’s relaxed performance

Published: 29 November 2016

The National Theatre's Peter Pan is holding a relaxed performance on Saturday 21 January 2017. We spoke to Lois Chimimba, who plays Tiger Lily, about the show, and putting on… Read More

Gallery: Curtain Up in New York

Published: 28 November 2016

The magic, majesty and rich heritage of 40 years of award-winning theatre in New York and London is being celebrated at the New York Public Library, as the Curtain Up… Read More

Nothing like a Dame

Published: 28 November 2016

Ask 100 actors who’ve done Panto to describe how to play Dame and you’ll get 200 different answers. Funny, kind, matronly, vulgar – there’s an infinite list of words you… Read More

Guest Post: Blogger Ellie Mae recaps TheatreCraft 2016

Published: 28 November 2016

TheatreCraft, London’s largest free event for 16-25 year olds seeking non-performance careers in theatre, took place on Monday 14 November at The Waldorf Hilton and theatres across the West End.… Read More

Gallery: Dreamgirls production photos

Published: 28 November 2016

Theatregoers, Listen: brand new production photos have been released for the hugely exciting and long-awaited UK premiere of soul musical sensation Dreamgirls, and I Am Telling You, after seeing them,… Read More

Gallery: first look at Peter Pan at the National Theatre

Published: 28 November 2016

Following a sold out run at the Bristol Old Vic, Cookson’s brilliantly inventive Peter Pan transfers to the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre this festive season, with Anna Francolini… Read More

Casting announced for Young Vic’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Published: 25 November 2016

Joe Hill-Gibbins returns to the Young Vic’s Main House stage with a bold new production featuring Michael Gould as Oberon, Anastasia Hille as Titania and Leo Bill as Bottom. Lovers… Read More

Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins star in Carousel

Published: 25 November 2016

Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins will star for the first time together in the West End as Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, the third production… Read More

Half A Sixpence extends at the Noël Coward

Published: 24 November 2016

Following rave reviews for both the show and its leading man Charlie Stemp, Cameron Mackintosh announced today that booking for the Cameron Mackintosh and Chichester Festival Theatre production of Half… Read More

Q&A: Mark Lockyer on Living With The Lights On

Published: 24 November 2016

Esteemed actor Mark Lockyer returns to the Young Vic this December in Living With The Lights On, a one-man show directed by Ramin Gray. Giving a funny and touching account… Read More

Theatre Royal Stratford East announces 2017 season

Published: 24 November 2016

Kerry Michael today announces the theatre’s forthcoming Spring/Summer 2017 season.  The season opens with the European première of Kirsten Childs’ funny and moving award-winning musical The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds… Read More

My Relaxed Performance experience

Published: 24 November 2016

Sandra Butcher took her son, who has Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, to Mamma Mia!'s Relaxed Performance on 16 November. Here, she shares her story of the experience.  We were delighted… Read More

Bush Theatre returns home

Published: 24 November 2016

In March 2017, following a landmark year taking plays into the communities of West London, the Bush Theatre will return home following a £4.3m revitalisation of the venue. The year-long… Read More

Eddie Redmayne speaks out for Mousetrap Theatre Projects

Published: 24 November 2016

Here at Official London Theatre (run by Society Of London Theatre) we are passionate about championing a wide variety of charitable causes, and are proud to be the principal funding… Read More

Reasons to see The Sewing Group

Published: 23 November 2016

For anyone who might have a Black Mirror-shaped hole in their lives, I couldn’t recommend The Sewing Group more.   It’s unexpected. A woman arrives in a rural village in… Read More

Donmar Trilogy

Published: 23 November 2016

4 years in the making, Donmar Warehouse's Shakespeare Trilogy press day took place yesterday, 22 November. We've pulled all of the action together into one place; take a look!  … Read More

Q&A: Amanda Holden

Published: 22 November 2016

Amanda Holden has a schedule that would rival the Royals; filming Britain’s Got Talent, rehearsing for Cinderella, which opens at the Palladium in just over two weeks – we can’t… Read More

Video: La Soirée

Published: 21 November 2016

Two comedians, an acrobat and an illusionist walk into a tent... No, this isn’t the start of a joke it’s just a taste of the line-up due to perform in… Read More

Vice President-elect at Hamilton

Published: 21 November 2016

On Friday night Vice President-elect Mike Pence attended a performance of Tony Award-winning Musical Hamilton. During the curtain call actor Brandon Victor Dixon, who plays Aaron Burr, delivered a message… Read More

Casting announced for The Kite Runner

Published: 21 November 2016

Final casting is announced for the West End premiere of The Kite Runner, a thrilling stage production of Khaled Hosseini’s award-winning tale of friendship, betrayal and redemption. The international bestselling… Read More

Video: Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical cast

Published: 18 November 2016

The world premiere of the long-awaited Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical will take place in the West End at the London Coliseum in June 2017 - and… Read More

An Inspector Calls to extend West End run

Published: 18 November 2016

Due to popular demand after returning to the West End, Stephen Daldry’s multi award-winning production of JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls has been extended until 25 March 2017. Clive Francis… Read More

The Boys In The Band receives West End transfer

Published: 18 November 2016

Producers Tom O’Connell and James Seabright have today announced a West End transfer for their sell-out production of Mart Crowley’s ground-breaking play, The Boys In The Band, opening at the Vaudeville… Read More

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre announces 2017 season

Published: 18 November 2016

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre have today announced details of Timothy Sheader’s 10th season as Artistic Director. The season opens on 19 May 2017 with the musical On The Town… Read More

Theatreland supports Captioning Awareness Week

Published: 17 November 2016

This week has seen numerous casts and venues celebrate Captioning Awareness Week, taking place between 14 to 19 November, by ‘putting their name in the frame.’ Supporting the 11 million… Read More

Further casting announced for Don Juan In Soho

Published: 17 November 2016

David Tennant, who is set to play the title role in Patrick Marber’s Don Juan in Soho, will be joined by Adrian Scarborough as Stan and Gawn Grainger as Louis. … Read More

In rehearsal: Wild Honey

Published: 16 November 2016

Hampstead Theatre presents Michael Frayn’s Wild Honey, directed by Howard Davies and Jonathan Kent. This comedy of errors, drawn from Chekhov’s untitled – and posthumously discovered - early play, is… Read More

Gallery: RENT production photos

Published: 16 November 2016

Calculators at the ready: take five hundred, twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes, and times it by 20. The enormous figure you’re left with is the number of minutes of RENT… Read More

Casting announced for Raising Martha

Published: 16 November 2016

Raising Martha, a brand new dark comedy by award-winning writer David Spicer, and directed by Michael Fentiman, will have its world premiere at Park Theatre from 17 January 2017, playing… Read More

How to strut your stuff in Kinky Boots

Published: 16 November 2016

It’s the big question that anybody who’s seen the Olivier Award-winning musical spectacular Kinky Boots will have asked on their way out: just how do the cast walk (let alone… Read More

West End celebrates #LoveTheatreDay 2016

Published: 16 November 2016

Happy #LoveTheatreDay! On this day, Wednesday 16 November 2016, arts fans, creators, institutions and companies come together in celebration of all things theatrical, from amateur dramatics to London shows, and… Read More

Lenny Henry stars in Donmar Warehouse 2017 spring season

Published: 16 November 2016

The Donmar Warehouse has today announced its new 2017 Spring Season, the 'Power Season', starring Lenny Henry in his debut at the venue. Playwright Steve Waters will return to the… Read More

School Of Rock – The Musical

Published: 15 November 2016

No matter how mentally prepared you are for it in advance, there’s still something utterly mind-blowing about seeing a ‘class’ of spectacularly talented schoolchildren morph into rock gods on stage.… Read More

F*cking Men to extend at The Vaults

Published: 15 November 2016

The acclaimed production of F*cking Men is to extend its stay in The Vaults Theatre in Waterloo by six weeks to January 15, 2017. It had been scheduled to end… Read More

New Les Mis cast announced

Published: 15 November 2016

Now in its record breaking 32nd year, Cameron Mackintosh is delighted to announce cast changes for Les Misérables at the Queen’s Theatre. From Monday 5 December Simon Gleeson will play… Read More

Q&A: Julian Fellowes

Published: 15 November 2016

What a week it’s been for Julian Fellowes. The Wind In The Willows confirmed its West End run, School Of Rock opened at the New London Theatre, and the Chichester… Read More

The Play That Goes Wrong heads to Broadway

Published: 15 November 2016

Producers Kevin McCollum, J. J. Abrams, Kenny Wax, Stage Presence Ltd. and Catherine Schreiber have announced that the Mischief Theatre production of The Play That Goes Wrong, the Olivier Award… Read More

Lee Mack joins Griff Rhys Jones in The Miser

Published: 14 November 2016

Producer Mark Goucher has today announced that BAFTA winning comedian Lee Mack will make his West End debut in a major revival of Molière’s classic comedy The Miser in early… Read More

Jesus Christ Superstar to return

Published: 14 November 2016

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre have today announced that, following its overwhelming sell-out success in 2016, Jesus Christ Superstar returns for just 41 performances in 2017 (11 August – 16… Read More

Evening Standard Theatre Awards winners announced

Published: 14 November 2016

The winners of the 62nd London Evening Standard Theatre Awards have been announced at a ceremony at London’s Old Vic Theatre. Evening Standard owner Evgeny Lebedev co-hosted this year’s awards… Read More

Sex With Strangers to star Emilia Fox

Published: 11 November 2016

‘Look, I’m giving you another chance to show the world how talented you are. Take it. It’s worth the risk’ The UK premiere of Laura Eason’s smart comedy Sex With… Read More

Trainspotting

Published: 11 November 2016

Trainspotting at The Vaults is quite unlike anything else you're likely to experience at the theatre. For starters, you're given glowsticks instead of tickets, offered earplugs, and there's a 15… Read More

TheatreCraft 2016: Michelle Penston, Marketing Account Manager

Published: 10 November 2016

TheatreCraft, London’s largest free event for 16-25 year olds seeking non-performance careers in theatre, returns on Monday 14 November. This week we spoke to Michelle Penston, an Account Manager at… Read More

Judi Dench supports new West End theatre project to fight cyber bullying

Published: 10 November 2016

Theatre Royal Haymarket and Masterclass Trust have partnered with charity Kidscape for a new project called Cyberscene which will combat cyber bullying. Judi Dench, winner of the most Olivier Awards… Read More

In rehearsal: The Little Matchgirl And Other Happier Tales

Published: 10 November 2016

'She drew out a match – ‘Scratch!’ How it sputtered as it burnt! It gave a warm, bright light, like a little candle, as she held her freezing hand over… Read More

Get Into London Theatre returns for 2017

Published: 9 November 2016

Discounted tickets for more than 40 top London shows will go on sale at 10am on Tuesday 6 December through our hugely popular annual promotion, Get Into London Theatre. Designed… Read More

In rehearsal: Peter Pan

Published: 9 November 2016

  Everybody, at some point, has wished they could soar through the air at will, be it to shorten the morning commute, avoid traffic, pop off on holiday, or just… Read More

Paul Hawkyard to play final Mr Perks

Published: 9 November 2016

Paul Hawkyard will have the onerous duty of making sure the last train leaves King’s Cross Theatre on time, when he takes over as Mr Perks in the Olivier Award-winning… Read More

School Of Rock reveals West End cast images

Published: 9 November 2016

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End production of School of Rock - The Musical is currently previewing at the New London Theatre with opening night set for 14 November 2016.  School… Read More

Interview: Lazarus’s Sophia Anne Caruso

Published: 8 November 2016

I was lucky enough to see Lazarus at the King's Cross Theatre on Friday. The show is wonderfully enigmatic, full of sheer originality and some of the most impressive use… Read More

The Snowman welcomes new Walking In The Air arrangement

Published: 8 November 2016

The Snowman returns to The Peacock this Christmas for the 19th consecutive year, featuring Howard Blake’s much-loved score, which includes his iconic song Walking in the Air. This year singer… Read More

The changing face of Theatreland

Published: 8 November 2016

By Niall Palmer What does the future hold for London’s creative spaces? Will austerity stifle creativity or could Britain’s shifting position in the world actually trigger new opportunities for the… Read More
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