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Railway Children extends to 2017

Published: 20 April 2016

The Railway Children’s Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis must be riding on a flexible ticket at the King’s Cross Theatre as the show has announced its steam train has once again… Read More

Linzi Hateley makes Mamma Mia return

Published: 20 April 2016

Linzi Hateley will be a dancing queen again this summer when she re-joins long-running London stage hit Mamma Mia! as Donna Sheridan from 13 June. In returning to the lyrca-licous… Read More

Sarah Alexander leads Islington North

Published: 19 April 2016

Smack The Pony star Sarah Alexander will make her first major London stage appearance next month leading Out of Joint’s forthcoming series of short political satires, A View From Islington… Read More

Rob Houchen boards Titanic musical

Published: 19 April 2016

Former Les Misérables star Rob Houchen, Memphis’ Claire Machin and How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? contestant Helena Blackman are among the 20-strong cast of musical Titanic, which… Read More

Hamilton wins Pulitzer Prize

Published: 19 April 2016

Hamilton, Broadway’s hottest ticket and the West End’s most rumoured next New York transfer, has been awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for drama. The judges of the hugely prestigious US… Read More

My Mother Said I Never Should

Published: 19 April 2016

What it all about? Women, changing roles, changing expectations, mothers and daughters. Charlotte Keatley’s plot, which leaps back and forth though time with the aplomb of Quantum Leap in its… Read More

Park births Quiet House fertility drama

Published: 19 April 2016

Award-winning playwright Gareth Farr’s real-life inspired IVF drama The Quiet House will run at the Park Theatre this summer following its world premiere in Birmingham. The topical play will run… Read More

Oscar nominee is Park’s Jane Fonda

Published: 18 April 2016

Fatal Attraction’s Golden Globe-winning star Anne Archer will play actress Jane Fonda in a new production of Terry Jastrow’s The Trial Of Jane Fonda at the Park Theatre this summer.… Read More

Video: Dean-John Wilson on Aladdin

Published: 18 April 2016

Rehearsals are in full swing for the London premiere of Disney’s Aladdin and it is just over one month until the hit musical takes to the stage of the Prince… Read More

Another World: Losing Our Children To Islamic State

Published: 18 April 2016

What’s it all about? One of Nicolas Kent’s triumphs from his time as Artistic Director of the Tricycle Theatre were his timely, revealing and sometimes shocking verbatim pieces. He brings… Read More

Q&A: Mark Curry

Published: 15 April 2016

For a whole generation, just hearing the words Mark Curry is enough to conjure that evocative warm glow of a childhood spent gluing Tracy Islands together and collecting milk bottle… Read More

Guys And Dolls

Published: 15 April 2016

What’s it all about? It’s about the most perfectly joyous musical ever written. Comedy hoodlums, gangsters with big hearts, salvation in many forms, benchmark-setting songs and lots of love, Guys… Read More

The Suicide

Published: 15 April 2016

What’s it all about? Sam Desai is a man without hope; living in his mother-in-law’s flat, no job, no benefits, marriage surviving on a thread and only a kebab for… Read More

Musical masterclass at V&A’s Curtain Up

Published: 15 April 2016

Stage fanatics have the rare chance to join leading musical theatre performers and creatives including Olivier Award winner Bertie Carvel and acclaimed designer Soutra Gilmour in a day-long celebration of… Read More

West End Bake Off rises again for 2016

Published: 15 April 2016

Apollo Victoria Sponges, Red Velvet cakes and How The Other Half Loaves; they could all be on display and up for sale when theatrical cake contest West End Bake Off… Read More

Go-Between announces lovers

Published: 15 April 2016

Gypsy’s Gemma Sutton has joined the cast of The Go-Between as one half of the moving coming of age musical’s illicit lovers alongside former Once cast member Stuart Ward. The… Read More

James Norton extends in London’s Bug

Published: 15 April 2016

James Norton’s London theatre return will continue for an extra week as hit drama Bug, in which he stars alongside Kate Fleetwood, has extended its run at Found111 to 14… Read More

First look: Kit Harington as Dr Faustus

Published: 14 April 2016

The first image of Game Of Thrones’ Kit Harington playing the title role in Jamie Lloyd’s London theatre production of Doctor Faustus has been released and, well, it’s striking. The… Read More

Jersey Boys extends

Published: 14 April 2016

West End hit musical Jersey Boys has extended its run at the Piccadilly Theatre to 16 April 2017, releasing a staggering 250,000 tickets today. The extension comes at an exciting… Read More

Globe’s Shrew uses all-Irish cast

Published: 13 April 2016

Marking the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising and the role of women in the fight for independence, Caroline Byrne’s production of The Taming Of The Shrew at Shakespeare’s Globe… Read More

Boy

Published: 13 April 2016

What’s it all about? It’s about a boy. No, not the Nick Hornby novel. Or the Hugh Grant film. It’s not About A Boy, it’s about a boy. Let’s start… Read More

Soho Theatre hosts Monster Raving Loony

Published: 13 April 2016

James Graham’s latest hit play, Monster Raving Loony, will transfer to London’s Soho Theatre next month after receiving its UK premiere in Plymouth earlier this spring. The newest piece from… Read More

Playwright Arnold Wesker dies, aged 83

Published: 13 April 2016

Influential British playwright Sir Arnold Wesker has died, aged 83. The writer of more than 40 plays passed away on Tuesday evening. Wesker, who was knighted for his services to… Read More

Video: Jersey Boys journey to the stage

Published: 12 April 2016

Have you ever wondered what happens in an average Jersey Boy’s day? You may think you had the full story from Dayle Hodge’s brilliant photo dairy. Clearly you didn’t. What… Read More

Sheibani and Evans head to Hampstead

Published: 12 April 2016

Acclaimed directors Bijan Sheibani and Simon Evans will take the helm of new plays Giving and Alligators when they run at the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs this summer. Giving, a new… Read More

In The Heights welcomes new cast

Published: 12 April 2016

Hit musical In The Heights, which won three awards at the recent Olivier Awards with MasterCard, welcomes a quintet of new cast members this week. Christine Allado, Norma Atallah, Jonathan… Read More

Olivier nominee leads Court’s Animals

Published: 12 April 2016

Natalie Dew, who was recently Olivier Award-nominated for her performance in Bend It Like Beckham, will return to the London stage in Stef Smith’s new play Human Animals at the… Read More

RSC to bring six shows to London

Published: 11 April 2016

Royal Shakespeare Company productions of The Alchemist, Doctor Faustus, Cymbeline, King Lear, Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing will all take to the London stage later this year.… Read More

Kinky Boots extends to 2017

Published: 11 April 2016

Kinky Boots, the winner of the MasterCard Best New Musical Award at the recent Olivier Awards with MasterCard, has extended its London run by four months. Theatregoers can now book… Read More

Martin Shaw brings Hobson to London

Published: 11 April 2016

Theatre Royal Bath’s production of classic comedy Hobson’s Choice, which stars Martin Shaw in the title role, will play at London’s Vaudeville Theatre for a limited season this summer. Harold… Read More

American Idiot returns to Arts

Published: 8 April 2016

Tony Award-winning rock musical American Idiot will return to the Arts Theatre this summer starring X Factor’s Amelia Lily and double platinum selling artist Newton Faulkner. The Green Day musical… Read More

Sideways casting revealed

Published: 8 April 2016

Daniel Weyman and Simon Harrison will star in the European premiere of Rex Pickett’s much loved comedy Sideways at the St James Theatre next month. Adapted from Pickett’s acclaimed novel,… Read More

Owen Teale joins No Man’s Land

Published: 8 April 2016

Game Of Thrones star Owen Teale will join Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in the forthcoming West End production of No Man’s Land. The critically acclaimed trio will appear in… Read More

Cinderella heads to London Palladium

Published: 8 April 2016

For the first time in nearly three decades, this Christmas will see the magic of pantomime come to the London Palladium with a star-studded production of Cinderella planned. Staged by… Read More

The Caretaker at the Old Vic

Published: 7 April 2016

What’s it all about? An off-the-street oddball is rescued from a bar fight by the seemingly simple-minded, but benign, Aston. Invited to spend the subsequent night under shelter in his… Read More

Kaufmann returns to Royal Opera House

Published: 7 April 2016

Olivier Award nominated singer Jonas Kaufmann, one of the world’s most respected tenors, will return to Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House in 2017 as part of its newly announced season.… Read More

West End run for Jesse Eisenberg’s Spoils

Published: 7 April 2016

Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg will lead the West End premiere of his Off Broadway comedy hit The Spoils alongside The Big Bang Theory’s Kunal Nayyar at the Trafalgar Studios… Read More

Hampstead announces Lawrence casting

Published: 7 April 2016

Jack Laskey, Jeff Rawle and Geraldine James will star in the world premiere of Howard Brenton’s Lawrence After Arabia at Hampstead Theatre later this month. Directed by John Dove, Endeavour… Read More

Gallery: Backstage at the Oliviers

Published: 7 April 2016

While we love red carpet photos and seeing the Olivier Awards backdrop in the winners’ room as the proud new recipients of one of theatre’s most prestigious statuettes pose for… Read More

1984 returns to West End

Published: 6 April 2016

Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s hugely successful production of 1984 will return to the West End this summer following a sell-out international tour. The innovative duo’s thrilling take on George… Read More

Open Air’s Running Wild announces cast

Published: 6 April 2016

Ava Potter, star of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s hugely successful production of To Kill A Mockingbird, will lead the cast of the venue’s 2016 family production, Running Wild. Potter… Read More

In rehearsal: Doctor Faustus

Published: 6 April 2016

Ladies and gentlemen, we have images of Game Of Thrones’ Kit Harington and his Doctor Faustus cast mates in rehearsal, and we didn’t even have to sell our souls to… Read More

Lapaine leads Tricycle Invisible Hand

Published: 6 April 2016

Daniel Lapaine will lead the cast of the UK premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar’s political thriller The Invisible Hand when it plays at the Tricycle Theatre next month.… Read More

Exclusive: Daniel Evans on Show Boat

Published: 6 April 2016

As Sheffield success Show Boat prepares to dock in London, its director Daniel Evans tells us why he revived it and why he’s looking forward to its run in the… Read More

Barrass makes Railway Children return

Published: 6 April 2016

Martin Barrass will return to star as The Railway Children’s Mr Perks from 27 April as the show continues its hugely popular run at the King’s Cross Theatre. Barrass will… Read More

Blindfolded All That Fall transfers

Published: 6 April 2016

Out of Joint theatre company’s innovative production of Samuel Beckett’s All That Fall, which requires audiences to be blindfolded throughout, will transfer to the Arts Theatre later this month. Directed… Read More

X

Published: 6 April 2016

What’s it all about? In space, as they say, no-one can hear you scream. In the case of X, no-one can hear a group of interplanetary explorers say anything. Their… Read More

Olivier nominated Alice returns

Published: 6 April 2016

One of this year’s Olivier Award nominated productions, Alice’s Adventures Underground, has announced it will return next spring for a limited five month run. Guests will once again be invited… Read More

Matthew Bourne to stage The Red Shoes

Published: 5 April 2016

Matthew Bourne’s next new ballet will bring cinematic tale of dance, obsession and passion The Red Shoes to the stage. The new ballet will tour the UK and play an… Read More

Video: Olivier winners’ reactions

Published: 4 April 2016

Tears, laughter, hysteria and shock. We witnessed every reaction possible last night as the first press team to grab the winners for a quick chat just seconds after they’d made… Read More

Gallery: Oliviers red carpet

Published: 4 April 2016

Yesterday saw 150m of red carpet rolled outside the Royal Opera House to welcome the illustrious guests at the Olivier Awards 2016 with MasterCard as they arrived for a night… Read More

Join us at Sunday’s Olivier Awards

Published: 1 April 2016

The Olivier Awards 2016 with MasterCard takes place this Sunday and we – the awards’ official news channel – invite you to follow all the action as it unfolds with… Read More

Summer wedding for Scamp’s Scarecrows

Published: 1 April 2016

Scamp Theatre’s adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much loved book The Scarecrows’ Wedding will make its West End debut at the Leicester Square Theatre this summer. Betty O’Barley… Read More

Andrew Scott to play Hamlet

Published: 1 April 2016

Sherlock star Andrew Scott will return to the London stage in February 2017 when he takes on the iconic role of Hamlet at the Almeida Theatre. In a collaboration that… Read More

Video: Olivier April Fool’s special

Published: 1 April 2016

We knew from his two Olivier Awards that Michael Ball had musical theatre talent. We knew from his former turns hosting the ceremony he was a superb presenter. But what… Read More

Kerry Ellis leads Arts’ Murder Ballad

Published: 31 March 2016

Former Wicked star Kerry Ellis will lead the West End premiere of New York’s hit rock musical Murder Ballad at the Arts Theatre this autumn. Described as a “violent tabloid… Read More

A life in the theatre: Olivier Awards special

Published: 31 March 2016

In a special Olivier Awards edition of our monthly Life in the Theatre series, we asked Julian Bird, Chief Executive of the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) to take us… Read More

Exclusive: Olivier nominated costume designs

Published: 31 March 2016

From sky high platforms and Union Flag corsets to velvet robes and ornate buttons, the costumes that earned Gregg Barnes, Hugh Durrant, Jonathan Fensom and Katrina Lindsay their Olivier Award… Read More

Video: Olivier play nominees

Published: 31 March 2016

There’s just 72 hours to go until the 40th anniversary Olivier Awards with MasterCard takes place at the Royal Opera House. While rehearsals are underway, last minute tux fittings are… Read More

Les Blancs

Published: 31 March 2016

What’s it all about? We’re in colonial Africa, a troubled land of good intentions and bad blood. The white inhabitants of a decrepit, underfunded mission hospital try to ‘aid’ the… Read More

Exclusive: Olivier nominated set designs

Published: 30 March 2016

Ahead of this Sunday’s Olivier Awards with MasterCard, we asked Hildegard Bechtler, Es Devlin, Jonathan Fensom and Anna Fleischle to share the inspiration behind their four very different sets, each… Read More

Bug

Published: 30 March 2016

What’s it all about? If you’ve ever spent a night or two camping, you might recall those niggling suspicions about the inhabitants of the earth directly beneath you. You can… Read More

Video: Olivier musical nominees

Published: 30 March 2016

After a month of waiting, there are now just days until this year’s Olivier Awards with MasterCard nominees will take their seats at the glamorous Royal Opera House ceremony to… Read More

40 facts about the Oliviers at 40

Published: 30 March 2016

To celebrate 40 years of the Olivier Awards, discover more about the history of one of the world’s greatest and longest running theatrical prizes’ with our fascinating 40 facts, featuring… Read More

David Burt joins The Buskers Opera

Published: 30 March 2016

West End musical regular and Les Misérables’ original Enjolras David Burt is to join Olivier Award winner George Maguire and Lauren Samuels in The Buskers Opera at Park Theatre. The… Read More

Wonder.land stages relaxed performance

Published: 29 March 2016

National Theatre musical wonder.land is the latest London show to stage a relaxed performance. The tweaked version of the Damon Albarn musical will take place on 21 April. The special… Read More

Video: Olivier nominees share advice

Published: 29 March 2016

The day after a Bank Holiday can be hard. You’re on a major sugar come down after the Easter binge and suddenly work doesn’t have quite the same appeal now… Read More

Day in the life: Jersey Boys’ Dayle Hodge

Published: 24 March 2016

Oh what a night it could be for Jersey Boys on 3 April. The long-running hit musical about Frankie Valli and his Four Seasons bandmates is in the running for… Read More

People, Places And Things

Published: 24 March 2016

What’s it all about? Addiction. Finding meaning in life. The now. Coping. Theatre. Acting. Strength. Truth. It’s the story of Emma (maybe), an alcohol and drug abusing actor trying to… Read More

Day in the life: Les Mis’ Craig Mather

Published: 24 March 2016

To paraphrase a Les Misérables classic, “10 days more…” That’s how far, at the time I set this feature live, we are from the Olivier Awards 2016 with MasterCard. As… Read More

Albert Hall hosts Magic of the Musicals

Published: 23 March 2016

Oliver Award nominees In The Heights and Guys And Dolls are among the hit London shows set to appear in the inaugural Magic Of The Music shows at the Royal… Read More

Video: Olivier nominees on theatre

Published: 23 March 2016

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Olivier Awards with MasterCard. Four decades of prize-giving and statuettes, red carpet glamour and speeches. And while we’re big fans of such… Read More

Video: Emma Williams on Mrs Henderson Presents

Published: 23 March 2016

Emma Williams is something of a phenomenon. Not just because the Mrs Henderson Presents star has had three Olivier Award nominations so far in her career, her latest making her… Read More

Video: the Olivier nominees speak

Published: 23 March 2016

This year’s crop of Olivier Award nominees are a modest lot. Far from tooting their own horn about the critically acclaimed work that has earned them a slot in 2016’s… Read More

Day in the life: Matilda’s Rebecca Thornhill

Published: 23 March 2016

We love Rebecca Thornhill. We loved her in Top Hat, we loved her in From Here To Eternity and we loved her in Mary Poppins. We love her in Matilda… Read More
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