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Video: Christmas Wrapped Up Out-Takes

Published: 21 December 2015

Wrapping paper, West End props, highly trained stage professionals and a camera; what can go wrong? Oh, you’d be surprised… Yes, with the addition of much Christmas spirit, the pressing… Read More

Claire Skinner in Hampstead’s Rabbit Hole

Published: 21 December 2015

Claire Skinner, Tom Goodman-Hill and Alison Steadman will lead the cast of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole when the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama receives its UK premiere at the Hampstead Theatre in… Read More

Jamie Parker to play West End Harry Potter

Published: 21 December 2015

Jamie Parker will take on the role of Harry Potter alongside Noma Dumezweni and Paul Thornley in the world premiere of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Parts I &… Read More

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Published: 18 December 2015

What’s it all about? The Donmar Warehouse is bringing sexy back with erotic awakenings, seduction aplenty and the kind of sexual liberation you might think is more suited to 1970s… Read More

Michelle Terry joins NT’s 2016 season

Published: 18 December 2015

Michelle Terry and Danny Sapani will return to the National Theatre next year, starring in Sarah Kane’s Cleansed and Lorraine Hansberry’s Les Blancs respectively. Olivier Award winner Terry, whose credits… Read More

Slava’s Snowshow

Published: 18 December 2015

What’s it all about? The winter season’s much-loved falling white stuff and clowns. That’s all you need to know. Who’s in it? Russian performance artist Slava Polunin has gathered a… Read More

Paris declares #MaPlaceEstDansLaSalle

Published: 18 December 2015

Paris’ theatres have joined forces to collectively declare “My place is in the performance halls” by changing the names of their shows to Ma Place Est Dans La Salle in… Read More

Miss Julie sets eyes on West End

Published: 18 December 2015

Theatre Royal Bath is to stage a new production of Patrick Marber’s adaptation of After Miss Julie starring Strictly Come Dancing’s Helen George with plans to bring it into the… Read More

New record for West End Thriller

Published: 16 December 2015

Michael Jackson musical Thriller Live will become the 17th longest running musical in West End history tonight when it plays its 2901st performance at the Lyric Theatre. In doing so… Read More

Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax

Published: 16 December 2015

What’s it all about? In a wonderful forest where animals thrive, A furry old critter helps keep trees alive. The entry of Once-ler, a greedy young man, Threatens The Lorax’s… Read More

Elf raises £180K for charity

Published: 15 December 2015

Elf, the festive family hit musical currently playing in the West End, is donating more than £182K to charity after breaking box office records at London’s Dominion Theatre. On the… Read More

Video: Mrs Henderson Presents recording

Published: 15 December 2015

It may not begin its West End run until 9 February but Mrs Henderson Presents is making the most of Christmas, releasing the footage of Tracie Bennett recording Whatever Time… Read More

Hampstead’s Hapgood extends

Published: 14 December 2015

Tom Stoppard’s Cold War spy drama Hapgood has extended its run at Hampstead Theatre following rave reviews. Described as a “rollocking spy story” by Time Out in its four star… Read More

Video: The Illusionists’ Jamie Raven

Published: 14 December 2015

When you sit around the dinner table this Christmas, ready to tuck into your roast turkey, the chances are you’ll probably be brandishing two essential items that will make consuming… Read More

In pictures: West End baubles at TKTS

Published: 14 December 2015

Trafalgar Square might have its towering Christmas tree, but in Leicester Square there’s a new monument to the festive season… and it has baubles decorated by London’s favourite shows! Yes… Read More

Peter Pan at the New Wimbledon theatre

Published: 14 December 2015

What’s it all about? A devious, dastardly pirate, a boy who can fly and a croc with a taste for buccaneer blood. How do they tell the story? In traditional… Read More

The Wasp

Published: 14 December 2015

What’s it all about? Transferring to the Trafalgar Studios from the Hampstead Downstairs, The Wasp is about disturbing and lasting childhood experiences. It centres on old school friends Heather and… Read More

Southbank Centre’s Imagine Festival returns

Published: 11 December 2015

The Southbank Centre’s Imagine Children’s Festival will return in 2016 with a host of events – including performances of I Believe In Unicorns, Little Red Riding Hood and The Three… Read More

wonder.land

Published: 11 December 2015

What’s it all about? First taking audiences into its techno-fantasy at the Manchester International Festival this summer, this is the Damon Albarn, Rufus Norris and Moira Buffini-created musical. Taking Alice… Read More

Sunny Afternoon announces UK tour

Published: 11 December 2015

Sunny Afternoon, the Olivier Award-winning musical currently playing at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre, will embark on its first ever UK tour in 2016. Edward Hall’s critically acclaimed production, which has… Read More

Cast announced for Almeida’s Uncle Vanya

Published: 11 December 2015

Jessica Brown Findlay, Vanessa Kirby and Tobias Menzies will star in the Almeida Theatre’s production of Uncle Vanya next February. The trio will join the previously announced Paul Rhys alongside… Read More

Laurence Fox leads Patriotic Traitor

Published: 11 December 2015

Laurence Fox and Tom Conti will star in the world premiere production of Jonathan Lynn’s play The Patriotic Traitor when it opens at London’s Park Theatre next February. Lewis star… Read More

Billy Elliot musical to close in 2016

Published: 11 December 2015

Billy Elliot will give his final London pirouette on the stage of London’s Victoria Palace Theatre in 2016 as the curtain comes down on the hit musical on 9 April.… Read More

Bugsy Malone returns to Lyric Hammersmith

Published: 11 December 2015

The Lyric Hammersmith’s critically acclaimed production of Bugsy Malone will return to London in 2016, playing a second run at the venue from June. The hugely successful musical hit, which… Read More

A day in the life: Rapunzel’s Rolan Bell

Published: 10 December 2015

Here at Official London Theatre we drink a lot of tea – and by a lot of tea I mean we singlehandedly keep PG Tips, Tetley and Twinings in business… Read More

Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Published: 10 December 2015

What's it all about? It's SUPPOSED to be about J M Barrie's infamous boy who would wouldn't grow up, but in the hands of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society –… Read More

A Christmas Carol at the Noël Coward Theatre

Published: 10 December 2015

What’s it all about? Come on? You know the story of Christmas curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by three spirits in an effort to change his heartless ways, don’t… Read More

Q&A: Hapgood’s Lisa Dillon

Published: 9 December 2015

Official London Theatre first interviewed Hapgood star Lisa Dillon over a decade ago. Back then we described her “comet-like rise in the acting world” that saw the young star, straight… Read More

First look: Beautiful’s new cast

Published: 9 December 2015

It’s a tough job following an Olivier Award-winning performance, but Cassidy Janson looks like she’s stepped into Katie Brayben’s Beautiful shoes without too much of a (Lo)comotion. Former Wicked star… Read More

In pictures: Designing wonder.land

Published: 8 December 2015

What a brief for a designer; put your own spin on a new interpretation of one of most fantastical of worlds ever created, Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland. This was the treat… Read More

Hampstead’s Firebird transfers to Trafalgar

Published: 8 December 2015

Firebird will become the latest Hampstead Downstairs hit to transfer to the West End next year when it begins its run at London’s Trafalgar Studios. Phil Davies’ debut play will… Read More

Hangmen

Published: 8 December 2015

What’s it all about? Never has gallows humour been so literal than in the West End transfer of Martin McDonagh’s triumphant Royal Court hit, and if you’re worried it can’t… Read More

Get Into London Theatre open for booking

Published: 7 December 2015

Discounted tickets for more than 50 leading London theatre productions are now on sale and ready to be snapped up through our hugely popular annual promotion, Get Into London Theatre.… Read More

A life in the theatre: Company Manager

Published: 7 December 2015

In the latest in our series delving into the daily goings on in every theatre in London, we spoke to Les Misérables’ Hannah Shafran to find out exactly what the… Read More

School Of Rock to open in London

Published: 7 December 2015

School Of Rock – The Musical, the latest hit show from the mind of Andrew Lloyd Webber, will head to London’s West End in 2016, the impresario has confirmed. The… Read More

Around The World In 80 Days

Published: 4 December 2015

What's it all about? The mysterious Mr Phileas Fogg. Punctual, pernickety yet admirably patient, Phileas bets his fellow gentleman's club cronies that he can make it around the entire globe… Read More

Funny Girl extends West End run

Published: 4 December 2015

Following a triumphant opening night, the Menier Chocolate Factory’s Sheridan Smith-led Funny Girl has extended its forthcoming run in the West End to 10 September. The show faced the press… Read More

Adrian Lester’s Red Velvet co-stars revealed

Published: 4 December 2015

Adrian Lester’s co-stars have been announced for the forthcoming return of Red Velvet, which plays as part of the star-studded Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company season in February. Charlotte Lucas and… Read More

Matthew Perry returns to West End

Published: 4 December 2015

Friends star Matthew Perry will return to the West End for the first time in more than a decade next February to star in the world premiere of his debut… Read More

Exclusive: New Guys And Dolls trailer

Published: 3 December 2015

We’ve witnessed David Haig losing his whiskers. We’ve watched the cast getting into character. We’re pretty much ready for the arrival of Guys And Dolls. There’s just one more thing… Read More

Olivier winners stage Bank Robbery

Published: 3 December 2015

The Olivier Award-winning team behind The Play That Goes Wrong will premiere a brand new bank siege comedy, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, at the Criterion Theatre next spring.… Read More

Jamie Muscato joins Bend It Like Beckham

Published: 3 December 2015

London stage regular Jamie Muscato will star in Bend It Like Beckham The Musical from 14 December when he takes on the role of coach Joe in the West End’s… Read More

Boots & Heights lead WhatsOnStage Awards

Published: 3 December 2015

New musicals In The Heights and Kinky Boots, along with the Benedict Cumberbatch-led production of Hamlet, lead the running for the 16th WhatsOnStage Awards. The hit productions lead the way… Read More

Camille O’Sullivan joins La Soirée

Published: 3 December 2015

Award-winning cabaret star Camille O’Sullivan will join La Soirée’s eccentric troupe of performers in the Olivier Award-winning production from 21 December.  The sultry Irish songstress is no stranger to the… Read More

Funny Girl

Published: 3 December 2015

What's it all about? It was, circa 1964, all about Barbra Streisand. Back then, Streisand was deemed the only actress who could possibly portray the gutsy, witty, ambitious protagonist in… Read More

Linda

Published: 2 December 2015

What’s it all about? Linda’s 55. She’s a successful businesswoman. She has the stunning house and the 2.4 children. But her next venture, a new campaign pitch for the cosmetics… Read More

In rehearsal: Cymbeline

Published: 1 December 2015

Cymbeline has everything you’d want from a classic Shakespearean romance: a secret wedding, an angry monarch, a plotting vengeful queen, confused identities, potions, plots and a happy ending. At Shakespeare’s… Read More

Weigh, Payne and Friel in Donmar 2016

Published: 1 December 2015

A comedy of identity by Anthony Weigh, a sci-fi tale of love and survival by Nick Payne and a revival of a Brian Friel classic will play at London’s Donmar… Read More

London debuts computer-generated musical

Published: 1 December 2015

Beyond The Fence, a new musical created in part by computers, will receive its world premiere at London’s Arts Theatre in 2016. The show, which is set in 1982 at… Read More

Bassett & Findlay in Court’s Escaped Alone

Published: 30 November 2015

Linda Bassett, Deborah Findlay, Kika Markham and June Watson will star in Caryl Churchill’s Escaped Alone when the tale of three old friends and a neighbour opens at the Royal… Read More

Here We Go

Published: 30 November 2015

What’s it all about? Death, essentially. Not the jolliest choice of subjects in the run-up to Christmas but stay with us… The latest offering from British writing heavyweight Caryl Churchill,… Read More

Lord Of The Dance extends Games

Published: 30 November 2015

Lord Of The Dance will be enticing audiences to join its talented Irish dancing troupe for some Dangerous Games for a further three weeks as it extends its run in… Read More

Showstopper! transfers to Lyric

Published: 27 November 2015

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical will continue to delight West End audiences with a new musical each night when it transfers to London’s Lyric Theatre for a limited run of 10… Read More

Arts Theatre hosts NotMoses premiere

Published: 27 November 2015

Award-winning filmmaker Gary Sinyor will make his playwriting debut at London’s Arts Theatre next year with the world premiere of Ancient Egypt-set comedy NotMoses. The writer, director and producer behind… Read More

Bugsy Malone stars lead Lyric’s Herons

Published: 27 November 2015

Bugsy Malone stars Sophia Decaro and Max Gill will return to the Lyric Hammersmith’s stage in the new year to lead the cast of Simon Stephens’ Herons. The young duo,… Read More

Little Eyolf

Published: 27 November 2015

What’s it all about? After the colossal success of the multi Olivier Award-winning Ghosts, Richard Eyre returns to the Almeida to direct another Ibsen piece, and while it may be… Read More

Gemma Arterton leads Nell Gwynn transfer

Published: 27 November 2015

Gemma Arterton will return to the West End stage in February to take the lead role in Nell Gwynn when the critically acclaimed Shakespeare’s Globe production transfers to London’s Apollo… Read More

Pericles

Published: 26 November 2015

What’s it all about? Kicking off the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse’s season of late Shakespearean plays, Pericles is a fantastical fairytale concoction of outrageous fortune. By turns the titular monarch falls… Read More

Charlie launches Imagination Awards

Published: 26 November 2015

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory is launching two brand new awards to encourage young people to engage with the creative process of making theatre, including a prize for budding costume… Read More

Charl Brown joins Motown The Musical

Published: 26 November 2015

Tony Award nominated actor Charl Brown will join the line-up of performers bringing Motown The Musical to life in London’s West End next year as he reprises his performance as… Read More

A day in the life: I Want My Hat Back

Published: 25 November 2015

Bowl cuts, coffee, parades and skipping; it’s all in a day in the life of Steven Webb. Well, at least while he’s performing in the National Theatre’s hit family offering… Read More

Oliver Tompsett makes St James’ World Go Round

Published: 25 November 2015

Oliver Tompsett and Debbie Kurup will give voice to some of Kander and Ebb’s best-loved hits when they star in musical revue The World Goes Round at the St James… Read More

Ben Hur

Published: 25 November 2015

What’s it all about? Remember The 39 Steps? Good. So you should, it only departed the capital in September. This is the latest fast-paced comic adaptation by the Olivier Award-winning… Read More

Exclusive! In rehearsal: The Dazzle

Published: 25 November 2015

Few actors send Official London Theatre’s user numbers soaring more than Andrew Scott. From Sherlock’s committed fans to the inevitable profile raising effect his latest role in the world conquering… Read More

Quiz: How well do you know Broadway?

Published: 24 November 2015

New York’s Broadway and London’s West End; the two great theatre capitals of the world. They’re alike in so many ways, and yet so different in others. Both sell ice-creams… Read More

The Homecoming at Trafalgar Studios

Published: 24 November 2015

What’s it all about? This is the world championship of pissing contests, power games and sexual politics. A quartet of chaps, who sit somewhere around Piers Morgan on the dislikeable… Read More

In his words: Charles Edwards

Published: 23 November 2015

Charles Edwards is one of British theatre’s best kept secrets. Part matinee idol, part Leslie Thomas, with the comic tendencies of a laughter-seeking missile aligned with the ability to make… Read More

Nicole Kidman leads Evening Standard wins

Published: 23 November 2015

Nicole Kidman, James McAvoy and Imelda Staunton were among the performers to triumph at last night’s Evening Standard Theatre Awards, taking home the top acting prizes for their recent London… Read More

Dean John-Wilson leads Disney’s Aladdin

Published: 20 November 2015

Dean John-Wilson will play the title role in Disney's Aladdin alongside Jade Ewen as Jasmine when the new Disney musical receives its West End premiere at London’s Prince Edward Theatre… Read More

Video: TheatreCraft’s Indhu Rubasingham

Published: 20 November 2015

The 16 to 25-year-olds flocking to the Royal Opera House for today’s TheatreCraft may know exactly what they want to do as a career. Then again, they may not. But… Read More

Global stars joins Fiennes’ Master Builder

Published: 20 November 2015

Australian actress Sarah Snook and Tony Award-nominated US stage star Linda Emond will join Ralph Fiennes in The Old Vic’s 2016 production of Henrik Ibsen’s The Master Builder.   The… Read More

Hampstead stages Rabbit Hole premiere

Published: 20 November 2015

Hampstead Theatre will open its 2016 programme with the UK premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Rabbit Hole. The play, which starred Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart when it… Read More

Kim Cattrall leaves Court’s Linda

Published: 20 November 2015

Kim Cattrall has been forced to leave the Royal Court’s upcoming production Linda following advice from her doctor. The Sex And The City star will be replaced in the lead… Read More

16 shows to see this Christmas

Published: 19 November 2015

According to Google, somewhere in the region of 160 countries celebrate Christmas, so we’ve taken inspiration from that hefty number and put together our top 16 shows to see this… Read More

Harry Potter star leads Hand To God

Published: 19 November 2015

Harry Melling, best known as Harry Potter’s Dudley Dursley, will return to the London stage next year to lead the cast of irreverent Broadway comedy Hand To God. The show… Read More
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