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Kids Week 2015 breaks records

Published: 3 September 2015

A staggering 229,143 tickets were sold for this year’s Kids Week, marking an incredible 30% rise in ticket sales and making 2015 the most successful year ever for our popular… Read More

Hatched ‘N’ Dispatched

Published: 3 September 2015

What’s it all about? A recipe for disaster involving booze, secrets, affairs, violence, pregnancies, spilled pickles… oh and somewhere among all the chaos a family member has died. But that… Read More

Arts Theatre hosts Ushers musical

Published: 3 September 2015

Programme sellers, ice cream vendors and ticket tearers will take centre stage at the Arts Theatre this month when Ushers: The Front Of House Musical makes its London return. Previously… Read More

Donmar debutants complete Teddy cast

Published: 2 September 2015

Four Donmar Warehouse newcomers will complete the cast of Dominic Cooke’s forthcoming UK premiere production of US hit drama Teddy Ferrara at the Covent Garden venue. Recent British graduates Abubakar… Read More

Tall Stories duo for Jackson’s Lane’s 40th

Published: 2 September 2015

Tall Stories’ acclaimed productions of The Snail And The Whale and The Snow Dragon are among the much-loved children’s tales set to entertain families as part of Jackson’s Lane’s 40th… Read More

People, Places And Things at the National theatre

Published: 2 September 2015

What’s it all about? Emma is an addict so checks herself into rehab, one sneaky line of cocaine in reception to take the edge off (not to mention the gin,… Read More

Cast announced for In The Heights return

Published: 2 September 2015

David Bedella, Josie Benson and Victoria Hamilton-Barritt will reprise their roles in the forthcoming transfer of In The Heights when it opens at the King’s Cross Theatre in October. The… Read More

Beverley Knight leads Memphis charity gig

Published: 1 September 2015

Beverley Knight, Matt Cardle and the cast of Olivier Award-winning hit Memphis The Musical will perform a one-off charity concert Live From Memphis at the Hippodrome Casino later this month.… Read More

Q&A: Jack Fox

Published: 1 September 2015

Jack Fox is part of one of Britain’s most famous dynasties, the skulk of performers – Emilia, Freddie, Edward, Laurence are all in the family business – who have graced… Read More

Jim Broadbent returns in Christmas Carol

Published: 1 September 2015

Jim Broadbent will make his London stage return in the role of Charles Dickens’ most infamous miser in a new production of A Christmas Carol at the Noël Coward Theatre… Read More

RAD offers Wicked workshop for kids

Published: 28 August 2015

Children aged five and older have the chance to take a lesson from the team behind everyone’s favourite gravity-defying musical this September with the Royal Academy of Dance’s Wicked Musical… Read More

In pictures: Kids Week 2015 activities

Published: 28 August 2015

It isn’t every day that your kids get the chance to join Les Misérables on the barricades, rock out with the West End’s equivalent of The Beatles or join The… Read More

McQueen responsibility weighs on Wight

Published: 28 August 2015

As critics file their reviews of McQueen’s West End transfer, the show’s star, Stephen Wight, has revealed the only opinions he was concerned about were those of designer Alexander McQueen’s… Read More

McQueen

Published: 28 August 2015

What’s it all about? Garlanded in hype when it premiered at the St James Theatre earlier this year, this journey into the mind and history of lauded designer Alexander McQueen… Read More

Hello Kitty heads to Hammersmith

Published: 27 August 2015

The tale of everyone’s favourite Japanese bobtail will be brought to life on the London stage this autumn as Hello Kitty Live – Fashion And Friends receives its world premiere… Read More

Our Country’s Good at the National Theatre

Published: 27 August 2015

What’s it all about? In the 18th century, hundreds of convicts were shipped to Australia to prevent overcrowding in English prisons and it is in this lonely, brutal landscape that… Read More

In rehearsal: Future Conditional

Published: 26 August 2015

The summer – pah! – is drawing to a close, young people are looking distinctly more glum than they did at the end of July and shops are bulging with… Read More

Hamlet at the Barbican theatre

Published: 26 August 2015

What’s it all about? After months of hype, ticketing frenzies, controversy and audiences camping out, Sherlock and The Hobbit star Benedict Cumberbatch takes on one of the greatest roles in… Read More

Urinetown writer brings farce to London

Published: 26 August 2015

Pig Farm, a dark farce from Urinetown The Musical writer Greg Kotis, will receive its UK premiere at the St James Theatre this autumn. The production, directed by the ideally… Read More

Rocky Horror extends West End run

Published: 26 August 2015

Richard O’Brien’s cult hit The Rocky Horror Show has extended its West End run due to popular demand giving fans an extra week to dig out their fishnets and feather… Read More

Which Hamlet are you?

Published: 25 August 2015

Benedict Cumberbatch is playing Hamlet at the Barbican. You may have noticed. The Shakespearean tragedy featuring the star of Sherlock, The Imitation Game and The Hobbit has popped up in… Read More

Chickenshed has more tales for autumn

Published: 25 August 2015

The team at Chickenshed has plenty of stories for children up its sleeves for children this autumn as its hugely popular Tales From The Shed returns in a busy season… Read More

Ellis and Dearman release Smash single

Published: 25 August 2015

Ahead of their West End concert, leading ladies Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman have released their own stunning version of Let Me Be Your Star, the song originally written for… Read More

Full Tipping The Velvet cast announced

Published: 24 August 2015

Full casting has been announced for the Lyric Hammersmith’s forthcoming stage adaptation of Tipping The Velvet, which will star the previously announced Sally Messham and Laura Rogers. The much-anticipated theatrical… Read More

Video: Nicole Kidman in Photograph 51

Published: 21 August 2015

The birth of the theatrical trailer has been one of our favourite additions to theatre in the past few years, but never more so than when it features a bonafide… Read More

Lady Anna: All At Sea

Published: 21 August 2015

What’s it all about? Welcome to a world where men play cards while women perfect elaborate braided hairstyles that wouldn’t be out of place in a signature bread bake round.… Read More

Sunny Afternoon reveals second Kinks

Published: 21 August 2015

Danny Horn, Oliver Hoare, Tom Whitelock and Damien Walsh will really get audiences going when they take over as The Kinks in Olivier Award-winning musical Sunny Afternoon this autumn. The… Read More

New cast members for Dusty musical

Published: 21 August 2015

Alison Arnopp will take over the title role in new musical Dusty, which is currently entertaining audiences at the Charing Cross Theatre, from 24 August. The actress replaces Ellie Ann-Lowe… Read More

Nancy Carroll joins The Moderate Soprano

Published: 21 August 2015

Nancy Carroll will join fellow Olivier Award winner Roger Allam in David Hare’s new play The Moderate Soprano when it premieres at the Hampstead Theatre this autumn. The tale of… Read More

Illusionists complete London magic show

Published: 21 August 2015

Magicians Den Den and David Williamson, known as The Manipulator and The Trickster, will join Britain’s Got Talent contestant Jamie Raven in the West End magic show The Illusionists, opening… Read More

September return for West End Wednesdays

Published: 20 August 2015

Theatre lovers will have another opportunity to take advantage of half price tickets to a host of London’s hottest shows this September as TKTS’ West End Wednesdays returns with more… Read More

Hytner to build new Tower Bridge theatre

Published: 20 August 2015

Former National Theatre team Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr’s new London Theatre Company is to open a new 900-seat theatre overlooking Tower Bridge in spring 2017. The venue, which according… Read More

Lucian Msamati is Tricycle’s Wolf

Published: 20 August 2015

Lucian Msamati will lead the world premiere of A Wolf In Snakeskin Shoes at the Tricycle Theatre this autumn alongside his Olivier Award-winning The Amen Corner co-star Sharon D Clarke.… Read More

Walliams’ Gangsta Granny hits London

Published: 20 August 2015

Expect an extra dose of cabbage and crime at the Bloomsbury Theatre this Christmas as David Walliams’ much-loved Gangsta Granny receives its London stage premiere. The hugely popular book will… Read More

Full cast for Almeida Theatre’s Medea

Published: 20 August 2015

Amanda Boxer, Sarah Belcher and Justin Salinger will join Kate Fleetwood when she takes on the infamous title character in the Almeida Theatre’s production of Medea next month. Rachel Cusk’s… Read More

In her words: Cerys Matthews

Published: 19 August 2015

They say you should never meet your heroes, but in my line of work it would clearly be foolish – not to mention career ending – to take that advice… Read More

Willetts & McCarthy lead Pure Imagination

Published: 19 August 2015

West End regulars Dave Willetts, Siobhan McCarthy and Julie Atherton will star in the forthcoming world premiere of Pure Imagination at the St James Theatre. Celebrating the songs of musical… Read More

Hamilton-Barritt joins Verkaik concert

Published: 19 August 2015

West End regular Victoria Hamilton-Barritt and former Let It Be star James Fox will join Willemijn Verkaik when the former Wicked actress appears in her own solo concert at the… Read More

Video: Kinky Boots rehearsals

Published: 19 August 2015

Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots sets up (shoe) shop at the Adelphi Theatre in just two days. Yes, TWO DAYS! Naturally we’re excited, so when we were given a sneaky… Read More

Rachel Tucker leads Broadway’s Wicked

Published: 19 August 2015

West End theatre star Rachel Tucker is to join the Broadway cast of Wicked this autumn, leading the New York production of the hit musical as misunderstood witch Elphaba. The… Read More

Video: West End stars talk Kids Week

Published: 18 August 2015

We’re now halfway through 2015’s Kids Week and thousands of families have already taken advantage of our month-long kids go free celebration of family theatre. Not only have they been… Read More

Video: Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman

Published: 18 August 2015

Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman; two names that fill West End theatre audiences with confidence and glee. These leading ladies are at the top of their game and probably at… Read More

Full festive cast announced for Elf

Published: 18 August 2015

A full cast of Christmas spirit spreaders has been announced for the West End premiere of new musical Elf, which is set to open at London’s Dominion Theatre this winter.… Read More

BGT’s Aaron Crow joins Impossible

Published: 18 August 2015

Former Britain’s Got Talent star Aaron Crow will add even more mystifying magic to hit West End show Impossible when he joins the jaw-dropping line-up for its final week of… Read More

Funny Girl breaks Menier records

Published: 17 August 2015

Funny Girl has become the Menier Chocolate Factory’s fastest ever selling show, cementing its star Sheridan Smith’s standing as one of the London stage’s most popular performers. Tickets for the… Read More

Cilla Black West End stage show confirmed

Published: 17 August 2015

A new West End stage production based on the life of the late Cilla Black was in the early stages of development prior to the entertainer’s death, the star’s PR… Read More

Coronet’s Cocktail Party cast

Published: 17 August 2015

Casting for the first major revival of TS Eliot’s The Cocktail Party in more than 25 years has been announced, with a line-up of theatre regulars in place to bring… Read More

Marc Elliott leads See What I Wanna See

Published: 17 August 2015

EastEnders’ Marc Elliott and former Wicked actress Cassie Compton will appear in the London premiere of See What I Wanna See when it plays a four-week run at the Jermyn… Read More

NT invites kids on space adventure

Published: 17 August 2015

The National Theatre is inviting children to join them on an interactive space adventure when acclaimed theatre company non zero one launches Ground Control later this month. A world away… Read More

McQueen postpones West End start

Published: 17 August 2015

The West End transfer of McQueen has been delayed after several days of previews were cancelled due to the company requiring a “longer technical rehearsal period”. Producers of the St James… Read More

Almeida’s live Iliad hooks audiences

Published: 14 August 2015

The Almeida Theatre is today staging an epic reading of The Iliad in its entirety and, with readers including Simon Russell Beale and Lesley Manville, the Homer piece has become… Read More

Kate Varah is new Old Vic Exec Director

Published: 14 August 2015

The Old Vic’s current Chief Operating Officer Kate Varah has been appointment the new Executive Director of the acclaimed Waterloo venue, one of several new appointments announced today by Artistic… Read More

Amanda Hale withdraws from Martyr

Published: 14 August 2015

Natalie Radmall-Quirke will take the lead role in the Unicorn Theatre’s forthcoming production of Martyr after The Nether star Amanda Hale has been forced to withdraw from the show due… Read More

John Heffernan is Young Vic’s Macbeth

Published: 14 August 2015

John Heffernan and Anna Maxwell Martin will take on the iconic pairing of Macbeth and his ruthless wife in Carrie Cracknell and Lucy Guerin’s forthcoming production at the Young Vic.… Read More

Olivia Williams joins National’s Waste

Published: 14 August 2015

Olivia Williams, Michael Elwyn and Sylvestra Le Touzel are among the actors joining Charles Edwards and William Chubb in the National Theatre’s forthcoming production of political drama Waste. Harley Granville… Read More

Bend It Like Beckham extends

Published: 14 August 2015

Bend It Like Beckham The Musical has extended its run at the Phoenix Theatre to 20 February and, to celebrate, the football hit has released its cast album online. Fans… Read More

Godwin pair lead Woman In Black

Published: 13 August 2015

Christopher Godwin and his son and fellow actor Tom Godwin are now the latest pairing to lead the West End’s iconic ghost story The Woman In Black. The newly cast… Read More

Cast announced for NT’s Pomona

Published: 13 August 2015

Nadia Clifford, Rebecca Humphries, Sarah Middleton, Sean Rigby, Guy Rhys and Sam Swann will reprise their roles in the Orange Tree Theatre’s hit production of Pomona when it transfers to… Read More

All-star line-up for Globe poetry series

Published: 13 August 2015

Tim Pigott-Smith, Alex Jennings, Hattie Morahan, Meera Syal and Jamie Parker will appear in The Voice And The Echo, a series of poetry evenings staged in Shakespeare’s Globe’s Sam Wanamaker… Read More

Video: Aliens Love Underpants Q&A

Published: 13 August 2015

Scientists with the greatest minds in the world have been searching for intelligent life in space for decades. We don’t want to sound arrogant or anything, but couldn’t they just… Read More

Olivier winners lead Almeida’s Iliad

Published: 13 August 2015

The Almeida Theatre’s epic reading of The Iliad this Friday will feature a staggering line-up of performances from more than 50 acclaimed actors including Lesley Manville, Simon Russell Beale and… Read More

Video: Meet Gypsy’s four-legged star

Published: 12 August 2015

Some would say that Imelda Staunton – Harry Potter actress, three-time Olivier Award winner and West End extraordinaire – is the most celebrated cast member in current hit musical Gypsy.… Read More

Beasts for Polka Theatre autumn

Published: 12 August 2015

The Polka Theatre will get beastly (in a good way) this autumn as it welcomes Theatre-Rites’ hilarious and magical Beasty Baby and much-loved classic Beauty & The Beast through its… Read More

Carly Anderson & Alison Jiear in Xanadu

Published: 12 August 2015

Carly Anderson, Samuel Edwards and Alison Jiear will lead the cast of Xanadu when the Drama Desk Award-winning musical comedy receives its UK premiere at Southwark Playhouse this autumn. The… Read More

Christopher Biggins hosts West End Heroes

Published: 12 August 2015

Christopher Biggins has been announced as the host of this year’s annual charity concert West End Heroes, which will feature performances from London casts and West End stars when it… Read More

O’Connor & Tarbuck unite for Palladium show

Published: 12 August 2015

Des O’Connor and Jimmy Tarbuck will unite for their first ever stage performance together when they appear in Sunday Night At The London Palladium in October. The much-loved showbiz legends… Read More

Autumn run for Into The Hoods: Remixed

Published: 12 August 2015

A newly revamped version of ZooNation’s Olivier Award nominated Into The Hoods will arrive at the Peacock Theatre this autumn as part of a national tour. Into The Hoods: Remixed… Read More

Stephen Fry in Rocky Horror gala

Published: 12 August 2015

Stephen Fry, The Great British Bake Off’s Mel Giedroyc and Spice Girl Emma Bunton will join Richard O’Brien on stage for The Rocky Horror Show’s gala performance on 17 September… Read More

Showstopper! gets first full West End run

Published: 12 August 2015

The Apollo Theatre will host a different musical every night this autumn when Showstopper! The Improvised Musical plays a full West End run for the first time. The hugely popular… Read More

St James’ Stardust Road postponed

Published: 12 August 2015

The world premiere of Howard “Hoagy” Carmichael's musical Stardust Road has been cancelled due to financial difficulties. It had been scheduled to run at the St James Theatre this autumn.… Read More

Southbank’s Africa Utopia returns

Published: 12 August 2015

Africa Utopia, the Southbank Centre’s annual celebration of modern Africa, will return next month with a packed programme of family performances, workshops and events. Taking place from 10 to 13… Read More

My Children! My Africa!

Published: 11 August 2015

What’s it all about? Racial inequality, friendship and an explosive altercation between an old-fashioned teacher and one of his favourite pupils. In apartheid-era South Africa, the former, Mr M, believes… Read More

Sian Alexander Lyric’s new Exec Director

Published: 11 August 2015

Former Bush Theatre Executive Director Sian Alexander will succeed Jessica Hepburn to lead the Lyric Hammersmith from October alongside its Artistic Director Sean Holmes. The appointment comes following news earlier… Read More

Hamilton confirms West End hopes

Published: 11 August 2015

Broadway’s latest musical hit Hamilton has revealed it has its eyes firmly set on the West End following last week’s phenomenal reviews. London’s Evening Standard reported that the show’s creator… Read More

St James takes on Ukrainian culture

Published: 11 August 2015

Ukrainian culture will take centre stage at the St James Theatre this September as Kiev’s Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theatre of Russian Drama presents a cycle of four plays to… Read More
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