Published: 1 July 2015
The Young Vic has added new productions of August Strindberg’s Creditors and Barrie Keeffe’s Barbarians to its autumn season. Both will run in the London venue’s Clare studio, directed by… Read More
Published: 30 June 2015
Is it too late to start a career as a performer? What kind of training should I do to prevent injury? How do I deal with rejection? Questions I ask… Read More
Actor Jack Gleeson, best known for playing Game Of Thrones’ tyrant teenage monarch Joffrey Baratheon, will star alongside puppet bears at Soho Theatre this summer. The star of the HBO… Read More
Published: 29 June 2015
Six aspiring young wordsmiths aged between five and 25-years-old have been crowned the winners of the fifth annual Wicked Young Writers’ Award. The triumphant writers – six-year-old Harry Sample, 10-year-old… Read More
The forthcoming West End transfer of Tony Award-winning hit Kinky Boots will strut its stuff for longer after the show announced it has extended its booking period until 6 February.… Read More
Tomcat, a new drama by James Rushbrooke exploring the ethics of genetic screening, mental illness and abortion, has won the Papatango New Writing Prize and will be staged at Southwark… Read More
Published: 26 June 2015
A cast of 350 children think they’re gonna like it on the London stage after being chosen to star in Annie Jr., a new all-children’s version of Tony Award-winning musical… Read More
A Bounty of sweet-toothed theatregoers came out in force last night as they made their (Milky) Way to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane to be (Turkish) Delighted by Sam Mendes’… Read More
Thriller Live fans have reason to Smile today after the hit Michael Jackson tribute concert announced it will be making some exciting new musical additions to the much-loved show. Thankfully… Read More
Trevor Nunn will direct Joely Richardson in the first major revival of Shakespeare-inspired trilogy The Wars Of The Roses at the Rose Theatre Kingston this autumn. John Barton and Peter… Read More
Witches and wizards will board their Nimbus 2000s and head to London’s Palace Theatre next summer, when Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, a new play based on an original… Read More
Published: 25 June 2015
What’s it all about? This is the Chekhov classic so, naturally, we have art and its role in life, love, almost all of which is unrequited, plenty of existential crises,… Read More
Jamie Campbell Bower, Lauren Samuels and Natalie Dew; if I was straining for a Bend It Like Beckham The Musical football-based analogy, I’d refer to them as the perfect hat-trick… Read More
Nineteen drama students have plenty of reason to celebrate today after being awarded almost £73,000 between them as part of the Laurence Olivier Bursaries scheme. The annual scheme, which is… Read More
What’s it all about? Parents and their children, shifting cultural rules, the rolling season of generational change and taking charge of your own destiny. Oh, you thought it was about… Read More
Published: 24 June 2015
The Lyric Hammersmith has announced a whole season of children’s shows, including adaptations of fairytale classics Pinocchio, Peter Pan and Goldilocks And The Three Bears, which will open at the… Read More
Stephen Merchant is firmly stepping out of the shadow of Ricky Gervais. Well, let’s be honest, he’s never been in his Extras co-star’s shadow as such. His rather more lofty… Read More
West End leading lady Julie Atherton, X Factor finalist and Blood Brothers star Niki Evans, and singer/songwriter Laura Mvula will all perform as part of a concert to be staged… Read More
What’s it all about? This is Verdi's epic tragedy like you've never seen it before, or have you? A lot of you might have. So popular is OperaUpClose's condensed English… Read More
Carrie Hope Fletcher and Rachelle Ann Go; two performers who, when their names are placed too close together on Twitter, could cause the microblogging site to explode like a glittery,… Read More
Elf the musical… in June. Some may call it premature festive craziness, but we loved having Ben Forster and Kimberley Walsh, stars of the seasonal treat, at West End LIVE.… Read More
Eva Noblezada already feels like a West End veteran, yet it was only last summer that the young American actress, discovered at a US schools’ concert, was making her London… Read More
Published: 23 June 2015
Memphis The Musical fans received a treat like no other this weekend. Well, the ones that came to both days of West End LIVE did, anyway. Not only did they… Read More
As new World War I musical The Dreamers prepares to come to the St James Theatre, its creators Gina Georgio and James Beeny share the tale of its journey to… Read More
What’s it all about? They f**k you up, your mum and dad. So said Philip Larkin and Rebecca Gilman, the playwright of this compelling, often harrowing look into the social… Read More
Andrew Dunn is on track to take over the role of Mr Perks in Mike Kenny’s Olivier Award-winning adaptation of The Railway Children from tomorrow. It’s full steam ahead for… Read More
Sherlock’s Louise Brealey will star alongside Joe Armstrong in the London return of Nick Payne’s acclaimed Constellations, as the Royal Court hit plays a limited three-week run at the Trafalgar… Read More
Published: 22 June 2015
What a weekend! Rock Of Ages reunited. Wicked fans literally looked to the western sky for a gravity-defying performance. And Carrie Hope Fletcher walked on stage to deafening screams. Naturally.… Read More
Britain’s Got Talent star Jamie Raven will bring his jaw-dropping magic to the Shaftesbury Theatre this autumn when world-conquering magic show The Illusionists – Witness The Impossible comes to the… Read More
Published: 19 June 2015
Today was just an average day in the office. We petted a dinosaur, had our picture taken with a king-size Olivier Award statuette and starred in a West End show… Read More
Shakespeare In Love’s Lucy Briggs-Owen has joined the cast of the Rob Brydon-led Future Conditional, which will make its world premiere at The Old Vic this September. Tackling the topical… Read More
Aaron Sidwell and Luke Baker are among the performers set to join former X Factor contestant Amelia Lily in American Idiot when the Tony Award-winning musical begins its summer run… Read More
Published: 18 June 2015
What’s it all about? New York, three apartments, two couples, one cousin hiding a guy, more addictions than a Betty Ford clinic and one motherf**ker whose hat leads this already… Read More
Mind-boggling circus legends Cirque du Soleil will return to the Royal Albert Hall in 2016 with the UK premiere of Amaluna, its acclaimed ode to the work and voice of… Read More
After an incredible nine-year run in the West End, Olivier Award-winning comedy The 39 Steps has announced that it will close at the Criterion Theatre in September. The much-loved comedy,… Read More
West End LIVE is upon us. This weekend, casts from many of London’s top shows will take to a massive stage in Trafalgar Square to entertain around 500,000 theatre fans… Read More
Published: 17 June 2015
Before it’s even had a chance to wreak its historical havoc this summer, Horrible Histories – Barmy Britain – Part Three! has already announced it will return for more family… Read More
Free outdoor summer theatre returns to the South Bank this August as The Scoop gets set to perform Roman comedy-inspired Captain Show-Off! to families throughout the month. Playing from 5… Read More
What’s it all about? Well, this is tricky one. For most of hang, the audience doesn’t know exactly what’s going on. But that’s the point. Three characters enter a room.… Read More
This year’s Kids Week is off to a record-breaking start with an incredible 116,000 tickets snapped up in the first 24 hours alone. The even better news is that there… Read More
Published: 16 June 2015
When you work in theatre, any time before around 10:00 is generally considered antisocial. So when we get up at 05:30, there’s only two reasons that can warrant it: a… Read More
Naomi Frederick, Anthony Howell and Gabrielle Lloyd will star in John Dove’s production of The Heresy Of Love at Shakespeare’s Globe this summer. Exploring questions of faith, fundamentalism and freedom,… Read More
Matt Costain, Sarah Goddard and Nikki Warwick will reprise their roles in the West End return of the Olivier Award nominated hit Hetty Feather this summer. The trio will join… Read More
Dervla Kirwan and Joseph Millson will join Simon Russell Beale in Richard Eyre’s production of Mr Foote’s Other Leg when it opens at the Hampstead Theatre in September. Written by… Read More
This weekend is huge. Not only does the greatest free celebration of theatre in the world, West End LIVE, take over Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square, but Sunday is also… Read More
What’s it all about? Pornography and the effect it has. On the wider world, I mean, not individuals… though individual’s porn-based situations are addressed… not like that. Oh, this is… Read More
Published: 15 June 2015
Fancy taking a child to the theatre absolutely free this summer? Then you’re in luck, tickets for 2015’s Kids Week are now officially on sale and there are an incredible… Read More
Kyle Riabko will star opposite fellow original cast members Daniel Bailen and James Williams in the forthcoming UK premiere of New York hit What’s It All About? Bacharach Reimagined at… Read More
Trafalgar Studios 2 will host two powerful dramas this summer as Steven Webb stars in William M Hoffman’s poignant drama As Is at the Trafalgar Studios 2 and Tristan Bates… Read More
Published: 12 June 2015
It is fair to say that appearing alongside the performer you are portraying in a show is rarer than a luke warm steak. It’s even rarer when that performer has,… Read More
What’s it all about? This controversial piece is about the man who, until he died in 2011, was hailed by the vast majority of the country as “a national treasure”… Read More
Guys And Dolls, the classic Broadway musical that wowed critics and the public alike when it played at Chichester Festival Theatre, will transfer to London’s West End this Christmas. Starring… Read More
Fans of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much-loved stories will be jumping for joy in theatres this year, as Tiddler And Other Terrific Tales and The Scarecrows’ Wedding are set… Read More
Published: 11 June 2015
The Young Vic’s acclaimed, award-winning production of A View From The Bridge is to transfer across the Atlantic, playing at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre this autumn. The production’s Olivier Award-winning leading… Read More
Belarus Free Theatre will both return to its only permanent home, the Young Vic, and play a series of underground performances this autumn as it celebrates its 10th birthday. The… Read More
Ron Moody, the actor best known for playing the iconic Fagin in Lionel Bart’s much loved musical Oliver!, has died aged 91. The Tottenham-born actor originated the role of the… Read More
Kids Week is almost upon us. The sun is shining, our feet are seeing the light of day again after a winter hidden in thick, heavy boots and we’re itching… Read More
What’s it all about? The Red Lion, the latest play from Dealer’s Choice and Closer playwright Patrick Marber, is a battle for the soul of football; jumpers for goalposts against… Read More
Published: 10 June 2015
There are just days to go until the return of our annual free musical theatre festival West End LIVE with MasterCard on 20 and 21 June. So, naturally, we’re pretty… Read More
The National’s Olivier Theatre is currently shaking to the chortles, guffaws and full-on echoing belly laughs created by the revival of Restoration comedy The Beaux’ Stratagem. Awash with plotting, cajoling,… Read More
The Fab Four at the centre of West End hit Let It Be will come together for the last time at the Garrick Theatre on 5 September after the Beatles… Read More
Published: 9 June 2015
West End LIVE excitement is rising at Official London Theatre Towers as the days quickly tick away in the run-up to the most fun two days of London theatre fans’… Read More
The Tricycle Theatre has announced a new season of offerings including an adaptation of Ben Hur from the team behind The 39 Steps and the world premiere of Marcus Gardley’s… Read More
Alex Gaumond and Laura Pitt-Pulford’s have collected a family of West End siblings to join them in the forthcoming revival of Seven Brides For Seven Brothers at Regent’s Park Open… Read More
Published: 8 June 2015
Even more London theatregoers will have the chance to see the National Theatre’s Olivier Award-winning production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time after the acclaimed adaptation… Read More
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time led the way for British exports at this year’s Tony Awards, walking away with five prizes, the most number of awards… Read More
Published: 5 June 2015
What’s it all about? The most outrageously dysfunctional, neurotic, irritating and pretentious theatre company and its attempts to stage a new play by a writer with a passion for ridiculous… Read More
Rupert Goold and Robert Icke will direct a complete reading of Homer’s The Iliad this summer as part of the Almeida Theatre’s incredible one-off festival celebrating Ancient Greek theatre. The… Read More
Theatre fans who thought they’d missed out on the chance to see Olivier Award winner Mark Rylance in the West End transfer of Farinelli And The King can take advantage… Read More
The Park Theatre’s forthcoming production of The Gathered Leaves is becoming quite the family affair after father/son duo Alexander and Tom Hanson has been announced to join Jane Asher and… Read More
Father and son James and Jack Fox will star in Dear Lupin at the Apollo Theatre next month, the West End premiere of the comedy based on the award-winning book… Read More
Pop star Pixie Lott will make her West End play debut in a new adaptation of much-loved tale Breakfast At Tiffany’s coming to London in summer 2016. The Mama Do… Read More
Miranda Raison, Tom Bateman and Jessie Buckley will star in The Winter’s Tale and Harlequinade, the first productions to open as part of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s inaugural season… Read More
Olivier Award nominee Beverley Knight will swap Memphis for memories this autumn when she takes on the iconic role of Grizabella in the London return of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats.… Read More
Published: 4 June 2015
One of the capital’s best-loved festive family shows, Slava’s Snowshow, will return to the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall this Christmas. The award-winning international hit, which has become renowned for… Read More