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The Angry Brigade

Published: 7 May 2015

What’s it all about? All attention may be on James Graham’s The Vote today, but last night the press were treated to another of the writer’s riveting, raucous and politically… Read More

St James hosts Stardust Road premiere

Published: 7 May 2015

The St James Theatre will host the world premiere of Stardust Road, a new musical featuring the much-loved music of American composer Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael, this autumn. The inventive 20th… Read More

Exclusive! In rehearsal: Oresteia

Published: 7 May 2015

The Almeida Theatre’s Greek season has us as excited as a builder of giant wooden horses in the run up to Trojan War Appreciation Day, so imagine our delight at… Read More

Video: Mark Gatiss on The Vote

Published: 7 May 2015

Today is a day that will make the history books. Yes, it’s the day of the old GE. Or, as we like to call it, Great Entertainment. Because, while we’re… Read More

If the Matildas were PM…

Published: 6 May 2015

Matilda The Musical’s pint-sized stars named joint Prime Minister. It’s an unlikely – and wordy –headline to wake up to on Friday morning, we grant you, but what if, by… Read More

Family-friendly Hercules for Sadler’s autumn

Published: 6 May 2015

A new family production of Hercules will join much-loved favourites The Snowman, Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty and The Little Match Girl in Sadler’s Wells’ new autumn/winter season. Children of any… Read More

Sharon Small leads Hampstead’s Luna Gale

Published: 6 May 2015

Sharon Small will lead the cast of Luna Gale alongside Rachel Redford and Corey Johnson when the Rebecca Gilman play receives its UK premiere at the Hampstead Theatre in June.… Read More

About: The Audience

Published: 6 May 2015

What's it all about? Much like the news at the moment, this is about royals and prime ministers. While our current headlines are dominated by the individuals who stand a… Read More

Olivier winners lead West End LIVE

Published: 6 May 2015

Sunny Afternoon, this year’s Best New Musical Olivier Award winner, is one of the first shows confirmed to perform at 2015’s incredible West End LIVE with MasterCard. The biggest live,… Read More

New cast announced for Mamma Mia!

Published: 6 May 2015

Mazz Murray, Jo Napthine, Gabriella Williams and James Darch will become the latest performers to super troupe their way to the West End next month when they join Dianne Pilkington… Read More

Olivier winners lead Sadler’s autumn

Published: 5 May 2015

Olivier Award winners dominate Sadler’s Wells’ new season, with artists including Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Sylvie Guillem, Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant and Matthew Bourne all presenting work across the capital as… Read More

Court reveals cast for Violence And Son

Published: 5 May 2015

Jason Hughes and Siwan Morris will lead the cast in the Royal Court Theatre’s forthcoming premiere of Gary Owen’s intimate new drama Violence And Son. The production, which will play… Read More

Video: The Play That Goes political

Published: 5 May 2015

It’s a common complaint that, beneath their party colours and characteristic style of rhetoric, all politicians are essentially exactly the same. In this week of political excitement however, we are… Read More

The Merchant Of Venice at Shakespeare’s Globe

Published: 2 May 2015

What’s it all about? This is Shakespeare's classic story about a merchant and a rather meaty loan demanded as payment by a Jewish moneylender. What begins as a comic tale,… Read More

Emma Rice is new Globe Artistic Director

Published: 1 May 2015

Kneehigh’s Emma Rice will succeed Dominic Dromgoole as Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe, taking the helm of the iconic venue from April 2016. Currently joint Artistic Director of Kneehigh, Rice’s… Read More

Exclusive: Jonathan Slinger as Willy Wonka

Published: 1 May 2015

Who’s this dapper looking chap, I hear you ask? It is, of course, Willy Wonka. Everyone knows that. But he may look a little different to how you remember him.… Read More

Amelia Lily leads American Idiot at Arts

Published: 1 May 2015

Former X Factor contestant Amelia Lily will lead the cast of American Idiot – The Musical when the Green Day-inspired hit hitches a ride to London’s Arts Theatre this summer.… Read More

Derek Jacobi joins Romeo And Juliet

Published: 1 May 2015

Derek Jacobi will be reunited with his Cinderella co-stars when he joins Lily James and Richard Madden in Kenneth Branagh’s 2016 production of Romeo And Juliet at the Garrick Theatre.… Read More

Inside Carrie rehearsals

Published: 30 April 2015

It’s a hot Thursday afternoon and I’m sitting on a hard wooden chair in front of an alter. A terrified teenager stares fixedly at the wooden cross in front of… Read More

In rehearsal: High Society

Published: 30 April 2015

A revival of a classic Cole Porter musical was always going to put us in high spirits. Finding out that Maria Friedman, the woman behind the Menier Chocolate Factory’s Olivier… Read More

Impossible magic show heads to West End

Published: 30 April 2015

West End audiences should prepare to be tricked, wowed and amazed with the forthcoming run of Impossible, an innovative new magic show set to receive its world premiere at the… Read More

Everyman

Published: 30 April 2015

What’s it all about? This is a morality play written so long ago – we’re talking older than Shakespeare – that its author is unknown. It’s about Everyman, an individual… Read More

Exclusive: Paul Barritt on Golem

Published: 29 April 2015

Watching Golem at the Young Vic last year was the first time the thought crossed my mind that, given the choice, I would gladly stay in my seat and watch… Read More

Northern Ballet’s Elves come to London

Published: 29 April 2015

Northern Ballet will bring its fairytale-inspired children’s ballet Elves & The Shoemaker to London for the first time next month, playing for one day only at the Royal Opera House.… Read More

Cast announced for Charing Cross Dusty

Published: 29 April 2015

Casting has been announced for Dusty, a new multimedia show celebrating the music of Dusty Springfield, which will receive its world premiere at the Charing Cross Theatre in June. The… Read More

La Soirée confirms London dates

Published: 29 April 2015

Olivier Award-winning cabaret spectacular La Soirée has confirmed dates for its forthcoming festive run, returning for yet another London season from 27 October to 17 January. The jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring show,… Read More

Bugsy Malone

Published: 29 April 2015

What’s it all about? Really? Bugsy Malone? Stop reading this and download the classic movie musical. Now. Or better still, go straight to the Lyric Hammersmith and wait for a… Read More

Family Pinocchio musical hits London

Published: 28 April 2015

Carlo Collodi’s much-loved tale about a puppet who longs to be a real boy will receive a musical makeover when The Adventures Of Pinocchio arrives at the Greenwich Theatre this… Read More

1984 makes West End return

Published: 28 April 2015

Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s hugely successful adaptation of 1984 will bring George Orwell’s classic tale of government surveillance and censorship back to the West End in June. The Olivier… Read More

The Gruffalo offers relaxed performance

Published: 28 April 2015

Tall Stories will present its first ever West End relaxed performance this summer when every child’s favourite wood-dwelling monster The Gruffalo returns to London’s Lyric Theatre. Coordinated by theatre education… Read More

British plays dominate Tony Awards

Published: 28 April 2015

Transfers of hit British dramas Wolf Hall/Bring Up The Bodies, Skylight, The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time and The Audience dominate the play nominations for the 2015… Read More

American Buffalo

Published: 28 April 2015

What’s it all about? American Buffalo follows a trio of low-rent American chancers whose gander is temporarily lifted by the opportunity to make money at another’s expense. In attempting the… Read More

Stomp extends to June 2016

Published: 28 April 2015

Dustbin lids, brooms, matchboxes and lighters will continue to make music at the Ambassadors Theatre until 5 June 2016 after long-running hit Stomp announced an extension to its booking period.… Read More

In rehearsal: Importance Of Being Earnest

Published: 27 April 2015

When one mentions Oscar Wilde’s The Importance Of Being Earnest, the first image that leaps to mind is unlikely to be David Suchet decked out in a corset. It is,… Read More

Fairytale musical and Wertenbaker for Unicorn

Published: 27 April 2015

A new fairytale-inspired musical, Greek myths and UK premieres from Timberlake Wertenbaker and Marius Von Mayenburg will all play a part in the Unicorn Theatre’s forthcoming autumn/winter season. Young musical… Read More

Bomber’s Moon

Published: 27 April 2015

What’s it all about? Bomber’s Moon is a moving ‘unlikely friendship story’ following elderly former World War II rear gunner Jimmy, who now barely moves from armchair to commode and… Read More

Bake Off makes Horrible Histories debut

Published: 24 April 2015

The Great British Bake Off, sympathetic Germans and cross-dressing performers will all play a part in the latest instalment of Horrible Histories – Barmy Britain when Part 3 of the… Read More

Q&A: Alex Jennings

Published: 24 April 2015

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory will soon be on to its third Willy Wonka. Actors playing the mischievous maestro of munchables lack the longevity of an everlasting gobstopper but last… Read More

Light Shining in Buckinghamshire

Published: 24 April 2015

What’s it all about? Exactly two weeks before the votes are counted for this year’s general election, the National Theatre opens a play that tells the epic story of the… Read More

Killian Donnelly leads Kinky Boots

Published: 24 April 2015

Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry will lead the cast of Kinky Boots when the Tony Award-winning musical receives its UK premiere at London’s Adelphi Theatre this September. Donnelly, whose current… Read More

Cats returns for autumn season

Published: 24 April 2015

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic Cats will return to the London Palladium for a final ten week season from 23 October following its current hugely successful revival run. The seminal musical,… Read More

Cinderella and Santa make Lyric Christmas

Published: 23 April 2015

Family fun will come in the form of Cinderella and Father Christmas at the Lyric Hammermsmith this festive season. In the west London venue’s main house Tom Wells’ take on… Read More

Alice has family opera adventure

Published: 23 April 2015

Opera Holland Park’s critically acclaimed family show Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland will return this summer following two hit runs. Staged in the open in west London’s Yucca Lawn at the… Read More

Nicole Kidman makes London stage return

Published: 23 April 2015

Nicole Kidman will make her much-anticipated return to the London stage in September when she stars in the UK premiere of Anna Ziegler’s Photograph 51 at the Noël Coward Theatre.… Read More

TKTS’ West End Wednesdays returns in May

Published: 23 April 2015

TKTS’ ever popular ticket promotion West End Wednesdays will be back next month offering theatregoers half price tickets to a fabulous array of London shows every Wednesday in May. The… Read More

Dawn French brings solo show to London

Published: 23 April 2015

The quiet village of Dibley will be a distant memory for Dawn French this winter as the actress and comedian brings her solo show 30 Million Minutes to the bright… Read More

Golem

Published: 23 April 2015

What’s it all about? For starters, the Golem of the title is absolutely nothing to do with J R R Tolkien and his troupe of hobbits, dwarfs and elves. It's… Read More

Women On The Verge of closing

Published: 23 April 2015

Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown The Musical has announced it will end its run at the Playhouse Theatre on 23 May. The producers of the critically acclaimed… Read More

Quiz: How well do you know Shakespeare?

Published: 22 April 2015

Happy Birthday William Shakespeare! What better way to celebrate than a birthday game? And what better game than a quiz about the Bard’s drama-ific works? You could dress up as… Read More

Ah, Wilderness!

Published: 22 April 2015

What’s it all about? This is Eugene O’Neill as you may not have seen him before, and I mean that in two ways. 1) This little performed piece shares parallels… Read More

Dianna Agron unrecognisable in McQueen role

Published: 22 April 2015

Having appeared as Quinn Fabray in Glee for more than half a decade, you’d imagine that rarely a day goes by without Dianna Agron being recognised by fans in the… Read More

English National Opera slashes prices

Published: 22 April 2015

English National Opera is to cut the price of half its tickets when the 2105/16 season launches later this year. The price cut will make 500 seats available for £20… Read More

La Soirée producers confirm 2015 run

Published: 21 April 2015

Olivier Award-winning cabaret spectacular La Soirée will return to London’s South Bank this Christmas, the show’s producer Mick Perrin has confirmed. The jaw-dropping, mind-boggling hit, which took home the Best… Read More

Matthew Warchus on the Old Vic

Published: 20 April 2015

Oscar winner and darling of London theatre, Kevin Spacey has left big shoes for new incoming Old Vic Artistic Director Matthew Warchus to fill. The Hollywood star has just been… Read More

Fiennes and Spall lead Old Vic season

Published: 20 April 2015

Ralph Fiennes, Timothy Spall and Rob Brydon will all take to the stage of The Old Vic for Matthew Warchus’ first season as Artistic Director of the famous London venue.… Read More

Carmen Disruption

Published: 20 April 2015

What’s it all about? This is Bizet’s opera Carmen like you’ve never seen it before. Set in an unspecified European city, it follows a group of individuals who find themselves… Read More

In conversation: Memphis The Musical

Published: 20 April 2015

As theatrical treats go, indulging in afternoon tea at Rosewood London’s Mirror Room with Memphis The Musical’s insanely chatty Beverley Knight and Killian Donnelly is up there. The cakes are… Read More

Gypsy extends West End run

Published: 20 April 2015

Jonathan Kent’s hugely acclaimed production of Gypsy starring Imelda Staunton has extended its run to 28 November following last week’s triumphant opening night. The rarely performed piece, with lyrics by… Read More

Third Sam Wanamaker season announced

Published: 20 April 2015

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the first four productions set to open as part of its third indoor season at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. The quartet of shows, which will run… Read More

Dominic Rowan leads Globe’s Measure cast

Published: 17 April 2015

Mariah Gale, Dominic Rowan and Kurt Egyiawan will star in Shakespeare’s Globe’s forthcoming production of Measure For Measure when the production, directed by Dominic Dromgoole, opens at the Bankside venue… Read More

Day In The Life: Play That Goes Wrong

Published: 17 April 2015

Some days can be fairly humdrum, even, I’d hazard, in the world of madcap comedy The Play That Goes Wrong. Sunday 12 April 2015 was not one of those days.… Read More

Video: Play That Goes Wrong’s Awards dash

Published: 17 April 2015

You’re nominated for the most prestigious theatre award around, invited to a glamorous ceremony, but you’re performing just minutes before it starts. What do you do? If you’re The Play… Read More

Mamma Mia! extends to April 2016

Published: 17 April 2015

A six-month extension is the name of the game for Mamma Mia! as the hit musical based on the songs of ABBA has extended its booking period at the Novello… Read More

Natalie Mendoza joins Miss Saigon

Published: 17 April 2015

Natalie Mendoza will join current cast members Eva Noblezada, Jon Jon Briones and Hugh Maynard in the hit West End production of Miss Saigon when the legendary musical undergoes its… Read More

Bush Theatre reveals season of premieres

Published: 17 April 2015

The Bush Theatre will be bubbling over with new work this summer and autumn as it brings two world premieres and one European premiere to its west London stage. Tanya… Read More

Tessa Ross to leave National Theatre

Published: 17 April 2015

Tessa Ross, the National Theatre’s Chief Executive, is to leave the South Bank institution after only months in the role. Ross, the former C4 Controller of Film and Drama, cited… Read More

Kenneth Branagh stages star-packed season

Published: 16 April 2015

Judi Dench, Lily James, Richard Madden, Rob Brydon and Kenneth Branagh will star in a groundbreaking new 12-month season set to take over the Garrick Theatre this autumn. The five… Read More

Exclusive: The Kenneth Branagh season

Published: 16 April 2015

After months of speculation, stage and screen legend Kenneth Branagh has announced he, and an incredible line-up of creative talent, will curate a year-long season of must-see theatre at the… Read More

In pictures: Gypsy opening night

Published: 16 April 2015

There’s one lady we just can’t get enough of this week, and neither can you if social media, her Olivier Awards standing ovation and last night’s Gypsy press night are… Read More

Gypsy

Published: 16 April 2015

What’s it all about? Two women. One, a persistently strong-minded woman determined for success. The other, a consistently strong performer who’s already had her fair share of it. The first,… Read More

Bugsy Malone rehearsal diary: Week 3

Published: 16 April 2015

Get your splurge guns at the ready and custard pies to hand, Bugsy Malone has officially begun at the Lyric Hammersmith. Choreographer Drew McOnie takes us back to last week’s… Read More

Lyric stages Tipping The Velvet premiere

Published: 16 April 2015

Tipping The Velvet, Sarah Waters’ acclaimed debut novel, will be brought to the London stage later this year at the newly re-opened Lyric Hammersmith. The 19th century-set, Betty Trask Award-winning… Read More

MyAnna Buring joins The Vote

Published: 16 April 2015

Banished star MyAnna Buring is to join Dame Judi Dench, Catherine Tate and Mark Gatiss in the jaw-droppingly impressive cast of upcoming Donmar Warehouse political drama The Vote. James Graham’s… Read More

Flatley returns to Lord Of The Dance

Published: 16 April 2015

Irish dance behemoth Michael Flatley is to return to Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games for 16 performances only later this spring, as the show continues its London season at… Read More

In pictures: Olivier Awards 2015 Ceremony

Published: 15 April 2015

The stage of the Royal Opera House has witnessed a hatful or two of memorable moments in its history. It is no stranger to grandeur and performances of epic proportions.… Read More
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