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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

The Twits

Published: 15 April 2015

What’s it all about? Think of the two most repulsive people you can – Katie Hopkins and John McCririck, am I right? – now treble their vileness. These are The… Read More

In pictures: Olivier Awards 2015 backstage

Published: 15 April 2015

Awards ceremonies are becoming renowned for their arm’s length snaps of acting legends. This year’s Olivier Awards with MasterCard was no exception, with screen and stage stars Kevin Spacey and… Read More

John Simm leads NT’s Three Days

Published: 14 April 2015

John Simm will lead the cast of Patrick Marber’s version of Three Days In The Country when the comic and moving tale arrives at the National Theatre this summer. The… Read More

In pictures: Olivier Awards 2015 winners

Published: 14 April 2015

After stepping off stage – weighty award in hand, legs wobbly with emotion, mind questioning if every friend, associate and manager has been thanked – the Olivier Award winners head… Read More

Gallery: Olivier Awards red carpet

Published: 13 April 2015

This year’s Olivier Awards with MasterCard saw hundreds of theatre fans queue up to catch a glimpse of their favourite star, take a selfie with the A-list and grab an… Read More

Jessica Brown Findlay joins Oresteia

Published: 10 April 2015

Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay will make her Almeida Theatre debut in Robert Icke’s forthcoming take on Aeschylus’ Oresteia when the Lia Williams-led production begins its run at the… Read More

LIVE: Olivier Awards with MasterCard

Published: 10 April 2015

Would you like to relive the Olivier Awards 2015 with MasterCard? Follow all our minute by minute coverage from red carpet updates to finding out who won as the names… Read More

Video: Hetty Feather’s Jacqueline Wilson

Published: 10 April 2015

“I feel like I can’t take any of the credit,” Jacqueline Wilson, former Children’s Laureate and author of more than 100 much-loved books, from the seminal The Suitcase Kid to… Read More

Play That Goes Wrong extends again

Published: 10 April 2015

Dramatic disasters will continue at the Duchess Theatre into next year after Olivier Award nominated comedy The Play That Goes Wrong announced it has extended its booking period until 14… Read More

Lyric stages interactive family Adventure

Published: 9 April 2015

The Lyric Hammersmith is inviting families to join an intrepid gang of detectives for The Adventure, an interactive site-specific mystery set to take over a brand new space in the… Read More

Matilda’s Dahl-icious designs

Published: 9 April 2015

Matilda The Musical, the hit adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl novel, broke records by collecting seven Olivier Awards in the year of its London theatre debut. It was an… Read More

Dancing like a man with Jersey Boys

Published: 8 April 2015

There is a second, when the iconic red jacket of Jersey Boys is resting lightly on your shoulders and you catch a glimpse of an otherwise ordinary hand projecting from… Read More

Exclusive: Olivier Awards 2015 Best Costume Design sketches

Published: 8 April 2015

Long flowing floral gowns, chic red cocktail dresses and sleek navy suits; no, these are not the glamorous garments you’ll see on this year’s Olivier Awards red carpet – though… Read More

Q&A: Richard Armitage

Published: 8 April 2015

A subtle whisper of the name Richard Armitage, quieter than a gentle spring breeze through a blossom-filled tree, can bring the world to a standstill and fans to their knees.… Read More

RSC’s Salesman gets London transfer

Published: 8 April 2015

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s critically acclaimed production of Death Of A Salesman, starring Olivier Award winners Antony Sher and Harriet Walter, will transfer to London’s Noël Coward Theatre in May… Read More

Hampstead stages Luna Gale premiere

Published: 8 April 2015

Luna Gale, Rebecca Gilman’s acclaimed social work inspired drama, will receive a UK premiere at the Hampstead Theatre this summer. Directed by former Almeida Theatre Artistic Director Michael Attenborough, it… Read More

Spring Awakening star leads Carrie

Published: 8 April 2015

Evelyn Hoskins, who appeared in the acclaimed Lyric Hammersmith and West End production of Spring Awakening, will lead Southwark Playhouse’s May revival of Carrie. Hoskins will play the title character… Read More

Alistair McGowan plays Park’s Jimmy Savile

Published: 7 April 2015

Alistair McGowan will return to the London stage to star as the eponymous disgraced entertainer in Jonathan Maitland’s new play An Audience With Jimmy Savile when it premieres at the… Read More

A day in the life of Wicked

Published: 7 April 2015

What’s it like to star in the This Morning Audience Award nominated Wicked? It’s all green make-up, big note practice, broomstick maintenance and feeding the flying monkeys, isn’t it? That’s… Read More

Dusty Springfield show hits London

Published: 3 April 2015

Dusty Springfield fans will know exactly what to do with themselves next month when Dusty, a new multimedia show celebrating the 60s pop icon’s music, receives its world premiere at… Read More

Ciarán Hinds joins Cumberbatch’s Hamlet

Published: 3 April 2015

Game Of Thrones star Ciarán Hinds will return to the stage this summer to appear in the hugely anticipated Benedict Cumberbatch-led Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre. Hinds follows critically acclaimed… Read More

Kerry Ellis & Louise Dearman announce gig

Published: 3 April 2015

Two of the West End’s most popular leading ladies, Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman, will join forces for a one-off concert at the Prince Edward Theatre later this year. The… Read More

Clergy revealed for Donmar’s Temple

Published: 3 April 2015

Anna Calder-Marshall, Paul Higgins and Malcolm Sinclair will join Simon Russell Beale in taking the holier roles of the St Paul’s Cathedral’s clergy when the Occupy-inspired play Temple opens at… Read More

Exclusive: Olivier Award Best Set Designs

Published: 2 April 2015

From scripts piled as high as the theatre’s ceiling and a virtual world of towering trees to Airfix boxes and stark brooding minimalism, the sets nominated for this year’s XL… Read More

The Big Interview: Ruthie Henshall

Published: 2 April 2015

Ruthie Henshall is the reason I can’t speak French. From the ages of 11 to 15-years-old, woefully dull French lessons were bunked off – Je suis vraiment désolé Madame Rendell… Read More

OLT’s alternative awards

Published: 2 April 2015

In just 10 days’ time, stars will gather on the paparazzi-lined red carpet, performers including Nicole Scherzinger and Beverley Knight will take to the Royal Opera House stage to showcase… Read More
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