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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

Published: 2 April 2015

What’s it all about? The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, of course. Stephen Sondheim’s disturbing musical is the tale of cold-blooded, razor-wielding killer driven by revenge and a despairing view… Read More

In pictures: Olivier Nominees Lunch

Published: 1 April 2015

It’s not every day you get to celebrate being one of the year’s most talented theatre professionals, but for James McAvoy, Gemma Arterton and all of this year’s lucky Olivier… Read More

Alex Gaumond leads Open Air Seven Brides

Published: 1 April 2015

Alex Gaumond and Laura Pitt-Pulford are to star in the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre revival of Seven Brides For Seven Brothers this summer. They are joined at the leafy… Read More

Hampstead invests £1 million in new work

Published: 1 April 2015

Hampstead Theatre is to plough £1 million into bringing new plays to the stage as part of a new initiative that has just been launched. The theatre, which has produced… Read More

Video: Sweeney Todd’s Terfel & Thompson

Published: 30 March 2015

As they prepare to bring Stephen Sondheim’s gory classic Sweeney Todd to the stage of the London Coliseum, we meet opera star Bryn Terfel and big screen queen Emma Thompson.… Read More

Bugsy Malone rehearsal diary: Week 2

Published: 30 March 2015

In the second of his exclusive rehearsal diary entries for Official London Theatre, Bugsy Malone’s choreographer Drew McOnie reveals details of an emotional week for the company as the young… Read More

Q&A: Wicked’s Sophie Linder-Lee

Published: 30 March 2015

Standby Glinda Sophie Linder-Lee could be considered a Wicked veteran. Five years ago the dancer turned actress joined the This Morning Audience Award nominated show. Elphabas and Glindas have flown… Read More

Harry Melling leads Angry Brigade

Published: 30 March 2015

Harry Potter star Harry Melling and 1984’s Mark Arends are among the quartet of performers exploring political extremism in the London premiere of The Angry Brigade at the Bush Theatre… Read More

Third autism performance for Lion King

Published: 30 March 2015

Disney’s hit musical The Lion King will present its third autism-friendly performance this August, opening its doors once again to individuals affected by the condition. The specially adapted performance, which… Read More

The Three Lions

Published: 27 March 2015

What’s it all about? A politician, a prince and a footballer walk into a hotel. It could be the start of a joke, couldn’t it? In many ways, it is.… Read More

Full cast for Mark Rylance’s Farinelli

Published: 27 March 2015

Full casting has been announced for the West End transfer of Farinelli And The King, which will see Mark Rylance reprise his role as the eponymous monarch this September. The… Read More

Get Happy returns to Barbican

Published: 26 March 2015

East London is famous for its quirkiness, so it’s entirely fitting that theatre’s most loved bonkers theatre company Told By An Idiot will return to the Barbican this Christmas with… Read More

Bomber’s Moon transfers to West End

Published: 26 March 2015

James Bolam and Steve John Shepherd will reprise their roles in William Ivory’s Bomber’s Moon when the Park Theatre production transfers to the Trafalgar Studio 2 next month. The World… Read More

New Beatles show set for West End

Published: 25 March 2015

Beatlemania will continue to spread across the West End in 2016 with the announcement that Love Is All You Need, a brand new Fab Four-inspired production, will hit the capital’s… Read More

Bugsy Malone rehearsal diary: Week 1

Published: 25 March 2015

Rising star choreographer Drew McOnie will be giving us the inside scoop on rehearsals for the much anticipated forthcoming production of Bugsy Malone, from splurge guns to speakeasy showstoppers. Week… Read More

Rules For Living at the National theatre

Published: 25 March 2015

What’s it all about? Look on Twitter this morning and you’d be forgiven for thinking the answer is the most epic food fight ever seen on the British stage to… Read More

Chocolate Factory welcomes new cast

Published: 25 March 2015

Former Matilda The Musical star Lara Denning will swap one Roald Dahl tale for another when she takes to the stage in Sam Mendes’ sugary hit Charlie And The Chocolate… Read More

Shakespearean shows head to Barbican

Published: 25 March 2015

The Royal Shakespeare Company, Ivo Van Hove’s Toneelgroep Amsterdam and Malthouse Theatre will all bring Shakespearean productions to the Barbican Centre. Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet, which runs at the theatre from… Read More

RSC extends Barbican relationship

Published: 25 March 2015

The Royal Shakespeare Company will continue to transfer work to London’s Barbican Theatre until at least 2020 after agreeing another five years of its ongoing relationship with the arts hub.… Read More

Q&A: The Three Lions’ William Gaminara

Published: 24 March 2015

What would it have been like to be a fly on the wall when David Beckham, Prince William and David Cameron met on the eve of the 2018 World Cup… Read More

Harvey

Published: 24 March 2015

What’s it all about? Let me introduce you to Harvey. He’s an invisible six foot rabbit and the best friend of Elwood P Dowd. Had Elwood been successful in introducing… Read More

Pie shop Sweeney extends reign of terror

Published: 24 March 2015

A staging of Sweeney Todd set in a recreated pie shop is making such a killing in its new West End home that the run of the murderous musical has… Read More

Rachel Tucker returns to London stage

Published: 24 March 2015

Former Wicked star Rachel Tucker (pictured above with Matt Willis and Gina Beck) is to return to London theatre this summer when she joins the cast of Alan Ayckbourn’s Communicating… Read More

Video: A Mad World My Masters

Published: 23 March 2015

A sleazy 1950s nightclub in Soho. Liquor flowing, smoke blowing, punches throwing? That’ll be a Jacobean romp from the Royal Shakespeare Company then… As unlikely as it sounds, this is… Read More

First look: Carmen Disruption rehearsals

Published: 23 March 2015

A new Simon Stephens play coming to the London stage is a prospect to set many a theatrical mouth watering. The Stockport-born playwright has been behind many of the most… Read More

Sunspots and Deluge for Hampstead spring

Published: 23 March 2015

Sunspots and Deluge, two new plays by emerging playwrights Fiona Doyle and David Lewis, will be staged at the Hampstead Downstairs this spring. The first, Doyle’s award-winning provocative thriller Deluge,… Read More

Q&A: Alex Ferns

Published: 23 March 2015

Alex Ferns is currently starring in Laurie Slade’s haunting adaptation of August Strindberg’s The Father, wowing audiences with his intense, harrowing and explosive performance as its central character, the tormented… Read More

Jeff Rawle joins High Society

Published: 20 March 2015

Handbagged star Jeff Rawle has joined the cast of the Old Vic’s much anticipated revival of High Society starring the previously announced Kate Fleetwood and Jamie Parker. Playing from 30… Read More

Glee star Dianna Agron leads McQueen

Published: 20 March 2015

Glee’s leading lady Dianna Agron will swap choir for couture when she makes her London stage debut in the world premiere of McQueen alongside acclaimed British actor Stephen Wight. The… Read More

Judi Dench gets Donmar Vote

Published: 20 March 2015

Dame Judi Dench, Catherine Tate, Timothy West and Mark Gatiss are among an incredible list of acting stars that will be part of the Donmar Warehouse’s ground-breaking production of The… Read More

Higgins and Hicks lead Arcola’s Clarion

Published: 19 March 2015

Acclaimed performers Clare Higgins and Greg Hicks will return to the London stage in the Arcola Theatre’s world premiere production of newspaper-set black comedy Clarion. Written by former journalist Mark… Read More

The Royale

Published: 19 March 2015

What’s it all about? This is the UK premiere of Marco Ramirez’s thrilling turn of the 20th century boxing drama inspired by Jack Johnson, a little known sporting hero and… Read More

The Broken Heart

Published: 19 March 2015

What’s it all about? The twisted courting of ancient Sparta, where Penthea is cruelly ripped from the arms of her betrothed by her misguided brother and given as wife to… Read More

Video: Tea break with the cast of Closer

Published: 18 March 2015

“It’s like our bloody beating hearts are laid out in front of you for your entertainment and delectation.” Such is Closer star Oliver Chris’ pithy description of Patrick Marber’s modern… Read More

The Father at Trafalgar Studio 2

Published: 18 March 2015

What’s it all about? August Strindberg’s play may have been written in the 1880s but Abbey Wright’s intense revival proves its many, many, many issues – seriously, the family at… Read More

Pinocchio & Twelfth Night play churchyard

Published: 18 March 2015

Iris Theatre will return to play a seventh outdoor season in London’s St Paul’s Churchyard this summer, presenting open air performances of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and family favourite Pinocchio. The… Read More

Ruling Class adds power debate

Published: 18 March 2015

As the General Election edges closer, The Ruling Class will stage a free Traf Extra debate exploring who holds the power in modern day Britain. Acclaimed actor and The Ruling… Read More

Stevie

Published: 17 March 2015

What’s it all about? The fabulous mundanity of the life of poet Stevie Smith who, while creating ‘almost unclassifiable work’, as Philip Larkin called it, lived with her aunt in… Read More

Olivier nominated Hetty Feather returns

Published: 17 March 2015

Roll up, roll up to the Duke of York’s Theatre this summer as the Olivier Award nominated circus extravaganza Hetty Feather returns for a limited run. The hit family stage… Read More

Exclusive: Charlie’s new posters

Published: 17 March 2015

If you are travelling on a packed underground escalator or making your way down a busy West End street over the next few weeks,  you might notice something bright and… Read More

Show goes on at BAC

Published: 16 March 2015

More than £60,000 has already been donated by the public to help rebuild the Battersea Arts Centre after a fire raged at the inspirational venue last Friday. Amazingly the theatre… Read More

Matilda adds two new stars

Published: 16 March 2015

Matilda The Musical will add a pair of revolting children to its ranks this week, when Anna-Louise Knight and Lara McDonnell join Matilda Shapland and Violet Tucker sharing the title… Read More

Video: Let It Be returns

Published: 16 March 2015

As the hit Beatles musical returns to London’s West End, what better way to celebrate than invite a select few to a Fab Four-themed hotel suite then play a gig… Read More

Harker leads Orange Tree’s Lessing drama

Published: 13 March 2015

Actress Susannah Harker will lead the cast of the Orange Tree Theatre’s production of Doris Lessing’s Each His Own Wilderness when it opens at the London venue in April. The… Read More

Bend It Like Beckham reveals opening song

Published: 13 March 2015

If you, like us, have been wondering how the score for new musical Bend It Like Beckham would be given a Punjabi kick, you’ll be as excited as we are… Read More

Fashion Victim makes London return

Published: 13 March 2015

Fashion Victim The Musical is to bring its tuneful tale of catwalk camp back to London this spring, playing a limited season at the May Fair Theatre. The tale of… Read More

Aspiring technicians get golden ticket

Published: 12 March 2015

A quintet of wannabe theatre technicians will vie for the chance to work as a paid production intern on acclaimed West End musical hit Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. Amelia… Read More

Menier revives Communicating Doors

Published: 12 March 2015

Alan Ayckbourn’s award-winning comic thriller Communicating Doors will be revived by London’s Menier Chocolate Factory later this spring. The time travelling tale will run at the London Bridge venue from… Read More

Radiant Vermin

Published: 12 March 2015

What’s it all about? The housing crisis and one couple's dark and disturbing solution to it. The latest play from Philip Ridley, it tackles the problem of soaring property prices… Read More

Let It Be

Published: 12 March 2015

What’s it all about? The exquisite canon of perfect pop ditties written and recorded by The Beatles performed live by a Lennon-alike and a trio of his fantastic faux-Liverpudlian pals.… Read More

Ben Whishaw leads Almeida Greeks season

Published: 12 March 2015

Ben Whishaw, Lia Williams, Bertie Carvel and Kate Fleetwood will star in the Almeida Theatre’s forthcoming season, which sees a trio of Greek tragedies – Oresteia, Medea and Bakkhai –… Read More

Two Pryces for Globe’s Merchant

Published: 11 March 2015

Jonathan Pryce will be joined by his daughter when he steps onto Shakespeare’s Globe’s stage to star in The Merchant Of Venice this summer. Recent RADA graduate Phoebe, the youngest… Read More

Billy Elliot welcomes 40th Billy

Published: 11 March 2015

Thomas Hazelby will become the 40th talented youngster to play the title role in Billy Elliot The Musical when he takes to the stage of London’s Victoria Palace Theatre later… Read More

Rocky Horror sequel gets London premiere

Published: 11 March 2015

Shock Treatment, the sequel to cult hit film musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, is to be brought to the stage for the first time at London’s King’s Head Theatre… Read More

Women On The Verge extends to August

Published: 10 March 2015

Bartlett Sher’s Olivier Award nominated production of Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown The Musical has extended its run at London’s Playhouse Theatre until 22 August. The summer… Read More

Orange Tree’s Pomona transfers to NT

Published: 10 March 2015

Alistair McDowall’s surreal thriller Pomona will transfer to the National Theatre this autumn after becoming one of 2014’s most talked about London fringe hits. Described by the Guardian as “a… Read More

Video: Olivier Award nominees react

Published: 9 March 2015

At an exclusive event at Rosewood London earlier today, a room full of nervous and excited theatre industry insiders and star performers waited with bated breath to hear whether acclaimed… Read More

In pictures: Olivier nominations

Published: 9 March 2015

One of the most highly anticipated dates of the London theatre calendar, the Olivier Awards nominations announcement, took place today, when West End performers and producers gathered at the stunning… Read More

Hetty Feather receives Olivier nod

Published: 9 March 2015

The acclaimed stage adaptation of Hetty Feather was flying the flag for family theatre at today’s Olivier Awards nominations announcement, receiving a nod in the Best Entertainment and Family category.… Read More

Sadler’s reveals Family Weekend plans

Published: 6 March 2015

Sadler’s Wells’ annual Family Weekend will return this year on 3 and 4 April, bringing Easter treats aplenty with a packed line-up of performances and fun-filled activities. The weekend will… Read More

Andrea Riseborough leads NT Like It

Published: 6 March 2015

Andrea Riseborough will return to the London stage for the first time in seven years to take on the role of Rosalind in As You Like It at the National… Read More

My Night With Reg celebrates 21st

Published: 6 March 2015

The bubbly will be opened, special tickets will be sold and money will be raised for a pair of well deserving charities as the hit London production of My Night… Read More

Sadler’s Wells awakes Sleeping Beauty

Published: 6 March 2015

Matthew Bourne’s 2012 Olivier Award nominated gothic production of Sleeping Beauty will return to Sadler’s Wells this Christmas for a festive eight-week London run. The fastest ever selling production in… Read More

Paul Merton makes The 39 Steps cameo

Published: 6 March 2015

Comedian Paul Merton will make a very special one-off West End cameo next week in Hitchcock comedy The 39 Steps in aid of Comic Relief. The Have I Got News… Read More

Songs For A New World plays St James

Published: 6 March 2015

The St James Theatre will host a brand new production of Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown’s first musical Songs For A New World this summer. Directed by Adam Lenson,… Read More

Mark Rylance makes West End return

Published: 6 March 2015

Mark Rylance will return to the London stage this autumn when Farinelli And The King, which has proved a hit at Shakespeare’s Globe’s Sam Wanamaker Theatre, transfers to the Duke… Read More

Antigone

Published: 6 March 2015

What’s it all about? Some may say Antigone is about a woman, the grief she suffers for her dead brother who lies unburied on the battlefield, and the tirade of… Read More

BBC screens Juliette Binoche’s Antigone

Published: 5 March 2015

BBC Four is to broadcast the Juliette Binoche-led production of Antigone that opens at London’s Barbican Theatre tonight. The grisly production, directed by Ivo Van Hove, will be screened by… Read More

Game

Published: 5 March 2015

What’s it all about? It’s not often a journalist will ask people not to read an article, but in this case, it might just be justified. If you’re already sold… Read More

Nadine Coyle returns to Lord Of Dance

Published: 5 March 2015

Nadine Coyle will return to Michael Flatley’s Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games for 10 performances only when the production brings its dancing robots, world champion acrobats and rapturous riverdancers… Read More

In rehearsal: The Broken Heart

Published: 4 March 2015

It’s beginning to feel as though the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe’s candle-lit indoor theatre, is specialising in tragic, heart-breaking, brutal tales. Following hit productions including The Duchess Of Malfi… Read More

Oliviers Audience Award: The Woman In Black

Published: 4 March 2015

What’s it all about? Driving home the message that if everyone warns you away from a lonely house in the middle of a marsh you should probably heed their advice.… Read More

Oliviers Audience Award: Wicked

Published: 4 March 2015

What’s it all about? Friendship, love, growing up and magic with a splash of stunning design and spectacular songs; this colossally successful show truly has it all. Based on Gregory… Read More

Hackney Empire reveals panto plans

Published: 4 March 2015

While you might be planning your summer holidays, over in the land of Hackneydale thoughts have already turned to snowier times as Hackney Empire announces its 2015 panto offering will… Read More

Full cast announced for Dead Sheep

Published: 4 March 2015

A cast including James Wilby will join Steve Nallon in Jonathan Maitland’s Dead Sheep when it receives its world premiere at London’s Park Theatre next month. The tragedy and comedy-tinged… Read More
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