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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Published: 3 March 2015
I Believe In Unicorns, the stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s much-loved children’s story, will gallop back into the West End this summer. The magical tale of stories, storytelling and the… Read More
Broadchurch star Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Whitechapel’s Claire Rushbrook will appear in the Royal Court’s forthcoming season, as the Sloane Square venue prepares to tackle subjects including the NHS this spring/summer.… Read More
What’s it all about? One of the National Theatre’s greatest ever successes, War Horse opened at its original South Bank home in 2007 before transferring to the West End the… Read More
World renowned mezzo-soprano Viktoria Vizin will star in the UK premiere of Simon Stephens’ Carmen Disruption next month alongside a cast of acclaimed theatre actors including Olivier Award winner Noma… Read More
Matthew Seadon-Young, Alex Gaumond and Rosalie Craig will join Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel in the cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street when the English National… Read More
Published: 2 March 2015
Imelda Staunton and Lara Pulver will be joined in the London transfer of Chichester Festival Theatre hit Gypsy by the majority of the cast that made the musical such a… Read More
Bend It Like Beckham The Musical is set to hit the London stage like a Wayne Rooney thunderbolt of a shot. But while anyone who has ever picked up a… Read More
Mel Brooks, the near legendary creator of movie comedy classics The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, will bring his own story to the London stage for one night only.… Read More
What’s it all about? Thriller Live is all about the moonwalking, white glove-wearing and hit-making of one of the most legendary entertainers of all time. A visual and audible feast… Read More
Published: 1 March 2015
What’s it all about? This international hit show makes music from the unlikeliest objects. From dustbin lids and brooms to matchboxes, oil cans and a lighter, you name it Stomp’s… Read More
Published: 27 February 2015
Kids Week, our annual kids go free ticket promotion, will return this summer, offering families the chance to see a host of London shows for less throughout the entire month… Read More
The General Election, Shakespeare, sailors and a much-loved toy rabbit will all play a part in the Unicorn Theatre’s forthcoming spring/summer season. Kicking off the season from 20 March to… Read More
What’s it all about? This is surprisingly difficult to say. Inspired by an Irish tragedy that saw four women from the same family starve themselves to death after destroying all… Read More
Charles Edwards, best known to period drama fans as Downton Abbey’s Michael Gregson will star at Shakespeare’s Globe this summer, taking the title role in Richard II. The casting marks… Read More
The Young Vic’s critically acclaimed production of Golem will transfer to the West End this spring, playing a limited five-week season at the Trafalgar Studio 1 in April. Presented by… Read More
A series of stories drawn from Michael Frayn’s latest book Matchbox Theatre will be brought to life on stage at the Hampstead Theatre this spring. Marking Frayn’s first stage work… Read More
What’s it all about? If we tell you too much, we’ll be letting slip one of theatre’s best kept secrets. Bearing in mind it’s been kept for more than 60… Read More
Jonathan Slinger is to don Willy Wonka’s top hat from 4 May when he takes over as the iconic chocolatier in the London musical theatre production of Charlie And The… Read More
John Heffernan will lead the cast of Tom Morton-Smith’s new play Oppenheimer when the Royal Shakespeare Company production transfers to London’s Vaudeville Theatre next month. Morton-Smith’s drama, which premiered at… Read More
Published: 26 February 2015
What’s it all about? A mysterious masked man and a singer with extraordinary talent. This is arguably Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most loved musical; romantic, frightening, powerful and dramatic with a… Read More
Following its West End premiere earlier this week, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical has announced it has extended its booking period at the Aldwych Theatre until 13 February 2016.… Read More
What’s it all about? The National Theatre describe George Bernard Shaw’s hefty tome as “a romantic comedy, an epic fairytale, a fiery philosophical debate” and you’d be hard pushed to… Read More
What’s it all about? Revolting children and even more revolting adults; a wonderfully bright young heroine and her beyond ghastly family. You’ll no doubt already know – and surely love… Read More
Published: 25 February 2015
All eyes were on Katie Brayben on stage at the Aldwych Theatre last night as she gave a career-defining performance in the West End premiere of Beautiful – The Carole… Read More
What’s it all about? We’re pointing out the obvious here, but this is a musical about the life and music of Carole King, one of the most prolific and most… Read More
What’s it all about? Brightly coloured Lycra and the greatest pop songs ever written. Okay, there’s clearly more to ABBA musical Mamma Mia! than this, but those costumes are iconic… Read More
BAFTA Award-winning writer, comedian and actor Stephen Merchant will star alongside Gavin And Stacey’s Steffan Rhodri in a London revival of Richard Bean’s play The Mentalists this summer. Emerging director… Read More
Published: 24 February 2015
What’s it all about? Love, desire, sex, deceit, suffering and, perhaps surprisingly, some honesty play a part in Patrick Marber’s Olivier Award-winning play, which is back in London after more… Read More
A first folio of William Shakespeare’s plays discovered at the Saint-Omer library in France will be displayed at Shakespeare’s Globe next summer, which marks the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s… Read More
What’s it all about? This Broadway import tells the story of four blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks and how they became one of the most successful… Read More
What’s it all about? First things first, The Nether is what the internet has become by 2050; a virtual world where it is possible to live Matrix-style, should you wish,… Read More
Published: 23 February 2015
The Mousetrap, London’s longest-running show, is a miracle of modern theatre. Not because the Agatha Christie thriller’s run in the West End is now in its seventh decade, but because… Read More
Jason Watkins and Monica Dolan will lead the cast of Enda Walsh’s forthcoming adaptation of The Twits, taking on the roles of the title duo when the production premieres at… Read More
Joshua Harmon’s searing family comedy Bad Jews will transfer to London’s Arts Theatre next month following its critically acclaimed run at the St James Theatre. Michael Longhurst’s production was first… Read More
What’s it all about? Loosely inspired by Hamlet – very loosely – The Lion King is the story of a lion prince whose father *SPOILER ALERT (or not, if you… Read More
Published: 20 February 2015
What’s it all about? Based on Mark Haddon’s phenomenally successful novel, this innovative play tells the story of 15-year-old Christopher and the events that unfold after he discovers his neighbour’s… Read More
It’s rare to find a theatre director not in the crux of an existential crisis when faced with the prospect of having just one job on the table, but Richard… Read More
What’s it all about? Based on Roddy Doyle’s novel and its subsequent film adaptation, The Commitments sees humble working-class youths transform into compelling entertainers as they form a soul band… Read More
What’s it all about? Anyone who knows anything about Dalia Taha’s play – or indeed the work of the Royal Court – will know that this isn’t about fireworks: those… Read More
What’s it all about? This Dahl-icious tale is confection perfection. When reclusive chocolate-making mastermind Willy Wonka chooses to open his iconic factory to five golden ticket holders, Charlie, whose family… Read More
The current West End production of Di And Viv And Rose will come to a premature close at the Vaudeville Theatre, ending its run almost six-weeks early on 14 March.… Read More
What’s it all about? Bear with me; it’s about Winnie, who begins the evening buried up to her waist and becomes increasingly more entombed, and how she passes the time.… Read More
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s record-breaking production of Matilda The Musical will stage its second relaxed performance at London’s Cambridge Theatre in June. The specially adapted performance of the Olivier Award-winning… Read More
Lyndsey Turner’s forthcoming production of Hamlet starring Benedict Cumberbatch will be broadcast live to cinemas as part of NT Live this autumn. One of the most highly anticipated shows of… Read More
Published: 19 February 2015
Double Olivier Award winner Alan Howard, whose long and successful stage career was defined by his numerous Shakespearean performances, has died at the age of 77. The actor, who took… Read More
What’s it all about? Set in a northern mining town during the 1984-85 miners' strike, Billy Elliot The Musical tells the inspirational story of a young boy who goes against… Read More
Published: 18 February 2015
Back in 2011 rising star Phoebe Fox was picked by respected movie magazine Screen International as one of their stars of tomorrow. No doubt they’d caught her, as we did,… Read More
The king of pop’s reign in the West End will continue into next year following the news that hit Michael Jackson tribute Thriller Live has extended its booking period at… Read More
Published: 17 February 2015
Sean Hughes will join the cast of The Railway Children next month, taking over the role of station master Mr Perks in the Olivier Award-winning hit at the King’s Cross… Read More