Published: 31 October 2014
Cult hit show Bat Boy: The Musical will bring its quirky tale to London again, a decade after making its debut in the capital, when it runs at the Southwark… Read More
The 2015 London International Mime Festival will be offering families the chance to banish their post-Christmas blues with a plethora of family-friendly entertainment on offer as part of the 24-day… Read More
Halloween just wouldn’t be the same for the Official London Theatre team without an injection of Thriller Live’s iconic zombie fun, so we were suitably spooked, chilled and thrilled to… Read More
A new musical version of hit film Bend It Like Beckham will kick off its London run in May 2015, when it opens at the Phoenix Theatre. Written and directed… Read More
Kristin Scott Thomas will follow in the Olivier Award-winning footsteps of Dame Helen Mirren when she takes on the role of Her Majesty The Queen in a new version of… Read More
Published: 30 October 2014
Halloween theatregoers could be in for a ghoulish treat at new hit production Urinetown The Musical. For the spookiest night of the year the terrifyingly tuneful tale could have an… Read More
What’s it all about? Love at first sight, the romantic – albeit freezing cold – life of bohemians in Paris, friendship, jealousy and heartbreak of the most devastating kind. Jonathan… Read More
What’s it all about? Two men – you can, I’m sure, guess their names – one in his 60s, the other in his 20s, who meet one night and spend… Read More
Bon Jovi’s David Bryan tells us why Memphis The Musical’s story inspired him to swap rock for musical theatre and how he feels about bringing the hit show to London.… Read More
Published: 29 October 2014
Train stations across the country may contain similar scenes of children enjoying their half-term freedom but surely no young passengers are as excited as these nine to 13-year-olds, who have… Read More
What’s it all about? Love, incest, death and heartbreak. That pretty much sums it up. For those wanting a little more detail, it charts the story of Giovanni and Annabella,… Read More
The National Theatre’s hit adaptation of Dr Seuss’ classic The Cat In The Hat will return to London later this year for a festive run at the Pleasance Theatre in… Read More
What’s it all about? The mythical meteorological event so rare at this time of year… Of course it’s not! It’s about hit Brit band The Kinks and follows them through… Read More
Published: 28 October 2014
The National Theatre is teaching children and their families about the world of Romeo And Juliet this half term with a selection of workshops for children aged six to 12-years-old.… Read More
You can tell it’s getting chillier in the capital when rehearsal rooms are displaying the latest winter knitwear trends. Patterned scarves, warm cardies and woolly socks all make an appearance… Read More
Productions of Peter Pan, The Seagull and Seven Brides For Seven Brothers will be brought to the al fresco stage of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in the summer of… Read More
TKTS’ popular half price ticket offer West End Wednesdays will return next month offering theatre fans the chance to see shows including Speed-The-Plow, Urinetown The Musical and Ghost Stories from… Read More
Published: 27 October 2014
The Secret Theatre’s Company’s A Series Of Increasingly Impossible Acts will return to London next year, but to Kilburn’s Tricycle Theatre rather than its original home at the Lyric Hammersmith.… Read More
The Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon really has got the West End going. Before it has even had its press night, the Hampstead Theatre hit has extended its run at the… Read More
In his new book What Do I Know?, Richard Eyre, leading director and former head of the National Theatre, reflects on people he has worked with, ideas he has struggled… Read More
Published: 24 October 2014
Wicked star Willemijn Verkaik has joined the cast of the forthcoming Tamsin Greig-led musical Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown. The Dutch star, who starred as Elphaba in… Read More
Stella Gonet will appear in the Royal Court Theatre’s forthcoming production Hope, which reunites writer Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany following their success with the venue’s hugely successful Let… Read More
It is just a few days until American star Jennifer DiNoia will make her West End debut as Elphaba in the hit musical Wicked. While she may be no stranger… Read More
What’s it all about? Aimless white boy with little going for him finds salvation and passion in black music. This being 1950s Tennessee, that in itself is bad enough. But… Read More
Due to popular demand, Michael Flatley’s current London Palladium hit Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games will transfer to the Dominion Theatre next March following its forthcoming world tour. The… Read More
James McAvoy will return to the stage to star in the first revival of Olivier Award winner Peter Barnes’ satire The Ruling Class since its West End premiere in 1969.… Read More
Published: 23 October 2014
In one 20 minute phone call, Sharon Rooney uses the word ‘amazing’ 10 times. Sometimes repetition like this can be an indicator of a strained interview or a distracted interviewee… Read More
Published: 22 October 2014
Downton Abbey star Penelope Wilton will return to the West End for the first time in five years when the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Taken At Midnight transfers to… Read More
Peppa Pig’s Big Splash will return to the Criterion Theatre for a second year this Christmas, playing a limited season from 2 December to 4 January. It marks the pink… Read More
What’s it all about? Four middle aged, middle managers find themselves stranded on an island after one wrong turn on an outdoor pursuits bonding exercise leads them, quite literally, up… Read More
Published: 21 October 2014
What’s it all about? The final musical from legendary duo Kander and Ebb, The Scottsboro Boys tells the story of nine black men accused of rape in 1930s Alabama and… Read More
Published: 20 October 2014
Since 5 August, when the Tower of London’s famous moat first became awash with a sea of red poppies, social media feeds across the capital have themselves been inundated with… Read More
You don’t know passion until you talk to Catherine Schreiber about The Scottsboro Boys. It’s a bold statement to make, I know, but twice in the space of our half… Read More
Actor and impressionist Steve Nallon will star in Dead Sheep, Jonathan Maitland’s debut play about the speech that brought down Margaret Thatcher, as part of the Park Theatre’s 2015 spring… Read More
What’s it all about? Life, but isn’t all theatre? More specifically, the gentle-paced life of a tiny rural American town – the kind where everyone knows what everyone else had… Read More
Hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong must, in fact, be doing an awful lot right. The hilarious farce has proved so popular that it has extended its run at… Read More
Published: 19 October 2014
Duncan Macmillan and Robert Icke have been awarded the Best Director prize at 2014’s prestigious UK Theatre Awards following its hugely successful Olivier Award nominated run both at the Almeida… Read More
Published: 17 October 2014
What’s it all about? Those who have seen previous stage and screen productions of East Is East will be well-acquainted with the Salford-based Khan family at the centre of this… Read More
Olivier Award nominated duo Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner will be back in the West End this Christmas when they bring their new show Potted Sherlock to the Vaudeville Theatre… Read More
“Learn as much as you possibly can, because we need you more than you know.” That was the Royal Court Theatre Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone’s message to the next generation… Read More
Ian McIntosh will join Katie Brayben, Alan Morrissey, Lorna Want, Glynis Barber and Gary Trainor in the cast of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical when the show receives its… Read More
Hit Royal Court and Headlong online thriller The Nether is to transfer to London’s West End, running at the Duke of York’s Theatre in January 2015. The story of a… Read More
Mrs Henderson Presents, the tale of an eccentric widow who creates an audacious brand of live entertainment during the Blitz, is to be transformed into a stage musical at the… Read More
Alex Gaumond will take on the role of Freddy Benson in the hit West End production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels The Musical in November, replacing comedian Rufus Hound as the… Read More
Published: 16 October 2014
Young audiences are invited to bunk down on stage at the Unicorn Theatre for a second year running this December with the return of the venue’s unique sleepover. While last… Read More
Published: 15 October 2014
At the age of 29 and three quarters, I’m not sure if I officially fall into the ‘young in the arts’ category anymore. Having spent my early adult life against… Read More
Free theatrical careers fair TheatreCraft takes place at the Royal Opera House this Friday. The annual gathering of aspiring theatre workers of the future and current practitioners is one of… Read More
Hattie Morahan will lead the cast of Dominic Dromgoole’s forthcoming production of The Changeling at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Starring as Beatrice-Joanna from 20 January, the role marks Morahan’s much-anticipated… Read More
Published: 14 October 2014
Shakespeare’s Globe has described its forthcoming production of John Ford’s classic ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore as combining “intense reflection with explosive violence”. We could be wrong, but from these… Read More
What’s it all about? Misery and misanthropy. Unrequited love. Loveless marriage. Lives thrown away and dreams discarded. Yet playwright Anya Reiss and director Russell Bolam – working together on their… Read More
What’s it all about? Welcome to the National Theatre’s newly opened Dorfman Theatre or, as it’ll be known until January, Club Millennium: an acid bright, exhilarating party where the conventions… Read More
Published: 13 October 2014
Alan Parker’s world famous musical Bugsy Malone will re-open the Lyric Hammersmith when the venue completes its multi-million pound redevelopment next year. The revival, which is directed by the Lyric… Read More
Richard Shelton will join a line-up of West End performers at the London Palladium next year for the world premiere of Sinatra 100, a series of performances celebrating the 100th… Read More
Screenings of the Old Vic’s hugely successful production of the Richard Armitage-led The Crucible will be shown in cinemas this December. Enabling anyone who missed the five star production when… Read More
Published: 10 October 2014
From Friends to Cold Feet, Helen Baxendale has long been one of Britain’s most popular screen stars, cemented recently by her hilarious performance in the second series of the BBC’s… Read More
Families are invited to join Russell Brand and a legion of tricksters for one night only at the Royal Albert Hall this November when the comedian stages a theatrical event… Read More
Sherlock star Amanda Abbington and Coronation Street’s Julie Hesmondhalgh will return to the stage next month to appear in the Royal Court Theatre’s forthcoming school-set drama God Bless The Child.… Read More
Published: 9 October 2014
What’s it all about? What is Urinetown? The song will tell you all sorts about the town itself. The musical, however, is a dystopian tale about a town suffering a… Read More
Published: 8 October 2014
Biting comedy Bad Jews and Ruby Wax’s one-woman show Sane New World will join the previously announced The Three Lions in the St James Theatre spring season, Official London Theatre… Read More
Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, Tom Davey and Séan Browne will reprise their roles as the Prime Minister, Prince William and David Beckham in William Gaminara’s critically acclaimed play The Three Lions when… Read More
Stephen Ward star Alexander Hanson and Abigail Cruttenden will star in Blanche McIntyre’s forthcoming revival of Emlyn Williams’ masterpiece Accolade at the St James Theatre. The pair will play husband… Read More
Kat B will return to the Hackney Empire this Christmas season to star opposite Clive Rowe and Sharon D Clarke in the venue’s annual pantomime Mother Goose from 22 November.… Read More
Once has announced its Olivier Award-winning West End run will come to a close on 21 March, two years after it made its London premiere at the Phoenix Theatre. Boyzone… Read More
Published: 6 October 2014
An incredible 4.3 million people across the world enjoyed work by the National Theatre during its 2013/2014 season, generating £100 million over the financial year. The South Bank-based theatre’s hugely… Read More
Kerry Ellis is currently wowing audiences as everyone’s favourite green-skinned witch for an incredible third time at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. She will be there, defying gravity, until 25 October… Read More
Everyone’s favourite theatrical twig will return to London this Christmas with the announcement that Stick Man will play a fourth festive season at the Leicester Square Theatre. Scamp Theatre’s touching… Read More
Arthur Darvill will make his National Theatre debut when he takes on the role of Long John Silver in Polly Findlay’s production of Treasure Island this Christmas. The Broadchurch and… Read More
Emma Hatton will star in Wicked from February 2015, stepping into the coveted shoes of the show’s emerald-skinned witch following her current role as Standby Elphaba. Hatton, whose other West… Read More
Published: 3 October 2014
Cris Penfold will reprise his role as Toad in the Royal Opera House’s Olivier Award-winning production of The Wind In The Willows when it returns to the West End this… Read More
When a young Vicky Featherstone, now Artistic Director of the Royal Court, first considered a career in theatre she did not know a job as anything other than an actor… Read More
Mike Kenny’s Olivier Award-winning adaptation of The Railway Children is getting a return ticket to the capital this Christmas as it finds a new home at King’s Cross Station. Its… Read More
What’s it all about? Lindsay Lohan and Lindsay Lohan alone if you believe all that was written before this show opened. In fact, David Mamet’s drama, exposing the cynicism at… Read More
Lorraine Stanley will lead the cast of Roy Williams’ new play Wildefire when it premieres at the Hampstead Theatre next month. The police drama, which tells the story of a… Read More
Former Being Human star Damien Molony is to join rising National Theatre star Olivia Vinall in the upcoming production of Tom Stoppard’s new play The Hard Problem. The pair of… Read More
Aaron Tveit will make his UK stage debut alongside Catherine Tate and Andy Nyman in Jamie Lloyd’s production of Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory this winter. The Stephen Sondheim… Read More