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Q&A: John Lloyd Young

Published: 24 March 2014

As career-defining moments go, being cast as iconic singer Frankie Valli in the original Broadway cast of Jersey Boys is as close to dictionary definition perfection as possible for the… Read More

The Pajama Game releases track

Published: 24 March 2014

Earlier this month audiences at the You’ll Never Walk Alone charity West End concert were offered a sneak peek at the much-anticipated The Pajama Game when its leading pair, Olivier… Read More

Siân Phillips stars in West End Earnest

Published: 24 March 2014

Lucy Bailey will direct Nigel Havers and Siân Phillips in a revival of The Importance Of Being Earnest at the Harold Pinter Theatre this summer. Oscar Wilde’s comedy about two… Read More

Good People gets West End transfer

Published: 21 March 2014

Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton will reprise her role alongside Lloyd Owen in David Lindsay-Abaire’s hit play Good People when it transfers to the Noël Coward Theatre next month. The… Read More

Hytner: “Appetite for theatre growing”

Published: 20 March 2014

The future of the UK theatre industry is in safe hands according to National Theatre Director Nicholas Hytner, who spoke in glowing terms about the coming years as he announced… Read More

National Theatre to stage new Stoppard

Published: 20 March 2014

Ten world premieres, including new pieces from Tom Stoppard and David Hare, are central to Nicholas Hytner’s final season as Director of the National Theatre, which was announced today. Stoppard’s… Read More

Blithe Spirit at the Gielgud Theatre

Published: 19 March 2014

What’s it all about? With this much-anticipated production, this question can be answered in one of two ways: 1) Ghostly high jinks. While researching a novel, Charles and Ruth invite… Read More

The Commitments extends to April 2015

Published: 19 March 2014

They’ve only just finished celebrating St Patrick’s Day, but now hit musical The Commitments has another reason to crack out the Guinness as the show has extended its London run… Read More

Q&A: I Can’t Sing!

Published: 19 March 2014

Every morning Twitter is being hijacked by talk of what went on the night before. The interval was 45 minutes long! Theatreland has been invaded by singing Vikings! Simon Cowell… Read More

Matilda to stage relaxed performance

Published: 19 March 2014

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s hit production of Matilda The Musical will present its first ever relaxed performance at the Cambridge Theatre later this year. The specially adapted performance is due… Read More

Thriller Live extends to April 2015

Published: 19 March 2014

Michael Jackson tribute Thriller Live is to provide the West End with another year of the King of Pop’s greatest hits after announcing it has extended its run at the… Read More

In Pictures: Fatal Attraction

Published: 18 March 2014

No one who has seen Fatal Attraction on screen can forget the chilling – or should that be searing – fate of the little white rabbit. If Tristram Kenton’s recently… Read More

In Pictures: Stars out for Once gala

Published: 18 March 2014

From rising star Eliza Doolittle and rock legend Rod Stewart to comedian and musical writer Jennifer Saunders and Olympic swimming star Mark Foster, an audience of celebrities was Falling Slowly… Read More

The Full Monty to close on 29 March

Published: 17 March 2014

Hit comedy The Full Monty has announced it will close on 29 March after just over a month in the West End. The Sheffield Theatres production about a group of… Read More

Ralph Fiennes is National Theatre’s Man

Published: 14 March 2014

Stage and screen star Ralph Fiennes will return to the National Theatre in spring 2015 to appear in Man And Superman as part of Nicholas Hytner’s final season as the… Read More

Q&A: Momo

Published: 14 March 2014

Ever wondered what it would be like if every last hour, minute and second of your free time was taken away from you? Such is the situation for the characters… Read More

Open Air offers school workshops

Published: 14 March 2014

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre is offering primary schools the chance to make Shakespeare accessible to youngsters this summer with an interactive workshop designed to complement its kid-friendly adaptation of… Read More

Fame sequel makes West End premiere

Published: 13 March 2014

The Lyric Theatre will host the world premiere of Fame sequel Fame Forever later this year when the productions plays for one night only at the West End venue. Playing… Read More

Ghost Stories extends until summer

Published: 13 March 2014

Tensions will be running high at the Arts Theatre until summer 2014 following the announcement that Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s hit show Ghost Stories has extended its run at… Read More

In Pictures: First look at Blithe Spirit

Published: 13 March 2014

If you find yourself walking down Shaftesbury Avenue in the next few months, be warned, there’s every chance you may begin to wonder whether Harry Styles has tweeted he is… Read More

Shadowland

Published: 13 March 2014

Expect the funny and the fantastical in this coming-of-age story about a girl whose life-changing journey is charted through the striking contrast between light and shadow. What’s it all about?… Read More

In Pictures: I Can’t Sing

Published: 13 March 2014

Harry Hill’s loving dig at the X-Factor, I Can't Sing, has had our intrigue levels higher than Simon Cowell’s waistband since it was first revealed last year. Now, as it… Read More

Tom Conti joins extended Angry Men

Published: 13 March 2014

Olivier Award winner Tom Conti will return to the West End later this month to replace Martin Shaw in Twelve Angry Men, Christopher Hayden’s tense drama that has extended its… Read More

Lion King Cub School holds auditions

Published: 12 March 2014

Children aged between seven and 11-years-old have the incredible opportunity to audition for Disney’s The Lion King’s Cub School programme this weekend. The hugely successful musical’s Cub School is a… Read More

Video: Commitments perform Irish Rover

Published: 12 March 2014

To celebrate the extra St Patrick’s Day performance being added to The Commitments’ schedule, the show’s stars have recorded their own version of The Irish Rover. The Guinness-waving performance, which… Read More

Urinetown The Musical

Published: 12 March 2014

What’s it all about? To be read in your best blockbuster voice-over voice: “In a city ravaged by drought, an evil tycoon and his brutal police force control all the… Read More

William Houston is Globe’s Titus

Published: 11 March 2014

Award-winning stage actor William Houston will star in Lucy Bailey’s revival of Titus Andronicus this summer alongside an impressive company of stage regulars. Bailey’s revisiting of Shakespeare’s bloody drama, following… Read More

Lyric takes Secret Theatre countrywide

Published: 11 March 2014

The Lyric Hammersmith’s Secret Theatre project will continue into a second year and expand to include a tour thanks to an Exceptional Award from Arts Council England. The project, which… Read More

We Will Rock You to close in May

Published: 11 March 2014

After more than 12 years in the West End, smash hit Queen musical We Will Rock You will come to the ends of its reign on 31 May. The former… Read More

In Pictures: Olivier nominees revealed

Published: 10 March 2014

Earlier today more than 300 producers, performers, press and theatremakers gathered with bated breath at London’s stunning Rosewood Hotel to hear former Olivier Award with MasterCard winners Nigel Harman and… Read More

Michelle Terry to star in Privacy

Published: 10 March 2014

Olivier Award-winning actress Michelle Terry will star in James Graham’s new play Privacy when it receives its world premiere at the Donmar Warehouse next month. Playing from 10 April to… Read More

Josefina Gabrielle joins Charlie cast

Published: 10 March 2014

Following today’s news that Charlie And The Chocolate Factory has picked up an impressive seven Olivier Awards with MasterCard nominations, the show has announced a new cast including fellow Olivier… Read More

Royal Court stages primary school plays

Published: 7 March 2014

The Royal Court will showcase the skills of theatre’s youngest writers this summer with Primetime, a new production made up of nine short plays written by pupils from London primary… Read More

1984 transfers Headlong to Playhouse

Published: 7 March 2014

The acclaimed Nottingham Playhouse, Headlong and Almeida Theatre production of George Orwell’s 1984 is to transfer to the West End’s Playhouse Theatre in April. The tale of a dystopian future,… Read More

Gethin Anthony stars in Gray plays

Published: 7 March 2014

Game Of Thrones’ Gethin Anthony will star alongside Jamie Ballard, Imogen Doel and Laura Rees in In The Vale Of Health, a series of Simon Gray plays to be performed… Read More

Amelia Lowdell cast in Incognito

Published: 6 March 2014

Amelia Lowdell and Paul Hickey will star in Nick Payne’s new play Incognito when it comes to the Bush Theatre in May as part of a national tour. Playing from… Read More

Sara Kestelman stars in Summer Book

Published: 6 March 2014

Olivier Award-winning actress Sara Kestelman will star in a new adaptation of Moomin creator Tove Jansson’s magical novel The Summer Book as part of the Unicorn Theatre’s forthcoming summer season.… Read More

Good People

Published: 6 March 2014

What’s it all about? What makes you a good person? Helping others as part of your profession? Telling the truth? Lying for the sake of another? Sacrificing your own future… Read More

We Are Proud To Present…

Published: 6 March 2014

What’s it all about? A play within a play, a group of eager actors present an interactive, multimedia lecture about the history of Namibia from 1884 to 1915, when German… Read More

RSC’s Wolf Hall transfers to London

Published: 5 March 2014

The stage adaptations of Hilary Mantel’s Tudor dramas Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies will run at London’s Aldwych Theatre this summer. The acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company productions, which… Read More

Cast announced for Court’s Khandan

Published: 5 March 2014

Casting has been announced for Roxana Silbert’s forthcoming production Khandan (Family), which will play at the Royal Court this summer. Running at the Sloane Square venue from 11 to 28… Read More

Award-winning Fleabag returns to Soho

Published: 5 March 2014

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s one-woman show Fleabag, which has won a clutch of awards for both performance and play, will return to Soho Theatre this May. The story of a modern girl… Read More

Lion King stages relaxed performance

Published: 4 March 2014

Disney’s hit musical The Lion King will present its second autism-friendly performance in May, following the success of its first specially adapted performance last year. Taking place on 4 May,… Read More

A Human Being Died That Night returns

Published: 4 March 2014

Olivier Award winner Noma Dumezweni and Matthew Marsh will reprise their roles in A Human Being Died That Night when it returns to the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs later this year.… Read More

In pictures: Urinetown The Musical

Published: 4 March 2014

Urinetown The Musical is undoubtedly one of the most eagerly anticipated openings of 2014. So when we received these incredible production shots, we just had to share them with you.… Read More

Being Shakespeare

Published: 4 March 2014

What’s it all about? If I said the world’s most renowned playwright, would that surprise you? In Being Shakespeare, writer Jonathan Bate has, with an abundance of warmth and wit,… Read More

In conversation… The Full Monty

Published: 3 March 2014

Occasionally I feel for actors. Every now and then I stroll cheerfully into a dressing room to do an interview and realise I’m number 21 of 23 that day, and… Read More

Paul McGann joins Reiss’ Three Sisters

Published: 3 March 2014

Paul McGann will star alongside Olivia Hallinan and Holliday Grainger in Anya Reiss’ new adaptation of Three Sisters when it opens at Southwark Playhouse next month. The production of Chekhov’s… Read More

Gemma Arterton leads Dagenham musical

Published: 2 March 2014

Gemma Arterton will take the lead role in a new stage adaptation of Made In Dagenham, which is set to open at the Adelphi Theatre this autumn. Playing from 9… Read More

Further delays for I Can’t Sing!

Published: 1 March 2014

I Can’t Sing! has further delayed preview performances due to technical problems. The first preview of the Harry Hill-penned show will now take place next week. After cancelling the first… Read More

Ghost Stories at the Arts theatre

Published: 28 February 2014

What’s it all about? This one is fairly self-explanatory. It’s about ghost stories. A professor takes you through examples of photographs and videos believed to picture supernatural happenings before introducing… Read More

Ruthie Henshall joins Billy Elliot

Published: 28 February 2014

Olivier Award-winning actress Ruthie Henshall will join the cast of West End hit Billy Elliot The Musical in May, taking on the role of Billy’s dance teacher Mrs Wilkinson. The… Read More

The One

Published: 27 February 2014

What’s it all about? Jo and Harry, an explosive couple who stay up all night waiting for news from the hospital where Jo’s sister is in labour. Sex, an unexpected… Read More

Punchdrunk’s Drowned Man extends

Published: 27 February 2014

The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable, the hit co-production between Punchdrunk and the National Theatre that has been bringing 1960s glamour to the capital since June last year, has extended… Read More

Meow Meow set for London Wonderground

Published: 27 February 2014

Cabaret star Meow Meow will return to London later this year for a limited three-week season of her Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Prize-winning show Feline Intimate at the London Wonderground.… Read More

The Knight Of The Burning Pestle

Published: 27 February 2014

What’s it all about? A member of the audience storms on to the stage in disgust at the unfolding production. But this is no ordinary audience member, this is Phil… Read More

The Full Monty

Published: 26 February 2014

What’s it all about? Not content with having written one of the most successful British films of the 1990s, Simon Beaufoy has adapted it for the stage. Set during the… Read More

Jenna Russell’s Urinetown diary: Week 6

Published: 26 February 2014

In her final diary, Jenna Russell takes us through Urinetown The Musical’s tech week, with all its highs and painful lows. So this week we are in our new home… Read More

Nikki Amuka-Bird joins Birdland cast

Published: 26 February 2014

Nikki Amuka-Bird and Daniel Cerqueira will return to the Royal Court Theatre in April to star alongside Andrew Scott in Simon Stephens’ new play Birdland. The drama about a rock… Read More

In rehearsal: Blithe Spirit

Published: 25 February 2014

After more than 40 years away from our stages, Angela Lansbury is back in the West End playing a character craftier than even that typewriter loving Jessica Fletcher. From 1… Read More

Which West End character are you?

Published: 25 February 2014

Are you a miniature mischief maker, a West End witch or a theatrical tunester? To celebrate all the shows eligible for this year's BBC Radio 2 Audience Award at the… Read More

I Found My Horn returns to London

Published: 25 February 2014

Jasper Rees’ hit show I Found My Horn will return to London to play a season at the Trafalgar Studios this spring with co-writer Jonathan Guy Lewis reprising his role… Read More

All-night Macbeth to be staged

Published: 25 February 2014

Immersive theatre fans are invited to sleepover with the murderous Macbeths in a unique overnight experience spanning 12 hours at a secret East London location this summer. Running on Friday… Read More

Stephen Ward to close in March

Published: 25 February 2014

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest musical Stephen Ward will close on 29 March after a four month run at the Aldwych Theatre. The show was originally booking until 31 May. Starring… Read More

Q&A: Angel Coulby

Published: 24 February 2014

It has been more than six years since audiences have had the pleasure of Angel Coulby’s presence on stage, but with high-profile screen roles in an eclectic mix of hits… Read More

Not Now, Bernard

Published: 24 February 2014

What’s it all about? When I mentioned Not Now, Bernard to my parents, their blank expressions surprised me almost as much as finding a child-devouring beastie lurking in the garden… Read More

Ryan Molloy joins Stratford East Fings

Published: 24 February 2014

A West End fixture since opening in Jersey Boys in 2008, Ryan Molloy will join the cast of Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be when it runs at the Theatre… Read More

Elephantom set for West End summer

Published: 24 February 2014

The Elephantom will become the latest National Theatre production to transfer to the West End when it plays a limited season at the New London Theatre this summer. Playing at… Read More

Let The Right One In transfers

Published: 24 February 2014

The West End transfer of Let The Right One In has been confirmed. The acclaimed National Theatre of Scotland production will, as expected, run at the Apollo theatre from 26… Read More

I Can’t Sing cancels previews

Published: 24 February 2014

I Can’t Sing has cancelled its first two preview performances following technical issues described by producers as caused by the highly anticipated musical comedy’s “ambitious staging”. Audience members with tickets… Read More

Casting revealed for Kinks musical

Published: 24 February 2014

A quartet of young actors will recreate the iconic line-up of hit 1960s band The Kinks in Hampstead Theatre’s forthcoming musical biopic Sunny Afternoon. John Dagleish, George Maguire, Adam Sopp… Read More

Beverley Knight to star in Memphis

Published: 24 February 2014

The Bodyguard’s Beverley Knight will follow her acclaimed West End debut with Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, which will make its London premiere later this year at the Shaftesbury Theatre. David… Read More

Potter pair win Whatsonstage awards

Published: 24 February 2014

Former Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint were waving their wands with delight (probably) as they both won Whatsonstage awards last night. Radcliffe was named Best Actor in… Read More

Tim Pigott-Smith leads King Charles III

Published: 24 February 2014

Olivier Award nominated actor Tim Pigott-Smith will take the title role in the world premiere of Mike Bartlett’s King Charles III this spring alongside a company of London theatre regulars.… Read More

Cast announced for Scooby-Doo on stage

Published: 21 February 2014

Eddie Arnold will take on the role of everyone’s favourite sandwich-loving canine when he leads the cast of Scooby-Doo Live! The Mystery Of The Pyramid, which will make a stop… Read More
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