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War Horse rides into 2015 with new cast

Published: 21 January 2014

The West End is in for more World War I drama in the next year with the news that the National Theatre’s acclaimed production of War Horse has extended its… Read More

More musical stars for Cool Rider

Published: 21 January 2014

More musical theatre stars will cool ride into the West End on 27 January to pay homage to the all-singing all-dancing 1982 American film Grease 2 with musical concert Cool… Read More

Musical stars join Philippines concert

Published: 21 January 2014

The original cast of West End hit Avenue Q, Over The Rainbow winner Danielle Hope and rising star Cynthia Erivo have joined the line-up for You’ll Never Walk Alone, a… Read More

Rodgers and Sondheim for Park Theatre 2014

Published: 21 January 2014

Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim’s rarely performed musical Do I Hear A Waltz? and a new play by Made In Dagenham screenwriter William Ivory are among the productions to look… Read More

Jenna Russell’s Urinetown diary: Week 1

Published: 21 January 2014

Olivier Award-winning musical theatre star Jenna Russell takes us behind the scenes at highly anticipated musical Urinetown in an exclusive diary for Official London Theatre:   First days on new… Read More

Royal Court explores our sex lives

Published: 20 January 2014

Sex lives and how they are negotiated will be put under scrutiny through short plays and talks as part of the Royal Court’s Big Ideas series when it returns to… Read More

National Theatre stages Munro’s James Plays

Published: 20 January 2014

A trilogy of plays about James I, II and III of Scotland will be staged at the National Theatre later this year in a co-production with the National Theatre of… Read More

Lyric Hammersmith keeps secret longer

Published: 20 January 2014

The Lyric Hammersmith has announced its much talked about Secret Theatre season will continue next month with the suitably ambiguously titled Show 4. For those that want to fully enter… Read More

The Pass

Published: 20 January 2014

The sexual exploits of premiership footballers rarely remain a secret. Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Ashley Cole, they’ve all had details of their sex lives splashed across the front pages since… Read More

Stephen Ward extends

Published: 20 January 2014

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest West End offering, the 1960s-set musical Stephen Ward, has announced it has extended its run at the Aldwych Theatre to 31 May. Inspired by the Profumo… Read More

Ciphers

Published: 17 January 2014

The eternally intriguing shrouded-in-secrecy world of spies has proved popular fodder for innumerable screen successes, but, for all its natural drama, it’s a subject surprisingly lacking on stage. Enter emerging… Read More

Owen and Watson join Staunton in Good People

Published: 17 January 2014

Lloyd Owen and June Watson will join the previously announced Imelda Staunton in Jonathan Kent’s forthcoming production of Good People, which receives its UK premiere from 27 February at the… Read More

McElhone to star in Nunn’s Fatal Attraction

Published: 17 January 2014

Natascha McElhone will take on the iconic role made famous by Glenn Close in the 1987 film Fatal Attraction when the psychological thriller comes to the London stage later this… Read More

Inishmaan heads to Broadway

Published: 17 January 2014

Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy The Cripple Of Inishmaan will make its Broadway premiere this spring when Michael Grandage’s critically acclaimed Daniel Radcliffe-led production transfers. Radcliffe’s fellow original West End cast… Read More

Actor Roger Lloyd-Pack dies

Published: 16 January 2014

Stage and screen star Roger Lloyd-Pack, best known to TV fans as Only Fools And Horses’ endearingly dim-witted Trigger, has died at the age of 69. He had been fighting… Read More

The Mousetrap Interviews: Miss Casewell

Published: 16 January 2014

Angellica Bell faces possibly her prickliest customer to date as she interviews The Mousetrap’s Miss Casewell. Prickly may not, in fact, do Miss Casewell justice. It conjures images of a… Read More

The Duchess Of Malfi at Shakespeare’s Globe

Published: 16 January 2014

There’s such darkness to The Duchess Of Malfi, bathing John Webster’s tragedy in the warm glow of candlelight hardly seems fitting. The unique lighting system of Shakespeare’s Globe’s new indoor… Read More

Introducing… Blanche McIntyre

Published: 15 January 2014

Ask any arts commentator or Theatreland regular which director is the latest to keep your eye on, the next Michael Grandage, Jamie Lloyd or Marianne Elliott, and you will invariably… Read More

Kendrick and Matthews are Royal Court’s Pests

Published: 15 January 2014

Ellie Kendrick and Sinéad Matthews will star in the Royal Court Theatre’s forthcoming drama Pests, the latest work from acclaimed playwright Vivienne Franzmann. Playing at the Sloane Square venue from… Read More

Young people take over the Tricycle

Published: 15 January 2014

Individuals aged between 11 and 25-years-old will take over the Tricycle Theatre later this year for the inaugural Tricycle Takeover, a seven day festival that sees young people get involved… Read More

First Night: Ghosts

Published: 15 January 2014

With an Evening Standard Award for Best Director and a string of five star reviews under its belt, Richard Eyre’s production of Ghosts had little to prove for its West… Read More

Menier’s Candide extends

Published: 15 January 2014

Audiences now have longer to catch the acclaimed production of Candide at the Menier Chocolate Factory with the news it has added eight additional performances to its run due to… Read More

I Can’t Sing unveils judges

Published: 15 January 2014

We’ve known that Nigel Harman, Victoria Elliott and Ashley Knight will play I Can’t Sing – The X Factor Musical’s troupe of judges for some time. But, as if from… Read More

Coriolanus announces extension and ticket draw

Published: 14 January 2014

Josie Rourke’s acclaimed production of Coriolanus, starring Tom Hiddleston, has announced that it will extend its run at the Donmar Warehouse by an additional six performances. In a slightly unusual… Read More

Almeida says I Do at Docklands

Published: 14 January 2014

Hit site-specific wedding drama I Do, a sell-out success when it was staged as part of the 2013 Almeida Festival, will return to the Hilton Hotel, Docklands this spring. Created… Read More

Not I/Footfalls/Rockaby

Published: 14 January 2014

There are some nights at the theatre when you can sit back, relax and just enjoy the show. This is not one of them. My goodness, don’t you have to… Read More

Strong cast for View From The Bridge

Published: 14 January 2014

Mark Strong and Nicola Walker will star in Ivo van Hove’s production of Arthur Miller’s A View From The Bridge later this year when the dark tale of obsession opens… Read More

In rehearsal: The Duchess Of Malfi

Published: 13 January 2014

A dark, tragic tale, The Duchess Of Malfi should be the perfect play with which to open the candle-lit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the new indoor theatre at Shakespeare’s Globe. With… Read More

Only Our Own

Published: 13 January 2014

The Arts Theatre may be located in the bustling West End, but head through its doors this month and you’ll find yourself in an isolated corner of Ireland, where one… Read More

Musical stars join Shearsmith in Cool Rider

Published: 13 January 2014

Ashleigh Gray, Aaron Sidwell, Hannah Levane and Niall Sheehy will join Reece Shearsmith in Cool Rider, the upcoming musical concert that will play for one night only at the Lyric… Read More

Pasquale joins Stenson in Spamalot

Published: 10 January 2014

Joe Pasquale will return to the role of King Arthur in West End musical comedy Spamalot next month. The actor and comedian, who previously starred in the lead role alongside… Read More

Paisley Day completes Urinetown cast

Published: 10 January 2014

Simon Paisley Day is the final cast member to be announced for Jamie Lloyd’s forthcoming production of Urinetown The Musical, which begins previews at the St James Theatre next month.… Read More

Mormon welcomes new cast members

Published: 10 January 2014

The Book Of Mormon will add to its wealth of musical theatre talent when the Tony Award-winning musical says hello to a host of new cast members next month. While… Read More

Cast announced for Ghosts Stories return

Published: 9 January 2014

Philip Whitchurch, Paul Kemp and Gary Shelford are among the cast members preparing to propel audiences out of their seats at the Arts Theatre next month when Ghosts Stories returns… Read More

Tiger returns to the West End

Published: 9 January 2014

Family favourite The Tiger Who Came To Tea will return to the Lyric Theatre this summer for another helping of teatime mayhem. The family show, which was last seen in… Read More

The Mousetrap Interviews: Major Metcalf

Published: 9 January 2014

As army man Major Metcalfe rightly says in this latest in our series of The Mousetrap Interviews with Angellica Bell, a little break in the remote Monkswell Manor is just… Read More

Cole leads the cast of NHS play

Published: 9 January 2014

Stephanie Cole will star in Stella Feehily’s topical play This May Hurt A Bit when it brings its tale about the NHS to the St James Theatre later this year… Read More

Hytner to form commercial company

Published: 9 January 2014

Nicholas Hytner, the outgoing Director of the National Theatre, has confirmed that he will form a new producing company with the National’s Executive Director Nick Starr when the pair leave… Read More

Iain Glen leaves Fortune’s Fool

Published: 8 January 2014

Iain Glen has left the Old Vic production of Fortune’s Fool following doctor’s advice. He is to be replaced by Royal Shakespeare Company regular William Houston. While Houston rehearses the… Read More

Minotaur meets Moominsummer in Polka’s 2014 season

Published: 8 January 2014

The hippo-like inhabitants of Moominvalley will take over Polka Theatre later this year when Moominsummer Madness plays as part of the venue’s spring/summer season. Red Riding Hood, a gripping new… Read More

Hampstead Theatre streams Drawing The Line

Published: 8 January 2014

The final performance of Howard Brenton’s drama Drawing The Line is to be live-streamed free online this Saturday, 11 January. The production, which follows the story of Mr Justice Cyril… Read More

Looking forward: London theatre’s spring 2014

Published: 8 January 2014

The new year. A whole world of opportunities opening before you. A blank page. An unwritten book. It’s the second week of January, so you’ve probably already broken at least one… Read More

Bloodshot

Published: 8 January 2014

If you thought Simon Slater was multi-talented from his work as an actor and composer for shows including Mamma Mia! and Constellations, you can think again. The plethora of skills… Read More

Quidam

Published: 8 January 2014

You can’t accuse Cirque Du Soleil of skimping on ideas or holding back on spectacle when they created Quidam. The show, first staged by the famous Canadian circus troupe in… Read More

Curious Incident finds new home at Gielgud

Published: 8 January 2014

Multi award-winning drama The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time will resume its West End run from 24 June when it reopens at the Gielgud Theatre. Tickets for… Read More

Full cast announced for Blithe Spirit

Published: 7 January 2014

Stage regulars Sandra Dickinson, Simon Jones and Jemima Rooper have joined the cast of Michael Blakemore’s forthcoming production of classic comedy Blithe Spirit, which will be led by Tony Award… Read More

Old Vic goes round for 2014

Published: 7 January 2014

Audiences will be able to view the action from all sides when the Old Vic Theatre recreates its in-the-round CQS space for a 2014 season that begins with the UK… Read More

Q&A: Simon Slater

Published: 6 January 2014

Dark evenings. Collars turned up against a wind that threatens to mug commuters. Hats pulled down low casting shadows across barely visible faces. Rain belting down like nature’s own soggy… Read More

Webb takes Sunday to Duchess

Published: 6 January 2014

Marti Webb will reprise her role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s much-loved one-woman show Tell Me On A Sunday next month when the production transfers to the Duchess Theatre following its… Read More

Ross to quiz Stallone at Palladium

Published: 3 January 2014

Chat show host Jonathan Ross will take his questioning from the screen to the stage when he interviews movie legend Sylvester Stallone at the London Palladium on 11 January. The… Read More

ATG tops Stage 100 for fifth year

Published: 3 January 2014

Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire have retained their position at the top of The Stage’s annual power list for a fifth year running, edging ever closer to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s… Read More

Home returns to National Theatre’s Shed

Published: 2 January 2014

Nadia Fall’s hit drama Home, which sold out the National Theatre’s Shed in August 2013, is to return for a second run at the temporary venue in March. The tale… Read More

The Mousetrap Interviews: Mrs Boyle

Published: 2 January 2014

In the latest in the series introducing the characters of the world’s longest running play, The Mousetrap, Angellica Bell meets the decidedly unimpressed Mrs Boyle. Christmas, it would seem, has… Read More

War Horse writer honoured by Belgium

Published: 2 January 2014

Michael Morpurgo, the former Children’s Laureate and author of War Horse, on which the hit stage show is based, has been honoured by the Belgian Tourist Office – Brussels &… Read More

Olivier Award winners recognised in 2014 Honours

Published: 31 December 2013

Gillian Lynne and Dominic Cooke, recipients at this year’s Olivier Awards with MasterCard, are among a host of theatre names renowned for their work onstage and off to be recognised… Read More

Looking back at London theatre’s 2013

Published: 30 December 2013

Ah late December, the traditional season for inventing elaborate ways of using leftover turkey, but also the time when everyone looks back at the year just gone… and we’re no… Read More

Wakefield leads Blackest Black

Published: 30 December 2013

Star of Sense And Sensibility and Any Human Heart, Charity Wakefield will return to the stage in spring 2014 to lead the cast of The Blackest Black at Hampstead’s theatre… Read More

Defibrillator revives Hotel Plays

Published: 24 December 2013

Following the critically acclaimed success of theatre company Defibrillator’s site-specific The Hotel Plays in 2012, the innovative company will bring Tennessee Williams to London’s Langham Hotel next February for a… Read More

Q&A: The Duck House

Published: 24 December 2013

If you are feeling the pinch – possibly both on your wallet and your waistline – after the excesses of the last few days (or weeks, depending on your commitment… Read More

Billy Elliot holds new year auditions

Published: 24 December 2013

Billy Elliot The Musical, the hugely successful West End musical that took home this year’s BBC Radio 2 Audience Award at the Olivier Awards with MasterCard, will head across the… Read More

Family favourites on their festive fancies

Published: 23 December 2013

If you’ve ever wondered what Jack Frost’s favourite film is or pondered about what Puss In Boots wants for Christmas, we’re about to put your mind at rest. We caught… Read More

Stage stars bring Water Aid

Published: 23 December 2013

Because you can never have enough versions of Do They Know It’s Christmas?, or enough of David Tennant cavorting in a Christmas jumper, we were delighted to find this video.… Read More

Rowling announces Harry Potter stage prequel

Published: 23 December 2013

JK Rowling, the author of the hit Harry Potter books, has announced that she will collaborate with producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callendar on a stage prequel to the novels.… Read More

Stephen Ward

Published: 20 December 2013

A young girl named Christine catches the eye of a dubiously moralled older man who promises to change her life. Have we seen this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical before? This… Read More

SOLT releases Apollo statement

Published: 20 December 2013

The Society of London Theatre (SOLT), the organisation that represents London theatre producers, owners and managers, has released a statement this morning following the incident at the Apollo theatre last… Read More

Apollo theatre roof collapses

Published: 19 December 2013

The emergency services are dealing with a serious incident at the Apollo theatre following reports the ceiling collapsed during tonight’s performance of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The… Read More

The Mousetrap Interviews: Christopher Wren

Published: 19 December 2013

Why would the designer of St Paul’s Cathedral be staying at The Mousetrap’s Monkswell Manor? He’s not, of course. That would be ridiculous. His namesake, who we meet in this… Read More

Roundhouse reveals premiere packed Circusfest

Published: 19 December 2013

Circusfest 2014, the Roundhouse’s annual celebration of contemporary circus, will be headlined by UK premieres from Compagnie La Meute and Company 2, and the world premiere of a piece created… Read More

Sunflowers and nursery rhymes for Lyric spring

Published: 18 December 2013

The Lyric Hammersmith’s studio will continue to host a jam-packed line-up of children’s shows next year as the venue enters the last stages of its major redevelopment.Bringing everything from puppetry… Read More

Q&A: Will Kemp

Published: 18 December 2013

There’s a saying in America that is whispered amongst those in the know in the performing arts about that most feared of competitors, the triple threat. As one of the… Read More

Coriolanus at the Donmar Warehouse

Published: 18 December 2013

Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female Julius Caesar was always going to be hard to follow. Jude Law and David Tennant haven’t made it any easier. The third Shakespeare production to open in… Read More

West End stars unite for Philippines Appeal

Published: 17 December 2013

West End stars Joanna Riding and Michael Xavier will take to the stage of the Queen’s theatre next year for a special concert in aid of the Philippines Typhoon Appeal.… Read More

The Wind In The Willows

Published: 17 December 2013

It is fitting that Will Tuckett’s hit production should emerge from its subterranean home at the Linbury Studio theatre for its first ever West End adventure, given the comparable lifestyle… Read More

More Nonsense for West End

Published: 17 December 2013

Sean Foley’s hit production of Jeeves And Wooster In Perfect Nonsense, starring Stephen Mangan and Matthew Macfadyen, will bring more hilarious antics to the West End next year after extending… Read More

Video: A Very West End Christmas

Published: 16 December 2013

Last month we found ourselves prematurely in the festive spirit with the news that a host of West End stars had been busy recording charity EP A Very West End… Read More
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