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Crossley and Bateman take on Pre-Raphaelites

Published: 21 October 2013

Musical theatre star Daniel Crossley and emerging stage and screen actor Tom Bateman will star in the world premiere of Jeremy Green’s new play Lizzie Siddal at the Arcola theatre… Read More

Full Monty honoured at UK Theatre Awards

Published: 20 October 2013

The forthcoming West End transfer of The Full Monty has been crowned Best Touring Production at today’s UK Theatre Awards. The glamorous ceremony, which was held earlier today at London’s… Read More

Kids Week and TKTS team up for family festival

Published: 18 October 2013

Our annual family promotion Kids Week has joined forces with our TKTS ticket booth in Leicester Square to present a fun-filled theatrical hunt this fortnight as part of the Family… Read More

Soho offers baby-friendly performances

Published: 18 October 2013

Soho theatre has announced a season of special parent and baby performances, taking inspiration from similar models adopted by cinemas that allow parents to kick back and enjoy shows with… Read More

Told by an Idiot Get Happy at the Barbican

Published: 18 October 2013

Critically acclaimed theatre company Told by an Idiot will return to the Barbican theatre with its first ever show for children this Christmas. Get Happy will play from 12 to… Read More

Royal Opera House stages children’s opera

Published: 18 October 2013

Children will be able to find out How The Whale Became this Christmas thanks to a new opera for young audiences that opens at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Studio… Read More

Wilson makes directorial debut with O’Neill triple bill

Published: 18 October 2013

Double Olivier Award winner Ruth Wilson will star in and co-direct the world premiere of Eugene O’Neill’s triple bill The El. Train in a decadent theatrical event combining “hard liquor… Read More

Private Lives made public in global cinemas

Published: 18 October 2013

Jonathan Kent’s production of Private Lives starring Toby Stephens and Anna Chancellor will become the second West End stage offering to make it to the big screen next year when… Read More

Zimmerman and Bedella lead musical celebration

Published: 18 October 2013

Olivier Award-winning musical theatre stars Leigh Zimmerman and David Bedella will take to the stage at the St James theatre next month to celebrate The S&S Award, a new prize… Read More

Joey retires to V&A

Published: 17 October 2013

Where do old War Horse puppets go when they've served their time and their creaking limbs aren't up to performing anymore? The V&A, it would seem, as the original West… Read More

Q&A: Henry The Fifth

Published: 17 October 2013

It is impossible to know how many times William Shakespeare’s Henry V has been staged since it was penned in the 16th century – indeed a new production of the… Read More

The Big Interview: Robert Webb

Published: 17 October 2013

It's somewhat disconcerting to find yourself sitting on a sofa - in Edward Hall's office no less - next to someone you spent more days hung over with at university… Read More

Longer run for London’s Pride

Published: 17 October 2013

Jamie Lloyd’s revival of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s The Pride will continue its explosive tale of prejudice at the Trafalgar Studio 1 until 23 November after the hit play announced an… Read More

Horrible Histories – Barmy Britain 2

Published: 16 October 2013

If a Westminster traffic warden ever hosted a party with Queen Victoria, Charles I, Burke and Hare, Paddy McGuinness and Dick Turpin, it would be an explosive gathering to which… Read More

New Bodyguard trailer released

Published: 16 October 2013

Has Beverley Knight, as the song suggests, got the stuff that you want and the things that you need? The only way to find out is to see The Bodyguard,… Read More

An Eternity of previews

Published: 16 October 2013

With more changes than the curtained off cubicles of Debenhams and House Of Fraser combined, the preview periods of London shows can be a confusing time for the theatergoer. The… Read More

One-man Downton receives London engagement

Published: 16 October 2013

A solo show featuring Downton Abbey's cast of troubled aristocrats and sniping servants alongside a plethora of modern celebrities will bring its immaculate manners and knowingly raised eyebrows to the… Read More

Hytner lauds Norris’ “appetite” and “respect”

Published: 15 October 2013

Appetite is "the number one qualification" one needs to be Director of the National Theatre, Nicholas Hytner said today as Rufus Norris was named as his successor. "Rufus has it,… Read More

Norris to lead “extraordinary” NT

Published: 15 October 2013

Rufus Norris has been announced as the next Director of the National Theatre, taking over one of the world’s most prestigious theatre roles in April 2015 from Nicholas Hytner who… Read More

Introducing… Raj Bajaj

Published: 11 October 2013

Once a year, a group of young actors – we’re not sure what the collective noun would be exactly: a herd, a glint, a rookery? – who have demonstrated outstanding… Read More

In rehearsal: Mojo

Published: 11 October 2013

With Harry Potter's Rupert Grint, Merlin's Colin Morgan, Downton Abbey's Brendan Coyle and Skyfall's Ben Whishaw in one cast, not to mention London stage favourite Daniel Mays, anticipation for Mojo… Read More

Full casting for Vibrator Play revealed

Published: 11 October 2013

Jason Hughes and Natalie Casey will star as the pioneering doctor and his sexually frustrated wife at the centre of Sarah Ruhl’s UK Theatre Award-winning play IN THE NEXT ROOM… Read More

Voldemort turns Catholic at Tricycle

Published: 11 October 2013

Richard Bremmer, Cecilia Noble and Amy Morgan will spend the cold winter months in a Catholic school having been cast in Kathy Burke’s forthcoming production of Once A Catholic at… Read More

Musical stars line-up for Urinetown

Published: 11 October 2013

Soap star turned musical theatre lead Richard Fleeshman, Olivier Award-winning actress Jenna Russell and Royal Shakespeare Company regular Jonathan Slinger will lead the cast of cult Broadway hit Urinetown The… Read More

NT regulars cast in Coriolanus

Published: 11 October 2013

National Theatre regulars Alfred Enoch, Peter De Jersey, Jacqueline Boatswain and Deborah Findlay will join Tom Hiddleston and Mark Gatiss in bringing Shakespeare’s political tragedy Coriolanus to the Donmar Warehouse… Read More

YouTube Q&A: Beverley Knight

Published: 10 October 2013

We're in a very privileged position at Official London Theatre, we know. We have the opportunity to talk to the stars of the London stage, to get to know them… Read More

The Light Princess

Published: 10 October 2013

Once upon a time a wise and much loved leader King Nicholas of Southbank decreed that a musical should be created. From amid the throng at the riverside court, a… Read More

Robot for Roundhouse this Christmas

Published: 9 October 2013

Tall Stories will bring its latest family theatrical offering My Brother The Robot to the Roundhouse this Christmas. Brought to the stage by the acclaimed theatre company behind much-loved children’s… Read More

In conversation: From Here To Eternity’s Tim Rice & Stuart Brayson

Published: 9 October 2013

The return of Tim Rice's work to the West End stage was always going to get tongues wagging. This is the man, after all, who asked Argentina not to cry… Read More

The Commitments

Published: 9 October 2013

Jamie Lloyd has been juggling so many work commitments of late it’s a miracle that he had time for his most recent musical endeavour, but fans of Roddy Doyle’s novel… Read More

Roots

Published: 9 October 2013

Just over two years since the Royal Court Theatre staged Arnold Wesker’s Chicken Soup With Barley, James Macdonald’s gripping production of Roots, the second in Wesker’s famous trilogy, opened at… Read More

Clune and Dreyfus join Candide

Published: 9 October 2013

The Menier Chocolate Factory production of Candide, which is bursting at the seams with young musical theatre talent, has added a couple of experienced performers to its cast in the… Read More

Clarke and Gabrielle head to Hackneyonia

Published: 8 October 2013

Olivier Award nominated actresses Sharon D Clarke and Josefina Gabrielle will swap the West End stage, where they have both won plaudits for their appearances in hit musicals, for Hackneyonia… Read More

Spamalot duo lead Dickens Abridged

Published: 8 October 2013

Jon Robyns and Kit Orton, who can both currently be found looking on the bright side of life in Spamalot, will leave legendary England behind this autumn to laugh their… Read More

Julie Madly Deeply comes to London

Published: 8 October 2013

Sarah-Louise Young’s acclaimed solo show Julie Madly Deeply, exploring the life of British icon Julie Andrews, will play a limited run at the Trafalgar Studio 2 this Christmas. Playing from… Read More

In rehearsal: Jeeves & Wooster In Perfect Nonsense

Published: 8 October 2013

When it was announced that Matthew Macfadyen and Stephen Mangan had been cast as PG Wodehouse's day-saving valet and aristocratic nincompoop, it felt as if the angels had arranged a… Read More

Q&A: The Commitments

Published: 7 October 2013

To call the West End’s latest show The Commitments much-anticipated would be a huge understatement. It may be more than 25 years since Roddy Doyle’s novel was published and two… Read More

Kids Week Choir returns for half-term

Published: 7 October 2013

After the huge success of the first ever Kids Week Choir event this summer, which launched our annual kids go free ticketing campaign with a roof-raising performance, the choir is… Read More

Doctor turns killer for Psycho musical

Published: 7 October 2013

Matt Smith, best known to the world as time travelling saviour of galaxies Doctor Who, will take on a very different role and become more vicious than an angry Dalek… Read More

Hidden In The Sand

Published: 7 October 2013

Sally Dexter’s stage career has spanned everything from Hamlet’s Gertrude to talent show judge Simone in Viva Forever!, but in Hidden In The Sand she takes on another equally memorable… Read More

Young Vic is Uncut for second year

Published: 7 October 2013

For the second year running, the Young Vic theatre will host annual political initiative Theatre Uncut, presenting six new plays by playwrights including Neil LaBute, all of which will tackle… Read More

Charlie releases more golden tickets

Published: 7 October 2013

Willy Wonka’s chocolate waterfall will continue to flow at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane until November 2014 as Charlie And The Chocolate Factory has announced an extension to its delectable… Read More

Bush hosts storytelling festival for families

Published: 4 October 2013

The Bush theatre will welcome families through its doors this October half term with the launch of STORYSTOCK, a new festival of storytelling for children aged 13 and under. Aimed… Read More

Glen is Old Vic’s Christmas Fool

Published: 4 October 2013

Game Of Thrones star Iain Glen, Olivier Award winner Richard McCabe and former Merlin actor Alexander Vlahos are to star in the West End debut of Ivan Turgenev's Russian satire… Read More

Eclectic autumn for St James Studio

Published: 4 October 2013

The new will merge with the old at the St James Studio this autumn with Shakespearean productions playing alongside contemporary adaptations and a wealth of new writing at the Victoria… Read More

NT reveals record year

Published: 3 October 2013

The National Theatre generated a record income of £87million in 2012/2013, with 59% taken by the much-lauded venue’s box office for numerous acclaimed shows presented at its Southbank home, as… Read More

London venues make Most Welcoming shortlist

Published: 3 October 2013

The St James theatre may still be in its infancy, but the Victoria-based venue has won the public’s hearts, earning a place on the first ever publically voted My Theatre… Read More

Queen and Thatcher extend reign at Tricycle

Published: 2 October 2013

Indhu Rubasingham’s production of Hangbagged, which opened to critical acclaim at the Tricycle theatre last night, has announced that it will extend its run to 16 November. Moira Buffini’s tale… Read More

Q&A: Sally Dexter

Published: 2 October 2013

Here at Official London Theatre we adore a good love story. We cried at Kneehigh’s Brief Encounter, bawled at Love Story and positively sobbed our hearts out at the Lyric… Read More

Robinson to narrate Willows

Published: 2 October 2013

Actor and TV presenter Tony Robinson will make his first stage appearance for 16 years when he stars as Kenneth Grahame in the West End transfer of The Wind In… Read More

Bush and HighTide collaborate in Pussy Riot support

Published: 2 October 2013

HighTide Festival Theatre and the Bush theatre are the latest theatremakers to show their support for jailed political activists Pussy Riot with two staged performances of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s shocking open… Read More

Cirque Éloize’s iD

Published: 2 October 2013

If only all inner city landscapes were as packed with excitement, energy and emotion as those in Cirque Éloize’s iD. It would be a pleasure to stroll through the vast… Read More

Boundary breaking drama on Bush’s RADAR

Published: 1 October 2013

Following the success of 2012’s inaugural event, new writing festival RADAR will return to the Bush theatre next month to enable artists and audiences to explore theatre’s “most dangerous, risky… Read More

In pictures: Stephen Ward launch

Published: 1 October 2013

Half a century after the Profumo Affair rocked the political world, Stephen Ward, the new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on its scandalous tale, prepared to hit the West End… Read More

Begley and Watson are Mrs Lowry And Son

Published: 1 October 2013

Michael Begley and June Watson will star in Mrs Lowry And Son, a funny and poetic two-hander about the life of English artist L S Lowry, which opens at the… Read More

Cast revealed for Attenborough’s Godchild

Published: 1 October 2013

Hampstead theatre’s former Artistic Director Michael Attenborough will return to the North London venue later this month to direct a stellar cast including Tracy-Ann Oberman in director-turned-writer Deborah Bruce’s debut… Read More

Black: There should be a Lloyd Webber statue

Published: 30 September 2013

Oscar-winning lyricist Don Black today described his Stephen Ward collaborator Andrew Lloyd Webber as "the most stimulating composer I've ever worked with", claiming, "there should be a statue on Shaftesbury… Read More

Head to toe in Horrible History

Published: 30 September 2013

When we heard that Horrible Histories’ Barmy Britain was bringing another helping of gruesome gore to the West End, we just had to get in on the fact-packed action. The… Read More

Anderson and Stevenson for Young Vic 2014

Published: 27 September 2013

Stage and screen stars Gillian Anderson and Juliet Stevenson will both appear in the Young Vic theatre’s 2014 line-up, taking on lead roles in A Streetcar Named Desire and Samuel… Read More

Thriller thrills for longer

Published: 27 September 2013

Michael Jackson fans will be thrilled to hear that the West End’s musical concert celebration of the late iconic pop star, Thriller Live, has extended its run at the Lyric… Read More

In conversation: Edward II’s John Heffernan and Kyle Soller

Published: 26 September 2013

As a general rule, if you’re interviewing people after a show has opened, avoiding the subject of reviews – unless it’s a rare case of five stars across the board… Read More

Blessed is Snow Gorilla

Published: 26 September 2013

Brian Blessed will lend his thunderous tones to family festive offering The Snow Gorilla at Kingston’s Rose theatre this Christmas. The larger than life actor will be heard but not… Read More

Routes

Published: 26 September 2013

Rachel De-lahay’s new play may only be 70 minutes long, but it covers more political and emotional ground with its short, painful punch than could be said of many a… Read More

Russian classics are London-bound

Published: 26 September 2013

Acclaimed Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky will bring foreign language productions of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya and Three Sisters to the West End next year following successful runs in Moscow. The… Read More

Theatre more popular than sport and music

Published: 26 September 2013

A new survey released today suggests people are more likely to attend a theatre performance in the UK than a sporting event or music concert. The State Of Play: Theatre… Read More

The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui

Published: 26 September 2013

The title role in Bertolt Brecht’s epic satire about the rise of a Chicago gangster would be a gift for any actor, but Henry Goodman gives just as much back… Read More

UK Theatre Awards reveals nominees

Published: 25 September 2013

Productions soon to be seen in the capital, along with many seen in London over the past year, are among those in the running for the 2013 UK Theatre Awards.… Read More

Q&A: Angela Griffin

Published: 24 September 2013

Since the early 90s Angela Griffin has been a darling of the British small screen. From her big break at the tender age of 16, playing Fiona Middleton in Coronation… Read More

Bubble Man ends world tour at Palladium

Published: 24 September 2013

The London Palladium is set to be a visually spectacular wonderland of fun and amazement this winter as The Amazing Bubble Man gets set for a festive run at the… Read More

Billy Elliot offers walk-on part

Published: 24 September 2013

Hit West End show Billy Elliot The Musical is offering one lucky fan the chance to win a walk-on part in the ballet-based production. The chosen individual will be given… Read More

Bard restored to Leicester Square

Published: 24 September 2013

A Grade II listed sculpture of William Shakespeare has been returned to the heart of Leicester Square following 11 months of restoration work. The artwork, the only outdoor statue of… Read More

Brenton and Davies return for Hampstead autumn

Published: 24 September 2013

Olivier Award-winning director Howard Davies will reunite with playwright Howard Brenton later this year to present the world premiere of Drawing The Line, a new play about the Partition of… Read More

In rehearsal: Roots

Published: 20 September 2013

Recent newspaper reports might have illuminated the broodiness of Call The Midwife star Jessica Raine, but there's not a nappy in sight in the rehearsal room for her latest stage… Read More

Exclusive: Polka takes on the Earth (and other stuff)

Published: 20 September 2013

From 27 September, something very different and potentially life-changing will be taking place at the Polka theatre as three artists, director Lucy Kerbel, designer Simon Daw and playwright Joel Horwood… Read More

Fox and Huston are West End Strangers

Published: 20 September 2013

Laurence Fox and Jack Huston will return to the West End later this year to star in a new stage adaptation of psychological thriller Strangers On A Train when it… Read More
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