Published: 2 August 2013
James Clyde, Lisa Davina Phillip and Joshua Wyatt are to join the Royal Shakespeare Company’s hit production of Matilda The Musical later this year, joining Alex Gaumond and Kay Murphy… Read More
Published: 1 August 2013
One hundred young theatre lovers aged between eight and 12-years-old gathered at Shakespeare’s Globe earlier today to perform as a West End choir and celebrate the launch of this year’s… Read More
The stars of the upcoming revival of The Pride, including Captain America star Hayley Atwell and Gavin And Stacey's Mathew Horne, are eager to discuss the show with audiences on… Read More
A new, diverse audience for Monday night performances has helped stars of The Hothouse keep performances fresh throughout the hit show's three month run. Speaking at a press event yesterday… Read More
Warwick Davis, star of comedy Life's Too Short and innumerable blockbuster films, is to join comedian Les Dennis as they hunt for the Holy Grail in hit London musical Spamalot.… Read More
Published: 31 July 2013
“From the second that I was offered the job, that was the thing I kept thinking about, ‘I can’t wait to be green!’” While this may have been told to… Read More
Tom Ellis is to star in the European premiere of Nicky Silver’s Broadway hit The Lyons when it opens at the Menier Chocolate Factory later this year. The Miranda star… Read More
Published: 30 July 2013
How do you follow James McAvoy in a post-apocalyptic Macbeth and a hallucinogenic Pinter comedy starring Olivier Award winner Simon Russell Beale? You gather a quartet of acclaimed young performers… Read More
Published: 29 July 2013
Last year saw Hattie Morahan tackle one of the most famous roles in theatre, playing Nora in playwright-of-the-moment Simon Stephens’ hugely successful adaptation of A Doll’s House at the Young… Read More
Casting for award-winning actor Rory Kinnear’s debut play The Herd has been announced, with a host of stage regulars lined up for its world premiere at the Bush theatre this… Read More
Published: 26 July 2013
Michael Elwyn, Peter Wight and James Garnon are among the actors set to join Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones at the Old Vic this autumn, in the Mark Rylance-directed… Read More
Rupert Grint will make his stage debut alongside Ben Whishaw, Daniel Mays and Brendan Coyle in Ian Rickson’s revival of Jez Butterworth’s Olivier Award-winning play Mojo when it opens at… Read More
Sam Mendes has assembled a stellar cast for his forthcoming production of King Lear at the National Theatre, with a selection of acclaimed NT regulars set to join the previously… Read More
A new report published by the Greater London Authority (GLA) has shown that 20% of London's smaller theatres fear for their financial future and that 75% need to significantly repair… Read More
Published: 25 July 2013
TheatreCraft, the hugely popular annual event offering young people the chance to learn more about careers available behind the scenes of the theatre industry, will return to London’s Royal Opera… Read More
There's something so intriguing, almost taboo about a married couple playing a married couple. As an audience member the line between reality and fiction becomes harder to define, the division… Read More
Simon Callow will take on the role of Richard Wagner in his latest one-man show, Inside Wagner’s Head, which opens at the Linbury Studio theatre later this year. Playing from… Read More
Published: 24 July 2013
Terence Rattigan and John Gielgud’s stage adaptation of A Tale Of Two Cities will receive its world premiere later this year, opening at the King’s Head theatre on 25 September.… Read More
Published: 22 July 2013
Little known performer Mike Noble is to step into the biggest role of his career in September, when he replaces Luke Treadaway in the lead role of Christopher in the… Read More
As concepts go, it's unusual; build a production around a musical instrument - the natural trumpet in the case of Gabriel - and the music composed for it. It would… Read More
Gabriel. It's a name that conjures such angelic thoughts. Quite a contrast, then, to Shakespeare's Globe's brilliantly bawdy and bittersweet new production. That said, the live music is heavenly. It… Read More
David Horovitch, Adrian Schiller and Lydia Wilson will join double Olivier Award winner Antony Sher in Terry Johnson’s self-directed production of Hysteria at the Hampstead theatre. Well known for his… Read More
Nicky Silver’s familial Broadway hit The Lyons will make its European premiere at the Menier Chocolate Factory later this year, with acclaimed US director Mark Brokaw returning to the production… Read More
Published: 19 July 2013
Loretta Tomasi, Chief Executive of English National Opera, is to leave the company at the end of the year after a decade at the London Coliseum-based organisation. Tomasi, who was… Read More
Scarabeus Aerial Theatre will present its first ever production created specifically for young people next month when La Tempesta plays a limited run at a site-specific location in north London.… Read More
The full cast of Chichester Festival Theatre’s West End transfer of The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui has been announced with the entire original company set to reprise their roles… Read More
Published: 18 July 2013
Summer has arrived just in time with the surprise announcement that the National Theatre’s Watch This Space festival will return next month to present a pop-up mini version of the… Read More
Moments after being pushed from a lift arriving at Temple Studios, I am pulled into a secret room and led down an ever-narrowing corridor by a man who seductively whispers… Read More
As her debut play opens at the Bush, Olivier Award nominee Cush Jumbo shares the personal story behind Josephine And I: My dog Henry is curled up on the sofa… Read More
“I wanna be the lead. I wanna be the star,” Cush Jumbo says while performing as Josephine Baker in her new solo show Josephine And I at the Bush theatre.… Read More
The body of Paul Bhattacharjee, who had been missing since last Wednesday, has been found at Splash Point cliffs in Seaford. Bhattacharjee, who had been performing in the weekly rep… Read More
Published: 17 July 2013
Fans of West End musicals Les Misérables and The Phantom Of The Opera who have ever wondered whether Javert can score like Gerrard or Raoul can run like Ronaldo will… Read More
There are scintillating moments in A Season In The Congo when you feel Chiwetel Ejiofor, returning to the London stage for the first time since his Olivier Award-winning Othello in… Read More
Elliott Hanna will become the youngest ever boy to play Billy Elliot when he takes to the stage in the hit musical this evening. The aptly named 10-year-old is the… Read More
Published: 16 July 2013
The first 'lady' of Australian comedy arrived in style to launch her alter ego Barry Humprhies' farewell London performance at the London Palladium. Humphries and his comedy creations Sandy Stone,… Read More
Comedian Toby Hadoke will have Weeping Angels crying with laughter and Slitheen splitting their sides when he stages his two Doctor Who themed solo comedy shows as a double bill… Read More
Musical drama I'm With The Band will become Wales Millennium Centre's first London transfer when it opens at the St James theatre this August. The show, a co-production with the… Read More
Dominic Dromgoole is to step down from his 10-year tenure as Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe on 23 April 2016. The announcement comes as the acclaimed Bankside venue announces a… Read More
Published: 15 July 2013
Back in the Christmas of 2011, a new stage version of classic Ealing comedy The Ladykillers had us crying tears of laughter. From its script, penned by Father Ted's Graham… Read More
Published: 12 July 2013
As many of us have thought for years, Christopher Biggins is God. But so, this summer, are Hugh Bonneville, Barbara Windsor, Larry Lamb, Bradley Walsh and Simon Callow who, along… Read More
Josie Rourke’s critically acclaimed production of Conor McPherson’s The Weir will transfer to the Wyndham’s theatre in 2014 following a successful sold out run at the Donmar Warehouse earlier this… Read More
Katherine Kingsley and Susannah Fielding will join Sheridan Smith and David Walliams in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the fourth production in the Michael Grandage Company’s star-studded season of five plays,… Read More
Published: 11 July 2013
Over the last 30 years theatre company Complicite has built a reputation for creating some of the world's most imaginative, innovative and magical theatrical productions. From 2012's Olivier Award nominated… Read More
Published: 10 July 2013
Australian actress Penny Downie will lead the cast of Anton Burge’s Storm In A Flower Vase, which opens at the Arts theatre later this year. Playing from 13 September (press… Read More
Sean Foley’s acclaimed production of The Ladykillers is about as good at getaways as the motley crew at its centre. Graham Linehan’s inventive adaptation managed to stay away for only… Read More
Published: 9 July 2013
The capital is currently awash with transfers from Theatre Royal Bath. Following the success of Relatively Speaking and Fences, another hit, The American Plan, has travelled east, setting up camp… Read More
For the first time ever the Royal Opera House will commercially transfer one of its productions into the West End, with The Wind In The Willows playing at the Duchess… Read More
Published: 8 July 2013
When Luke Allen-Gale describes his current role as “outgoing and ambitious and charming” you could be forgiven for seeing similarities between his on and off stage personas, as easy-going and… Read More
Vicky Featherstone’s inaugural programmed season as Artistic Director at the Royal Court will include venue debuts from award-winning playwrights Dennis Kelly and Abi Morgan, the National Theatre of Scotland’s critically… Read More
We’re going on a theatre trip. We’re going to see a good one. What a beautiful day. We’re excited. Beautiful might not be doing the day justice. On Saturday, when… Read More
Published: 5 July 2013
When thinking of collaborations, well-known names such as Gilbert and Sullivan, Kander and Ebb, and Rodgers and Hammerstein spring to mind. However, long-time collaborators Derren Brown and Andy Nyman are… Read More
Last night marked the directorial debut of the Olivier Award-winning actress Eve Best, who chose to show off her off-stage talents on a stage she has appeared on many times… Read More
OperaUpClose will return to the Soho theatre later this year as part of an eclectic summer season that will also feature a series of dramas about sexual identity, individual struggles… Read More
Captain America star Hayley Atwell will return to the London stage this summer to lead the cast of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s landmark drama The Pride, which will play as part… Read More
It may not come as a great surprise that one of the country’s most-loved comedians finds farting hilarious, but the fact that he is studying for an Open University degree… Read More
Published: 4 July 2013
Sam Walters, the country’s longest-serving Artistic Director, has announced that he will step down from his 42-year post at the Orange Tree theatre. Together with his wife Auriol Smith, who… Read More
Singer and actress Bernie Nolan has lost her three-year battle with cancer, passing away earlier today at the age of 52. The much-loved Blackpool-raised performer will still be best known… Read More
Cast your mind back to being a small child. Crawling into bed, turning off your light and snuggling down to bed. Squeezing your eyes shut and risking the occasional peek… Read More
Susie McKenna will return to the Hackney Empire this Christmas to present Puss In Boots, her 15th pantomime for the East London venue. The actor, writer and director’s now legendary… Read More
Following the Olivier Award-winning success of Sweeney Todd, Jonathan Kent lends his special touch to yet another classic revival, which – less musical but featuring a duo just as destructive… Read More
Published: 3 July 2013
To millions of children and parents across the world, swishy swashy grass and splishy splashy rivers can mean only one thing: Michael Rosen’s We’re Going On A Bear Hunt, the… Read More
Published: 2 July 2013
Sherlock star Andrew Scott will reprise his role in Simon Stephens’ powerful monologue Sea Wall when it returns to London to play a limited run at the National Theatre’s temporary… Read More
Double Olivier Award-winning actor Antony Sher will take on the role of Sigmund Freud in Terry Johnson’s self-directed play Hysteria as part of the Hampstead theatre’s forthcoming autumn season. The… Read More
Published: 1 July 2013
In the fictional world of Roald Dahl, what could be better than winning a golden ticket and getting the chance to look inside Willy Wonka’s top-secret factory? Sadly, living in… Read More
Lolita Chakrabarti’s Olivier Award nominated play Red Velvet will return to the Tricycle theatre as part of its forthcoming new season, with Adrian Lester reprising his role as Ira Aldridge.… Read More
Savannah Stevenson, Jeremy Taylor, Sue Kelvin and Paul Clarkson are to join the cast of hit West End musical Wicked later this year, joining international musical theatre star Willemijn Verkaik… Read More
Darius Campbell will lead the cast of new Tim Rice musical From Here To Eternity when it receives its world premiere at the Shaftesbury theatre later this year. Formerly known… Read More
A group of young playwrights aged between eight and 11-years-old will take Ken Livingstone hostage as part of Kids Court at the Royal Court this summer. The final week of… Read More
Theatrical charity Stage One has announced Gavin Kalin as the latest recipient of its Start-Up Investment Fund, awarding the emerging producer £30,000 to co-produce the forthcoming West End transfer of… Read More
Published: 28 June 2013
The Palace theatre is fast becoming one of the least safe places in the West End. For the past year theatregoers in the front rows of the stalls have been… Read More
Dancing On Ice’s Keith Chegwin and Olga Sharutenko will star in ice dance spectacular The Nutcracker On Ice when the show comes to the London Palladium later this year. Playing… Read More
Australian comedian Barry Humphries will transfer his farewell tour Eat Pray Laugh! to the West End later this year, when many of his well-known alter egos, including Dame Edna Everage,… Read More
Owain Arthur will return to the West End production of One Man, Two Guvnors following his performance in the smash-hit comedy’s international tour. Returning to the production on 23 September,… Read More
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical Stephen Ward will receive its world premiere at the Aldwych theatre later this year. Directed by Richard Eyre, the theatrical impresario’s latest show tells the… Read More
Published: 27 June 2013
It’s rare that we, as audience members, get to see a show from anywhere other than head on. Even with shows on thrust stages, in the round or immersive productions… Read More