Published: 27 June 2013
August Wilson’s award-winning drama may not have the most inspiring of titles, but the same cannot be said for the production’s central performance. As with Othello, Lenny Henry proves himself… Read More
Published: 26 June 2013
More than 20 years after his death, Roald Dahl has never been so popular, with the West End’s Matilda The Musical breaking records and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory setting… Read More
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an actress making her professional debut should not do so in scintillating fashion, taking the leading role in a production at a major… Read More
Following its star-studded opening last night, Sam Mendes’ production of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory has extended its run to 31 May 2014, with an additional half a million prized… Read More
Published: 25 June 2013
Award-winning children’s theatre company Look Left Look Right will present the world premiere of its new show The Many Whoops Of Whoops Town at the Lyric Hammersmith this autumn. Playing… Read More
Young adventurers will have even longer to seek out the fearsome furry creature at the heart of Michael Rosen’s popular tale this summer as We’re Going On A Bear Hunt… Read More
In the run up to Christmas the Barbican will welcome a host of popular children’s characters through its doors with a series of special family performances to be presented on… Read More
Published: 24 June 2013
Every year West End LIVE takes our breath away. So much quality performance in just one weekend is remarkable. Theatre fans clearly agree as Trafalgar Square was packed with hand-waving,… Read More
Hit musical A Chorus Line will play for One last time on 31 August, when it is set to end its run at the London Palladium. The acclaimed production, which… Read More
Published: 21 June 2013
Legendary children’s author and illustrator Judith Kerr is one of a selection of writers who children are invited to listen to read from their famous works at the Bush theatre… Read More
Multi-Olivier Award-winning musical Top Hat will hang up its white tie and tails this autumn, with the glamorous production set to end its popular run at the Aldwych theatre on… Read More
Something wicked this way comes... it's Joseph Millson, Samantha Spiro and the cast of Shakespeare's Globe's Macbeth preparing their production. Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble...… Read More
Published: 20 June 2013
Fourteen drama students from across the UK have been awarded bursaries by the Society of London theatre (SOLT) to help them continue their theatrical studies. Granted by the organisation behind… Read More
Two award-winning young directors will present 40th anniversary productions of Athol Fugard’s classic anti-apartheid plays, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and The Island, at the Young Vic later this year. Genesis… Read More
In Conor McPherson’s latest play at the Donmar Warehouse, which follows hot on the heels of Josie Rourke’s revival of his Olivier Award-winning hit The Weir, the playwright proves that… Read More
Published: 19 June 2013
A quarter of a century after it made its world premiere in London, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s legendary musical Miss Saigon will make its much-rumoured return to the West… Read More
Polka theatre’s forthcoming autumn/winter season will see a friendly gorilla united with a very late rabbit, as new productions of popular children’s stories Gorilla and Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland are… Read More
Kids Week 2013 has got off to a phenomenally successful start, selling close to a staggering 50,000 tickets in its first 24 hours of sales. Tickets for our annual kids… Read More
The hugely popular long-running musical Billy Elliot The Musical has extended its run at the Victoria Palace theatre until 21 June 2014. Now in its ninth year, the Lee Hall-penned… Read More
Daniel Radcliffe, formerly famed as schoolboy wizard Harry Potter, continues to prove his performance pedigree in Michael Grandage’s revival of The Cripple Of Inishmaan. In the title role of this… Read More
Published: 18 June 2013
More than 200 venues across the UK, including many London theatres, will join together to host hundreds of events this autumn as part of the first ever Family Arts Festival.… Read More
Whenever I've seen Daniel Radcliffe, or, as much of the world still knows him Harry Potter, interviewed, I've been struck by how down to earth, mild mannered and, I hesitate… Read More
The Gate theatre will present three award-winning plays by US playwrights exploring the very different ways in which we make a living as part of the Notting Hill venue’s new… Read More
Published: 17 June 2013
As the Lyric Hammersmith gets set to undergo a year’s worth of redevelopment, the innovative venue has announced it will monopolise its transformation into a building site with an intriguing… Read More
Wood-paneled walls? Country estate? Tragic past? Stormy Night? Yes, we have all the ingredients for a classic ghost story. To pare Bracken Moor down to a provider of shocks more… Read More
Tickets for this year’s Kids Week are now on sale, with more than 30 shows offering free children’s tickets and activities throughout the month of August. The London Lifestyle Award-winning… Read More
Southwark Playhouse’s forthcoming autumn season will feature premieres of a new play by Olivier Award-winning playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker and Beau Willimon’s Farragut North, the play on which hit George Clooney… Read More
When you travel on London's underground, you expect to pass one tuneful busker, maybe even a duet. Not the entire cast of Once! Yet last Friday, that was exactly the… Read More
Rowan Atkinson, Claire Bloom, Julian Glover, Rob Brydon and David Haig were among the recipients of the Queen's Birthday honours, though Howard Panter, joint Chief Executive of the Ambassador Theatre… Read More
Published: 14 June 2013
London is soon to experience a healthy bout of theatrical fever as acclaimed theatre company Fevered Sleep brings its family shows to a host of venues across the capital. Kicking… Read More
Hit musical Jersey Boys is preparing to say Bye Bye Baby to its current home where the production has spent the past five years to take up residence at the… Read More
If singer Beverley Knight has been long harbouring a desire to move into musical theatre, she can be assured it’ll never be a case of Shoulda Woulda Coulda now with… Read More
Lucy Kirkwood’s new play Chimerica, which opened to critical acclaim last month at the Almeida theatre, is to transfer to the West End this summer. Following its run at the… Read More
Published: 13 June 2013
Hit US musical [title of show], which has been rumoured to have been making its West End debut for the past few years, will make the leap to London at… Read More
Director of the moment Marianne Elliott, whose production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time won seven Olivier Awards earlier this year, transports the Old Vic to… Read More
Dates and casting have been announced for the National Theatre’s forthcoming productions of Edward II and Tori Amos-scored musical The Light Princess, which are set to open later this year.… Read More
Published: 12 June 2013
For most horses a normal day constitutes being groomed, eating hay and galloping across fields. But not for Joey. The equine star of War Horse has a far more extravagant… Read More
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a rehearsal room in possession of a good cast, must be in want of a photographer. It is also a truth universally acknowledged… Read More
Forthcoming new musical The Golden Voice has delayed performances at the Arts theatre as a result of investment problems. The Darren Day-led production had been due to begin previews tonight,… Read More
The worlds of science and theatre will collide this weekend at a new interactive festival taking place at London’s Science Museum. Suitable for children aged eight and older, the festival,… Read More
Since kicking off The Shed’s inaugural season directing Tanya Ronder’s Table, Rufus Norris has returned to the National Theatre’s largest auditorium with this beautifully staged production of James Baldwin’s The… Read More
If you have a budding actor in the family, EduStage is on hand this summer as its annual children’s drama workshops return for an eighth year to inspire young people… Read More
Published: 11 June 2013
London audiences will have the chance to enjoy hit songs from Broadway shows yet to make the leap to the West End this autumn when Been On Broadway comes to… Read More
The Unicorn theatre has announced a vibrant mix of international productions for its 2013/2014 season, with everything from family-friendly Shakespeare to the return of Sally Cookson’s Olivier Award nominated Cinderella:… Read More
Carrie Hope Fletcher is to play Eponine in hit musical Les Misérables 12 years after making her debut in the production as the younger version of the same character. The… Read More
Comedy actor Marc Wootton will join the cast of Nick Payne’s new play The Same Deep Water As Me when it opens at the Donmar Warehouse later this year. Arguably… Read More
Published: 10 June 2013
When I talk to Jessica Daley she has just come out of tech week, that most famous of exhausting weeks in a show's life cycle where actors are contained in… Read More
Director Jamie Lloyd, whose productions of Macbeth and The Hothouse have been incredible hits as part of the Trafalgar Transformed season, is to direct a secret show at the St… Read More
Olivier Award nominee Jeremy Herrin is the man who will replace Rupert Goold as the Artistic Director of acclaimed theatre company Headlong. The former Deputy Artistic Director of the Royal… Read More
Following success at the Tony Awards, the hit London production of Matilda The Musical has announced Alex Gaumond and Kay Murphy will join the award-winning musical later this year. Top… Read More
Following a staggering 12 nominations earlier this year, the Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda The Musical is celebrating winning four Tony Awards, New York theatre's most prestigious accolades. Following its record-breaking… Read More
Published: 7 June 2013
The prospect of a new Conor McPherson play has us aquiver with anticipation, so we were delighted to get a glimpse of rehearsals for The Night Alive. The new piece… Read More
One in a string of shows to transfer from the Old Red Lion theatre, Happy New, Brendan Cowell’s dark comedy about two Australian brothers cruelly abandoned by their mother in… Read More
Stars of London's popular productions will be among the storytellers, celebrities and authors encouraging families to Get Reading at a free London festival this summer. Billy Elliot The Musical, The… Read More
Mark Rylance will make his Shakespearean Broadway debut later this year when Tim Carroll’s hugely successful productions of Twelfth Night and Richard III transfer to New York, with Rylance, Stephen… Read More
Published: 6 June 2013
What do you get if you mix a TV show winner, a former pop star, a regular Jesus and an Olivier Award winner? The West End Men. The Any Dream… Read More
Ciphers, a new play by award-winning playwright Dawn King, is to open at the Bush theatre next year following a UK tour. Playing from 14 January (press night 16 January)… Read More
Following last year’s Minsk 2011: A Reply To Kathy Acker, Belarus Free Theatre returns to the Young Vic to cook up another concoction of provocative, thought-provoking theatre. This time, the… Read More
Published: 5 June 2013
TV presenter and stage performer Brian Conley has been announced as the host of charity gala concert West End Heroes, which will take place at the Dominion theatre later this… Read More
It feels somewhat unusual to find yourself thrown into a play in the aftermath of the story’s life-changing event; the dramatic moment when a life spins off track irreversibly having… Read More
EastEnders star Don Gilet will lead the cast of the boldly titled The Epic Adventure Of Nhamo The Manyika Warrior And His Sexy Wife Chipo at the Tricycle theatre this… Read More
Paul Bhattacharjee, Anna Calder-Marshall and Jonjo O’Neill are among the actors announced to perform in the Royal Court’s Weekly Rep, which will see a cast of 14 renowned performers take… Read More
A whopping 4,000 free theatre tickets have been made available for London primary school children as part of British Summer Time Hyde Park, a Barclaycard event taking place in the… Read More
Published: 4 June 2013
Funny man Joe Pasquale will make his West End debut in Monty Python’s Spamalot later this month following some casting matchmaking from his forthcoming Lady of the Lake, Bonnie Langford.… Read More
As Daniel Radcliffe takes another step away from Harry Potter, we look into the Cripple Of Inishmaan rehearsal room. He's a canny one is Daniel Radcliffe. For years immediately recognisable… Read More
The Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant and Mayzie La Bird will spend Christmas at the Arts theatre this year when they are joined by the rest of their… Read More
As white noise melds with tuning instruments and rumbling bass at the beginning of The West End Men's show it feels like the countdown to a majestic, flaming rocket launch.… Read More
Published: 3 June 2013
Willemijn Verkaik will join the cast of Wicked later this year to bring her acclaimed performance as Elphaba to the London stage following more than 1000 appearances as the misunderstood,… Read More
Hit new musical Once will continue to tell its touching tuneful tale at the Phoenix theatre well into next year after announcing that it has extended its booking period to… Read More
Published: 31 May 2013
Matthew Macfadyen and Stephen Mangan will star as literary legends Jeeves and Bertie Wooster in a new comedy based on the much-loved works of P.G. Wodehouse at the Duke of… Read More
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the staple of any respectable alfresco venue’s summer season, opened last night at Shakespeare’s Globe, bringing with it a heady mix of sexual tension, power play… Read More
With its enigmatic stare and off-kilter crown, Jonathan Yeo's portrait of Kevin Spacey playing Richard III makes a striking centrepiece for an upcoming exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. The… Read More
Audiences will quite literally be in the dark about what is happening when they attend the new production announced for West London's Print Room. Italian hit Tutto Bene, Mamma?, which… Read More
There are paradoxes aplenty in Brad Birch's concisely titled Even Stillness Breathes Softly Against A Brick Wall at the Soho theatre. Why, if the central couple are so in love… Read More
Published: 30 May 2013
From playing an intoxicated hipster in cult hit Skins to a blacksmith in epic worldwide success Game Of Thrones, actor Joe Dempsie has been a well-known face on our screens… Read More