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Published: 14 May 2013
Prior to the Park theatre’s official opening tomorrow night with the UK premiere of These Shining Lives, London’s newest venue invited press on an exclusive tour of the Finsbury Park… Read More
Maureen Lipman will star in the world premiere of Olivier Cotton’s Daytona, which plays as part of the Park theatre’s inaugural season. Last seen on the London stage in Old… Read More
Danny Webb will join Olivier Award winners Imelda Staunton and Toby Jones in the UK premiere of Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation, which plays as part of the Royal Court’s… Read More
The team behind the Young Vic’s psychedelic The Government Inspector is back with another look at corruption and power, this time tackling Ibsen’s Public Enemy, and while it may not… Read More
Sam Mendes’ highly anticipated musical Charlie And The Chocolate Factory has cancelled its first two previews due to unforeseen technical problems. The production was due to begin previews this Friday,… Read More
The Old Red Lion theatre’s West End transfer of The Play That Goes Wrong has gone against its name, proving such a success that it has extended its run at… Read More
Published: 13 May 2013
One of the West End’s most recognisable faces, Anna-Jane Casey’s CV reads like a ‘Best Of The Musicals’ compilation. After making her West End debut in Cats at the age… Read More
Aspiring young scientists should get ready to strap on their safety goggles this summer as Brainiac Live! prepares to stun audiences at the Palace theatre with its unique take on… Read More
Billy Elliot The Musical has announced that 12-year-old Ali Rasul will become the 33rd young actor in the show’s West End history to play the title role in Stephen Daldry’s… Read More
Metta Theatre is getting set to take over playgrounds across London with its new show Monkey & Crocodile, which will premiere at the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival next month. Written and… Read More
Natalie Cassidy and Anna Calder-Marshall will join Lisa Dillon and William Troughton to present a series of free public readings that will run alongside the West End premiere of Happy… Read More
Published: 10 May 2013
Lia Williams tells us about the transition from actress to director as her stage directorial debut, Frank McGuinness’ one woman play The Match Box, plays at the Tricycle theatre. This… Read More
Sadler’s Wells’ autumn season will see a deluge of premieres hit the Islington dance venue’s stage later this year, with Sadler’s Wells regulars Wayne McGregor Random Dance, Rambert Dance Company,… Read More
Something rather strange and even a little nightmarish is taking place at the Trafalgar Studios. Cigars are exploding, cakes are being thrown and mysterious experiments are taking place with the… Read More
Double Olivier Award winner Gawn Grainger and The Lord Of The Rings star Billy Boyd have joined the cast of Macbeth, Eve Best’s forthcoming directorial debut at Shakespeare’s Globe. The… Read More
Rufus Norris will direct a new stage adaptation of Katherine Boo’s acclaimed novel Behind The Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death And Hope In A Mumbai Undercity at the National Theatre next… Read More
Olivier Award-winning actor Julian Glover will star in the UK premiere of The Scottsboro Boys when it opens at the Young Vic later this year featuring a cast that also… Read More
Musical theatre fans will have the time of their life this summer when Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage returns to the West End, taking up residence at… Read More
Published: 9 May 2013
This year, the annual Almeida Festival returns with an eclectic line-up of fresh collaborations, award-winning artists and brand new shows announced to play during the summer. Kicking off the festival… Read More
Lenny Henry, Howard Brenton and Jonathan Harvey are among the 10 playwrights commissioned to write new plays for the National Theatre’s annual Connections Festival this year. Celebrating high quality new… Read More
Joanna Lumley and Andrew Scott will star in two short plays by Harold Pinter as part of an exciting programme of platform events announced today in conjunction with Jamie Lloyd’s… Read More
Good theatre should leave you affected in some way, but great theatre can leave you bruised. Leanne Best’s performance in The Match Box leaves you battered. A one-woman show, Best’s… Read More
Published: 8 May 2013
Actress Annabel Scholey recently tweeted a photo of her dressing room table with a bottle of Chanel No 5 gleaming underneath the iconic light bulb mirror, adorned with Vogue covers… Read More
Never has a play’s title so perfectly encapsulated its contents than in Passion Play, Peter Nichols’ black comedy that – as its religious connotations suggest – depicts the pain, suffering… Read More
The forthcoming Punchdrunk and National Theatre co-production, The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable, will see the pioneering theatremakers transform the biggest space in Punchdrunk’s history when it takes over an… Read More
Published: 7 May 2013
Family spectacle Slava’s Snowshow will return to the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall this Christmas for the third year running. Following the success of sell-out winter runs in 2011 and… Read More
Murder, Marple And Me, Philip Meeks’ acclaimed play about the relationship between Margaret Rutherford and Agatha Christie, will transfer to the Ambassadors theatre next month. Playing a strictly limited run… Read More
Tom Wells’ new play Jumpers For Goalposts will transfer to the Bush theatre later this year following a national tour. Playing from 26 November (press night 27 November) to 21… Read More
Theatre Royal Bath’s critically acclaimed production of Richard Greenberg’s The American Plan will transfer to the St James theatre this summer. Playing from 2 July (press night 8 July) to… Read More
Published: 3 May 2013
Returning to Shakespeare’s Globe for the first time since his Olivier Award-winning performance as Falstaff in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, Roger Allam brings refreshing humour to his portrayal… Read More
Following its recent success at the Olivier Awards with MasterCard, the National Theatre’s hit production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time has extended its booking period… Read More
Published: 2 May 2013
Renowned theatre directors Simon McBurney, Richard Jones, Katie Mitchell and Joe Hill-Gibbins will all direct productions in the English National Opera’s new season. Artistic Director of Complicite, McBurney – who… Read More
Director Natalie Abrahami has been appointed Genesis Fellow and Associate Director of the Young Vic theatre, following her work on the Southwark venue’s 2012 hit After Miss Julie. Following in… Read More
Following its sell-out run at the hit-making Menier Chocolate Factory, a very sophisticated musical has arrived in the West End along with its original stellar cast. Jenna Russell, Mark Umbers… Read More
New Spice Girls musical Viva Forever! is to end its run at the Piccadilly theatre earlier than expected, closing its doors on 29 June. Written by actress and comedian Jennifer… Read More
Directors Max Stafford-Clark and Danny Boyle will be honoured for their Services to the Arts by the Critics’ Circle next week to celebrate the organisation’s centenary year.The awards will be… Read More
Published: 1 May 2013
Following a weekend celebrating the best productions to grace the London stage in the past year, our minds turn once again to the productions set to open in the capital’s… Read More
While London theatre’s most coveted accolades were being handed out on stage at the Royal Opera House, around the corner thousands of theatre-loving fans gathered in Covent Garden Piazza to… Read More
Published: 30 April 2013
Dianne Pilkington will take over the role of Donna Sheridan in hit West End musical Mamma Mia! later this year as part of the largest cast change the London show… Read More
As the winners of this year’s Olivier Awards with MasterCard took to the stage of the Royal Opera House to collect their prestigious accolades, the world’s press waited backstage ready… Read More
The Broadway transfer of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda The Musical has received a staggering 12 Tony Award nominations. Announced today by Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Tony… Read More
The 2013 Olivier Awards with MasterCard ceremony was packed with star-studded presenters, jubilant winners and a magnificent line-up of incredible performances from nominated shows. Photographer Jonathan Hordle for Rex Features… Read More
Published: 29 April 2013
Is there anything more glamorous than a red carpet? The Olivier Awards boasts the most theatrical of them all. Worldwide superstars, London theatre icons, rising stars and distinguished guests from… Read More
You might have listened live to the Olivier Awards with MasterCard or watched the highlights on ITV, but here's some of what we saw backstage. As the awards were being… Read More
Published: 26 April 2013
The National Theatre’s hit production of One Man, Two Guvnors celebrates its third year in London this week by releasing an additional 150,000 tickets. Adapted by Richard Bean from Carlo… Read More
Ralf Little, Simon Day, John Gordon Sinclair and Con O’Neill will all star in Sean Foley’s production of The Ladykillers when it returns to the Vaudeville theatre later this year.… Read More
Hit dance show Burn The Floor, which stars Strictly Come Dancing's Robin Windsor and Kristina Rihanoff, is to draw its hip-swivelling run at the Shaftesbury theatre to an early conclusion.… Read More
The acclaimed Sheffield Theatres production of The Full Monty will transfer to the West End next year for a strictly limited 16-week season. Playing from 20 February (press night 25… Read More
Published: 25 April 2013
Ahead of this Sunday’s Olivier Awards with MasterCard, we decided to celebrate the spectacular work apparent across this year’s Best Set Design category by asking four nominees to provide us… Read More
Stories based on truth are always the most difficult to watch, so a play that offers a frank and disturbing look at the post-war lives of soldiers, which has been… Read More
Published: 24 April 2013
“In what other job do you get those opportunities to meet all these wonderful people and hear their stories and life experiences?” Jenna Russell asks me, her face lit up… Read More
Most conversations about the National Theatre of late have speculated about the possible identity of outgoing Artistic Director Nicholas Hytner's successor. The perfect remedy to such chat comes as two… Read More
Published: 23 April 2013
From corsets designed down to the very last details of original practice to recreating looks first seen on screen in the 1930s and evoking murderous tendencies in the dark underworld… Read More
Horrible Histories will return to the Garrick theatre this autumn with a brand new show that offers a fresh – and no doubt sometimes disgusting – look at Britain’s grisly… Read More
Jamie Lloyd will direct a new stage version of Roddy Doyle’s much-loved The Commitments at the Palace theatre this summer, more than 25 years after the Booker Prize-winning writer’s acclaimed… Read More
The Hour’s Adetomiwa Edun will lead the cast of Complicite’s forthcoming production of Zizou Corder’s Lionboy, which will play at the Unicorn theatre later this year following a national tour.… Read More
Published: 22 April 2013
Shakespeare’s Globe’s new Sam Wanamaker Playhouse will host a diverse season of work that includes drama, opera and live music when it opens for the first time next year. Opening… Read More
In his native Sweden, actor Krister Henriksson has won the most prestigious of awards for his performances on stage and on screen, but it was not until Swedish-made crime drama… Read More
James McAvoy, a Best Actor nominee at next Sunday's Olivier Awards with MasterCard, has revealed how punishing his time playing Macbeth has been. "It's an outpouring of energy, this show,"… Read More
Steven Webb will return to the Lyric Hammersmith this Christmas to star in the venue’s 2013 pantomime Jack And The Beanstalk, which plays as part of a festive season that… Read More
Published: 19 April 2013
It’s hardly your typical West End production – a one-man show performed in Swedish with English surtitles – but Doktor Glas brings a breath of fresh air to the London… Read More
New Royal Court Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone has announced she will open up the acclaimed new writing venue to kids as part of the venue’s Open Court six-week season. The… Read More
West End stars Glenn Carter, Stephen Rahman Hughes, David Thaxton and Matt Willis will join Lee Mead and Kerry Ellis in the forthcoming theatrical concert spectacular The West End Men.… Read More
Imelda Staunton and Toby Jones will join forces in the Royal Court's latest Theatre Local offering this summer. The pair of British acting stars will perform in Annie Baker's Circle… Read More
Writers will have free rein for six weeks at the Royal Court this summer as Open Court, a programme of work inspired and driven by more than 140 scribes, consumes… Read More
The Southbank Centre has announced a special family singing workshop to take place as part of the venue’s annual Chorus Festival, which will be held over next month’s bank holiday… Read More
Charity Wakefield, Honeysuckle Weeks and Alec Newman will star in the forthcoming UK premiere of Melanie Marnich’s These Shining Lives, one of the first productions to open at the new… Read More
Olivier Award-winning actress Leanne Jones will return to the London stage this summer to star in the cult sci-fi musical Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens, which will play a… Read More
The Almeida theatre has today announced casting for Richard Eyre’s forthcoming production of Ghosts, which will see Lesley Manville make her debut at the Islington venue, as well as details… Read More
Published: 18 April 2013
When Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing premiered at the Bush theatre, The Guardian's Lyn Gardner compared the experience of watching it to "driving up a motorway at 100 miles an hour".… Read More
It has been 20 years since Beautiful Thing was a new play. Decades have passed, Prime Ministers have come and gone, laws have changed and barriers have been broken down.… Read More
While many people would consider a black circle on a white background and a tent appliqued with names of a woman’s sleeping partners to be crimes against art, you didn’t… Read More
Published: 17 April 2013
Last year the circus performers of Cantina smacked gobs with their feats at the London Wonderground. This year Limbo brings a brand new collection of tricksters to the Southbank. The… Read More
The Play That Goes Wrong, which played at the Old Red Lion theatre earlier this year, will transfer to the Trafalgar Studio 2 later this month. Playing from 30 April… Read More
The National Theatre has been experimenting with chemistry for the premiere of its latest Andrew Upton/Howard Davies collaboration, Gorky’s Children Of The Sun, and a hypothesis of inevitable explosion is… Read More