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Published: 13 February 2013
There were more than sides splitting at the Theatre Royal Haymarket last night as Rufus Hound's official opening in One Man, Two Guvnors was capped by an unofficial - and… Read More
Published: 12 February 2013
Following its acclaimed London run last summer, Nordic fairytale The Girl With The Iron Claws will return to the capital this Spring as part of a UK tour. The iron… Read More
Fans of Irish actor Damien Molony have been put through the proverbial wringer in recent weeks. No sooner had the fifth series of cult BBC3 drama Being Human, in which… Read More
Rufus Norris' epic production of Feast, which is currently playing at the Young Vic theatre, has served up an additional helping of performances, extending its run by a week. Written… Read More
Published: 11 February 2013
The wizard and witches of the magical land of Oz will continue to enchant London's theatregoers for at least another year, as hit musical Wicked has extended its booking period… Read More
He might have been glammed up for the chillier-than-usual BAFTA Awards yesterday, but today, we have no doubt, director Joe Wright will be back in the rehearsal room running the… Read More
Johnny Flynn, Simon Paisley Day and Elizabeth Berrington are among the cast announced for the forthcoming production of Bruce Norris’ The Low Road, which opens at the Royal Court theatre… Read More
Published: 8 February 2013
There aren't many shows in which the performers douse themselves in enough Rioja to make a Downton dinner party descend into debauchery. You could put yourself comfortably over the limit… Read More
James Dacre’s production of Amanda Whittington’s new play The Thrill Of Love will transfer to the St James theatre next month following its world premiere at Newcastle-Under-Lyme’s New Vic theatre.… Read More
Rupert Goold, the acclaimed Artistic Director of Headlong Theatre Company, is to replace Michael Attenborough as Artistic Director of the Almeida theatre in August. Attenborough, who steps down from the… Read More
Published: 7 February 2013
The Albany theatre’s Family Sundays kick off this weekend with Yellow Earth Theatre’s Why The Lion Danced. Taking audiences from Tom’s family Chinese takeaway deep into the mountains of ancient… Read More
Olivier Award-winning actor Roger Allam will return to Shakespeare’s Globe this summer to open the 2013 season starring as Prospero in The Tempest alongside Merlin’s Colin Morgan. Jeremy Herrin’s production… Read More
When it comes to the opening scene of Great Expectations, rarely do you expect to be greeted by anything other than the bleak marshlands described in the initial pages of… Read More
Published: 6 February 2013
Last night, Broadway performer Kristen Beth Williams made her West End debut as she took her first bow as Dale Tremont, Top Hat’s leading lady. But, as we discovered when… Read More
TV Peter Pan Charlie Rowe, star of Sky miniseries Neverland, is to join the previously announced Henry Goodman in the Old Vic production of Terence Rattigan's The Winslow Boy. The… Read More
Olivier Award winner Howard Davies will direct the world premiere of a new play written by actor Rory Kinnear as part of the Bush theatre’s new season. Other highlights in… Read More
A floating suit that dances, fables told by a dying girl and characters that talk in riddles; the National Theatre has created a fairy tale from Carl Zuckmayer’s The Captain… Read More
Tade Biesinger will become the second boy who was born to boogie in both the West End and Broadway productions of Billy Elliot The Musical when he makes his West… Read More
Published: 5 February 2013
Russell Grant may still be best known for his hugely successful career as an astrologer, but last year he put his stamp on the West End stage, swapping horoscopes for… Read More
Directors have been known to face countless problems when staging productions, but it is unlikely that there is a director in the West End who has ever had to overcome… Read More
If you often find yourself wondering what is going on in the minds of strangers, Soho theatre's LIFT is the show for you. Craig Adams and Ian Watson's enquiring new… Read More
Published: 4 February 2013
Top Hat leading man Tom Chambers turned wish-granting genie for his penultimate performance in West End musical Top Hat last week when he made the dream of an ill young… Read More
Surely one of London's hippest theatres, the Young Vic is thriving on the back of ambition, dynamism and risk-taking. Last month it won Critics' Circle awards for a modern take… Read More
What is lying? Immoral? Selfish? Even altruistic? For Grace, the young teenager at the heart of EV Crowe’s new play Liar Liar, lying is a pastime. For Grace, lies are… Read More
Published: 1 February 2013
The leading ladies of hit new musical The Bodyguard, Heather Headley and Debbie Kurup, will add their estimable vocal tones to The Night Of 1000 Stars, which will be staged… Read More
Out Of Joint’s touring production of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good, which is currently playing at the St James theatre, has extended its run by a further two weeks. Set… Read More
Forty years after its world premiere, Old Times proved once again that while two may be company, three is definitely a crowd in Ian Rickson's impeccably stylish production of Harold… Read More
Peter Morgan's new play The Audience is giving us a glimpse into the secret meetings between the Queen and her Prime Ministers during her illustrious reign, but thanks to photographer… Read More
Zaraah Abrahams and Oliver Farnworth will join the previously announced Suranne Jones in Jonathan Harvey’s award-winning play Beautiful Thing, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a new production opening… Read More
Published: 31 January 2013
This week saw the launch of the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award, the only publicly voted award at the Olivier Awards 2013 with MasterCard. As well as giving you a… Read More
Published: 30 January 2013
The National Theatre has today announced exciting plans for its 50th anniversary year, which will feature the premiere of Tori Amos musical The Light Princess, performances from stars including Simon… Read More
Six-year-old Channelle Koroglu made Thriller Live history last night as she became the millionth customer to see the West End show. Self-confessed Michael Jackson fan Koroglu, who attends Selsdon Primary… Read More
One of the most highly anticipated appearances in the West End this year, marking his first play for almost a quarter of a century, Rowan Atkinson endows his inherent humour… Read More
As it prepares to re-open at the Savoy theatre, The Beatles' theatrical spectacular Let It Be has released 250,000 new tickets. The show, which reported yesterday that it had recouped… Read More
Published: 29 January 2013
Former Critics' Circle Most Promising Newcomer Mariah Gale will lead the cast of the Menier Chocolate Factory production of Proof when Polly Findlay directs the show in March. Gale, who… Read More
Casting has been announced for the Bush theatre’s forthcoming production of Janice Okoh’s award-winning play Three Birds. Claire Brown, Michaela Coel, Jahvel Hall, Lee Oakes and Susan Wokoma will appear… Read More
Following a sell-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre, Private Lives will transfer to the Gielgud theatre this summer with Toby Stephens and Anna Chancellor reprising their starring roles in Noël… Read More
One of the most talked about writer/director partnerships to come out of Theatreland in 2012, Simon Stephens and Marianne Elliott have returned to the National Theatre, following their collaboration on… Read More
London theatres celebrated a rise in both attendance and ticket revenue in 2012 despite "exceptional challenges", the Society of London Theatre has announced today as the organisation published its annual… Read More
Published: 28 January 2013
The enormity of performing a role in a West End play is a something that never fails to impress. So when it was announced that Lia Williams would be learning… Read More
Jennifer Ellison will join the cast of hit musical Singin’ In The Rain next month, when it splashes into its second year in the West End. The Brookside star, who… Read More
Olivier Award winner Henry Goodman will lead the cast of Lindsay Posner’s forthcoming production of The Winslow Boy at the Old Vic theatre. The critically acclaimed actor and recent Theatre… Read More
Published: 25 January 2013
If pain, as they say, reaffirms that we're alive, the two characters in Gruesome Playground Injuries can be in no doubt of their vitality. Eyes are lost, legs shattered and… Read More
If the recent onslaught of cold weather hasn’t already chilled you to your core, the Almeida theatre’s production of Henry James’ dark and ghostly tale The Turn Of The Screw… Read More
The National Theatre’s West End transfer of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time has extended its run at the Apollo theatre by 14 weeks following “strong demand”… Read More
Singer songwriter Declan Bennett and Croatian actress Zrinka Cvitešić will lead the cast of Tony Award-winning musical Once when it opens in the West End later this year. Based on… Read More
Published: 24 January 2013
The double Olivier Award winner and Game Of Thrones star talks to Matthew Amer about Atkinson, Eyre and life-changing roles as he returns to London in Quartermaine's Terms. For many… Read More
Tony and Emmy Award-winning Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth will come to the West End for one night only later this year, kicking off her first ever UK tour at the… Read More
Published: 23 January 2013
Just over two weeks remain before Scottish star James McAvoy takes to the stage in Jamie Lloyd’s highly anticipated production of Macbeth. William Shakespeare’s dark and powerful tragedy, which will… Read More
David Tennant is to return to the Royal Shakespeare Company to play Richard II in a production that will transfer from the RSC's Stratford-upon-Avon home to London's Barbican theatre in… Read More
Iain Glen has joined the cast of Hampstead theatre’s forthcoming drama Longing, starring in acclaimed novelist William Boyd’s debut play alongside the previously announced Tamsin Greig and John Sessions. Boyd’s… Read More
Jack Thorne’s Mydidae, which played to critical acclaim at the Soho theatre in 2012, will transfer to the Trafalgar Studio 2 later this year. Playing from 5 to 30 March,… Read More
Matilda The Musical has taken inspiration from its heroic miniature leading lady and launched a competition challenging children to become creative writers, imaginative playwrights and avid readers, just like Matilda… Read More
Published: 22 January 2013
Soho theatre has announced a packed programme of work to add to its already jam-packed spring/summer season with new comedy, site-specific drama and award-winning writing on offer. Fringe First award-winning… Read More
Many people fear finding creepy crawlies in their bed. Not many wake up to find that they are the creepy crawly in their bed. But this is the fate of… Read More
Published: 21 January 2013
There have been musicals set in countries in the midst of historic revolutions, on Mediterranean islands, in magical lands straight out of fables and less colourful dystopian futures. But a… Read More
A quartet of plays by Georgian and Ukranian playwrights will be presented by the Royal Court to complement Anna Wakulik's A Time To Reap, which runs in the venue's Jerwood… Read More
Published: 18 January 2013
Brothers Grimms’ magical fairy tales, the return of Charlie and Lola, and an eggs-citing show especially for Easter have all been announced to play at Polka theatre later this year.… Read More
Families are taking centre stage this week in Theatreland. Following Polly Stenham’s vivid new tale about the dysfunctional relationship between a mother and her son, which opened at the Royal… Read More
Hit new West End musical The Bodyguard has announced that it will extend its run at the Adelphi theatre until September this year, releasing more than 200,000 additional tickets. Starring… Read More
Published: 17 January 2013
Actress Sophiya Haque has died aged 41. She had been starring as Sylvia Morgan in Privates On Parade at the Noël Coward theatre and had been diagnosed with cancer several… Read More
Zeitgeist playwright Polly Stenham is back at the Royal Court with her much anticipated third play No Quarter and with it returns her signature ferocious energy in a chaotically alive… Read More
He may be in his early 20s, but Freddie Fox - son of Edward, brother of Emilia - has already starred in some of the most acclaimed TV dramas of… Read More
Published: 16 January 2013
Grabbing a few minutes with award winners is a joy. They're almost always in a good mood, though there are exceptions, and delighted to talk about whatever successful production has… Read More
Alan Bennett’s double-bill Untold Stories will transfer to the Duchess theatre this March following its critically acclaimed run at the National Theatre starring Alex Jennings. Jennings will reprise his role… Read More
Published: 15 January 2013
The final show of the last Donmar Trafalgar season is full of awkward, unspoken tension, and it's not only the sea that's silent. For most of the The Silence Of… Read More
Renowned children’s theatre company Theatre-Rites will present a new promenade production for young audiences this summer called Bank On It. Co-commissioned by the Barbican theatre, Bank On It will play… Read More
The Low Road, the new play by Olivier Award-winning writer of Clybourne Park Bruce Norris, has announced that it will extend its run for an additional two weeks at the… Read More
The Young Vic was the big winner at today's Critics' Circle Awards, collecting a trio of accolades. The Southwark venue was closely followed by the husband and wife team of… Read More
Published: 14 January 2013
Here at Official London Theatre, we have a white board full of ideas for future features and for as long as it’s been in existence it has borne the aspirational… Read More
Polly Findlay (pictured above with Derren Brown) will direct David Auburn’s Tony Award-winning play Proof at the Menier Chocolate Factory later this year. Playing from 13 March (press night 20… Read More
Published: 11 January 2013
The new stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations will be screened live in more than 600 cinemas around the world when it opens in the West End on 7… Read More
Meera Syal and Lucian Msamati will star in Anders Lustgarten’s new play If You Don’t Let Us Dream, We Won’t Let You Sleep at the Royal Court theatre next month.… Read More
Olivier Award-winning actress Michelle Terry will appear in Matthew Dunster’s forthcoming production Before The Party at the Almeida theatre, the first production of Somerset Maugham’s work in more than 25… Read More
Max Bennett, Owen Teale and Sinéad Matthews will star in Anna Wakulik’s A Time To Reap at the Royal Court theatre next month. Bennett, who has recently appeared on the… Read More