Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Cirque du Soleil could soon have a permanent U.K. home at iconic London venue The Saville Theatre, which is being revived and restored by Yoo Capital. Located on Shaftesbury Avenue, in the h…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AMTuesday, September 5, 2023
Matt Smith, known for playing Doctor Who in the eponymous BBC series and the Duke of Edinburgh in Netflix’s “The Crown” is returning to London’s West End. Smith will headline an adap…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:18AMMonday, September 4, 2023
London’s National Theatre has unveiled the complete ensemble cast for Roald Dahl’s “The Witches,” a co-production with the Roald Dahl Story Company. The stage musical is directed by …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:46AMWednesday, August 30, 2023
Stage show “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” has unveiled a new cast for its London production. David Ricardo-Pearce will play Harry Potter, with Polly Frame as Ginny Potter and Ellis …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:49AMSaturday, August 5, 2023
“Veep” creator Armando Iannucci’s first stage play “Pandemonium” is a satire on how then U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government handled the COVID-19 pandemic. The sub…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:52AMFriday, August 4, 2023
Michael Boyd, theater director and former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has died of cancer. He was 68. His family said in a statement issued via the RSC: “Theate…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:28AMFriday, July 28, 2023
THEATER “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the first Harry Potter story to be presented on stage and the eighth story in the series, celebrates its seventh anniversary at the Palace Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:01AMMonday, July 24, 2023
A new stage adaptation of ancient Indian epic “Mahabharata” is set to make its U.K. premiere at London’s Barbican Theatre this fall. The retelling of the revered text, which follows a …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:39AMMonday, July 17, 2023
Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 political satire film “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” is being adapted as a stage production for London’s West End by �…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:40AMWriter-director Richard Curtis, known for iconic British romantic comedies “Love Actually,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “Notting Hill,” has revealed his next venture. “Ch…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:09AMTuesday, June 27, 2023
U.K. culture secretary Lucy Frazer has revealed ambitions to shift the balance of power in the theater world from Broadway in New York to London’s West End. Delivering the keynote addres…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:33AMThursday, June 22, 2023
“Succession” star Sarah Snook is returning to London’s West End in a theater adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic 1890 novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” Snook, who won a Golden …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:11AMWednesday, June 21, 2023
A comprehensive report published by Freelancers Make Theatre Work (FMTW) sheds light on critical challenges faced by the freelance theater workforce in the U.K. The survey, conducted between…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:01PMThe performance show “Tarantino Live” has officially been updated based on Quentin Tarantino’s last film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” for its London run. For The Record, the p…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:57PMThursday, June 15, 2023
Director of the National Theatre Rufus Norris has unveiled 12 new productions and has also confirmed that he will step down after 10 years as director in mid-2025 when his current term comes…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:08AMThursday, May 25, 2023
Theaters in London’s West End will dim their lights at 7pm local time on Thursday in memory of Tina Turner, who died on Wednesday. Hannah Essex, co-chief executive of the Society of London…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:42AMFriday, May 19, 2023
“To Wong Foo The Musical,” based on 1995 film “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar,” will have its world premiere at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, U.K. The film, …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:17AMThursday, April 27, 2023
“Luther” star Idris Elba has joined the team at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre as an associate producer for the U.K. production of “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play” by J…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:26AMThursday, April 20, 2023
Sadler’s Wells associate artist Kate Prince’s acclaimed dance theatre production, “Message In A Bottle,” set to the music of 17-time Grammy winner Sting, has been filmed for cinema r…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00AMMonday, April 3, 2023
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s theater adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s “My Neighbor Totoro” swept the Olivier Awards on Sunday, taking home six out of the nine categories it was nomin…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:06AMThursday, March 30, 2023
The smash hit stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s “My Neighbor Totoro” will return to London’s Barbican Theatre for a limited run this fall. The production is from executive producer…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:49AMWednesday, March 29, 2023
Australian stars Jason Donovan and Peter Andre will return to Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s iconic musical “Grease” at the Dominion Theatre in London’s West End following their accla…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:11AMMonday, March 20, 2023
Annie Proulx’s short story “Brokeback Mountain” is set for a stage adaptation on London’s West End. The story was previously adapted as a 2005 film by Ang Lee, starring Heath Ledger …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:19AMThursday, March 9, 2023
London’s National Theatre is hosting an evening of poetry readings from Allie Esiri’s bestselling poetry anthologies to raise money for the Disaster Emergency Committee’s (DEC) Ukraine…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:21AMTHEATER Birmingham Rep will co-produce “Sinatra The Musical,” the first official musical based on the life and career of Frank Sinatra, with Michele Anthony, Bruce Resnikoff and …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:45AMTuesday, March 7, 2023
FUND “Fleabag” star Phoebe Waller-Bridge is launching a £100,000 ($120,000) Keep it Fringe fund, a new initiative to support artists at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Waller-Bridge serv…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00AMMonday, February 27, 2023
Madeleine Mantock (“Charmed”) will make her Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) debut with “Hamnet,” the stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel. Set in 1582, “Ham…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:23AMMonday, January 23, 2023
CAMPAIGN “Ted Lasso” and “Game of Thrones” actor, performer in shows at London’s iconic West End theater district, and forthcoming host of theater’s Olivier Awards, Hannah Waddin…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:56AMThursday, January 12, 2023
AGREEMENT Equity, the U.K. trade union for creative practitioners, and Independent Theatre Council (ITC), the management association representing the independent performing arts sector, have…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:19AMTuesday, September 27, 2022
San Diego’s The Old Globe has announced an extension of Aditya Chopra’s “Come Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical” due to popular demand. The Broadway-bound production has been extende…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:30AMThursday, September 22, 2022
British-Sri Lankan actor Nimmi Harasgama has returned to the U.K. stage after nearly a decade with “Silence,” a co-production between Donmar Warehouse and Tara Theatre. Harasgama, who wa…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:19AM 
