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The Bush Theatre today announced a number of ways it will demonstrate the theatre's commitment to nurturing new writing at all levels, from emerging artists to established artists seeking to…
The criticallyacclaimed production of William Nicholson's moving play,SHADOWLANDS, comes to Exeter Northcott Theatre from Tues 28 June toSat 2 July.StarringStephen BoxerHumans,The Iron Lady,…
Artistic Director Josie Rourke and Executive Producer Kate Pakenham announce today that the Donmar Warehouse will launch two ambitious seasons of work in London's King's Cross and in New Yor…
A concert premiere performance of the new, original British musicalEUGENIUSwill take place on29 June 2016at the London Palladium. This exciting and innovative musical is produced by and star…
New dance thriller JEKYLL amp HYDE is now playing at the Old Vic, with press night tomorrow. It'sdevised, directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie, inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's The …
Tickets are now on sale for Justin Fletcher's self-penned showJUSTIN LIVEat Wolverhampton Grand Theatre on Sunday 25th September 2016 at 1045am and 145pm.Also known as Mr Tumble, Justin star…
Sheffield Crucible Lyceum Theatre welcomes thought-provoking, funny and thrilling performances to the Studio this June - everything from poetry and romance deconstruction to a Tour de France…
Immersive promenade production ON CORPORATION STREET marks 20 years since the Provisional IRA exploded the largest-ever bomb on mainland Britain, on a warm sunny morning in Manchester city c…
Ray Rackham's July Garland musical THROUGH THE MILL comes to Southwark Playhouse this summer. It features musical supervision and arrangement by Simon Holt, musical direction by Jordan Li Sm…
Two girls, five boys, mind-blowing beatboxing, breathtaking harmonies, superlative arrangements, stunning choreography,visual technicolor and one helluva show. GOBSMACKED is set to blast int…
Last week, the Bush Theatre joined forces with theatre company Look Left Look Right to present devised original work THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PROJECT. Local Hammersmith amp Fulham residents, who co…
The West End production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's SCHOOL OF ROCK THE MUSICAL will begin previews at the New London Theatre on October 24, with opening night on November 14. It's initially boo…
The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company's ROMEO AND JULIET is now playing at the Garrick Theatre, with press night on May 25 and a cinema broadcast on July 7. Joining Richard Madden and Lily Jam…
Gender deconstruction, fraught feminism and the perils of hook-up culture: George Bernard Shaw's comedy of manners, penned in 1893, shows we haven't come as far as we might think. It's a poi…
Full casting is today announced for the world premiere of the new musical GROUNDHOG DAY, which previews at the Old Vic from July 11 with a press night on August 16. Carlyss Peer will play Ri…
In this 400th anniversary year, amid what feels like 400 million shows and tributes, it's increasingly difficult for a Shakespeare production to stand out. No such problem for Emma Rice's op…
Blood, sexual violence, power games and lashings of nudity. Not Game of Thrones, whose new season has just premiered (yes, he's really dead. Well, for now) " and whose shadow Kit Harington i…
Vaudeville is having quite the West End moment, with Funny Girl inheriting the Savoy from Gypsy and Mrs Henderson Presents over at the Noël Coward. Gypsy is the pick of the bunch dramatic…
A Pulitzer Prize and numerous walkouts: The Flick, infamously, courts extreme reactions. Yet this latest American import is dedicated to minutiae. In Annie Baker's slow-burning (three hours-…
It's all change once more for Gordon Greenberg's slick, protean revival, which began life at Chichester back in 2014, as three new leads join the show's transfer from the Savoy to the Phoeni…
Generation Y are worriers. There's certainly plenty to fuel that angst, from mounting debts, employment uncertainty and the ever-worsening housing crisis to international conflict and terror…
It's raining. Well, of course " it's April in London. But it's also pouring down on the Old Vic stage, hammering an already battered slate roof. When it lifts to reveal the semi-derelict att…
In 2014, Pomona stormed the Orange Tree, turning the previously staid venue into a place of both lauded theatre revolution and disgruntled walkouts. Could Alistair McDowall repeat the feat a…
My skin is still tingling with the presence of imaginary critters. Never mind I'm A Celebrity… or Bear Grylls's latest expedition " Tracy Letts has got them beat when it comes to nightmari…
Sequel-itis has spread to the stage. There's no caped crusader, but the troubled quartet of Neil LaBute's latest will be familiar to anyone who caught Reasons to be Pretty at the Almeid…