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Following the huge success of Jack Thorne's adaptation of Charles Dickens' Christmas classic, it was only right that it was announced to return once again for a limited run this festive peri…
The legendary West End musical Mamma Mia! has announced that it will be partnering up with non-profit organisation Target Ovarian Cancer to help raise awareness and funds to support su…
The production shots for Groan Ups are in and we couldn't be more excited for the latest Mischief Theatre instalment, which opened at London's Vaudeville Theatre last month. The hilarious…
It has just been announced that the former Head of Casting for the National Theatre, Serena Hill, is set to become the first in-house house casting director for Trafalgar Theatre Producti…
The 2019 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards are set to take place on Sunday, 24 November at the London Coliseum. Sharing hosting duties for the ceremony will be fashion icon and editor-i…
The sad news recently dawned on us that Marisha Wallace who originated in the West End cast as Becky would be leaving the beloved pie show. Whilst we're excited to follow the trail of sugar,…
The London County Hall production of Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution has announced an extension alongside a new cast list to look forward to. The critically-acclaimed drama …
Casting has been announced for the upcoming West End transfer of John Kani's Kunene and the King, which opens at London's Ambassadors Theatre following a highly successful, sell-out run at t…
Following its brief hiatus this year, during which the Queens Theatre began its renovations all the while being renamed the Sondheim Theatre, record-breaking musical Les Miserables is off…
Mary Poppins returns to London's West End at the end of the month and we couldn't be more thrilled! Unless we lived on Cherry Tree Lane, of course! Take a "jolly holiday" from life and work …
This year's Cinderella pantomime at the Lyric Hammersmith in London is set to star Jodie Jacobs, Lauren Samuels, Shobna Gulati and more. The cast announcement comes less than two mo…
Excitement and hype have been building up for the London transfer of Be More Chill, which was recently confirmed to be arriving at The Other Palace on 12 February 2020. The electrif…
It's been recently confirmed that Broadway's Be More Chill musical is set to make its UK premiere at London's Other Palace in spring 2020. The new staging of the mind-bending, feel-good musi…
The anticipated production photography has been released for the brand-new musical, featuring Max Martin music, ahead of its London run. West End tickets for & Juliet are now availabl…
It's October, and although for many people that means Halloween, scary movies, and sweater weather, the first full month of autumn is also a very important time for cultural r…
The reimagining of your classic Cinderella took the theatre world by storm when it premiered at the Soho Theatre in 2012. From the Olivier Award-winning writing duo of the National Theatre's…
Autumn is the season when the trees shed their leaves ahead of the colder winter days to come. It symbolises endings and is a time to reap what we sow. Just like the new season which represe…
The wind has certainly changed and we're not sure if it's because of the brisk autumn weather that has arrived or because Disney's Mary Poppins will be blowing into the West End. Not only…
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg focuses on Bri and Sheila; parents to a disabled daughter they have nicknamed "Joe Egg". The couple uses wry humour to deal keep the family together, and the li…
A batch of first-look photos has been released for The Man in the White Suit, now showing at Wyndham's Theatre in London for previews with official opening night on Tuesday, 8 October 2019. …
What a brilliantly inspired idea for Tanika Gupta to reimagine and set Ibsen's A Doll's House in nineteenth-century India at the height of the British Raj's dom…
The new production of Sandy Wilson's The Boy Friend has just announced its initial casting ahead of the show's big opening in November at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Check out the stars…
Production shots have been released for the London transfer of Laura Wade's The Watsons, the daring new play from the Chichester Festival Theatre that picks up where Jane Austen's unfinished…
The producers of Everybody's Talking About Jamie have just announced that the smash-hit London musical is set to extend yet again. They will also be holding an open casting call for th…
The sad news has just been announced on this grey autumn day that Aimie Atkinson, who originated the role of Katherine Howard, will be leaving the Six musical in London. It has been almos…
