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This hilarious new musical has been ensuring the next generation of misunderstood teenagers knows all about everyone's favourite teenage intellectual. The brilliant adaptation of Sue Townsen…
The Anna Ziegler-penned play Actually made its highly anticipated premiere on Tuesday and production photos for this thought-provoking piece have finally been released. Hav…
The shortlist has officially been announced for the 2019 The Stage Debut Awards with Matthew Broderick (The Starry Messenger) and Ryan Hutton (Only Fools and Horses The Musical) amo…
The shortlist for this year's Knight of Illumination Awards has officially been announced. Having first started in 2007 and having been conceived by lighting designers Durham and Jennie Mare…
Acclaimed Austrian-German actor Dominik Tiefenthaler (Gossip Girl, The Good Wife, Grand Theft Auto IV) is set to star in the Sam Mendes-directed production of The Lehman Trilogy for it…
For the first time since the '80s, the wonderful wordsmith, Stephen Fry, is about to embark on a tour around the UK. And he's chosen no small themes to grapple with during this o…
Daring playwright Lucy Prebble is taking the Alexander Litvinenko assassination straight to the London theatre stage at the end of this month and rehearsals for The Old Vic pr…
The West End shines brightly thanks to its many wonderful shows that are bursting with creative geniuses and incredible casts. However, when film and TVÂ stars take to the stage and these …
Prepare to shine like the sun with this fantastic theatre news. The West End production of 9 to 5 has officially announced that a cast recording album is now underway. The Dolly Parton mu…
The initial season of Sunday Favourites at The Other Palace was a grand success, so it only makes sense that Lambert Jackson Productions are returning with an autumn season of exclusive, …
He's no whistleblower per se, but Luke Harding has certainly been flirting with espionage and corruption coverage (with an emphasis on Russian politics) ever since he…
No one could have predicted that a musical based on Yiddish fables would become such a cult phenomenon, yet Fiddler on the Roof continues to remain a staple on both sides of t…
Gloria Estefan. An instantly recognisable name, synonymous with a good time. Telling the story of how Gloria and her husband, Emilio became stars of the Latin vocal and dance culture, an…
Brainiac Live! has just blasted its way onto the stage of London's Garrick Theatre. The show has been touring and refining for years but opened in the West End this week. With twice a day ma…
The five-time Olivier Award-nominated hit musical SIXÂ has boasted incredible success over the past two years since it began at Edinburgh Fringe Festival and it has now been announced that…
21-time Tony Award-winning theatre legend Hal (Harold) Prince has sadly passed away at the age of 91. Even those with limited theatre knowledge will recognise the iconic shows that broke …
You might be in full holiday swing this summer, but London Theatre is working harder than ever to bring you a whole new array of exciting shows. Heatwave or not, the show must go on (perform…
School's out and no doubt you've been enjoying the summer which has finally reared its head. The days are longer, and the sun has been treating us to its presence but still, show business…
West End musical theatre sensation David Thaxton is set to join the cast of Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre in London. The award-winning Canadian-American musical premiered in th…
The West End production of Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 The Musical announces today that Chelsea Halfpenny, best known for her roles in Emmerdale and Byker Grove, will be taking over the role of Ju…
The West End production of The Prince of Egypt announces further cast members for the upcoming, highly-anticipated premiere at London's Dominion Theatre. Based on the highly esteemed film by…
Renowned Scottish actor James McAvoy, best known for portraying young Professor X in the X-Men films, is set to return to the West End stage for the highly-anticipated revival of Cyrano de B…
There's a neologism " 'sonder' " used to describe the realisation that the people around you contain worlds of equal depth and complexity as your own. It's an idea that leads Rachel…
It's the sitcom that helped define the '90s, and even through all the outdated fashion like Rachel's plaid miniskirts, Monica's Barbadian cornrows, and Ross's leather pa…
Co-writer and composer Toby Marlow along with his fellow creator Lucy Moss have put their "all" into SIX, and the hugely popular, critically- and publicly-acclaimed show has more than proved…
