Theatre News: Casting announced for the Nuffield Southampton Theatres' inaugural production The Shadow Factory

The new theatre space in Southampton will open its doors in February

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 6:06am on December 11, 2017☆⚑

Review: Review: Thirty Christmases (New Diorama)

Jonny and the Baptists team up with Rachel Parris for this Christmas comedy

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 5:04am on December 11, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Casting announced for James Graham's The Culture: A Farce in Two Acts

The new comedy will be a satirical look at the handover of City of Culture

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 5:04am on December 11, 2017☆⚑

Features: My Top 5 Showtunes: Sophie Louise Dann

The actress tells us the musical numbers she couldn't live without

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 7:12am on December 9, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Casting announced for West End transfer of Almeida's Mary Stuart

Robert Icke's production opens at the Duke Of York's Theatre in January

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:33am on December 8, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Casting announced for tour of Teddy

The 1950s musical opens at the Watermill Theatre in January

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:33am on December 8, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake to return for UK tour

The production will be updated for the 21st Century

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:33am on December 8, 2017☆⚑

Photos: First look at Bananaman, Dreamgirls does Strictly and more in our pics of the week

This week also saw the start of Hamilton previews

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:33am on December 8, 2017☆⚑

Features: A week in the life of Daisy Pulls It Off's Anna Shaffer

The Hollyoaks and Harry Potter star takes us behind the scenes in the run-up to the play's opening night

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 9:18am on December 8, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Patsy Ferran to star in My Mum's A Tw*t at the Royal Court

Vicky Featherstone will direct Anoushka Warden's debut play

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 7:06am on December 8, 2017☆⚑

Review: Review: Guys and Dolls (Royal Exchange Theatre)

Michael Buffong directs Talawa's all-black production relocated to 1930s Harlem

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 7:06am on December 8, 2017☆⚑

Review: Review: The Box of Delights (Wilton's Music Hall)

Matthew Kelly stars in Justin Audibert's production

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 6:04am on December 8, 2017☆⚑

Review: Review: Sleeping Beauty (King's Theatre, Glasgow)

Elaine C Smith returns to panto at King's as Fairy Bella

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 6:04am on December 8, 2017☆⚑

Blogs: 'Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton isn't just a musical, it's a beacon of hope'

Sarah Crompton considers why the buzz for this hip-hop musical outweighs anything in recent theare history

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 6:04am on December 8, 2017☆⚑

Review: Review: Cell Mates (Hampstead Theatre)

Edward Hall directs the revival of Simon Gray's comedy, unperformed since 1995

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 4:54am on December 8, 2017☆⚑

Review: Review: Imperium, Parts I and II (Swan Theatre)

Gregory Doran directs Mike Poulton's adaptation of Robert Harris' best-selling Cicero trilogy

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 4:54am on December 8, 2017☆⚑

Review: Review: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Churchill Theatre, Bromley)

Oliver Tompsett, Jessie Wallace and Pete Firman star in this year's panto at the Churchill

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:33am on December 7, 2017☆⚑

Blogs: Tom Chambers on why everyone should visit the 'truly magical'' Watermill Theatre

As part of our Regional Theatre Focus at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury, the Crazy For You actor reflects on his time at the venue

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 7:18am on December 7, 2017☆⚑

Features: The challenges of designing for the floor and air in The Ramshackle House

We talk to the designer of Upswing's new circus production for families

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 6:12am on December 7, 2017☆⚑

Blogs: Why the Darlington pantomime is the fairest in all the land

A Darlington pantomime regular puts the case across for why his local pantomime is better than all

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 6:12am on December 7, 2017☆⚑

Review: Review: A Christmas Carol (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)

Phil Davis stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in David Edgar's new adaptation of Dickens' classic festive tale

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 5:06am on December 7, 2017☆⚑

Review: Review: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (West Yorkshire Playhouse)

Sally Cookson directs this new stage adaptation of CS Lewis much-loved tale

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 5:06am on December 7, 2017☆⚑

Photos: First look at London's Hamilton as show opens in previews

As the show opens in previews in the West End, get a first look at the London version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 2:04pm on December 6, 2017☆⚑

Photos: Joely Richardson and Michael Xavier among guests at opening night of Barnum

The show stars Marcus Brigstocke and Laura Pitt-Pulford

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 2:04pm on December 6, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Nichola McAuliffe to star in tour of Great Expectations

The new stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic will embark on a tour in February

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:48am on December 6, 2017☆⚑