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A special performance containing a series of monologues curated by Lolita Chakrabarti and directed by Adrian Lester will be taking place at the Old Vic this summer. The West End venue, which…
Kicking off the Pinter at the Pinter Season is a quadruple bill featuring the best of the playwright's overtly political plays: One For the Road, The New World Order, Mountain LanguageÂ�…
The Inheritance, an original new play written by American playwright Matthew Lopez, is set to premiere in the West End at the Nöel Coward Theatre this autumn following a sold…
A couple of weeks ago, I was at a show in the West End. The overture began, the curtain started to rise and my nose began to twitch. Distracted from what was happening on stage, my eyes foll…
Buckland, a theatre company that was formed by Charlie Dorfman in 2015 with the purpose of staging high-end productions in more intimate spaces, will be staging its first West End production…
Come on down to Florida - in London! The production team for the new American romantic comedy musical, It Happened in Key West, has just announced its world premiere at London's Charing Cros…
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child actor Chris Jarman is set to replace Martin Ball as Doctor Dillamond in Wicked come July. Ball is an original cast member who originated the role a…
Aladdin's place of residence, The Prince Edward Theatre, made history this month when it became the first ever West End theatre to be given a National Autistic Society Award for its efforts …
An original, new play by French playwright Florian Zeller and translated by Christopher Hampton is set to feature award-winning actor Jonathan Pryce, who has performed in countless roles bot…
In celebration of the new Snow White pantomime that will be premiering this Christmas, we have compiled a list of mime vocabulary, terms and techniques to help you better appreciate this exq…
The mind-warping psychodrama, Mindgame, is coming back for a much-anticipated encore after nearly two decades off the West End stage.Â
The Woman In Black at the Fortune Theatre has just announced new casting. The production is currently celebrating a remarkable 30 years on the West End stage.
The stage adaptation of the cult-classic 1988 film Heathers, which starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, has just announced its main cast. Find out who is set to star alongside the p…
While many of you are probably familiar with the work of Harold Pinter and have heard about Pinter Pauses before, you may have found yourself wondering, 'Just what are Pinter Pauses exactly?…
It's currently been 12 hours since I left the Garrick theatre and my sides still hurt from laughing. I warn you now, Young Frankenstein is beyond hilarious and you'll probably leave the t…
Trevor Dion Nicholas is a big man with a big voice and even bigger heart. When he got the call to originate the role of Genie in the West End premiere of Disney’s Aladdin, nothing was …
Jade Ewen is a star of screen and stage and a pop star to boot! She's been playing Jasmine in Disney's Aladdin since the West End premiere in 2016. We were lucky enough to catch up with Jade…
After drama school, touring roles and understudying for years, last summer Matt Croke took his place centre stage in one of the West End's most beloved shows. Playing the title role in Disne…
On the day of its 200th birthday, the Old Vic has announced an unprecedented "marathon broadcast" which will be shared live across Twitter this afternoon, 11 May 2018, ahead of the evening p…
Harold Pinter was one of the most important and influential playwrights of our time, but some of his works you might have never seen played out on the stage. His plays can be categorised int…
Harold Pinter was born in Hackney in 1930 to British parents of Polish-Jewish descent. He was an only child and together with his family, survived the Blitz bombings of World War II during w…
Harold Pinter was one of the most important and influential playwrights of our time, but some of his works you might have never seen played out on the stage. His plays can be categorised int…
This highly-anticipated Harold Pinter season featuring some of Pinter's most phenomenal plays is set to take the London theatre scene by storm! We're bringing you everything you need to know…
The Tap Pack is completely what it says on the tin: it's a tap concert, which takes its audience on an enjoyable, entertaining journey through an array of different musical styles. If tap da…
Joe Penhall's new production Mood Music, directed by Roger Michell, is a timely look at exploitation, gender and what we will do to achieve our dreams. Irish singer/songwriter Cat (Seána …