Blogs: Kwame Kwei-Armah is a natural leader, but there's no knowing where he'll take the Young Vic

Matt Trueman reflects on today's news that Kwame Kwei-Armah will become the new artistic director of the Young Vic

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 9:06am on September 26, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Young Vic announces Kwame Kwei-Armah as new artistic director

The director and playwright will take over the reins from David Lan next year

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 7:48am on September 26, 2017☆⚑

Review: Review: Le Grand Mort (Trafalgar Studios)

Julian Clary stars in Stephen Clark's new play about a meeting between two men

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 6:42am on September 26, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Claire Sweeney to replace Caroline Flack in UK tour of Crazy For You

The actress will take over the role of Irene in Paul Hart's production

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 6:42am on September 26, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Full cast announced for Wicked UK and Ireland tour

The tour opens in Bristol in January

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 5:24am on September 26, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Samantha Barks to star in Pretty Woman musical

The new musical will premiere in Chicago in March before transferring to Broadway in August

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 5:24am on September 26, 2017☆⚑

Review: Review: Desire under the Elms (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)

Eugene O'Neill's family drama gets a northern revival from director Sam Yates

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 5:24am on September 26, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Mark Gatiss and Sweet Charity in Adam Penford's first season at Nottingham

Adam Penford's first season as artistic director has been announced

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 1:04pm on September 25, 2017☆⚑

Video: Top 5 theatre videos of the week: Google translates Les Mis, Hamilton on ice and Dame Judi Dench

In our new feature, we hunt out the top videos from theatreland

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:12am on September 25, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Saatchi Gallery to host immersive Pussy Riot show

The shows will be overseen by Olivier Award-nominated company Les Enfants Terribles

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:12am on September 25, 2017☆⚑

Photos: First look at Take That musical The Band

Tim Firth's musical opens in Manchester this week

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:06am on September 25, 2017☆⚑

Interviews: Julian Clary: 'My career highlight to date? Being stuck in a lift with Christopher Biggins'

We ask the actor 20 questions ahead of his opening in two-hander Le Grand Mort, written by Stephen Clark, at Trafalgar Studios

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:06am on September 25, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Cast announced for Suzy Storck at the Gate Theatre

Caoilfhionn Dunne leads the cast in this newly translated play, which debuts next month

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 9:04am on September 25, 2017☆⚑

Features: Top 5 openings: 25 September - 1 October

Ian McKellen, Ria Jones and The Band all have their debuts this week

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 7:54am on September 25, 2017☆⚑

Photos: First look at the cast of The Lady from the Sea in rehearsals

Kwame Kwei-Armah directs a cast including Nikki Amuka-Bird in Elinor Cook's new adaptation of Ibsen's drama

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 6:42am on September 25, 2017☆⚑

Review: Review: Ramona Tells Jim (Bush Theatre)

Sophie Wu's oddball comedy discusses whether our first loves ever really leave us

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 6:42am on September 25, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Casting announced for UK tour of Ronald Harwood's Quartet

Wendi Peters and Jeff Rawle are among the cast of the tour which opens in Cheltenham next year

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 6:42am on September 25, 2017☆⚑

Interviews: Ria Jones: 'Understudying Glenn Close was the best decision of my career'

The actress is currently starring as Norma Desmond in the UK tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 5:33am on September 25, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Cardboard Citizens performs at Labour Party Conference

The homeless theatre company staged Cathy in a call for legislative reform

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:48pm on September 24, 2017☆⚑

Quizzes: Test your theatre knowledge: Quiz of the month

Have you been paying attention to the theatre news this month?

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 5:24am on September 24, 2017☆⚑

Features: My Top 5 Showtunes: Danny Mac

The actor tells us the musical numbers he couldn't live without

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 6:54am on September 23, 2017☆⚑

Features: A week in the life of Dido, Queen of Carthage's Ben Goffe

Head behind the scenes at the RSC's new production with the show's Cupid

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:06am on September 22, 2017☆⚑

Photos: Exclusive first look at Matthew Kelly and cast in Desire Under the Elms

Sam Yates directs Eugene O'Neill's classic play in Robert Hastie's inaugural season

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:06am on September 22, 2017☆⚑

Photos: The week in pictures: 16 - 22 September

David Walliams has a family reunion, Ian McKellen does a major throwback and Maggie Smith and Derek Jacobi collude with criminals in this week's top pics

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 8:33am on September 22, 2017☆⚑

Theatre News: Casting announced for Strangers on a Train

Anthony Banks will direct a cast including Hannah Tointon

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 8:33am on September 22, 2017☆⚑