Review Roundup: GIRLS at the Young Vic
The reviews are in for Girls, Theresa Ikoko’s award-winning first play, revived by JMK Award winner Ewa Dina in the Maria at the Young Vic, where it runs until 21 November.
London Theatre Reviews
October 2026
West End News & Gossip
Into the Woods cast to switch on the first St Martin's Lane festive lights
The company of Into the Woods will press the button on St Martin's Lane's first festive lights switch-on on 3 November.
West End News & Gossip
Graham Norton, Amy Dowden and Self Esteem at Jesus Christ Superstar's Cancer Research UK gala
Graham Norton, Amy Dowden and Self Esteem were among the guests as Jesus Christ Superstar gave a gala performance for Cancer Research UK at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Theatre News
National Theatre to mark its Broadway return with an Inter Alia gala as the full company is named
The National Theatre will mark its return to Broadway with a fundraising gala built around Inter Alia, and the producers have now named the full New York company that will join Rosamund Pike at the Music Box Theatre.
Upcoming and New Shows
A Skull in Connemara, Constellations and a new Medea head Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse 2027 season
Martin McDonagh's A Skull in Connemara, Nick Payne's Constellations and a new Medea by Chris Bush are among the home-grown productions in the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse's 2027 season, with general booking opening…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Jack Gleeson, Phia Saban and Khalid Abdalla among the nightly casts of Good Sex at Battersea Arts Centre
Jack Gleeson, Phia Saban, Anoushka Lucas, Lucy McCormick, Khalid Abdalla and Mei Mac will take turns, two a night and entirely unrehearsed, in the UK premiere of Good Sex by Dead Centre and Emilie Pine at Battersea Arts…
Features
Everything you need to know about Jumpers at Hampstead Theatre
Tom Stoppard's Jumpers returns to London for the first time in more than twenty years, with Rhea Norwood and James Corrigan leading Blanche McIntyre's revival at Hampstead Theatre from 25 November.
Features
Everything you need to know about Global Majority at the Bush Theatre
Chris Fung's Global Majority, a thriller about a job interview for the most powerful post in the world, opens at the Bush Theatre on 25 November with Jeremy Ang Jones in the lead.
Upcoming and New Shows
Samantha Barks and Oliver Tompsett lead The Greatest Showman at Drury Lane from April 2027
The Greatest Showman begins previews at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 14 April 2027, with Oliver Tompsett and Samantha Barks heading a principal cast that now includes Ben Joyce, Vajèn van den Bosch and Malinda Parris.
Upcoming and New Shows
Jessie Buckley, Juliet Stevenson and Tobias Menzies head the Royal Court's 2027 season
Oscar winner Jessie Buckley will make her Royal Court debut in Nina Segal's Afterbirth, part of a newly announced season at the Sloane Square theatre that also brings the Broadway hit Purpose to London, puts Juliet…
Upcoming and New Shows
First look at glam-rock musical Stoker Wilde as it opens at Wilton's Music Hall
The first production photos from Stoker Wilde are here, taken by Marc Brenner as the new glam-rock musical about Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde reaches its press night at Wilton's Music Hall tonight.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Layla Schillert leads the full company of Cirque Alice at the Royal Festival Hall
Layla Schillert is Alice and comedy magician Darren 'Dizzy' Partridge the Mad Hatter in the full company announced for Cirque Alice, which gives its European premiere at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall this…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: MEMORIAM at Southwark Playhouse Borough
The reviews are in for Memoriam, Noga Flaishon’s Papatango-shortlisted play, which opened at Southwark Playhouse Borough on 26 October and runs until 21 November.
West End News & Gossip
Royal Variety Performance 2026: The Greatest Showman, Billy Elliot and Operation Mincemeat lead the West End line-up
A first television look at The Greatest Showman, Electricity from Billy Elliot the Musical and Idina Menzel singing Wicked with Stephen Schwartz: musical theatre fills much of this year's Royal Variety Performance bill…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: ROLEPLAY at Soho Theatre
The reviews are in for Roleplay, the solo show written and performed by Hannah Reilly that sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe and has now transferred to Soho Theatre, where it runs until 21 November.
Upcoming and New Shows
Giles Terera's Scrooge takes shape in rehearsal for the Old Vic's 10th anniversary A Christmas Carol
Giles Terera cowers in a faded red dressing gown while the company hold their lanterns up behind him. It is the first look inside the rehearsal room for the Old Vic's tenth anniversary A Christmas Carol, which opens on…
Upcoming and New Shows
Rehearsal images for Billy Elliot the Musical as the tour heads for Sunderland
The first rehearsal pictures are out for the UK and Ireland tour of Billy Elliot the Musical, which opens at Sunderland Empire next week and comes into the West End in February.
Upcoming and New Shows
BalletBoyz open up the rehearsal room for Six Lethargies
BalletBoyz have released the first images from the rehearsal room of Six Lethargies, the world premiere that marks the company’s 25th year at Sadler’s Wells from 18-21 November 2026.
Upcoming and New Shows
First look: Jonny Fines as Willy Wonka in rehearsal for Curve's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Curve has released the first rehearsal photos of its new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with Jonny Fines as Willy Wonka, ahead of the Leicester run that opens on Saturday 21 November.
Features
Everything you need to know about Mean Girls at the New Wimbledon Theatre
Mean Girls left the Savoy Theatre for the road, and the UK and Ireland tour now has a London stop: the New Wimbledon Theatre, from 24 November, with Jennifer Ellison in the adult roles.
Features
Everything you need to know about BalletBoyz: Six Lethargies at Sadler's Wells
BalletBoyz mark a quarter of a century with a world premiere rather than a retrospective: Six Lethargies, set to Keaton Henson’s score for strings and played by a live orchestra, opens a four-night season at Sadler’s…
Theatre News
Harriet Walter's all-female Julius Caesar reaches The Other Place after RSC schools tour
Phyllida Lloyd's all-female Julius Caesar, with Harriet Walter as Brutus, has finished five weeks in schools across England and now moves into The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon for a November run that is already…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Katherine Parkinson and Jack Wolfe among four new An Oak Tree guests
Katherine Parkinson, Jack Wolfe, Luca Pasqualino and Jamael Westman are the latest actors to step into An Oak Tree cold, each joining Tim Crouch for one performance at The Other Palace before the run closes on 15…
Industry News
Michelle Terry to leave Shakespeare's Globe in 2027, signing off as Mother Courage
Michelle Terry will leave Shakespeare's Globe at the end of 2027, closing a decade as artistic director, and she will spend part of her final summer back on its stage in a revival of Mother Courage and Her Children.
Upcoming and New Shows
Sleepwalk Immersive takes Caesar to 1940s Chinatown at Hoxton Hall
Sleepwalk Immersive returns to Hoxton Hall in February 2027 with Caesar, an immersive retelling of the plot against Rome’s ruler, moved to the criminal underworld of 1940s Chinatown and staged across four floors of the…
Upcoming and New Shows
Edinburgh hit Pink Rabbit brings faith and OnlyFans to Soho Theatre
Farah Ashraf's award-winning solo play Pink Rabbit, about a young Muslim woman with a secret OnlyFans account, comes to London after its Edinburgh Fringe run.
Upcoming and New Shows
An Inspector Calls returns to London at Alexandra Palace ahead of 2027-28 UK and Ireland tour
Stephen Daldry's National Theatre production of J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls will open a three-week London run at Alexandra Palace Theatre on 3 September 2027, the first stop on a UK and Ireland tour that…
Upcoming and New Shows
First look: Danny Beard becomes Lily Savage in Jonathan Harvey's Savage
Danny Beard is pictured as Lily Savage for the first time in Savage, Jonathan Harvey's new comedy drawn from the life of Paul O'Grady, which premieres at Curve Leicester in February before a UK tour and a West End run.
Upcoming and New Shows
Bedlam by Peter Imms to open at the Mercury Theatre before Arcola run
Peter Imms's new play Bedlam, which links a patient of the hospital in 1625 with a young man seeking help in 2022, opens at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester in April 2027 before transferring to London's Arcola Theatre.
Theatre News
Girls at the Young Vic: first production photos as Theresa Ikoko's play reaches press night
The first production photos of Girls, Theresa Ikoko's play about three teenage friends taken captive in Nigeria, have been released as the Young Vic production reaches press night, with Hannah Akhalu, Tara Tijani and…
Upcoming and New Shows
Once Upon a Time in Sokoto extends its tour to Keswick and Hammersmith
Once Upon a Time in Sokoto is touring into 2027. Fuel has added a stop at Theatre by the Lake in Keswick, 24-27 March, before Inua Ellams's play opens a four-week run at the Lyric Hammersmith on 13 April.
Upcoming and New Shows
Rufus Norris, Conor McPherson and The Book Thief lead the Lyric Hammersmith's 2027 season
Rufus Norris makes his first London directing return since leaving the National, Conor McPherson adapts Before the Coffee Gets Cold and the musical The Book Thief reaches London, all in the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre's…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: ROOM 13 at Battersea Arts Centre
The reviews are in for Room 13, the 35-minute immersive horror show that Immersive Octopus and Battersea Arts Centre are running at the Lavender Hill building until 1 November.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: DICKSON MBI COMPANY: TELLUS at Sadler’s Wells East
The reviews are in for Tellus, the hour-long dance-theatre piece by Dickson Mbi that had its London premiere at Sadler’s Wells East on 21 October and ran there until 24 October, after an earlier tour this year.
Awards
James Graham, Janie Dee and Gary Kemp among the presenters for the first Great British Theatres Awards
James Graham, Janie Dee and Gary Kemp will be among those handing out the inaugural Great British Theatres Awards at Central Hall Westminster on Monday 2 November, with Marisha Wallace hosting the evening.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Lucy McCormick to play Mother Russia as Hampstead completes the cast of Lauren Yee’s comedy
Lucy McCormick takes the title role in the UK premiere of Lauren Yee’s Mother Russia, with Samuel Creasey, Kirsty Rider and Matthew Tennyson completing the four-strong company at Hampstead Downstairs this winter.
Upcoming and New Shows
First rehearsal photos from ENO’s Iphigénie en Tauride, with Christine Rice and Jacques Imbrailo
English National Opera has released the first rehearsal photographs for Iphigénie en Tauride, with Christine Rice and Jacques Imbrailo as the sister and brother at its heart.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Peter Andre returns to Mamma Mia! The Party at The O2 as Sydney production is announced
Peter Andre is heading back to Nikos’ taverna: the pop star returns to Mamma Mia! The Party at The O2 for selected performances from 10 January to 18 March 2027, as the ABBA dining show confirms a new production in…
Upcoming and New Shows
Tosca, Adriana Mater and English National Ballet's Nutcracker lead the London Coliseum's winter line-up
English National Opera's new Tosca, the company's first Iphigénie en Tauride and Adriana Mater share the London Coliseum stage through November and December, before English National Ballet's Nutcracker takes over for…
Videos
Daniel Casey fronts a new film for the 2027 Midsomer Murders stage tour
Daniel Casey is the face of a new 34-second film for Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift, released six months before the thriller sets off on its second UK and Ireland tour in April 2027.
Features
What to see in the West End in November
November is when the Christmas shows move in and a run of autumn favourites moves out. Here are eleven West End and London shows to book for the month, from big openings to final performances.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: DOLLY at the Omnibus Theatre
The reviews are in for Dolly, Charlotte Ashton’s new play at the Omnibus Theatre in Clapham, which runs until Saturday 7 November.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: GARRY STARR: CLASSIC PENGUINS at The Other Palace
The reviews are in for Garry Starr: Classic Penguins, the mostly naked one-man comedy in which Damien Warren-Smith’s clown, in a ruff, a tailcoat and a pair of flippers, sets out to save literature by performing the…
Features
Everything you need to know about Fourteen Again at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Fourteen Again builds a new musical from the songs of Victoria Wood, and its London premiere at the Menier Chocolate Factory reunites three performers who worked with her: Sally Ann Triplett, Ria Jones and Neil…
Features
Everything you need to know about The Snowman at the Peacock Theatre
After 29 seasons of the old staging, The Snowman returns to the Peacock Theatre in a production rebuilt from scratch by Will Tuckett, with Howard Blake's score and Walking in the Air intact.
Features
Everything you need to know about Jack and the Beanstalk at the Hackney Empire
Clive Rowe directs the Hackney Empire pantomime and plays its Dame, and Jack and the Beanstalk will carry the theatre through its 125th birthday this December. Here is everything you need to know before you book.
Features
Everything you need to know about Club NVRLND at The Vaults
Club NVRLND turns Peter Pan into a 2000s club night, with Diana Vickers as a runaway-bride Wendy Darling and the audience dancing among the cast at The Vaults. Here is everything you need to know before you book.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: LONDON CITY BALLET: FIREBIRD – A DOUBLE BILL at Sadler’s Wells
The reviews are in for London City Ballet: Firebird – A Double Bill, the company’s three-night stop at Sadler’s Wells.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: THE MASTER BUILDER at the Arcola Theatre
The reviews are in for The Master Builder at the Arcola Theatre, where artistic director Mehmet Ergen stages David Edgar’s version of Ibsen’s late play.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: THE PIANIST at the Park Theatre
The reviews are in for The Pianist, Thom Southerland’s stage version of Wladyslaw Szpilman’s memoir of surviving Nazi-occupied Warsaw, which opened at the Park Theatre on 22 October after a short run at Southampton’s…
Industry News
Theatre designers donate sketches, puppets and props to a Bush Theatre auction for Gaza’s babies
More than 150 stage designers and artists have given original work to the second Stage Designers and Artists Auction for Gaza, which launches at the Bush Theatre on 26 October and raises money for the Gaza Formula Fund.
Videos
Pride the Musical trailer: protest banners and a disco floor ahead of the Bridge Theatre run
Picket-line banners, a glowing disco floor and a run of five-star quotes: the new trailer for Pride the Musical arrives less than three weeks before the show begins performances at the Bridge Theatre.
Theatre News
This week in theatre: the Shaftesbury becomes the Judi Dench Theatre and Martin Guerre splits the critics
The Shaftesbury Theatre is to be renamed after Judi Dench, The Notebook and The History Boys set 2027 dates, and the critics split over Martin Guerre at the Old Vic. This is the week in London theatre.
Upcoming and New Shows
Andrew Lloyd Webber hopes to bring his Mona Lisa musical to London next autumn
Andrew Lloyd Webber has finished his musical about the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa, and he hopes to have it playing in London by this time next year.
Upcoming and New Shows
Sacrilegious moves to spring 2027 at Riverside Studios
Sacrilegious, the first original play from Tom Schulman, the Oscar-winning writer of Dead Poets Society, has been pushed back to the spring.
Upcoming and New Shows
Club NVRLND cast party at Soho launch ahead of The Vaults run
The first pictures of the Club NVRLND company are out, taken at a launch party in Soho three weeks before the Peter Pan nightclub musical opens at The Vaults in Waterloo.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: ACOSTA DANZA: CUBAN BAROQUE at Sadler’s Wells
The reviews are in for Acosta Danza: Cuban Baroque, the double bill that Carlos Acosta’s Havana-based company brought to Sadler’s Wells for four nights from 7 October.
West End News & Gossip
Shaftesbury Theatre to become the Judi Dench Theatre in February 2027
The Shaftesbury Theatre will carry the name of Dame Judi Dench from February 2027, a tribute from owners whose association with the actress goes back to the Theatre of Comedy company of the 1980s.
Upcoming and New Shows
The Notebook musical heads to the West End’s Judi Dench Theatre in 2027
The Notebook, the Broadway musical adapted from Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling novel, begins previews in the West End on 10 March 2027 as the first show at the Judi Dench Theatre, the new name for the Shaftesbury…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: DERREN BROWN: ONLY HUMAN at the Apollo Theatre
The reviews are in for Derren Brown: Only Human, which had its press night at the Apollo Theatre on 21 October after a UK and Ireland tour.
Upcoming and New Shows
Amy Winehouse musical reported to be in development for the West End
A stage musical about Amy Winehouse is in development for the West End, Variety reports, with Broadway producer Catherine Schreiber understood to be involved. Nobody named in the report has confirmed the project.
Upcoming and New Shows
First look at One Day in rehearsal ahead of its Garrick Theatre opening
The first rehearsal photographs from One Day are out, less than four weeks before the musical starts performances at the Garrick Theatre on 17 November.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Michael Marouli, Blu Hydrangea and Vanity Milan among twelve Giants in TuckShop’s Jack and the Beanstalk
Michael Marouli, Blu Hydrangea and Vanity Milan are among twelve drag performers taking turns as The Giant in TuckShop's Jack and the Beanstalk, the adults-only panto that opens at the Emerald Theatre on 2 December.
Upcoming and New Shows
Circa's Duck Pond and Ceilidh the Musical lead Brighton Dome's Christmas line-up
Australian circus company Circa brings Duck Pond to Brighton Dome this Christmas, with the brand-new Ceilidh the Musical and Stuff and Nonsense Theatre's The Adventures of the Little Red Hen also on the December bill.
Upcoming and New Shows
Patrick Marber directs Harry Milas in Magic In The Ditch beneath Shoreditch Town Hall
The sleight-of-hand artist Harry Milas is to present a new show, Harry Milas: Magic In The Ditch, in the rooms beneath Shoreditch Town Hall this winter, under the direction of Patrick Marber.
Features
Everything you need to know about Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen at The Other Palace
Steven Webb takes the stage alone in Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen, Marcelo Dos Santos's Fringe First-winning comedy, which returns to London this winter at The Other Palace.
Features
Everything you need to know about Cinderella at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Chrissie Bhima takes the title role in Cinderella, the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre's pantomime for this winter, with a new script by Joel Horwood and Robin Belfield directing.
Theatre News
The Mousetrap marks its 75th West End year with a new director, a new cast and a refitted St Martin’s
Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap is heading into its 75th year in the West End with a new director in Hannah Chissick, a new company from 11 November, a refitted St Martin's Theatre and a gala performance on 25 November…
Upcoming and New Shows
First look at Cirque Berserk! as the circus spectacular opens at the Garrick Theatre
Cirque Berserk! opened at the Garrick Theatre on Wednesday 21 October, and the first production photos are here. It is a short half-term stay: the last performance is on Saturday 31 October.
Upcoming and New Shows
The Snowman takes flight in first production photos from Birmingham Rep
Birmingham Rep has released the first production photographs of its brand-new The Snowman, taken by Johan Persson now that performances are under way. Press night is Thursday 29 October 2026.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Jane Krakowski takes over Oh, Mary! for six weeks as the comedy books to June 2027
Jane Krakowski is to play Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! at the Trafalgar Theatre from 7 December 2026 to 16 January 2027, returning to the part she played on Broadway, and the Cole Escola comedy is now booking through…
Upcoming and New Shows
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir musical names its creative team and sets its sights on the West End
A new stage musical of The Ghost & Mrs. Muir has its creative team: book and lyrics by Peter Sham, music by Kevin Purcell and direction by Kenneth Hoyt.
Upcoming and New Shows
First look: James Spence as Gomer Jones in new Private Jones artwork
New artwork for Private Jones puts James Spence front and centre as Gomer Jones, ahead of the musical's European premiere at Southwark Playhouse Elephant from 14 December.
Upcoming and New Shows
ATTENTION, a love story that ends differently every night, comes to the Bush Theatre
ATTENTION, a queer love story whose ending its two actors decide afresh at every performance, opens at the Bush Theatre on 19 November after a sold-out run in Ireland.
Upcoming and New Shows
Punch adds Dublin, Glasgow and three more stops to its 2027 UK and Ireland tour
James Graham's Olivier-winning Punch now tours the UK and Ireland until 24 April 2027, with five new venues added, among them Glasgow and the play's first dates in Dublin.
Upcoming and New Shows
Unicorn Theatre marks 20 years on Tooley Street with Mog, Oi Frog & Friends! and tiny GIANT
Twenty years after it opened on Tooley Street, the Unicorn Theatre has set out its spring and summer 2027: three new productions, tiny GIANT, Oi Frog & Friends!
Cast Changes and Announcements
John Thomson gets his full company for The Old Vic's A Christmas Carol in Salford
John Thomson now has his full company around him for A Christmas Carol at Lowry, Salford, where Matthew Warchus's production plays outside London for the first time from 11 December.
Theatre News
First production photos from Max Porter's Lanny at Bristol Old Vic
Bristol Old Vic has released the first production photographs of Lanny, Bea Roberts's stage version of Max Porter's novel, ahead of the world premiere's press night on 22 October.
Cast Changes and Announcements
First look at the new Mamma Mia! cast at the Novello Theatre
The first production photographs of the new Mamma Mia! company are out, ten days after Sara Poyzer, Ellie Gilbert-Grey and the rest of the cast took over the West End run at the Novello Theatre.
Upcoming and New Shows
Nicholas Hytner revives The History Boys at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
The History Boys is back. Nicholas Hytner's original National Theatre production of Alan Bennett's play opens at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 10 April 2027 for 16 weeks.
Industry News
MTI buys Back to the Future: The Musical rights, opening the way for UK schools and amateur groups
Music Theatre International has bought the licensing rights to Back to the Future: The Musical, which puts the Olivier-winning show on course for UK schools and amateur companies. No release date has been set yet.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: TELL ME STRAIGHT / AGGY at the King’s Head Theatre
The first reviews are in for Tell Me Straight / Aggy, Paul Bradshaw’s double bill of queer London plays, now running at the King’s Head Theatre in Islington after a run at the Park Theatre in March.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: ILFORD BOY at the Donmar Warehouse
The notices are in for Ilford Boy, the second play from Danny Lee Wynter, which had its press night at the Donmar Warehouse on 20 October in a production directed by Tim Sheader.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: MARTIN GUERRE at the Old Vic
The reviews are in for Martin Guerre, the Boublil and Schönberg musical that Matthew Warchus has cut to 90 minutes and staged in the round as his last production as artistic director of the Old Vic.
Features
Everything you need to know about Tango After Dark at Sadler's Wells
Germán Cornejo brings Tango After Dark back to London for a five-day run at Sadler's Wells, with this summer's newly crowned world champions, Nicolás Schell and Nair Schinca Rosas, among his ten dancers.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Barrie Hunter returns as the Dame in Perth Theatre's Sleeping Beauty pantomime
Barrie Hunter writes, directs and plays Dame Livvie McSkivvie in Perth Theatre's Sleeping Beauty, which runs from 27 November to 31 December 2026 with a company of nine.
West End News & Gossip
McFly's Tom Fletcher joins Harry Judd at High School Musical's Wembley press night
A basketball court washed in purple light, the company in their Wildcats whites and the front rows holding their phones up high: the press night pictures from Disney's High School Musical at the Troubadour Wembley Park…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Mischief founders Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer step back into Christmas Carol Goes Wrong at Wyndham's
Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer, two of the three writers of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, will play Robert and Dennis for the last ten days of its West End season, from 14-23 January 2027.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Tom Chambers to play Ben opposite Giovanna Fletcher in the Before I Go To Sleep tour
Tom Chambers is to play Ben opposite Giovanna Fletcher's Christine in Before I Go To Sleep, the first stage version of S J Watson's bestselling thriller, which opens at Richmond Theatre on 15 January 2027 before touring…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Kristina Stanek leads ENO's first Adriana Mater at the London Coliseum
Kristina Stanek takes the title role in English National Opera's first staging of Adriana Mater, Kaija Saariaho's opera of war and motherhood, which runs at the London Coliseum from 28 November to 12 December 2026.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
The reviews are in for Disney’s High School Musical, the first UK non-replica staging of the stage version of the 2006 film, which has moved from Salford to the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre with Harry Judd as Coach…
Cast Changes and Announcements
George Maguire is Jack Sparrow as Secret Cinema's Pirates of the Caribbean extends
George Maguire will play Captain Jack Sparrow in Secret Cinema's world premiere of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Immersive Adventure, with Phil Daniels as Captain Barbossa.
Upcoming and New Shows
Daniel Kaluuya stars in Grass as Park Avenue Armory’s 2027 season brings Phelim McDermott’s Einstein on the Beach to New York
London-born Daniel Kaluuya makes his American stage debut next February in Grass, a world premiere by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins that opens Park Avenue Armory's 20th-anniversary season in New York.
Upcoming and New Shows
Rufus Norris to direct the final James Play, James VI: First and Last
Rona Munro's cycle of plays about Scotland's Stewart kings will close with James VI: First and Last, directed by Rufus Norris. It opens at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh on 24 September 2027 and then tours Scotland.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL at St John the Divine, Richmond
The notices are in for the Orange Tree Theatre’s revival of Murder in the Cathedral, which has left its Richmond home during building work and taken T.S.
Upcoming and New Shows
Sister Act sets out on 2027 tour from Wimbledon with Craig Revel Horwood as Mother Superior
Sister Act goes back on the road in September 2027, opening a UK and Ireland tour at New Wimbledon Theatre with Craig Revel Horwood as Mother Superior, Paul Chuckle as Monsignor O'Hara and Zoe Birkett as Deloris Van…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Dean John-Wilson returns to Wild About You as Daniel George-Wright completes the Charing Cross cast
Dean John-Wilson returns to Wild About You as Thomas, and Daniel George-Wright takes the last place in the ensemble, completing the company for the new musical's first full staging at the Charing Cross Theatre in…
Awards
Holly Arsenault's Chamber wins the 2026 Papatango New Writing Prize
Holly Arsenault has won the 17th Papatango New Writing Prize with Chamber, a play about teenage musicians shut inside a soundproof rehearsal room, which Papatango and Park Theatre will stage together in the autumn of…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Teri Hatcher takes her seat at Runway in the first pictures as Miranda Priestly
The first pictures of Teri Hatcher in costume as Miranda Priestly are out, on the day she takes over as Runway’s editor-in-chief in The Devil Wears Prada at the Dominion Theatre.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Connor Carson takes over as Bram Stoker in glam-rock musical Stoker Wilde at Wilton’s
Connor Carson is the new Bram Stoker in Stoker Wilde, stepping in for Jamie Bogyo ahead of the glam-rock musical’s seven performances at Wilton’s Music Hall from 27 October.
Features
Everything you need to know about One Day at the Garrick Theatre
Jamie Muscato and Sharon Rose bring Dex and Em south from Edinburgh as One Day, the musical of David Nicholls’ novel, begins its West End run at the Garrick Theatre on 17 November.
Upcoming and New Shows
Anne Boleyn: The Musical comes to Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College in 2027
Anne Boleyn: The Musical heads to London next spring, running at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich from 8 May to 5 June 2027, following its open-air world premiere at Hever Castle in 2025.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Ian McKellen, Robert Lindsay and Matt Henry join Bradley Walsh for Raise the Roof! at the Victoria Palace
Sir Ian McKellen, Robert Lindsay and Matt Henry are among the performers joining Bradley Walsh for Raise the Roof!, the one-night fundraiser for Denville Hall's centenary at the Victoria Palace Theatre on Sunday 1…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Gabrielle Brooks and Colm Gormley join Pinocchio for its Christmas return to the Globe
Pinocchio is back at Shakespeare’s Globe this Christmas, and the company is now complete: Gabrielle Brooks and Colm Gormley lead the new arrivals, with Lee Braithwaite returning as the puppet who wants to be a boy.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Stefan Bednarczyk and David Webber lead the cast of It’s a Wonderful Life! at Jermyn Street Theatre
Stefan Bednarczyk, Mary Higgins, Iniki Mariano, Griffin Stevens, David Webber and Lachlan Werner make up the six-strong company of It’s a Wonderful Life!, Jessica Lazar’s Christmas staging of the Frank Capra classic as…
Upcoming and New Shows
Beverley Knight plays Beatrice as the Royal Exchange unveils an eight-show 2027-28 season
Beverley Knight plays Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing as Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre Company sets out an eight-show 2027-28 season with four world premieres, among them Simon Stephens' The First Blue Thing…
Upcoming and New Shows
HAM adds Saturday matinees as its Soho Theatre run enters its final fortnight
HAM, the Fringe First-winning Hamlet spin-off from Hotter Project, has added two Saturday matinees before it closes at Soho Theatre on 31 October. A new set of backstage photographs has been released alongside them.
Upcoming and New Shows
Dog Man: The Musical sets a 2027 UK tour and a summer return to the Southbank Centre
Dog Man: The Musical is coming back to the Southbank Centre in London from 29 July - 15 August 2027, the final stop on a 20-venue UK tour that opens in Brighton in January.
Upcoming and New Shows
Marcos Morau's David Bowie dance piece is heading to Sadler's Wells in 2028
Subject to Change – A Dance for David Bowie, a new work built on David Bowie's many stage personas, will have its UK premiere at Sadler's Wells in autumn 2028.
Upcoming and New Shows
Robert Harris's Enigma premieres in the Watermill Theatre's 60th anniversary season
The world premiere of Enigma, a new stage version of Robert Harris's Bletchley Park thriller, is the headline of the Watermill Theatre's 60th anniversary year in 2027, which also brings back The Wipers Times and…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Katie Brace returns as Tracy Turnblad as the Hairspray tour adds 2028 dates
Katie Brace is back as Tracy Turnblad for the 2027-28 UK and Ireland tour of Hairspray, which has added eight more dates running into spring 2028 and will hold open auditions in London later this month.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Molly Rainford to make her stage debut as Vivian Ward on the Pretty Woman tour
Molly Rainford will play Vivian Ward in her first stage role when Pretty Woman: The Musical sets out on a new UK tour next spring, with Danny Walters opposite her as Edward Lewis and Bernadette Bangura as Kit De Luca.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: 4.48 PSYCHOSIS at the Linbury Theatre
The reviews are in for 4.48 Psychosis, Philip Venables’ opera on Sarah Kane’s final play, which the Royal Opera revived on 17 October in the Linbury Theatre at the Royal Opera House.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: TRIUMPH at the Almeida Theatre
The notices are in for Triumph, Caryl Churchill’s new play of barely a quarter of an hour, running for a single week at the Almeida Theatre.
Upcoming and New Shows
Ilford Boy in pictures as Danny Lee Wynter’s world premiere heads for press night at the Donmar
The first production photos are out for Ilford Boy, Danny Lee Wynter’s new play about growing up in 1990s East London, ahead of its press night at the Donmar Warehouse on Tuesday 20 October.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Royal Ballet dancer Nathalie Harrison becomes The Swan in Tru at the Menier
Nathalie Harrison, a dancer with The Royal Ballet for close to 20 years, steps into the role of The Swan opposite Jesse Tyler Ferguson in Tru from 27 October, staying with the production until it closes at the Menier…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Rhea Norwood and James Corrigan lead the full company of Jumpers at Hampstead Theatre
Rhea Norwood and James Corrigan now have their company: twelve more actors join them in Hampstead Theatre's revival of Tom Stoppard's Jumpers, which begins previews on 25 November.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Gemma Sutton and Josh St Clair to lead Anything Goes at The Mill at Sonning
Gemma Sutton is Reno Sweeney and Josh St Clair is Billy Crocker in The Mill at Sonning's festive revival of Anything Goes, which runs from 19 November 2026 to 17 January 2027.
Features
Everything you need to know about Murder, She Didn't Write at the Duchess Theatre
Degrees of Error bring their improvised whodunnit Murder, She Didn't Write back to the Duchess Theatre for seven Monday nights between November and April, and no two of them will share a victim, a setting or a killer.
Upcoming and New Shows
Made in Liverpool, a new play about Stuart Sutcliffe, to premiere at Exeter Northcott in its 60th year
Made in Liverpool, a new play by Gerard McCarthy about Stuart Sutcliffe, the artist often called the "fifth Beatle", will have its world premiere at Exeter Northcott Theatre from 16 June to 4 July 2027.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: ANGEL’S BONE at the London Coliseum
The reviews are in for Angel’s Bone, Du Yun and Royce Vavrek’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera about human trafficking, which English National Opera opened at the London Coliseum on 16 October after its UK premiere at…
Upcoming and New Shows
Janie Dee thriller Speculations extends to 17 January at the Marylebone Theatre
Speculations, Trevor Nunn's world premiere of Torben Betts's political thriller with Janie Dee, has added two weeks at the Marylebone Theatre and now runs until Sunday 17 January 2027. The new dates are on sale now.
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Upcoming and New Shows
Elena Langer's comic opera To Die For comes to the London Coliseum for one night
To Die For [A Comedy], Elena Langer's black comic opera about fame and reality television, gets its UK premiere at the London Coliseum on 29 November 2026.
Features
Halloween theatre in London 2026
Ghosts, witches, a god of death and one very persistent poltergeist. These are the London shows to see over Halloween 2026, from a 10.30pm horror late show on the night itself to a gothic classic that has haunted the…
Features
New West End shows opening soon
These London productions begin performances in the next two months, listed by the week they start, with the venue and the booking period for each.
Features
West End shows closing soon: last chance to see
Every London show on this page plays its final performance within the next six weeks, listed by the week it closes. We check the list against our booking dates each morning, so a run drops off once it has ended.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: THE GANG OF THREE at Richmond Theatre
The reviews are in for The Gang of Three, Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky’s political comedy-drama about Roy Jenkins, Denis Healey and Tony Crosland, the Labour heavyweights who each wanted to lead the party and could…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: DOG MOM at Southwark Playhouse Borough
The reviews are in for Dog Mom, Tate Elizabeth Hanyok’s comedy about a newly divorced woman in Brooklyn who reluctantly takes in a stray golden retriever, now in its first run outside the United States at Southwark…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: CADEL: LUNGS ON LEGS at Riverside Studios
The reviews are in for Cadel: Lungs On Legs, the solo play in which Connor Delves tells the story of Cadel Evans, the first Australian to win the Tour de France, while pedalling a bike on stage for most of its 70…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: THE SEAFARER at Greenwich Theatre
The reviews are in for The Seafarer, Conor McPherson’s Christmas Eve drama of poker, drink and a soul put up as the stake, revived at Greenwich Theatre for its 20th anniversary in a new Colour Noise production directed…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: STORIES: THE TAP DANCE SENSATION at the Peacock Theatre
The reviews are in for Stories: The Tap Dance Sensation, the French company RB Dance Company’s noir dance thriller, which opened its return season at the Peacock Theatre on Wednesday 14 October after a first London run…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: BABY at Brixton House
The reviews are in for Baby, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti’s new one-woman play at Brixton House, co-produced with Clean Break and directed by Milli Bhatia, which had its press night on Wednesday 14 October.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: TOM AT THE FARM (TOM NA FAZENDA) at the Barbican Theatre
The reviews are in for Tom at the Farm (Tom na Fazenda), the Brazilian staging of Michel Marc Bouchard’s play that opened a five-night London run at the Barbican Theatre on Tuesday 13 October.
Upcoming and New Shows
First production photos from Nina Raine's two-part Middlemarch at the RSC
The Royal Shakespeare Company has released the first production photos of Middlemarch, Nina Raine's two-part stage version of the George Eliot novel, which opens at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon on Wednesday…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: SOME WOMAN at the National Theatre
The first reviews are in for Some Woman, Helen Edmundson’s new play at the National Theatre’s Dorfman, which had its press night on Thursday 15 October.
Features
Everything you need to know about A Homo Alone 2: Yikes, We Did It Again! at The Other Palace
Kevin is home alone again, except this time he is in New York. A Homo Alone 2: Yikes, We Did It Again! brings the team behind the Studio's biggest hits back to The Other Palace for Christmas.
Features
Everything you need to know about Sylvia at the Royal Albert Hall
Beverley Knight MBE returns as Emmeline Pankhurst when Sylvia ends its UK tour with five performances at the Royal Albert Hall, the building that once barred the suffragettes.
Features
Everything you need to know about The Jungle Book at the National Theatre
Hiran Abeysekera plays Mowgli in The Jungle Book, the National Theatre's family show for the winter, with Kipling's animals brought to life by the puppeteers behind Life of Pi.
Features
Everything you need to know about Eurotrash at the Young Vic
Ben Whishaw and Kathryn Hunter play a son and his formidable mother on a road trip through the Swiss Alps in Eurotrash, the stage version of Christian Kracht's novel that opens the Young Vic's winter next month.
Upcoming and New Shows
Production photos as ENO's Angel's Bone opens at the London Coliseum
Angel's Bone opens at the London Coliseum on 16 October for six performances only. These pictures from the Coliseum show Kip Williams's staging of Du Yun's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera, which arrives with its Manchester…
Industry News
Underbelly Boulevard Soho to close after Sophie’s Surprise Christmas Party
Underbelly Boulevard Soho is to close, and its final production will be Sophie’s Surprise Christmas Party, a festive circus and comedy party from Three Legged Race Productions running from 13 November 2026 to 10 January…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Mathew Baynton and Olivier winner Jack Holden join the An Oak Tree guest list
Mathew Baynton, Jack Holden and Caitlin FitzGerald are among seven more actors who will each walk on stage unrehearsed opposite Tim Crouch in An Oak Tree at The Other Palace before the run ends on 15 November 2026.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Stephen Kirkham to play Santa in the Unicorn's world premiere of Santa's First Christmas
Stephen Kirkham plays the title role in Santa's First Christmas, a new Christmas dance show from Olivier Award winner James Cousins that premieres at the Unicorn Theatre in November, and the rest of the seven-strong…
Upcoming and New Shows
Cathy Forde's Fat Boy Swim becomes a new musical touring Scotland in 2027
Glasgow company Visible Fictions is turning Cathy Forde's novel Fat Boy Swim into a new musical, opening in Giffnock on 28 January 2027 and touring eight Scottish venues in nine days.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: GHOSTS at the Jermyn Street Theatre
The notices for Ghosts are warm, though not unanimous. Richard Eyre’s 90-minute version of Henrik Ibsen’s drama, first seen at the Almeida in 2013, has been revived at the Jermyn Street Theatre by Kwame Owusu, with…
Upcoming and New Shows
First look: Anne-Marie Duff in Helen Edmundson's Some Woman at the National Theatre
The first production photos from Some Woman are out, showing Anne-Marie Duff as a woman nobody notices until the day she decides she has kept her head down long enough, in Helen Edmundson's new play at the National…
Upcoming and New Shows
David Tennant to lead The Entertainer in Dominic Cooke's first Almeida season
David Tennant will play Archie Rice in The Entertainer at the Almeida in early 2028, the headline revival in Dominic Cooke's first season as artistic director.
Upcoming and New Shows
Falsettos reunion adds a fourth London Palladium performance
The Falsettos 10th anniversary reunion concert now has a fourth London Palladium performance, on 25 February 2027 at 7.30pm. General sale for all the London dates opens on Friday 16 October.
Upcoming and New Shows
King's Head comedy Rowling In It: Villain In Progress heads to New York
Rowling In It: Villain In Progress, the solo comedy Laura Kay Bailey wrote about being cast as J.K. Rowling, follows its run at the King's Head Theatre with a New York debut at Asylum NYC from 18-23 December 2026.
Cast Changes and Announcements
John Elkington and Ben Thornton lead Nottingham’s Aladdin and Lichfield’s Robin Hood pantomimes
John Elkington is back in Widow Twankey’s frocks for Aladdin at Nottingham Playhouse, while Ben Thornton takes the title role in Robin Hood, the Lichfield Garrick’s first home-grown pantomime in more than a decade.
Upcoming and New Shows
Roger Bart and Axel Duffy in the first production photos from the Back to the Future UK tour
The UK tour of Back to the Future The Musical has released its first production photos, with Roger Bart as Doc Brown and Axel Duffy as Marty McFly. The tour is at the Bristol Hippodrome until 21 November.
Theatre News
Starlight Express is heading to cinemas on 26 November with a film of the Wembley revival
Engines on roller skates are heading for the big screen. Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express, filmed during its 2024 revival at Wembley, opens in cinemas on 26 November 2026, and a new trailer arrived with the date.
Theatre News
Chichester Festival Theatre cancels A Midsummer Night's Dream after a cast member is attacked in the city
Tuesday evening's performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Chichester Festival Theatre was called off with the audience already seated, after a member of the company was attacked and chased through the city centre…
Features
Everything you need to know about Pride at the Bridge Theatre
Pride, the musical drawn from the friendship between London's gay and lesbian activists and a Welsh mining community in 1984, arrives at the Bridge Theatre next month with Samuel Barnett at the head of the company.
Features
Everything you need to know about A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic
The Old Vic marks ten years of its A Christmas Carol with an Olivier Award winner in the top hat: Giles Terera plays Ebenezer Scrooge in the anniversary staging this November.
Upcoming and New Shows
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child books to September 2027, with first photos of the one-part cast
The one-part Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is now booking to Sunday 5 September 2027 at the Palace Theatre, with more than 110,000 extra tickets released.
Upcoming and New Shows
Nevermore, the Edgar Allan Poe musical play, comes to Charing Cross Theatre in summer 2027
Catalyst Theatre’s Nevermore – The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe will play a limited London season at Charing Cross Theatre next summer, from 19 July to 9 October 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
Twelfth Night production photos: Mathew Horne as Malvolio at Sheffield's Crucible
Twelfth Night is now playing at the Crucible in Sheffield, and the first production photos are out. Mathew Horne plays Malvolio in a run that ends on Saturday 31 October 2026.
Upcoming and New Shows
Cadel: Lungs On Legs production photos as the cycling play opens at Riverside Studios
A yellow jersey, a toy lion held high and a lot of sweat: new photographs by Kyle Dax Smith show Connor Delves at full effort in Cadel: Lungs On Legs, which has its official London opening at Riverside Studios on…
Upcoming and New Shows
Paddington The Musical heads to Sydney's Capitol Theatre in September 2027
Paddington The Musical is going to Australia. The Olivier-winning West End hit opens at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney in September 2027, making it the third city for the show after London and Broadway.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Timi Akinyosade to play Ugly in Honk! at the Barn Theatre, Cirencester
Timi Akinyosade takes on the title duckling in Honk! at the Barn Theatre this Christmas, in a company headed by Claire-Marie Hall and directed by Ryan McBryde.
Upcoming and New Shows
Russell Tovey brings The Guilty to the Harold Pinter Theatre in January
Russell Tovey's solo thriller The Guilty transfers from the Donmar Warehouse to the Harold Pinter Theatre for a limited run from 18 January to 3 April 2027, and public booking opens at 10am on 16 October.
Upcoming and New Shows
Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 and Ayckbourn's Absent Friends join Alan Cumming's 2027 Pitlochry season
Alan Cumming has added four productions to his second season as Artistic Director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre, with Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 and Alan Ayckbourn's Absent Friends heading for the Main House and two world…
Upcoming and New Shows
Brixton Calling returns to Southwark Playhouse Borough in a bigger staging
Brixton Calling, Alex Urwin's play about the birth of the Brixton Academy, comes back to Southwark Playhouse Borough from 22 January to 13 March 2027, this time in the theatre's Large auditorium.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: HEATED RIVALRY: THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY at Underbelly Boulevard Soho
The reviews are in for Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody, which had its London press night at Underbelly Boulevard Soho on 13 October.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: MANON at the Royal Opera House
The first notices are in for The Royal Ballet’s revival of Manon, which opened the company’s 2026/27 season at Covent Garden on 13 October.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Louisa Lytton and James Alexandrou set to reunite on stage in Casserole at Playhouse East
Louisa Lytton and James Alexandrou, who shared the Square in EastEnders, are reuniting in a new production of Casserole at Playhouse East in Haggerston this Christmas, their first time on stage together.
Videos
First listen: Andrew Barth Feldman sings And Now He Hounds the Night from Nero
Andrew Barth Feldman sings And Now He Hounds the Night in the first song released from Nero, the new musical by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik that opens at Southwark Playhouse Elephant on 2 November.
Awards
KPPL Productions' Punch wins the theatre prize at the Sky Arts Awards 2026
KPPL Productions' Punch took the theatre prize at the Sky Arts Awards on Tuesday night, while Nancy Farino collected The Times Breakthrough Award for her first play, Fatherland, and Birmingham's Liz Light was named Arts…
Features
Everything you need to know about Visionaries: Robbins and MacMillan at the Royal Opera House
The Royal Ballet pairs two twentieth-century landmarks, Jerome Robbins's Dances at a Gathering and Kenneth MacMillan's Song of the Earth, for eight performances at Covent Garden from 9 November, with Marianela Nuñez…
Theatre News
LIFT sets June 2027 return under Pelin Başaran, with a new showcase for English work
The London International Festival of Theatre will return from 3 June to 4 July 2027, the first edition under Pelin Başaran and the first presented by Battersea Arts Centre, with a new showcase for touring work made in…
Theatre News
Thom Yorke and the Hamlet Hail to the Thief company pictured in rehearsal for the Barbican
The first rehearsal pictures of Hamlet Hail to the Thief are out, showing Thom Yorke, co-directors Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones and the company at work ahead of the London premiere at the Barbican Theatre on 31…
Upcoming and New Shows
First production photos from The Penelopiad as Amelia Bullmore opens in York
The first production photos are out for The Penelopiad at York Theatre Royal, where Amelia Bullmore leads Margaret Atwood's take on the Odyssey into its press night this evening.
Cast Changes and Announcements
George Renshaw to play Peter Pan as Club NVRLND completes its cast at The Vaults
George Renshaw will play Peter Pan in Club NVRLND, with Ceili O’Connor as Tink and Peter Caulfield as The Crocodile rounding out the company before the nightclub musical opens at The Vaults on 14 November.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Terence Frisch and Michael Lambourne lead Watford Palace Theatre's A Christmas Carol pantomime
Terence Frisch puts on the frocks for a fourteenth pantomime at Watford Palace Theatre, playing the dame opposite Michael Lambourne's Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol: The Pantomime, whose full lead cast has now…
Theatre News
Ghosts at Jermyn Street Theatre: first production photos released on press night
The first production photographs of Ghosts have been released on the day Richard Eyre's adaptation of the Henrik Ibsen drama reaches its press night at Jermyn Street Theatre.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: THE CHERRY ORCHARD at the Harold Pinter Theatre
The first-night notices for The Cherry Orchard are warm on the whole, though far from unanimous. Ian Rickson directs Chekhov’s last play in a new version by Conor McPherson, with Kristin Scott Thomas as Ranevskaya, the…
Videos
Jane Asher and Laura Main lead the new By Royal Appointment trailer
A new trailer for By Royal Appointment puts Jane Asher on screen as The Queen and Laura Main as her Dresser, with the UK tour running until 6 February 2027.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Pride the Musical confirms its Bridge Theatre company, introduced by stars of the film
Samuel Barnett is back as Jonathan in Pride the Musical, leading a Bridge Theatre company in which fifteen performers return from the earlier runs and Ryan Kopel, Dan Hand, Grant Neal and Carl Spencer join.
Upcoming and New Shows
BIG Live's Dracula ballet returns to London at the Adelphi Theatre in January 2027
BIG Live's ballet Dracula is coming back to London for a fortnight at the Adelphi Theatre, from 16-31 January 2027, after a year that took it from Sadler's Wells to San Francisco, Singapore and Australia.
Upcoming and New Shows
UNREAL festival brings ten magic and performance shows to Battersea Arts Centre
UNREAL: A Festival of Magic and Performance takes over Battersea Arts Centre from 7-14 November, and its full programme is now out: ten shows, four of them UK premieres and four works in progress.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: A CENTENARY CELEBRATION at the Royal Opera House
The reviews are in for A Centenary Celebration, the gala marking 100 years of The Royal Ballet School, which ran for three performances at the Royal Opera House on 8-10 October 2026.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: THE NATURE OF FORGETTING at the Hackney Empire
Reviews are in for Theatre Re’s The Nature of Forgetting, which played a single performance at the Hackney Empire on 8 October as part of the company’s tenth anniversary tour.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: THE BANALITY OF EVIL: HANNAH ARENDT, FRANCE, 1940 at the Arcola Theatre
Reviews are in for The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt, France, 1940, Julia Pascal’s new play at the Arcola Theatre about the German Jewish women held at Camp Gurs in May 1940, among them the political theorist Hannah…
Upcoming and New Shows
Matt Henry hosts The Actors House Christmas Songbook at the Gillian Lynne Theatre
Matt Henry is hosting The Actors House Christmas Songbook, a one-night fundraising concert at the Gillian Lynne Theatre on Monday 7 December 2026, with Beverley Knight, Jess Folley and Oliver Tompsett the first guests…
Upcoming and New Shows
SLEAZE Theatre brings punk rock vampire musical Six Kinds of Wednesday to Clapham
New South London actor-musician company SLEAZE Theatre makes its debut with Six Kinds of Wednesday, an original punk rock vampire musical, at the Bread & Roses Theatre in Clapham on 26-28 October.
Theatre News
First look: production photos from Toto, the donkey-astronaut musical at Polka Theatre
The first production photos from Toto are out. They deliver what the premise promises: a donkey in a striped T-shirt, a company in white flight suits and a planet glowing at the back of the stage at Polka Theatre in…
Theatre News
Jamie Muscato and Celinde Schoenmaker in rehearsal for Love Never Dies at the London Palladium
The first pictures from the rehearsal room show Jamie Muscato, Celinde Schoenmaker and Mazz Murray preparing Love Never Dies in Concert, which gives five performances at the London Palladium from 16-18 October.
Special Offers
This week's West End theatre special offers
Fifteen London theatre offers are running this week across 13 shows, with tickets from £15 and four deals that started in the past seven days.
Upcoming and New Shows
Steve Furst directs the world premiere of Estée Stimler's Wits End in Hampstead
Wits End, a new comedy by Estée Stimler, will have its world premiere at Circle & Star Theatre in Hampstead from 9-22 November 2026, directed by the venue's artistic director, Steve Furst.
Theatre News
Production photos released for the National Theatre's Bacchae schools tour
The National Theatre has released Marc Brenner’s production photographs of Bacchae, now in the third week of a tour of school halls across England, with public performances to come at the Lowry in Salford on 20-21…
West End News & Gossip
Harry Judd welcomes four radio presenters to High School Musical's first London performance
Harriet Scott, Tom Price, Kat Shoob and Jordan Lee were in the audience for the first London performance of Disney's High School Musical at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, and stayed on afterwards to be photographed on…
Upcoming and New Shows
Ian McKellen stars in Simon Stephens’ mixed reality play An Ark at Aviva Studios
Ian McKellen, Golda Rosheuvel, Arinzé Kene and Rosie Sheehy star in An Ark, a Simon Stephens play watched through mixed reality glasses, which receives its European premiere at Aviva Studios in Manchester from 27 March…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Sam Brown steps in as Frank Sinatra while Joel Harper-Jackson recovers from a calf injury
Joel Harper-Jackson is taking time away from Sinatra The Musical at the Aldwych Theatre to recover from a calf muscle injury, and Sam Brown is covering the role of Frank Sinatra in the meantime.
Awards
James Lark's Father wins the 2026 Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize
James Lark has taken the 2026 Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize with Father, a number from his musical Confessional, after twelve finalists were heard at The Other Palace on Monday night.
Upcoming and New Shows
Judith Kerr's Mog the Forgetful Cat to tour as a new musical play in 2027
Judith Kerr's Mog the Forgetful Cat is coming to the stage as a new musical play. It opens at the Rose Theatre in Kingston on 11 February 2027, then tours the UK until September, with tickets on sale now.
Upcoming and New Shows
Rambert's It's A Sin and a new Einstein on the Beach lead Factory International's 2027 season
Rambert's dance version of It's A Sin and a new Einstein on the Beach head Factory International's 2027 season at Aviva Studios in Manchester. Members can book now, and general sale opens on 20 October.
Upcoming and New Shows
First production photos of The Cherry Orchard, and £30 front-row seats for under-30s
The first production photos of The Cherry Orchard have landed on its opening day, with Kristin Scott Thomas and Stephen Mangan leading the company at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Simon Oskarsson is D’Artagnan as the RSC’s The Three Musketeers names its full cast
Simon Oskarsson will be D’Artagnan in The Three Musketeers for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Told by an Idiot, with Laura Rogers as Milady and Aitor Basauri as The Plot Teller.
Videos
Gerardine Sacdalan leads the new Heathers the Musical tour trailer
A blue blazer, a 7-Eleven counter and a Slurpee: the new trailer for Heathers the Musical puts Gerardine Sacdalan's Veronica Sawyer at the heart of the frame as the UK and Ireland tour plays Peterborough.
Videos
Janie Dee chases the truth in the full trailer for Speculations
The full trailer for Speculations is out, putting Janie Dee on the trail of three famous deaths as the reporter Dorothy Kilgallen in Trevor Nunn's staging of Torben Betts' new political thriller.
Theatre News
Young Vic shares first rehearsal photos for Theresa Ikoko’s Girls
The Young Vic has put out the first rehearsal photographs from Girls, Theresa Ikoko's play about three teenage friends taken captive by insurgents in Nigeria, ahead of its opening in the Maria on 22 October.
Upcoming and New Shows
First production photos from the Cats UK and Ireland tour
One spotlight, a pale moon and Louise Dearman bundled in Grizabella’s shaggy fur coat. The first production photographs from the Cats UK and Ireland tour are out, a week after the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre staging…
Upcoming and New Shows
Candlelit Sondheim concert Colour & Light set for St James's Piccadilly
Colour & Light, a candlelit concert of songs by Stephen Sondheim, comes to St James's Piccadilly for one night on Saturday 21 November 2026, five years after the composer's death.
Theatre News
First look at Martin Guerre in the round, Matthew Warchus’s last Old Vic show
The Old Vic has released production photos from Martin Guerre, Matthew Warchus's in-the-round reworking of the Boublil and Schönberg musical, which plays until 31 October.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE at the Royal Lyceum Theatre
The reviews are in for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, where the National Theatre of Scotland’s new production opened before a Scottish tour.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: KING LEAR at the Royal Exchange Theatre
The reviews are in for King Lear at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, the production that marks the theatre’s 50th anniversary and brings David Threlfall back to its stage after 27 years.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Hope Mill Theatre
The reviews are in for Little Shop of Horrors at Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, which had its press night on 7 October and runs until 28 November before moving to Liverpool Playhouse from 3 December to 9 January.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: NINA at Battersea Arts Centre
The reviews are in for NINA, the debut play by director Caroline Williams, which she co-directs with Deborah Pearson at Battersea Arts Centre.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE at Richmond Theatre
The reviews are in for The Haunting of Hill House, Stef Smith’s new stage adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel, from its week at Richmond Theatre on 6-10 October.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: FENCES at the Lyric Hammersmith
The London reviews are in for Fences, Headlong’s touring revival of August Wilson’s Pulitzer-winning 1985 play, which has reached the Lyric Hammersmith after opening at Leeds Playhouse.
Awards
Theatr Clwyd leads the 2026 UK Theatre Awards as Adrian Lester and Julianne Pundan win acting prizes
Adrian Lester, Julianne Pundan and Gloria Obianyo took the acting prizes at the 2026 UK Theatre Awards, where Theatr Clwyd left with two wins and Jodie Comer collected the first Outstanding Achievement in British…
Theatre News
Adam Lenson, director and champion of new musicals, dies aged 41
Adam Lenson, the director of Cable Street, Public Domain and The Rink, and the founder of the SIGNAL concerts for new musical writing, has died aged 41.
Upcoming and New Shows
Nanny McPhee The Musical confirmed for the Aldwych Theatre from November 2027
Nanny McPhee The Musical will have its world premiere at the Aldwych Theatre in November 2027. Tickets go on general sale on Wednesday 14 October at 12pm.
Upcoming and New Shows
Kimberly Akimbo extends at Hampstead Theatre until 14 November
Kimberly Akimbo is staying an extra week at Hampstead Theatre, with Maria Friedman now playing the title role until Saturday 14 November 2026.
Upcoming and New Shows
New photos put Harry Judd and KayCee Stroh centre stage as High School Musical reaches Wembley
A raised gong mallet, a red tracksuit and two teachers nose to nose: new production photographs of Disney's High School Musical put Harry Judd's Coach Bolton up against KayCee Stroh's Ms Darbus, on the day the show…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Kemi Clarke is Jack as the Mercury Theatre completes its Jack and the Beanstalk cast
Kemi Clarke returns to the Mercury Theatre to play Jack Trott in Jack and the Beanstalk, as six more names complete the company for Colchester's 2026 pantomime, running 21 November 2026 - 17 January 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
Porridge heads out on a UK tour in autumn 2027
Porridge is going on the road. A new stage version of the BBC prison sitcom, adapted and directed by Samuel Freeman, visits 23 UK venues between September and November 2027, and tickets go on sale this Friday, 16…
Upcoming and New Shows
Sacha Baron Cohen to star in Quentin Tarantino’s first play, The Popinjay Cavalier
Sacha Baron Cohen takes the title role in The Popinjay Cavalier, the first play Quentin Tarantino has written for the stage. It opens at the Phoenix Theatre in March 2027, and tickets go on sale today.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Neil Morrissey joins Ria Jones and Sally Ann Triplett in Fourteen Again at the Menier
Neil Morrissey will play Duncan in Fourteen Again, the new musical built from Victoria Wood’s songs, when it reaches the Menier Chocolate Factory this winter.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: END OF THE WORLD AND HARD-BOILED WONDERLAND at the Barbican Theatre
The reviews are in for End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland at the Barbican Theatre. The first stage version of Haruki Murakami’s 1985 novel, directed and choreographed by Philippe Decouflé for HoriPro and led by…
Theatre News
Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman return to His Majesty’s as Phantom of the Opera turns 40
Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman, the first Phantom and the first Christine, were back on stage at His Majesty's Theatre on 9 October as Phantom of the Opera celebrated 40 years in the West End with a gala…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: DON BLACK’S FROM THE HEART at the Garrick Theatre
The reviews are in for Don Black’s From the Heart, the lyricist’s cabaret-style revue, which opened at the Garrick Theatre on 8 October for a run of 15 performances.
West End News & Gossip
Russell T Davies and Russell Tovey join Jonathan Groff at the RSC's As You Like It press night
The company of the RSC's all-male As You Like It lined up on a pink carpet in Stratford-upon-Avon for press night, and Jonathan Groff and his fellow cast members were joined by a guest list running from Russell T Davies…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: RENT at the Tom Stoppard Theatre
The reviews are in for Rent, Luke Sheppard’s 30th anniversary revival of Jonathan Larson’s rock musical, which opened on 8 October at the Tom Stoppard Theatre, the renamed Duke of York’s.
Theatre News
Danny Robins' 2:22 – A Ghost Story rehearses for its New York premiere
Danny Robins' 2:22 – A Ghost Story is in rehearsal for its New York premiere, five years after it opened in the West End.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: BLOOD OF MY BLOOD at the Royal Court Theatre
Reviews are in for Blood of My Blood, the debut play by Joy Nesbitt, which has opened in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: AN OAK TREE at The Other Palace
The notices for An Oak Tree are warm without being unanimous. Tim Crouch’s two-hander, first performed in 2005, is back in London at The Other Palace, where he plays a failing stage hypnotist opposite a different guest…
Features
Everything you need to know about Iphigénie en Tauride at the London Coliseum
Gluck’s most admired opera reaches English National Opera for the first time, with Christine Rice as Iphigénie and Lyndsey Turner directing, for four performances only.
Features
Everything you need to know about Julius Caesar at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Four actors, one candlelit room and Shakespeare’s most political tragedy: Julius Caesar opens the Globe’s winter season with Kate Duchêne in the title role. Here is everything you need to know before you book.
Upcoming and New Shows
Emma Rice's Tristan & Yseult heads to Alexandra Palace Theatre for its first London run in a decade
Emma Rice's original production of Tristan & Yseult runs at Alexandra Palace Theatre from 11-27 March 2027. It is the show's first London run in ten years.
Theatre News
Rehearsal images show Janie Dee and Trevor Nunn at work on Speculations
Rehearsal photographs are out for Speculations, the new Torben Betts thriller that Trevor Nunn is directing at the Marylebone Theatre, with Janie Dee as the journalist Dorothy Kilgallen.
Theatre News
Teri Hatcher leads the new Devil Wears Prada company in the rehearsal room
The first pictures of Teri Hatcher at work as Miranda Priestly are out, taken as the incoming company of The Devil Wears Prada rehearses for the musical's third year at the Dominion Theatre.
Upcoming and New Shows
A Homo Alone 2 sends Kevin to New York at The Other Palace Studio this Christmas
A Homo Alone 2: Yikes, We Did It Again! opens at The Other Palace Studio on 13 November 2026. Jodie Prenger and Neil Hurst's sequel to their sold-out 2024 parody strands Kevin in New York for Christmas, and runs until 3…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Adrian Lester, Katie Leung and Rosie Sheehy among five new guests in An Oak Tree
Adrian Lester, Katie Leung, Rosie Sheehy, Kadiff Kirwan and Aysha Kala have each taken a single, unrehearsed night opposite Tim Crouch in An Oak Tree at The Other Palace.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Alfred Molina and Sam Rockwell's off-Broadway A View from the Bridge adds Carla Gugino and Fred Hechinger
Carla Gugino and Fred Hechinger have been added to the New York revival of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, where they join Sam Rockwell and the London-born Alfred Molina for a 13-week off-Broadway season at La…
Cast Changes and Announcements
The Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol names its New York company to join Andy Karl
Jesse Aaronson, Tamika Lawrence and Anne L. Nathan are among seventeen actors joining Andy Karl for the New York return of the Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol, which begins previews at the Perelman Performing Arts Center on…
Upcoming and New Shows
Stephanie J. Block and Andrew Rannells bring the Falsettos reunion to the London Palladium
The principal company of the 2016 Broadway revival of Falsettos is coming to London for three concert performances on 23 and 24 February 2027, with a presale opening on 14 October.
Upcoming and New Shows
Opera North brings a new Carmen to Nevill Holt Festival in June 2027
Opera North brings a new production of Georges Bizet’s Carmen to Nevill Holt Festival in Leicestershire in June 2027, directed by Robin Norton-Hale. There are four performances, with priority booking from 20 October.
Upcoming and New Shows
Production photos released as Don Black’s From The Heart begins its Garrick run
The first production photos from Don Black's From The Heart are out, timed to the start of its 15-performance run at the Garrick Theatre on Thursday 8 October.
Features
Everything you need to know about Nero at Southwark Playhouse Elephant
The writers of Spring Awakening turn to Rome's most notorious emperor, with Andrew Barth Feldman in the title role, in a world premiere at Southwark Playhouse Elephant from 2 November.
Features
Everything you need to know about Cloud 9 at the National Theatre
Dominic Cooke directs Caryl Churchill's 1979 comedy of empire, gender and desire at the National Theatre's Lyttelton from 2 November, with a company of seven playing across sex and across a century.
Theatre News
NINA: first look at Caroline Williams’s Seagull-inspired play at Battersea Arts Centre
Battersea Arts Centre has issued the first production photographs of NINA, the debut play by Caroline Williams, timed to coincide with press night for a world premiere that uses Chekhov’s The Seagull to look at coercion…
Features
Everything you need to know about Hamlet Hail to the Thief at the Barbican
Shakespeare's tragedy meets Radiohead's 2003 album, reworked by Thom Yorke and played live, as the sold-out Manchester and Stratford production reaches the Barbican on 31 October.
Features
Everything you need to know about Tosca at the London Coliseum
Annilese Miskimmon moves Puccini's thriller into a concert hall in a country at war, with Axelle Fanyo making her English National Opera debut in the title role from 30 October.
Features
Everything you need to know about Speculations at the Marylebone Theatre
Sir Trevor Nunn directs Janie Dee as the reporter who would not accept the official story of three famous American deaths, in Torben Betts's new thriller at the Marylebone Theatre from 30 October.
Features
Everything you need to know about Dogstar at Hampstead Theatre
Daisy Hall's second play, a darkly comic story set aboard an icebound whaling ship, receives its world premiere at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs on 30 October. Here is everything you need to know before you book.
Features
Everything you need to know about Carmen at the Royal Opera House
Damiano Michieletto's staging of Carmen returns to the Royal Opera House on 29 October, with two casts sharing the principal roles across a four-week run. Here is everything you need to know before you book.
Features
Everything you need to know about The Bridge at the Bush Theatre
Alaa Shehada's Fringe First winner arrives at the Bush Theatre on 28 October for a little over two weeks, carrying a container of olive oil and a great deal of history.
Features
Everything you need to know about Garry Starr: Classic Penguins at The Other Palace
Garry Starr takes his flipper-footed dash through the Penguin Classics to The Other Palace from 22 October, for a run of ten weeks with tickets currently from £24. Here is everything you need to know before you book.
Theatre News
Backstage photos from My Neighbour Totoro mark its final 12 weeks at the Gillian Lynne
A fresh set of backstage photographs from My Neighbour Totoro has been released as the Studio Ghibli adaptation starts the last twelve weeks of its run at the Gillian Lynne Theatre.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Joe Lycett and Olivia Cooke join White Rabbit Red Rabbit as its Duchess Theatre run extends
Joe Lycett and Olivia Cooke are the latest names to take on White Rabbit Red Rabbit sight unseen, and the play's Monday-night residency at the Duchess Theatre has been extended to 14 December.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Heather Gourdie and Lewis Kerr lead The Snow Queen’s return to Dundee Rep
Heather Gourdie will play Gerda, with Lewis Kerr as Kai and Madeline Grieve in the title role, when Noisemaker’s festive musical The Snow Queen returns to Dundee Rep Theatre from 28 November to 30 December 2026.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Joseph Vella takes the title role as the King’s Head Theatre completes its Dick Whittington cast
Joseph Vella will play the title role in Dick Whittington and His Cat at the King’s Head Theatre, with Patricia Wilkins, Sé Carr and Ash Weir completing the Islington panto company alongside Victoria Scone and River…
Upcoming and New Shows
The Borrowers returns to the New Vic for the theatre’s 40th anniversary Christmas
The Borrowers is back at the New Vic Theatre in Newcastle-under-Lyme this Christmas, as the theatre-in-the-round revives its own 2014 adaptation of Mary Norton’s story for its 40th anniversary year.
Upcoming and New Shows
Daniel Casey returns as Barnaby for a second Midsomer Murders stage tour in 2027
Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift goes back on the road in spring 2027, and Daniel Casey is back as Inspector Tom Barnaby.
Awards
Avenue Q and War Horse among six London nominees at the 42nd Artios Awards
Six London productions, Avenue Q and the National Theatre's War Horse among them, are nominated in the London Theatre category of the 42nd Artios Awards, the Casting Society's honours for casting directors, and the…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: FRANZ & MARIE at the Charing Cross Theatre
The reviews are in for Franz & Marie, the folk musical reworking of Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck that had its press night at the Charing Cross Theatre on Monday 5 October.
Upcoming and New Shows
Sophie Max brings Electra-inspired Sharp Edges to Camden People’s Theatre
Sharp Edges, a one-woman drama written and performed by Sophie Max that takes its cue from Sophocles’ Electra, runs at Camden People’s Theatre for four days only, 11-14 November 2026.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: AS YOU LIKE IT at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
The reviews are in for the RSC’s all-male As You Like It, which opened at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon on Tuesday 6 October with Jonathan Groff making his Shakespeare debut as Rosalind.
Theatre News
Hay Fever, with Christine Baranski and Richard E. Grant, is heading to cinemas with NT Live
National Theatre Live is to film Hay Fever, starring Christine Baranski and Richard E. Grant, during its West End run at Wyndham’s Theatre, and the recording reaches cinemas from 14 January 2027.
Theatre News
The Lord of the Rings musical returns in a new production, opening in Istanbul in October 2027
The Lord of the Rings is going back on the road. A new production of the musical, The Lord of the Rings - The Epic Stage Adventure, will have its world premiere at the Zorlu Performing Arts Center in Istanbul in October…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: INTO THE WOODS at the Noël Coward Theatre
The reviews are in for Into the Woods, which had its official West End opening at the Noël Coward Theatre on Wednesday 7 October after an Olivier-winning run at the Bridge.
Upcoming and New Shows
The Truth returns to the West End at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in summer 2027
The Truth is coming back to London: Florian Zeller's comedy of affairs and alibis plays a 12-week season at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 29 July to 16 October 2027, with Stephen Mangan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Sarah Hadland…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Lisa George and Steve Royle lead Jack and the Beanstalk at Blackpool Grand Theatre
Lisa George and Steve Royle head the company of Jack and the Beanstalk, Blackpool Grand Theatre’s pantomime this Christmas, which runs from 4 December 2026 to 3 January 2027 and brings the story back to the Grand for…
Theatre News
Operation Mincemeat to open in Melbourne in September 2027, announced from the Fortune Theatre stage
The West End company of Operation Mincemeat used its curtain call to reveal the show's next destination: the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne, where an Australian production opens in September 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
The Actress, a new drama about the first women on the English stage, comes to Wilton's
The Actress, a new play about the first women allowed to act on the English stage, runs at Wilton's Music Hall on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 March 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
Opera della Luna returns to Wilton's with its semi-staged The Arcadians
Opera della Luna brings its semi-staged reading of The Arcadians, the Edwardian musical comedy by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot, back to Wilton's Music Hall on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 January 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
Nicola Keen is Joyce Grenfell in Cocktails with Joyce Grenfell at Wilton's Music Hall
Nicola Keen plays Joyce Grenfell in Cocktails with Joyce Grenfell, the musical entertainment she wrote with Malcolm McKee, at Wilton's Music Hall on Friday 30 April 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens bring Eric and Ern to Wilton's for the Morecambe and Wise centenary
Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens take Eric and Ern, their tribute to Morecambe and Wise, to Wilton's Music Hall from Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 February 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
David Shopland brings his solo show Don't You Forget About Me to Wilton's
David Shopland plays Wilton's Music Hall for one night with Don't You Forget About Me, his one-man show about the student nobody remembers, on Monday 26 April 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
Werewolf comedy Wolf Country from The John Godber Company heads to Wilton's
Tickets start at £8.50 for Wolf Country, Elizabeth Godber's new comedy for The John Godber Company, at Wilton's Music Hall from Monday 25 to Wednesday 27 January 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
William Spaulding performs Milton's Paradise Lost at Wilton's, directed by Keith Warner
William Spaulding, chorus director of the Royal Opera, takes on John Milton's epic alone in Paradise Lost, a one-night staging at Wilton's Music Hall on Tuesday 19 January 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
Charles Court Opera brings The Mikado back to Wilton's Music Hall
Charles Court Opera's production of The Mikado returns to Wilton's Music Hall from Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 March 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
Tabby Lamb's The Law of Mayhem brings two trans pioneers to Wilton's Music Hall
The Law of Mayhem, Tabby Lamb's play about Roberta Cowell and Michael Dillon, runs at Wilton's Music Hall from Tuesday 20 to Saturday 24 April 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
Keith Allen to star in Not The Benny Hill Show at Wilton's Music Hall
Keith Allen plays ITV's Controller of Comedy in Not The Benny Hill Show, Jonathan Maitland's play inspired by a real meeting at ITV, at Wilton's Music Hall from Tuesday 6 to Saturday 17 April 2027.
Theatre News
Wilton's Music Hall spring 2027: Keith Allen, The Mikado and The Law of Mayhem lead the season
Keith Allen in a new play about Benny Hill, Charles Court Opera's The Mikado and a circus-theatre piece about two trans pioneers are among the productions booking at Wilton's Music Hall between January and April 2027.
Industry News
Imogen Kinchin Fellowship names its first eight Fellows
Eight emerging leaders from theatre and dance form the first intake of the Imogen Kinchin Fellowship, the funded programme created in memory of the producer who was latterly Executive Director of Matthew Bourne's New…
Theatre News
Into the Woods opens at the Noël Coward Theatre: see the production photos
Shafts of light, a cow cradled in Jack's arms and a red cloak: Johan Persson's production photographs of Into the Woods catch the musical as it reaches its official opening night at the Noël Coward Theatre on Wednesday…
Upcoming and New Shows
Blood Brothers, Twelve Angry Men and The Turn of the Screw head to New Brighton’s Floral Pavilion in 2027
Blood Brothers, Twelve Angry Men and a new stage version of The Turn of the Screw are all heading to the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton between February and March 2027.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Emma Charlton plays Bobby as Derby Theatre casts The Railway Children
Emma Charlton, a former member of Derby Theatre’s youth theatre, plays Bobby in the venue’s Christmas production of The Railway Children, directed by Sarah Brigham, at the head of a professional company of ten.
Upcoming and New Shows
Bristol Old Vic's 2027 season brings Leave Taking at 40, Disco Dracula and a reimagined Uncle Vanya
Bristol Old Vic has set out its 2027 programme, headed by a 40th anniversary revival of Winsome Pinnock's Leave Taking, the world premiere of the musical Disco Dracula and Rikki Henry's new staging of Uncle Vanya.
Upcoming and New Shows
Nancy Medina directs Leave Taking at Bristol Old Vic for the play's 40th anniversary
Nancy Medina directs a 40th anniversary revival of Leave Taking, Winsome Pinnock's debut play, at Bristol Old Vic, running 23 September - 16 October 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
Disco Dracula, a vampire musical comedy, gets its world premiere at Bristol Old Vic
Disco Dracula, a new musical comedy with vampires on the dance floor, will have its world premiere at Bristol Old Vic, running 27 May - 19 June 2027 under director Robyn Grant.
Upcoming and New Shows
Rikki Henry moves Uncle Vanya into an office for Bristol Old Vic and Stratford East
Rikki Henry directs a new production of Uncle Vanya in David Lan's English version at Bristol Old Vic, 22 April - 15 May 2027.
Theatre News
Max Webster’s Donmar Macbeth heads to Broadway with Anthony Mackie, the actor says
Max Webster’s headphone staging of Macbeth, seen at the Donmar Warehouse and the Harold Pinter Theatre with David Tennant, is bound for New York with Anthony Mackie in the title role.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: THE HUNGRY GHOST at the Bush Theatre
The reviews are in for The Hungry Ghost, the debut play by Mei Leng Yew, which opened at the Bush Theatre on Monday 5 October in a co-production with New Earth Theatre.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Alan Cumming and Verity Power lead the full company for My Fair Lady at Pitlochry
Alan Cumming and Verity Power, already confirmed as Professor Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, now have the rest of their company: sixteen more performers complete the cast of Maria Friedman's My Fair Lady at…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: AFFLUENZA at Riverside Studios
The reviews are in for Affluenza, Andy Sandberg’s new play that opens the Mainstage season at Riverside Studios and gives Noah Schnapp of Stranger Things his London stage debut.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Jamie Muscato and Sharon Rose lead the full West End cast of One Day at the Garrick
Jamie Muscato and Sharon Rose lead the full West End company of One Day, the musical version of David Nicholls’ novel, which begins performances at the Garrick Theatre on 17 November.
Theatre News
First look: Daniel Brocklebank and the new Hunger Games: On Stage company in rehearsal
The first rehearsal pictures of the incoming The Hunger Games: On Stage company are out, with Daniel Brocklebank at work as Caesar Flickerman ahead of the cast change on 23 October.
Theatre News
Phantom of the Opera to be filmed live at His Majesty's Theatre for a 2027 cinema release
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera is heading for cinemas: Cameron Mackintosh's production will be filmed in front of a live audience at His Majesty's Theatre, its London home since 1986, and released around the…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Julene Robinson, Emile John and Dudley O’Shaughnessy to star in How To Keep Warm in Winter
Julene Robinson, Emile John and Dudley O’Shaughnessy will lead How To Keep Warm in Winter, the 1970s Caribbean love story that closes the Ryan Calais Cameron Season at Catford’s Broadway Theatre from 14-25 October 2026.
Upcoming and New Shows
The Lost Boys extends Broadway booking to July 2027 as London waits for a venue
The Lost Boys is now booking on Broadway until 3 July 2027. The four-time Tony winner is also heading for London, where a theatre and dates are still to be announced.
Theatre News
Operation Mincemeat orchestrator Steve Sidwell joins Michael Mayer’s new Hollywood musical Tinseltown Tiptoe
Steve Sidwell, the Grammy-winning orchestrator of Operation Mincemeat, is on the creative team of Tinseltown Tiptoe, a new musical comedy that Tony winner Michael Mayer will direct in an invitation-only presentation in…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Kate Duchêne, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Adam Gillen and Natey Jones make up the Globe’s Julius Caesar company
Kate Duchêne takes the title role in Shakespeare’s Globe’s Julius Caesar, one of four actors in Joe Hill-Gibbins’s candlelit staging at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, which begins on 6 November 2026.
Theatre News
First look: Jonathan Groff as Rosalind in the RSC's As You Like It
The Royal Shakespeare Company has released the first production photographs of As You Like It, with Jonathan Groff making his RSC debut as Rosalind in Daniel Evans's all-male staging, which has its press night in…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: ONCE UPON A TIME IN SOKOTO at Royal & Derngate
The reviews are in for Once Upon a Time in Sokoto, Inua Ellams’s Alfred Fagon Award-winning play about the birth of Nigeria, which had its world premiere at Royal & Derngate in Northampton before a UK tour.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: FLOCK at the Jack Studio Theatre
The reviews are in for Flock, Lin Coghlan’s play about two siblings growing up in and out of the care system, which PlayingON brought home to Lewisham for a week at the Jack Studio Theatre in Brockley.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: THE BROWN SUITE at Richmond Theatre
The reviews are in for The Brown Suite, the first full-length dance-theatre piece from Nahum McLean and Darius Drooh, the duo who work as BlacBrik, which had its world premiere at Richmond Theatre on 30 September before…
Upcoming and New Shows
Rent extends at the Tom Stoppard Theatre to May 2027 as production photos are released
Rent now books at the Tom Stoppard Theatre until Saturday 29 May 2027, with 35,000 more tickets on sale. A set of production photos from the West End revival has been released with the news.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Glenn Close joins Jesus Christ Superstar as Herod for its final London week
Glenn Close will close the London season of Jesus Christ Superstar as King Herod, taking the role for the final week at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane from 4-9 January 2027 as the last of nine guest stars to play it.
Upcoming and New Shows
In Pieces adds five weeks at The Other Palace after opening week sells out
In Pieces will now run at The Other Palace until 21 March 2027, five weeks longer than first announced, after its opening week sold out in two hours. Tickets start at £35 and all six weeks are on sale.
Upcoming and New Shows
First look at Christmas Carol Goes Wrong in rehearsal ahead of its tour and Wyndham's season
The first rehearsal pictures of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong are out, three weeks before the UK tour opens in Bromley and ahead of a festive West End season at Wyndham's Theatre.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Juliet Stevenson, Adjoa Andoh and Rosie O'Donnell among first names for The Pelicot Trial
Juliet Stevenson, Adjoa Andoh, Rosie O'Donnell, Samuel West and Olivia Williams are among the first 15 names announced for the UK premiere of The Pelicot Trial, a single four-hour performance at London County Hall on 30…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Christine Rice and Jacques Imbrailo lead ENO’s first Iphigénie en Tauride
Christine Rice and Jacques Imbrailo play the estranged siblings at the heart of Iphigénie en Tauride, as English National Opera stages Gluck’s opera for the first time in a new production by Lyndsey Turner at the London…
Upcoming and New Shows
Paranormal Activity extends again at the Ambassadors and adds a 10.30pm Halloween show
Paranormal Activity now books at the Ambassadors Theatre until Saturday 27 February 2027, and adds a third performance on Halloween with a 10.30pm start.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: HAM at Soho Theatre
The reviews are in for HAM, Hotter Project’s vegan rewrite of Hamlet, which has come to Soho Theatre from this summer’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Upcoming and New Shows
David Benson takes My Life With Kenneth Williams to five venues this October
David Benson will give five final autumn performances of his solo show My Life With Kenneth Williams this month, starting at Circle & Star in London on 11 October and ending in Walsall on 30 October 2026.
Upcoming and New Shows
Side by Side by Sondheim marks its 50th anniversary at Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Side by Side by Sondheim marks its 50th anniversary with a new production at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in Highgate, running from 10 December 2026 to 17 January 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s immersive Phantom, Masquerade, extends in New York to May 2027
Masquerade, the walk-through The Phantom of the Opera that Andrew Lloyd Webber co-created for New York, has extended for a seventh time. It now runs at 218 West 57th Street until Sunday 30 May 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
Operation Mincemeat extends on Broadway for an eleventh time, now to April 2027
The British musical that started life in a 77-seat London studio has extended its Broadway run for the eleventh time: Operation Mincemeat now books at New York's Golden Theatre until Sunday 25 April 2027, while the West…
Upcoming and New Shows
Joey Contreras' In Pieces opens at The Other Palace in February 2027
In Pieces, the pop-scored musical by Joey Contreras, gets its first full staging at The Other Palace in 2027. Tickets for the opening week, 6-14 February, are on sale now.
Videos
New trailer for Disney's High School Musical as Harry Judd and KayCee Stroh head to Wembley
A new trailer for Disney's High School Musical puts Harry Judd and KayCee Stroh at the head of the company, one week before the production opens at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre.
Upcoming and New Shows
Mojo revival and an opera residency lead Park Theatre's 2027 season
Park Theatre has set out its 2027 Park200 season: seven productions between January and November, among them the first London revival of Jez Butterworth's Mojo in 14 years, an opera residency from OperaUpClose and the…
Upcoming and New Shows
Adam Riches brings Fringe First winner The Captain to Park Theatre
Adam Riches has two shows at Park Theatre in January 2027: The Captain, which won a Fringe First Award this year, and a six-performance return for Jimmy.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Katherine Senior's Spitfire Girls lands at Park Theatre for its London premiere
Katherine Senior both writes and appears in Spitfire Girls, which reaches London for the first time at Park Theatre from 27 January 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
Jez Butterworth's Mojo returns to the London stage at Park Theatre
A new production of Jez Butterworth's Mojo starts at Park Theatre on 4 March 2027. It is the play's first London revival in 14 years.
Upcoming and New Shows
OperaUpClose brings a whodunnit Gianni Schicchi to Park Theatre
OperaUpClose will stage Gianni Schicchi (or Where There's A Will) at Park Theatre from 14 April - 8 May 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
Max & Ivan's first play The Wedding(s) gets its premiere at Park Theatre
Comedy double act Max & Ivan make their theatrical debut with The Wedding(s), a world premiere at Park Theatre from 27 May 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
The Quiet Revolution of Laurent Clerc gets its world premiere at Park Theatre
Carol Schneider's The Quiet Revolution of Laurent Clerc, a play about a pivotal figure in Deaf history, has its world premiere at Park Theatre from 9 July 2027.
Theatre News
Lolly Adefope pictured as Mary Todd Lincoln in new Oh, Mary! production photos
The first production photographs of Lolly Adefope in Oh, Mary! have been released, showing her West End debut as Mary Todd Lincoln alongside the rest of the company at the Trafalgar Theatre.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Gemma Dobson, Rachel Pickup and Jimmy Fairhurst complete Victoria Wood's dinnerladies tour cast
Gemma Dobson, Rachel Pickup and Jimmy Fairhurst are among the names completing the company of Victoria Wood's dinnerladies, which opens its UK tour at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley in January 2027 and comes back to…
Upcoming and New Shows
Rod Campbell's Dear Santa comes to Battersea Arts Centre for Christmas
Tickets for Dear Santa, the stage version of Rod Campbell's Christmas picture book, start at £16.50 when it runs at Battersea Arts Centre from 28 November to 24 December, and the opening weekend is Pay What You Can.
Upcoming and New Shows
Rowan Atkinson’s Rowan Live set for a 30-performance season at the Gillian Lynne Theatre
Rowan Atkinson is back on a West End stage next year. His new sketch show, Rowan Live, plays 30 performances only at the Gillian Lynne Theatre from 8 February 2027, and booking opens on Wednesday 7 October.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: DE PROFUNDIS at the Coronet Theatre
The reviews are in for De Profundis, the Berliner Ensemble’s staging of the letter Oscar Wilde wrote to Lord Alfred Douglas from Reading Gaol, which has its UK premiere in a week-long run at the Coronet Theatre.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: WHAT THE ANIMALS SAY at the Finborough Theatre
The reviews are in for What the Animals Say, the first play by David Ireland, now receiving its London premiere at the Finborough Theatre in a production directed by Harry Burton.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: JESS & MORGS: DEEPFAKE at Sadler’s Wells East
The reviews are in for Jess & Morgs: Deepfake, the new dance-theatre piece from Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple, which played three nights at Sadler’s Wells East, 1-3 October.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: FLAMENC OH!! at the Peacock Theatre
The reviews are in for Flamenc Oh!!, the Spanish company Yllana’s flamenco comedy, which opened at the Peacock Theatre on 30 September for a short run to 10 October after its Edinburgh Fringe debut.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: BULL at the Park Theatre
The reviews are in for Bull, Mike Bartlett’s 2013 play about three colleagues fighting to keep their jobs through a round of redundancies, now revived by the deaf-led company Deafinitely Theatre and performed entirely…
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: EDUCATING RITA at Curve, Leicester
The reviews are in for Educating Rita, Curve’s own revival of Willy Russell’s two-hander, which had its press night in Leicester on 1 October.
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Review Roundup: ANTIGONE EXITS at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester
The reviews are in for Antigone Exits, Nina Segal’s new version of Sophocles’ tragedy, which closes the Minerva Theatre’s season at Chichester Festival Theatre and opened on 1 October.
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Review Roundup: ALL AT SEA at Live Theatre, Newcastle
The reviews are in for All at Sea, Alison Carr’s new play at Live Theatre in Newcastle, which had its press night on 29 September.
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Review Roundup: NORTHERN BALLET: THREE SHORT BALLETS at the Linbury Theatre
The reviews are in for Three Short Ballets, Northern Ballet’s annual visit to the Linbury Theatre at the Royal Ballet and Opera, which opened on 29 September with a gala in tribute to the philanthropist Aud Jebsen.
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Review Roundup: PARSIFAL at the Royal Opera House
The reviews are in for Evgeny Titov’s new production of Parsifal, which opened at the Royal Opera House on 1 October with the company’s music director, Jakub Hrůša, in the pit.
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Review Roundup: PAM TANOWITZ DANCE: PASTORAL at the Barbican Theatre
The reviews are in for Pastoral, the hour-long piece that Pam Tanowitz and her New York company brought to the Barbican Theatre for its UK premiere on 1 October.
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First look: Exeter Northcott's own Little Shop of Horrors in production photos
The first production photos are out for Little Shop of Horrors at the Exeter Northcott Theatre, the first full-scale musical to be produced in Exeter in more than 20 years.
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Review Roundup: BARNUM at the New Wimbledon Theatre
The touring revival of Barnum has reached the New Wimbledon Theatre, and the London reviews are in. This is the Watermill Theatre production, directed by Jonathan O’Boyle with choreography by Oti Mabuse, now out on the…
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Review Roundup: WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at @sohoplace
The reviews are in for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Marianne Elliott’s in-the-round revival of Edward Albee’s 1962 marriage-as-bloodsport, with Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup as Martha and George and Josh Dylan…
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Review Roundup: ANIMAL FARM: AS WITNESSED BY MOSES THE RAVEN at Barons Court Theatre
The notices for Animal Farm: As Witnessed by Moses the Raven are kinder to the performer than to the production.
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Review Roundup: JERKER at Waterloo East Theatre
The reviews are in for Jerker, Robert Chesley’s 1986 two-hander, which has opened at Waterloo East Theatre in a production marking the play’s 40th anniversary.
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Alaa Shehada brings his Fringe First winner The Bridge to the Bush Theatre
Alaa Shehada's solo show The Bridge, a Fringe First winner in Edinburgh this summer, comes to the Bush Theatre on 28 October for a two-week run. Tickets start at £15 and are on sale now.
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Cheryl Prince brings her witch-trial play AWAKEN to Playhouse East for Halloween
AWAKEN, the first full-length play by Cheryl Prince, will run at Playhouse East in London on 31 October and 1 November 2026 as part of The Lemon Festival.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Iain Lauchlan leads the Belgrade Theatre’s Beauty and the Beast as Coventry panto cast is confirmed
Iain Lauchlan will play Dame Dorothy Do-It in the Belgrade Theatre’s Beauty and the Beast, a pantomime he has also written and is directing, with Abiola Falokun making her professional stage debut as Belle.
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First production photos from Inua Ellams’s Once Upon a Time in Sokoto as the UK tour begins
The first production photos are out for Once Upon a Time in Sokoto, the world premiere of Inua Ellams's new play. It is at Royal & Derngate in Northampton until 10 October, then tours the UK into February 2027.
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ATG's Broadway Dolly Parton musical sets its cast, led by Katie Rose Clarke
Katie Rose Clarke will play Dolly Parton on Broadway in Dolly: A True Original Musical, the new show that Ambassador Theatre Group's producing arm is co-producing at the St.
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First rehearsal photos and footage from Birmingham Rep’s new The Snowman
Birmingham Rep has opened up the rehearsal room on its new The Snowman, releasing photographs and a short film less than three weeks before the premiere. Press night is Thursday 29 October 2026.
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Niall Sheehy replaces Dan Furlonger in HIM at the Union Theatre
Niall Sheehy is the new Charlie in HIM, Natalie Ekberg's play about a contemporary LGBTQ+ family, which runs at the Union Theatre from 19-30 October 2026.
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Affluenza production photos: Noah Schnapp and Janette Manrara on stage at Riverside Studios
The first production photos from Affluenza are here, putting Noah Schnapp and Janette Manrara on stage in Andy Sandberg’s new play at Riverside Studios. Press night is Monday 5 October.
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Charlie Cox leads the cast of Stuart Slade’s The King’s Ransom at the Donmar
Charlie Cox will play the small-time crook Vince in the world premiere of Stuart Slade’s The King’s Ransom at the Donmar Warehouse, as the full company for Matthew Dunster’s production is confirmed.
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Reece Shearsmith, Hugh Skinner and Josh Finan take a night each in An Oak Tree
Reece Shearsmith, Hugh Skinner and Josh Finan are the newest guest actors for An Oak Tree at The Other Palace, each taking a single performance opposite Tim Crouch without ever having seen the script.
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Matthew Bourne's Cinderella dances under a Spitfire at IWM London as rehearsals begin
Katrina Lyndon and Reece Causton have taken Matthew Bourne's Cinderella into the atrium of IWM London for a new photograph, released as rehearsals start for the production's 30th anniversary UK tour.
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Review Roundup: HAY FEVER at Wyndham’s Theatre
The reviews are in for Hay Fever, Emily Burns’s revival of Noël Coward’s 1924 comedy, in which a family of incorrigible show-offs invite four guests for a country weekend and then make their lives a misery.
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Adult pantomime Tinderella comes to Riverside Studios this Christmas, from £12
Tickets start at £12 for Tinderella, an adult pantomime that runs at Riverside Studios from 10 to 30 December 2026.
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Are You Even Indian? runs at Riverside Studios in November
Are You Even Indian?, a love story between a British-born Indian woman and an Indian-born man, will run at Riverside Studios from 17 to 29 November 2026.
Upcoming and New Shows
Little Lord Fondleroy, Best Show at the Bitesize Festival, comes to Riverside Studios
Jordana Belaiche’s solo comedy Little Lord Fondleroy, named Best Show at the Bitesize Festival 2026, runs for three nights at Riverside Studios from 3 to 5 November.
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Jaz Terry’s In My Own Little World gets its world premiere at Riverside Studios
After a sold-out first performance at The Union Theatre, Jaz Terry’s solo show In My Own Little World gets a two-week world premiere run at Riverside Studios in November.
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Mike Bartlett’s An Intervention returns at Riverside Studios, directed by Adam Karim
Mike Bartlett’s An Intervention is back in a new production by Want the Moon Theatre, running at Riverside Studios from 11 January to 14 February 2027 with Adam Karim directing.
Upcoming and New Shows
Riverside Studios lines up eight productions for the winter of its 50th year
Riverside Studios has set out eight productions for the winter of its 50th anniversary year, among them a revival of Mike Bartlett’s An Intervention, a world premiere comedy from Tom Schulman and an adults-only…
Cast Changes and Announcements
Jodie Steele, Stewart Clarke and Alfie Friedman lead Wild About You at the Charing Cross Theatre
Jodie Steele, Stewart Clarke and Alfie Friedman head the first company named for Wild About You, the new musical by Chilina Kennedy that receives its first full staging at the Charing Cross Theatre in the new year.
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Brenock O'Connor leads Franz & Marie in first production photos from Charing Cross Theatre
The first production photos of Franz & Marie are out from the Charing Cross Theatre, where Brenock O'Connor and Jade Oswald lead a 14-strong company of actor-musicians in the new folk musical.
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Niamh Cusack and Katherine Kingsley join workshop of new musical In Marrakech
Niamh Cusack, Katherine Kingsley and Edward Bennett are among eight actors in a development workshop of In Marrakech, a new musical by Kate Marlais and Alex Young.
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ABBA Voyage to stage two Children in Need galas hosted by Vernon Kay
ABBA Voyage will give two gala performances for BBC Children in Need on Sunday 8 November 2026, presented with BBC Radio 2 and hosted by Vernon Kay.
Cast Changes and Announcements
First look at Matthew McGivern and Sophie Craig in Witness for the Prosecution
Matthew McGivern and Sophie Craig are pictured as Leonard and Romaine Vole in the first production photographs of the sixteenth cast of Witness for the Prosecution, as Agatha Christie’s courtroom drama starts its tenth…
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UK Theatre Awards to honour Jodie Comer for taking Prima Facie on tour
Jodie Comer is to be the first recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in British Theatre Award, which UK Theatre will present at its awards ceremony on Monday 12 October in recognition of her UK and Ireland tour of…
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Piranesi to be staged at the RSC in a new adaptation by Sami Ibrahim
A stage version of Susanna Clarke's novel Piranesi will run at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from 3 July - 21 August 2027.
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Joanna Bowman to direct Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Joanna Bowman directs a new Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, running from 6 July - 28 August 2027.
Upcoming and New Shows
Francesca Goodridge directs The Comedy of Errors for the RSC's First Encounters
Francesca Goodridge directs First Encounters: The Comedy of Errors in The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, from 16 July - 4 September 2027, before the production heads out on tour.
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Born With Teeth heads to the RSC's Swan Theatre after its West End run
Born With Teeth, Liz Duffy Adams' play about Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare, comes to the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from 12 February - 3 April 2027, following its sold-out West End run for the RSC…
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Tamara Harvey directs Zoe Cooper's Mrs Dalloway at the RSC
Zoe Cooper's new stage version of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway will run in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, from 16 April - 12 June 2027, directed by the RSC's co-artistic director Tamara Harvey.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Damien Molony to play Coriolanus at the RSC in 2027
Damien Molony will take the title role in Coriolanus at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, from 6 February - 20 March 2027, in a new production directed by Elizabeth Freestone.
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Elizabeth Debicki to play Richard II at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Elizabeth Debicki is to play the king in Richard II at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, from 10 April - 22 May 2027.
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Elizabeth Debicki and Damien Molony lead the RSC's 2027 Stratford season
The Royal Shakespeare Company has named seven productions for its 2027 season in Stratford-upon-Avon, led by Elizabeth Debicki as Richard II and Damien Molony as Coriolanus, with new stage versions of Mrs Dalloway and…
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Nathania Ong leads new musical AYLA for one night at The Other Palace
Nathania Ong takes the title role when AYLA: A New Musical gets a single semi-staged concert at The Other Palace on 30 November 2026.
Cast Changes and Announcements
John Bradley, Joe Dempsie, Katie Leung and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell cast in Expecting at Riverside Studios
John Bradley, Joe Dempsie, Katie Leung and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell make up the company of Expecting, a new play about the parenthood question that has its world premiere at Riverside Studios in the new year.
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Axelle Fanyo and the ENO company in rehearsal for Tosca at the London Coliseum
The first rehearsal pictures from English National Opera's new Tosca are out, with Axelle Fanyo in the title role. The production opens at the London Coliseum on 30 October.
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Tiler Peck to make West End debut in Little Dancer at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Little Dancer arrives at the Theatre Royal Haymarket for six weeks from 15 February 2027, with New York City Ballet star Tiler Peck making her West End debut opposite Julian Ovenden. Tickets are on sale now.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Louise Dearman, Alice Fearn and Rachael Wooding to share Grizabella on the Cats tour
Louise Dearman, Alice Fearn and Rachael Wooding will divide the role of Grizabella between them on the UK and Ireland tour of Cats, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production that opens at Theatre Royal Plymouth on…
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Review Roundup: I’LL BE SEEING YOU at Pitlochry Festival Theatre
The notices for I’ll Be Seeing You are split, and the split runs through the play rather than through its star.
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Review Roundup: MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG at the Watermill Theatre
The reviews are in for Murder Before Evensong, the world premiere stage version of the Reverend Richard Coles’s bestselling crime novel, which had its press night at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury on Tuesday 29…
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Caryl Churchill's Triumph to premiere in New York alongside its Almeida run
Triumph, the quarter-hour play by Caryl Churchill that the Almeida stages from 16 October, will not be premiering alone: The Public Theater in New York has its own production running at the same time, and the American…
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