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George Blagden in A Ghost in Your Ear at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs. Photo by Marc Brenner
Cast Changes and Announcements

Lucas Iverson joins Jamie Armitage's Hampstead hit A Ghost in Your Ear in New York

Lucas Iverson joins A Ghost in Your Ear, the headphone horror play Jamie Armitage made for Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, as its New York run is recast and re-dated.

Pablo and Brenda Ernst on stage with the company of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, where the production has welcomed its 14 millionth London visitor. Photo by Troy David Johnston
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Wicked reaches 14 million London visitors as its 20th birthday weekend arrives

Wicked has welcomed its 14 millionth visitor to the Apollo Victoria Theatre, four days before the production marks 20 years in the West End.

Natalia Osipova as Lydia Lopokova in The Standard of Living at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Photo by Manuel Harlan
Upcoming and New Shows

Rory Kinnear and Natalia Osipova on stage in the first images from The Standard of Living

The first production images from The Standard of Living are out, with Rory Kinnear as John Maynard Keynes and Natalia Osipova on pointe as Lydia Lopokova.

Key art for Speculations at the Marylebone Theatre, showing Janie Dee as Dorothy Kilgallen
Cast Changes and Announcements

Jolyon Coy and Gloria Obianyo join Janie Dee in Trevor Nunn's Speculations

Jolyon Coy, Natalie Dunne, Gloria Obianyo, Joseph Potter and Ferdy Roberts have been cast alongside Janie Dee in Speculations, the world premiere Sir Trevor Nunn directs at the Marylebone Theatre from 30 October.

The company of Lanny in rehearsal at Bristol Old Vic. Photo by Helen Murray
Upcoming and New Shows

First look in rehearsals for the world premiere of Max Porter's Lanny

Bristol Old Vic has released the first rehearsal pictures for Lanny, the stage premiere of Max Porter's Booker-nominated novel, adapted by Bea Roberts and directed by Nancy Medina. It opens on 16 October 2026.

Key art for Robin Hood and the Merry Mandem at Stratford East. Photography by Michael Wharley, design by Steph Pyne.
Cast Changes and Announcements

Ashley Joseph leads the Merry Mandem as Stratford East names its Robin Hood cast

Ashley Joseph plays Robin in Robin Hood and the Merry Mandem, the new East London pantomime at Stratford East running from 21 November 2026 to 2 January 2027. Yolanda Mercy writes and Jade Lewis directs.

Jen Chandler and Elvie Rose Christiansen Head hold hands with arms outstretched against projected foliage in Learn From Us. Photo by Luke Waddington
Theatre News

Rosetta Life marks 25 years with Learn From Us, a new disability dance theatre tour

Rosetta Life, the arts-in-health charity, turns 25 this year and marks it with Learn From Us, a new disability dance theatre piece devised with people living with brain injury.

Writer and director Andy Sandberg and Noah Schnapp in rehearsal for Affluenza at Riverside Studios. Photo by Justine Matthew
Upcoming and New Shows

Affluenza adds extra dates at Riverside Studios before previews begin

Extra performances have been added to Affluenza at Riverside Studios before the first preview has been played, and the run now reaches 28 November 2026.

A performer in a wheelchair reaches out across a rehearsal studio during work on Jamie Hale and CRIPtic Arts' Romeo and Juliet. Photo by Shona Louise
Theatre News

CRIPtic Arts and Jamie Hale close the Barbican's spring season with a disabled-led Romeo and Juliet

Jamie Hale and the disabled-led company CRIPtic Arts stage Romeo and Juliet in The Pit at the Barbican from Thursday 13 to Saturday 15 May 2027, with every performance BSL-interpreted, captioned, audio-described and…