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Harry Judd as Coach Bolton in Disney’s High School Musical. Photo by Matt Crockett
Cast Changes and Announcements

First look at Harry Judd as Coach Bolton in Disney’s High School Musical

The first production photograph of Harry Judd as Coach Bolton in Disney’s High School Musical has been released.

Anthony Page, photographed early in his career, beside the Royal Court poster for the 1973 Beckett double bill of Krapp's Last Tape and Not I that he directed. Image courtesy of the Royal Court Theatre
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Anthony Page, former Royal Court artistic director, dies aged 90

The director Anthony Page, who led the Royal Court through its battles with the Lord Chamberlain and later won a Tony Award on Broadway, has died at the age of 90.

Duncan Sheik performing in 2006. Photo by P.B. Rage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Duncan Sheik, composer of Spring Awakening and Nero, dies at 56

The American composer and songwriter Duncan Sheik, who won two Tony Awards for Spring Awakening and whose new musical Nero opens in London in November, has died at the age of 56.

The Afro-Cuban band of Buena Vista Social Club on stage at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway. Photo by Matthew Murphy
Upcoming and New Shows

Buena Vista Social Club is still looking for a West End theatre, and still building its band

The Tony-winning Cuban musical its producers want to bring to London in 2027 has spent the autumn adding players to its Broadway company rather than winding it down.

A performer from Neon Sun - Roller Circus, which plays Woolwich Works on 29 November
Upcoming and New Shows

Roller circus and Protein's Magic Flute lead Woolwich Works' alternative Christmas

Woolwich Works is skipping panto this Christmas. Its festive programme runs from 22 November to 3 January and is led by Neon Sun – Roller Circus and Protein's dance-theatre The Magic Flute, with drag, a solo A Christmas…

Tamsin Greig as Matty Jenkyns in a bonnet and brown cloak in falling snow, production artwork for Cranford at the Orange Tree Theatre
Cast Changes and Announcements

Sara Crowe and Alexandra Gilbreath join Tamsin Greig in Cranford at the Orange Tree

Nine actors have been named alongside Tamsin Greig in Cranford at the Orange Tree Theatre, where Josh Roche directs a new adaptation of the Elizabeth Gaskell novel from 3 November.

The company of The Phantom of the Opera performing Masquerade at His Majesty's Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson.
Upcoming and New Shows

Phantom of the Opera marks 40 years in the West End with a gala performance on 9 October

The Phantom of the Opera turns forty in October, and Cameron Mackintosh is marking it with a single gala performance at His Majesty’s Theatre on Friday 9 October 2026.

The Phantom of the Opera - A Collector's Piece Indeed 6LP box set, with the 2026 mix, the film soundtrack, the Masquerade orchestral score and a signed replica poster
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Andrew Lloyd Webber remixes the original Phantom of the Opera cast album for the show's 40th anniversary

Andrew Lloyd Webber has gone back to the 1986 master tapes of the Original London Cast Recording of The Phantom of the Opera and remixed them for the first time, with the new album arriving on the musical's 40th…

Roger Ringrose, Martin Bassindale, Ed Sayer, Jordan Loughran, François Testory and Scarlett Brookes in A Tale of Two Cities. Photo by Marc Brenner
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A Tale of Two Cities: first production photos from the Marlowe Theatre

The Marlowe Theatre has shared the first photographs of its production of A Tale of Two Cities, now running in Canterbury ahead of a UK tour that continues into 2027.