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Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Truman Capote in Tru
Cast Changes and Announcements

Charlotte d’Amboise joins Jesse Tyler Ferguson in Tru at the Menier Chocolate Factory

Charlotte d’Amboise joins Jesse Tyler Ferguson in Tru, Jay Presson Allen’s Truman Capote play, which begins previews at the Menier Chocolate Factory on Saturday 19 September and opens on 27 September.

Artwork for When The Blackbird Sings, a collage blackbird on an Oxford map branch. Illustration by Bry Leighton
Upcoming and New Shows

When The Blackbird Sings: Erica Whyman directs a world premiere on an Oxford bus

A new site-specific play that puts most of its audience on a bus, When The Blackbird Sings has its world premiere in Oxford from 23 September to 11 October, directed by Erica Whyman and presented by the Schwarzman…

Keira Knightley in rehearsals for The Lives of Others at the Adelphi Theatre. Photo by Danny Kaan
Cast Changes and Announcements

Full company announced for Robert Icke’s The Lives of Others at the Adelphi Theatre

Thirteen more actors join Keira Knightley, Stephen Dillane and Luke Thompson in Robert Icke’s stage adaptation of The Lives of Others, which begins previews at the Adelphi Theatre on 14 October.

Frances Gilbert, Shona Maule and Carine Gilbert in Under the Influence at the King’s Head Theatre. Photo by Danny Kaan
Theatre News

First production images released for Under the Influence at the King’s Head Theatre

The first London production images have been released for Under the Influence, the comedy musical written and performed by Carine Gilbert and Frances Gilbert with Shona Maule, now running at the King’s Head Theatre…

Key art for the concert production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at the London Palladium
Upcoming and New Shows

Megan Hilty and Rachel Tucker to star in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in concert at the London Palladium

Megan Hilty and Rachel Tucker will lead a new concert staging of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at the London Palladium next spring, directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle with an orchestra of 30.

The main entrance to the National Theatre on London's South Bank. Photo by Philip Vile
Theatre News

National Theatre’s 2027 season brings eight world premieres and a return to repertory

The National Theatre has programmed its full year for 2027 with thirteen productions, eight of them world premieres, a return to repertory playing in the Lyttelton and a revival of West Side Story in the Olivier.

Janette Manrara and Noah Schnapp in rehearsal for Affluenza at Riverside Studios. Photo by Justine Matthew
Upcoming and New Shows

First look at Affluenza in rehearsal as Donald Sage Mackay completes the cast

The first rehearsal images for Affluenza are out, and Donald Sage Mackay has joined Noah Schnapp and company ahead of previews from 26 September.

Gaten Matarazzo on a table with the company in rehearsal for Rent. Photo by Pamela Raith
Upcoming and New Shows

First look at Gaten Matarazzo in rehearsals for Rent

Rehearsal images are out for Rent at the Tom Stoppard Theatre, where Gaten Matarazzo plays Mark from 26 September.

Three actors dancing in a wood-panelled seaside cottage in The Children at the Lyric Hammersmith. Photo by Helen Maybanks
Upcoming and New Shows

First production images of The Children at the Lyric Hammersmith

The Lyric Hammersmith has released production images for The Children, with Meera Syal, Declan Conlon and Kerry Fox. Press night is tonight.