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Schoolchildren watching a performance at Polka Theatre
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Polka Theatre expands its schools programme with 10,000 free tickets

Polka Theatre will hand out 10,000 free tickets to London and Surrey schools in 2026/27 and widen three creative learning programmes, after receiving nearly 17,000 ticket requests last year.

Myra DuBois as Ruth in Titanique at the Criterion Theatre
Cast Changes and Announcements

Myra DuBois extends her Titanique run at the Criterion Theatre to November

Myra DuBois will stay aboard Titanique at the Criterion Theatre for four more weeks, playing Ruth until Sunday 8 November 2026.

Johannes Radebe in artwork for Finally Home
Upcoming and New Shows

Johannes Radebe: Finally Home adds a London Palladium matinee for May 2027

Johannes Radebe: Finally Home has added a second London date, a 2.30pm matinee at the London Palladium on 9 May 2027, with tickets on sale now.

The cast of The Play That Goes Wrong at the Duchess Theatre
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The Play That Goes Wrong extends its Duchess Theatre booking to 2028

Twelve years into its West End run, The Play That Goes Wrong has pushed its booking period at the Duchess Theatre out to 31 January 2028, carrying Mischief’s first West End show into the company’s twentieth anniversary…

The company of Death Note The Musical at the Barbican Theatre
Upcoming and New Shows

Death Note The Musical returns to the Barbican in spring 2027

Death Note The Musical is returning to the Barbican Theatre for a second London run, playing from 23 March to 15 May 2027.

Nadine Higgin, Cherrelle Skeete, Ibilola Rossi, Tatenda Naomi Matsvai and Alex Thomas-Smith in for colored girls at The Yard Theatre. Photo by Camilla Greenwell
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Production images released for the Yard Theatre’s for colored girls…

The Yard Theatre has released production images for for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, the revival that reopens the rebuilt Hackney Wick venue and runs to 17 October 2026.

Rosamund Pike as Jessica Parks in Inter Alia during the production's West End run
Cast Changes and Announcements

Rosamund Pike takes Inter Alia to Broadway with two West End co-stars

Rosamund Pike makes her Broadway debut in the National Theatre's Inter Alia from 10 November 2026, and two of her West End co-stars are going with her.

Tilda Swinton as Ella/Max in Man to Man at the Royal Court Theatre. Photo by Ruediger Glatz
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First production images of Tilda Swinton in Man to Man at the Royal Court

The first production images have been released of Tilda Swinton in Man to Man at the Royal Court, her first stage appearance in more than 30 years, ahead of press night on 11 September 2026.

Artwork for Memoriam by Noga Flaishon at Southwark Playhouse Borough
Cast Changes and Announcements

Full cast announced for Memoriam at Southwark Playhouse Borough

Rachel Barry, Jimena Larraguivel, Ashley Margolis and Ben Wiggins join Beverley Klein in Memoriam, running at Southwark Playhouse Borough from 22 October to 21 November 2026.