Everything happening across London's Theatreland, gathered in one place. Opening nights, closures and transfers, casting news, industry talking points and the stories shaping the West End — updated as the news breaks.
Full casting is in for the first UK tour of Back to the Future The Musical, which opens at the Bristol Hippodrome on 8 October 2026 - and Roger Bart has extended his run as Doc Brown into a fourth city.
Twenty-nine walkers covered 58 West End theatres in fifteen miles on Sunday, raising more than £6,000 for the theatrical charity Acting for Others and beating the event’s previous record.
Laura Main takes over as The Dresser in By Royal Appointment, joining Jane Asher for a UK tour that opens in Cambridge on 24 September 2026.
Burning Down the House, a world premiere from Breach Theatre, runs at the Schwarzman Centre in Oxford from 25 September - 10 October 2026, and tells the story of the woman whose life Ibsen turned into Nora.
New Forest Open Air Theatre has launched a fundraising campaign to build a 300-seat seasonal theatre in the woods at Hinton Admiral, aiming to open for the 2027 summer season.
Nadia Dawber, James El-Sharawy, Sama Rantisi and Ghantus Wael make up the company for the world premiere of Application 39, Ahmed Masoud's satire about a Gaza awarded the 2048 Olympic Games.
The Barn Theatre production of Million Dollar Quartet will visit 23 venues between January and July 2027, opening at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on 26 January.
Mischief has named the actors who will take Christmas Carol Goes Wrong around the UK from late October and into the Wyndham's Theatre for six weeks over Christmas, with original company member Dave Hearn among them.
Annette McLaughlin returns as Mrs Wilkinson and Lesley Joseph takes on Grandma in the full company announced today for Billy Elliot the Musical, which tours the UK and Ireland from November before a limited West End…
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