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Artwork for Portrait of a Man at Hampstead Theatre: an expressionist painting of John F Kennedy
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Jeremy Sams revives Michael Frayn's Democracy in Hampstead Theatre's 2027 season

Jeremy Sams directs the first major London revival of Michael Frayn's Democracy as Hampstead Theatre lays out the first half of 2027, a five-play season that also brings four world premieres.

Carrie Hope Fletcher, who stars as Sarah in Ballad Lines at The Other Palace. Photo by Damien Frost
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Carrie Hope Fletcher to lead folk musical Ballad Lines at The Other Palace

Carrie Hope Fletcher is to star as Sarah in Ballad Lines, the folk musical by Finn Anderson and Tania Azevedo, for 12 weeks at The Other Palace from April 2027.

Ian McKellen and Taylor Russell in rehearsal for Lear at the Yard Theatre. Photo by Marc Brenner
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First look at Ian McKellen and Taylor Russell rehearsing Lear at the Yard Theatre

The Yard Theatre has opened the doors of its rehearsal room on Lear, sharing Marc Brenner's photographs of Ian McKellen, Taylor Russell and the company days before the new play begins performances in Hackney Wick.

Sally Ann Triplett and Neil Morrissey in rehearsal for Fourteen Again at the Menier Chocolate Factory
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Fourteen Again in rehearsal: first look at Ria Jones, Neil Morrissey and Sally Ann Triplett

The first rehearsal pictures from Fourteen Again are out, showing Ria Jones, Neil Morrissey and Sally Ann Triplett at work on the Victoria Wood musical before previews begin at the Menier Chocolate Factory on Saturday…

The Legend of Georgia McBride key art
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Monét X Change to make West End debut in The Legend of Georgia McBride at @sohoplace

Monét X Change will make her West End debut as drag queen Miss Tracy Mills in The Legend of Georgia McBride, the comedy by Matthew López, which plays in the round at @sohoplace from 2 February to 15 May 2027.

Key art for Baboo the Unusual Bee, from the picture book illustrated by Aysha Tengiz, and Let’s Fly, Little Angel Theatre spring 2027
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Baboo the Unusual Bee premieres at Little Angel Theatre in spring 2027 as Let’s Fly returns

Little Angel Theatre has set its spring 2027 family season. The world premiere of Baboo the Unusual Bee, a new musical from Lliana Bird’s picture book, opens on 6 February, a week after Let’s Fly returns on 30 January.

King’s Head Theatre spring 2027 season artwork, featuring Saving Alan Turing, Fault, God Is a Woman: The Musical, Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight and Furniture Boys
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Saving Alan Turing and Tom Ratcliffe's Fault premiere in the King's Head Theatre's spring 2027 season

Two new plays, Saving Alan Turing by Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky and Fault by Tom Ratcliffe, get their world premieres in the King’s Head Theatre’s spring 2027 season, which runs from January to May and is on sale now.

Matthew Maddison (Cosmo Brown) and Grant Almirall (Don Lockwood) in rehearsals for Singin' in the Rain. Photo by Johan Persson
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First rehearsal photos of Singin' in the Rain ahead of its Crucible Christmas run

Rehearsal photographs are out for Singin' in the Rain, the Crucible's Christmas musical in Sheffield, which opens on 26 November and then heads out on a UK and Ireland tour with a summer stop at Sadler's Wells.

Bo Poraj and Marc Antolin in rehearsals for Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Days of Christmas. Photo by Marc Brenner
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Bo Poraj and Marc Antolin in the rehearsal room for Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Days of Christmas

A deerstalker, a chair leg and an ensemble crouched in a huddle: the first rehearsal photos for Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Days of Christmas catch Bo Poraj and Marc Antolin getting Holmes and Watson ready for…