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Artwork for A Sinatra Christmas By Candlelight, starring Joel Harper-Jackson, at the Aldwych Theatre on 6 December 2026
Upcoming and New Shows

Joel Harper-Jackson to headline A Sinatra Christmas By Candlelight at the Aldwych Theatre

Joel Harper-Jackson, the current star of Sinatra the Musical, will front A Sinatra Christmas By Candlelight, a one-night festive concert at the Aldwych Theatre on Sunday 6 December 2026.

Hannah Kremer and Rory Macleod in the 30th anniversary artwork for Matthew Bourne's Cinderella. Photo by Johan Persson
Cast Changes and Announcements

Hannah Kremer and Katrina Lyndon lead Matthew Bourne's Cinderella on its 30th anniversary tour

Hannah Kremer and Katrina Lyndon will share the title role in Matthew Bourne's Cinderella as New Adventures marks the wartime ballet's 30th anniversary with a 17-venue UK tour, taking in a Christmas season at Sadler's…

Myra DuBois as Ruth in Titanique at the Criterion Theatre. Photo by Mark Senior
Upcoming and New Shows

Titanique to close at the Criterion in January before first UK tour with Myra DuBois

Titanique gives its final West End performance at the Criterion Theatre on Sunday 3 January 2027. Myra DuBois then takes Ruth on the road, as the musical's first UK tour opens at Theatre Royal Newcastle in September…

Club NVRLND cast announcement artwork showing Diana Vickers as Wendy Darling and Le Fil as Tiger Lily
Cast Changes and Announcements

Diana Vickers cast as Wendy Darling in Club NVRLND at The Vaults

Diana Vickers will play Wendy Darling in Club NVRLND when the immersive nightclub musical opens at The Vaults in November, with Le Fil returning as Tiger Lily.

Zizi Strallen (Glinda) and Emma Kingston (Elphaba) with The Royal Mint's Wicked 50p coin. Photo by Matt Alexander/PA Media Assignments
Theatre News

Wicked marks 20 years in the West End with a Royal Mint 50p coin

The Royal Mint has struck an official UK 50p for Wicked, timed for the musical's 20th anniversary at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on Sunday 27 September.

Artwork for Aladdin at the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton, showing James-Royden Lyley, Sean Jones, James Mackenzie, Scott Gallagher and Yna Montarde in character
Cast Changes and Announcements

Scott Gallagher, James-Royden Lyley and Yna Montarde join Aladdin at the Floral Pavilion

Scott Gallagher plays his first pantomime Dame, James-Royden Lyley takes the title role and Yna Montarde is Princess Jasmine in Aladdin, which runs at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton from 5 December 2026 - 3 January…

Circa in Duck Pond, the circus company's reworking of Swan Lake, which plays Brighton Dome Concert Hall at Christmas. Photo by Pia Johnson
Upcoming and New Shows

Brighton Dome fills its three venues with theatre, dance and circus this autumn

Brighton Dome has set out an autumn of theatre, dance and circus across all three of its venues, led by a new play from Inua Ellams. Christmas brings Duck Pond, Circa's circus retelling of Swan Lake, to the Concert Hall.

Woodhill, the documentary dance-theatre piece about the deaths of three men at HMP Woodhill, which runs at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange this autumn. Photo by Alex Powell
Upcoming and New Shows

Five-star Woodhill brings its danced account of three prison deaths to Brighton

Woodhill, which tells the story of three real deaths in custody through choreography, music and the families' own words, runs at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange this autumn carrying five stars from The Guardian and the…

Once Upon a Time in Sokoto, the new play by Inua Ellams, which runs at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange for five nights in November
Upcoming and New Shows

Inua Ellams play Once Upon a Time in Sokoto opens a new national touring initiative

Inua Ellams's new play Once Upon a Time in Sokoto runs at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange for five nights in November, as the first production from Touring Together, a nationwide initiative built to take new theatre out to…