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BIRDS at Assembly George Square, Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Photo by Nick Robertson
Theatre News

Five shows to catch as the Edinburgh Fringe enters its final stretch

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is past its halfway point, but there is still time to catch these five productions: a camp Australian beach comedy, a Danish song cycle built from anonymous internet confessions, a…

HAM by Hotter Project, transferring to Soho Theatre. Artwork by Holly Revell
Upcoming and New Shows

Fringe hit HAM brings its butchered Hamlet to Soho Theatre

One of the most talked-about shows of this year's Edinburgh Fringe is heading south: HAM, Hotter Project's vegan rewrite of Hamlet, plays Soho Theatre from 29 September to 31 October.

Ballet de Santiago in Swan Lake, coming to the London Coliseum in September 2027
Upcoming and New Shows

Ballet de Santiago makes its UK debut with Swan Lake at the London Coliseum

Chile's Ballet de Santiago will cross the Atlantic for the first time in September 2027, bringing Swan Lake to the London Coliseum for a single week under the direction of former Birmingham Royal Ballet principal César…

David M. Lutken in Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie. Photo by Wendy Mutz
Upcoming and New Shows

Woody Sez returns to London for the first time in over a decade

Ten years on from its last London outing, Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie arrives at the Underbelly Boulevard Soho this September, with David M. Lutken back in the role he devised.

Romeo & Hamed
Upcoming and New Shows

Romeo and Hamed brings a Croydon-set queer tragedy to Riverside Studios

Romeo and Hamed, a debut play in verse by Scott Horgan, plays Riverside Studios from 2 to 6 September, with every performance creatively captioned.

Sam Harrison in Jeeves Takes Charge at Charing Cross Theatre. Photo by Craig Fuller
Theatre News

First look at Sam Harrison in Olivier-winning Jeeves Takes Charge

Production images have been released of Sam Harrison playing all twenty-two characters in Jeeves Takes Charge, the Olivier Award-winning P.G. Wodehouse adaptation now back in London at Charing Cross Theatre.

Bart Johnson (centre) with the cast of Disney's High School Musical in rehearsals
Theatre News

Bart Johnson surprises the cast of Disney's High School Musical in rehearsals

Bart Johnson, Coach Bolton in the original Disney films, dropped in on the final week of rehearsals for Disney's High School Musical, which opens at Lowry in Salford on Saturday.

Alaa Shehada, writer and performer of The Bridge
Theatre News

Fringe First winner The Bridge adds three extra Edinburgh performances

Palestinian actor and comedian Alaa Shehada extends his Fringe First-winning one-man show The Bridge with three further performances at Assembly George Square Studios.

West End Woofs (and Meows) 2026 at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden. Photo by Alan West
West End News & Gossip

First pictures from West End Woofs (and Meows) 2026 at the Actors' Church

Pictures have been released from this year's West End Woofs (and Meows), the live dog and cat adoption event hosted by Dame Elaine Paige and Bernadette Peters at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden.