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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.

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Robin Kingsland, Danny Solomon and Alex Townson in Shakespeare’s Cousin at the White Bear Theatre
Upcoming and New Shows

Shakespeare’s Cousin, a new play by Jonathan Moore, premieres at the White Bear Theatre

AMDG Productions give Shakespeare’s Cousin, Jonathan Moore’s play about the Elizabethan poet-priest Robert Southwell and the man sent to break him, its first performance at the White Bear Theatre on 10 November.

Jordan Donica as the Phantom and Beatrice Penny-Touré as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera at His Majesty’s Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson
Theatre News

Jordan Donica and Beatrice Penny-Touré in the first photographs of Phantom’s 40th birthday season

The first production photographs of the company playing The Phantom of the Opera’s fortieth birthday season have been released, with Jordan Donica behind the mask and Beatrice Penny-Touré as Christine Daaé.

Waking Ned Devine key art, the show title lettered across a pub table laid with drinks, a fiddle and a pipe
Upcoming and New Shows

Waking Ned Devine musical to open at the Lyric Theatre Belfast in February 2027

Waking Ned Devine becomes a stage musical at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast in February 2027, with music and lyrics by Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard, a book by David Hein and direction by John Doyle.

Matt Lucas as Fagin in Oliver! at the Gielgud Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson
Cast Changes and Announcements

First look at Matt Lucas as Fagin as he joins Oliver! at the Gielgud Theatre

Cameron Mackintosh has released the first photograph of Matt Lucas in costume as Fagin, hours before the comedian makes his first entrance in Oliver! at the Gielgud Theatre.

Diego Rodriguez as Che, Rachel Zegler as Eva Perón and James Olivas as Juan Perón in Evita at the London Palladium. Photo by Marc Brenner
Cast Changes and Announcements

Rachel Zegler’s Palladium co-stars follow her to Broadway for Evita

Three of the co-stars who surrounded Rachel Zegler at the London Palladium will go with her to Broadway when Jamie Lloyd’s Evita opens at the Winter Garden Theatre next spring.

Key art for Michael Morpurgo's Pinocchio at the Watermill Theatre
Cast Changes and Announcements

Watermill Theatre casts its Christmas return of Michael Morpurgo's Pinocchio

Newbury's Watermill Theatre has named the company for its Christmas show, Michael Morpurgo's Pinocchio, back two years after its first run at the theatre.

Poster artwork for the stage musical Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story on Stage, showing a couple performing the story's signature lift against a hot pink background
Upcoming and New Shows

Dirty Dancing to return to the West End at the Prince Edward Theatre

Dirty Dancing is to return to the West End at the Prince Edward Theatre. Exact performance dates have not yet been confirmed, and the move follows a further delay to the opening of the new Capital Theatre, where the…

Key art for The Animals Come to the Table, a megaphone lying on the stage of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Artwork photography by Johan Persson
Upcoming and New Shows

Annette Badland and Finbar Lynch lead the world premiere of The Animals Come to the Table

Shakespeare’s Globe has named the company for The Animals Come to the Table, a world premiere by Timberlake Wertenbaker that opens by candlelight in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in December.

The cast of Nine Night at Kiln Theatre: Sonya Cassidy, Estella Daniels, Llewella Gideon, Ava Hinds-Jones, Gary McDonald, Dani Moseley and Javone Prince
Cast Changes and Announcements

Full cast announced for Nine Night at Kiln Theatre as the run extends to January

Seven actors will make up the family at the centre of Natasha Gordon’s Nine Night at Kiln Theatre this winter. The run has been extended before rehearsals have begun, and now plays to 2 January 2027.