The company of Rent on stage at the Life Cafe, with Gaten Matarazzo standing on the table at the centre. Photo by Pamela Raith
Upcoming and New Shows

First look at Rent on stage as performances begin at the Tom Stoppard Theatre

The first production image from Rent in the West End has been released, taken as the company played the Life Cafe. Jonathan Larson’s musical began performances at the Tom Stoppard Theatre on 26 September 2026.

The company of Three Men in a Boat aboard the boat at Rose Theatre, Kingston. Photo by Helen Murray
London Theatre Reviews

Review Roundup: THREE MEN IN A BOAT at the Rose Theatre, Kingston

Few press nights this month have split the critics as sharply as Three Men in a Boat, the world premiere of Al Smith’s adaptation of Jerome K Jerome’s 1889 novel, directed by Christopher Haydon at the Rose Theatre in…

Dorothea Myer-Bennett as Alice and Meghan Treadway as Abigail sit either side of a Connect 4 board on a pale sofa in The Urmetazoan at Hampstead Theatre. Photo by Rich Lakos
London Theatre Reviews

Review Roundup: THE URMETAZOAN at Hampstead Theatre

The critics have filed on The Urmetazoan, Alex Rugman’s debut play in the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs studio, which puts two estranged sisters in a bare Florida bungalow a fortnight before one of them leaves Earth for…

Jamael Westman as Dallas and Marisha Wallace as Jada join hands across a lamp-lit table in a booth in Table 17 at Kiln Theatre. Photo by Steve Gregson
London Theatre Reviews

Review Roundup: TABLE 17 at the Kiln Theatre

The notices are in for Table 17, Douglas Lyons’ UK premiere at the Kiln Theatre, in which two exes meet over dinner two years after their engagement collapsed and talk their way back through the wreckage.

George Blagden in A Ghost in Your Ear at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs. Photo by Marc Brenner
Cast Changes and Announcements

Lucas Iverson joins Jamie Armitage's Hampstead hit A Ghost in Your Ear in New York

Lucas Iverson joins A Ghost in Your Ear, the headphone horror play Jamie Armitage made for Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, as its New York run is recast and re-dated.

Pablo and Brenda Ernst on stage with the company of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, where the production has welcomed its 14 millionth London visitor. Photo by Troy David Johnston
Theatre News

Wicked reaches 14 million London visitors as its 20th birthday weekend arrives

Wicked has welcomed its 14 millionth visitor to the Apollo Victoria Theatre, four days before the production marks 20 years in the West End.

Natalia Osipova as Lydia Lopokova in The Standard of Living at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Photo by Manuel Harlan
Upcoming and New Shows

Rory Kinnear and Natalia Osipova on stage in the first images from The Standard of Living

The first production images from The Standard of Living are out, with Rory Kinnear as John Maynard Keynes and Natalia Osipova on pointe as Lydia Lopokova.

Key art for Speculations at the Marylebone Theatre, showing Janie Dee as Dorothy Kilgallen
Cast Changes and Announcements

Jolyon Coy and Gloria Obianyo join Janie Dee in Trevor Nunn's Speculations

Jolyon Coy, Natalie Dunne, Gloria Obianyo, Joseph Potter and Ferdy Roberts have been cast alongside Janie Dee in Speculations, the world premiere Sir Trevor Nunn directs at the Marylebone Theatre from 30 October.

The company of Lanny in rehearsal at Bristol Old Vic. Photo by Helen Murray
Upcoming and New Shows

First look in rehearsals for the world premiere of Max Porter's Lanny

Bristol Old Vic has released the first rehearsal pictures for Lanny, the stage premiere of Max Porter's Booker-nominated novel, adapted by Bea Roberts and directed by Nancy Medina. It opens on 16 October 2026.