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Three actors dancing in a wood-panelled seaside cottage in The Children at the Lyric Hammersmith. Photo by Helen Maybanks
Upcoming and New Shows

First production images of The Children at the Lyric Hammersmith

The Lyric Hammersmith has released production images for The Children, with Meera Syal, Declan Conlon and Kerry Fox. Press night is tonight.

Nick Mohammed and Claudia Winkleman in Traitors costume beside lit torches at Ardross Castle. Photo by Euan Cherry
Cast Changes and Announcements

Nick Mohammed will host The Traitors on stage, sworn in by Claudia Winkleman

Nick Mohammed takes the role of The Host in The Traitors - Acts of Betrayal at the Gillian Lynne Theatre from May 2027, after being sworn in by Claudia Winkleman.

Julia Grogan in You’re So Special at Soho Theatre
London Theatre Reviews

Review Roundup: YOU’RE SO SPECIAL at Soho Theatre

The reviews are in for You’re So Special, Julia Grogan’s one-woman follow-up to Playfight, running at Soho Theatre until 26 September in a production directed by Rachel Lemon.

Cherrelle Skeete and the company of for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf at the Yard Theatre
London Theatre Reviews

Review Roundup: FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF at the Yard Theatre

The reviews are in for for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, Ntozake Shange’s 1970s choreopoem, which has reopened the rebuilt Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick in a production directed by…

Stephenson Ardern-Sodje as Alexander Hamilton with the company of Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre. Photo by Danny Kaan
Upcoming and New Shows

Hamilton extends its West End booking to October 2027

Hamilton is now booking at the Victoria Palace Theatre until 2 October 2027, following a sold-out season with Broadway’s original Aaron Burr.

The company of Kimberly Akimbo beneath the Colgate clock at Hampstead Theatre
London Theatre Reviews

Review Roundup: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Hampstead Theatre

The reviews are in for Kimberly Akimbo, the five-time Tony Award-winning musical by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori, which has finally reached this side of the Atlantic at the Hampstead Theatre in a production…

Key art for Jerker by Robert Chesley at Waterloo East Theatre, showing the title and a vintage rotary telephone
Upcoming and New Shows

Jerker returns to London for a 40th anniversary run at Waterloo East

Jerker plays a three-week season at Waterloo East Theatre from 26 September, forty years after Robert Chesley wrote it.

Ty Fanning as James and Ami Okumura Jones as Lou in Paranormal Activity at the Ambassadors Theatre. Photo by Matt Crockett
Upcoming and New Shows

Paranormal Activity extends at the Ambassadors Theatre for a fifth time

Paranormal Activity now books to 2 January 2027 at the Ambassadors Theatre, in the same week the show opens a UK and Ireland tour.

Two performers sing side by side under neon strip lights in Thelma & Louise at the Young Vic. Photo by Helen Murray
Upcoming and New Shows

First production images released for Thelma & Louise at the Young Vic

The Young Vic has released the first production images for the world premiere of Thelma & Louise, the new musical from Callie Khouri and Neko Case.