Anton Du Beke in costume as Great Uncle Matthew for the UK tour of Ballet Shoes. Photo by Matt Crockett
Upcoming and New Shows

Anton Du Beke joins Ballet Shoes for its first UK tour

The National Theatre’s Ballet Shoes tours the UK from August 2027, with Anton Du Beke making his first appearance in a National Theatre production.

A pair of yellow corduroy trousers pegged to a bare branch, key art for What Would Jarvis Do? at the Omnibus Theatre. Photo by Alicia Bridge
Upcoming and New Shows

What Would Jarvis Do? returns to the Omnibus Theatre in October

What Would Jarvis Do? runs at the Omnibus Theatre from 6-16 October, after two sold-out development performances at the same address.

Key art for Operation Mincemeat: The Expanded Cast, the under-19 edition licensed by Concord Theatricals
Theatre News

Operation Mincemeat licensed to schools in a new expanded-cast edition

Concord Theatricals has released Operation Mincemeat for performance by under-19 companies across the UK and Eire, in a full-length edition scaled for casts of between 13 and 87.

Rachel Pickup as Laura in Still Life at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
London Theatre Reviews

Review Roundup: STILL LIFE at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Ninety years ago Noël Coward wrote Still Life as one of the ten short plays of Tonight at 8.30, and it went on to become Brief Encounter, which is the version almost everybody knows.

Charlie Burn as Jane Eyre with the company at Southwark Playhouse Elephant
London Theatre Reviews

Review Roundup: JANE EYRE at Southwark Playhouse Elephant

Thirty years after Toronto and a quarter of a century after Broadway, Jane Eyre has finally reached London, in a pared-back chamber version of the John Caird and Paul Gordon musical staged by Caird himself with Megan…

Lolly Adefope as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! at the Trafalgar Theatre
Cast Changes and Announcements

Full cast announced for Oh, Mary! alongside Lolly Adefope

Four more names join Lolly Adefope in Oh, Mary! at the Trafalgar Theatre from 28 September 2026, completing the cast that takes over from Jinkx Monsoon and company.

Schoolchildren watching a performance at Polka Theatre
Theatre News

Polka Theatre expands its schools programme with 10,000 free tickets

Polka Theatre will hand out 10,000 free tickets to London and Surrey schools in 2026/27 and widen three creative learning programmes, after receiving nearly 17,000 ticket requests last year.

Myra DuBois as Ruth in Titanique at the Criterion Theatre
Cast Changes and Announcements

Myra DuBois extends her Titanique run at the Criterion Theatre to November

Myra DuBois will stay aboard Titanique at the Criterion Theatre for four more weeks, playing Ruth until Sunday 8 November 2026.

Johannes Radebe in artwork for Finally Home
Upcoming and New Shows

Johannes Radebe: Finally Home adds a London Palladium matinee for May 2027

Johannes Radebe: Finally Home has added a second London date, a 2.30pm matinee at the London Palladium on 9 May 2027, with tickets on sale now.