The cast of The Play That Goes Wrong at the Duchess Theatre
Theatre News

The Play That Goes Wrong extends its Duchess Theatre booking to 2028

Twelve years into its West End run, The Play That Goes Wrong has pushed its booking period at the Duchess Theatre out to 31 January 2028, carrying Mischief’s first West End show into the company’s twentieth anniversary…

The company of Death Note The Musical at the Barbican Theatre
Upcoming and New Shows

Death Note The Musical returns to the Barbican in spring 2027

Death Note The Musical is returning to the Barbican Theatre for a second London run, playing from 23 March to 15 May 2027.

Nadine Higgin, Cherrelle Skeete, Ibilola Rossi, Tatenda Naomi Matsvai and Alex Thomas-Smith in for colored girls at The Yard Theatre. Photo by Camilla Greenwell
Theatre News

Production images released for the Yard Theatre’s for colored girls…

The Yard Theatre has released production images for for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, the revival that reopens the rebuilt Hackney Wick venue and runs to 17 October 2026.

Rosamund Pike as Jessica Parks in Inter Alia during the production's West End run
Cast Changes and Announcements

Rosamund Pike takes Inter Alia to Broadway with two West End co-stars

Rosamund Pike makes her Broadway debut in the National Theatre's Inter Alia from 10 November 2026, and two of her West End co-stars are going with her.

Tilda Swinton as Ella/Max in Man to Man at the Royal Court Theatre. Photo by Ruediger Glatz
Theatre News

First production images of Tilda Swinton in Man to Man at the Royal Court

The first production images have been released of Tilda Swinton in Man to Man at the Royal Court, her first stage appearance in more than 30 years, ahead of press night on 11 September 2026.

Artwork for Memoriam by Noga Flaishon at Southwark Playhouse Borough
Cast Changes and Announcements

Full cast announced for Memoriam at Southwark Playhouse Borough

Rachel Barry, Jimena Larraguivel, Ashley Margolis and Ben Wiggins join Beverley Klein in Memoriam, running at Southwark Playhouse Borough from 22 October to 21 November 2026.

The company of the UK tour of Back to the Future The Musical in rehearsals. Photo by Mark Senior
Cast Changes and Announcements

Full company announced for the first UK tour of Back to the Future The Musical

Full casting is in for the first UK tour of Back to the Future The Musical, which opens at the Bristol Hippodrome on 8 October 2026 - and Roger Bart has extended his run as Doc Brown into a fourth city.

Walkers in Acting for Others t-shirts outside the London Palladium during the Big West End Walk 2026
West End News & Gossip

Big West End Walk raises over £6,000 for Acting for Others

Twenty-nine walkers covered 58 West End theatres in fifteen miles on Sunday, raising more than £6,000 for the theatrical charity Acting for Others and beating the event’s previous record.

Artwork for the UK tour of By Royal Appointment, showing the Queen from behind in a pink coat with a tape measure held to her shoulder
Cast Changes and Announcements

Laura Main joins Jane Asher in the UK tour of By Royal Appointment

Laura Main takes over as The Dresser in By Royal Appointment, joining Jane Asher for a UK tour that opens in Cambridge on 24 September 2026.