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Peter Marinker as Krapp, a hand cupped to his ear at his desk, in Krapp’s Last Tape at The Cockpit
London Theatre Reviews

Review Roundup: KRAPP’S LAST TAPE at The Cockpit

The notices are in for Krapp’s Last Tape at The Cockpit, and they are unusually hard to separate from the circumstances of the performance.

Artwork for Burning Down the House by Breach Theatre at the Schwarzman Centre, Oxford. Artwork by Rebecca Pitt, photography by Rich Lakos
Upcoming and New Shows

Breach Theatre premieres Burning Down the House at Oxford’s Schwarzman Centre

Burning Down the House, a world premiere from Breach Theatre, runs at the Schwarzman Centre in Oxford from 25 September - 10 October 2026, and tells the story of the woman whose life Ibsen turned into Nora.

Elliot Goodhill as Puck at the New Forest Open Air Theatre fundraising event on the new theatre site at Hinton Admiral. Photo by Finnbarr Webster
Theatre News

New Forest Open Air Theatre seeks funds for a woodland home of its own

New Forest Open Air Theatre has launched a fundraising campaign to build a 300-seat seasonal theatre in the woods at Hinton Admiral, aiming to open for the 2027 summer season.

Nadia Dawber, James El-Sharawy, Sama Rantisi and Ghantus Wael, the cast of Application 39
Cast Changes and Announcements

Nadia Dawber and James El-Sharawy lead the UK tour of Application 39

Nadia Dawber, James El-Sharawy, Sama Rantisi and Ghantus Wael make up the company for the world premiere of Application 39, Ahmed Masoud's satire about a Gaza awarded the 2048 Olympic Games.

The company of Million Dollar Quartet at The Arts at Marble Arch
Upcoming and New Shows

Darren Day leads Million Dollar Quartet on a 23-venue UK tour in 2027

The Barn Theatre production of Million Dollar Quartet will visit 23 venues between January and July 2027, opening at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on 26 January.

The company of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong in the original West End production. Photo by Mark Senior
Cast Changes and Announcements

Christmas Carol Goes Wrong names its West End and UK tour company

Mischief has named the actors who will take Christmas Carol Goes Wrong around the UK from late October and into the Wyndham's Theatre for six weeks over Christmas, with original company member Dave Hearn among them.

The full company of Billy Elliot the Musical in rehearsals for the UK and Ireland tour and West End season
Cast Changes and Announcements

Annette McLaughlin and Lesley Joseph lead full casting for Billy Elliot tour and West End return

Annette McLaughlin returns as Mrs Wilkinson and Lesley Joseph takes on Grandma in the full company announced today for Billy Elliot the Musical, which tours the UK and Ireland from November before a limited West End…

Lauren Chinery as Cyril the Squirrel and Folarin Akinmade as Robin Hood in Robin Hood at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch. Photo by Mark Sepple
Upcoming and New Shows

Robin Hood rides into Havering as Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch names its panto cast

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch has named the company for Robin Hood, its family pantomime this Christmas, which opens on 18 November and runs to 2 January 2027.

Vinnie Copeland and Elizabeth Anderson, the new Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: On Stage. Photo by Perou
Cast Changes and Announcements

Elizabeth Anderson and Vinnie Copeland lead a new cast for The Hunger Games: On Stage

Elizabeth Anderson takes over as Katniss Everdeen and Vinnie Copeland as Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games: On Stage from 23 October, as the Troubadour Canary Wharf production begins its second year.