Ian McDiarmid as King Lear with members of the company at the Crucible, Sheffield. Photo by Johan Persson
Upcoming and New Shows

Production photos: Ian McDiarmid is King Lear at Sheffield's Crucible

Sheffield Theatres has released production photographs of King Lear at the Crucible, with Ian McDiarmid in the title role and Titas Halder directing. The run ends on Saturday 19 September.

Artwork for Terence Rattigan’s In Praise of Love at Oxford Playhouse, directed by Mike Tweddle
Upcoming and New Shows

Oxford Playhouse to stage Rattigan's In Praise of Love in February 2027

Oxford Playhouse will stage In Praise of Love, Terence Rattigan’s rarely performed penultimate play, from 13 February to 6 March 2027, directed by artistic director Mike Tweddle.

Letitia Wright, Lorraine Toussaint and Ashley Thomas in The Story at the National Theatre
London Theatre Reviews

Review Roundup: THE STORY at the National Theatre

The reviews have landed for The Story, the UK premiere of Tracey Scott Wilson’s newsroom drama in the Olivier, and the critics are markedly more divided than the billing suggested.

Patrick Gibson, Sophie Okonedo and Alistair Petrie in A Month in the Country at the Donmar Warehouse
London Theatre Reviews

Review Roundup: A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY at the Donmar Warehouse

The notices are in for A Month in the Country, Lyndsey Turner’s revival of Brian Friel’s version of Turgenev, and the Donmar has a warmly received autumn opener on its hands.

Charlie Burn as Jane with the company of Jane Eyre A Musical at Southwark Playhouse Elephant. Photo by Victoria Davies
Upcoming and New Shows

First production photos of Jane Eyre at Southwark Playhouse Elephant

Production photographs have been released for the UK premiere of Jane Eyre, the John Caird and Paul Gordon musical now running at Southwark Playhouse Elephant until 24 October 2026, with Charlie Burn as Jane and Ashley…

Playwrights Justice Ezi, Demi Wilson-Smith and Kaleb D’Aguilar at the Broadway Theatre, Catford. Photo by Maddy Cavaliero Knox
Upcoming and New Shows

Cranes and How To Keep Warm in Winter continue the Ryan Calais Cameron Season

Two new plays complete the first year of the Ryan Calais Cameron Season at the Broadway Theatre in Catford: Cranes by Demi Wilson-Smith from 23 September, and How To Keep Warm in Winter by Kaleb D’Aguilar from 14…

George R. R. Martin on the Iron Throne at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, announcing the London transfer of Game of Thrones: The Mad King
Upcoming and New Shows

Game of Thrones: The Mad King transfers to London in 2027

The Royal Shakespeare Company production of George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones: The Mad King will open in London in 2027, after a sold-out world premiere season in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Harry Judd (centre) and the cast in rehearsals for Disney's High School Musical. Photo by Matt Crockett
Cast Changes and Announcements

Harry Judd takes over from Jason Donovan as Coach Bolton in High School Musical

Harry Judd joins Disney’s High School Musical as Coach Bolton, playing the final two performances in Salford on Saturday 19 September before taking the role for the whole of the production’s London run.

David Fynn as Beetlejuice with the newly dead Maitlands in Beetlejuice The Musical at the Prince Edward Theatre
Theatre News

Beetlejuice The Musical sets its West End closing date for 2 January

Crossroads Live and Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures have brought the end of the West End run of Beetlejuice The Musical forward, and the Prince Edward Theatre production will now play its last performance on Saturday 2…