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…

The company of The Play That Goes Wrong with seven Guide Dogs puppies in training and their volunteer puppy raisers on stage at the Duchess Theatre. Photo by Ellie Kurttz
West End News & Gossip

Seven guide dog puppies take the stage at The Play That Goes Wrong

Seven puppies in training for Guide Dogs UK spent an afternoon on the set of The Play That Goes Wrong at the Duchess Theatre, meeting the cast and watching extracts as part of their training.

Album artwork for the original 2025 UK cast recording of 13 Going on 30 - The Musical, published by Decca Records
Theatre News

13 Going on 30 - The Musical releases its original UK cast recording

The original cast recording of 13 Going on 30 – The Musical is released on Friday 4 September 2026, taken from the show’s sold-out world premiere run in Manchester and published by Decca Records.

Taylor Mac in Holiday Sauce. Photo by Little Fang
Upcoming and New Shows

Taylor Mac brings Holiday Sauce and a 24-Decade History to London this winter

Taylor Mac brings two shows to London this winter: a one-night orchestral premiere at the Royal Festival Hall in November, and a week of Holiday Sauce at Soho Theatre Walthamstow in December.

Nathan Sykes as Orpheus and Fayth Ifil as Eurydice in Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre. Photo by Michael Wharley
Cast Changes and Announcements

First images of Hadestown's new West End cast, with Nathan Sykes as Orpheus

The first images of the new principal cast of Hadestown have been released, with Nathan Sykes as Orpheus, Danielle de Niese as Persephone and Shaun Dooley as Hades from 15 September.

The company of Kimberly Akimbo on Soutra Gilmour's neon clock set at Hampstead Theatre. Photo by Marc Brenner
Theatre News

Kimberly Akimbo production images released ahead of Hampstead Theatre opening

Kimberly Akimbo, the Tony Award-winning musical, makes its European premiere at Hampstead Theatre this week. Production images have been released ahead of the official opening night, showcasing the cast led by Olivier…

Key art for Girls by Theresa Ikoko, directed by Ewa Dina, at the Young Vic
Cast Changes and Announcements

Young Vic casts Girls, Theresa Ikoko's award-winning play, in the Maria

Hannah Akhalu, Tara Tijani and Sewa Zamba will play the three friends in Girls, Theresa Ikoko's award-winning play, in the Young Vic's Maria from 22 October - 21 November 2026.

A performer in a nun's habit peers through red stage curtains with a finger to their lips, in The Pleasures of Fanny at Brick Lane Music Hall
Upcoming and New Shows

Brick Lane Music Hall stages a murder mystery musical where the audience names the killer

Brick Lane Music Hall stages a new murder mystery musical, The Pleasures of Fanny, from 2-6 October 2026, with the audience seated at tables and asked to name the killer over lunch, afternoon tea or dinner.

A performer stands before a red stage curtain, her face obscured by a gull's outstretched wings, in NINA at Battersea Arts Centre. Photo by Aimee Capstick
Cast Changes and Announcements

Battersea Arts Centre casts four Ninas for Caroline Williams's debut play

Maya Bartley O'Dea, Samantha Begeman, Nina Bowers and Gemma Barnett will each play a version of the title role in NINA, the debut play by director Caroline Williams, opening at Battersea Arts Centre on 6 October 2026.