Mamma Mia! released to schools and universities in the UK and Ireland for the first time
Schools and university groups across the UK and Ireland can stage Mamma Mia! for the first time, 27 years after it opened in the West End.
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Little Shop of Horrors starts rehearsals with its whole Manchester September sold out
Rehearsals have begun for the new Little Shop of Horrors, and every September performance at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre has sold out before the first preview.
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Production images released for Holy Fool as Park Theatre adds two more Shostakovich concerts
Production photographs have been released for Holy Fool, the Shostakovich play now running at Park Theatre, which has added two more Carducci Quartet concerts alongside the run.
Upcoming and New Shows
First look at rehearsals for Three Men in a Boat ahead of its world premiere at Rose Theatre
Rehearsal images have been released for Three Men in a Boat, a new comedy with songs opening at Rose Theatre in Kingston on 18 September.
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The Yard extends for colored girls… by two weeks as its rebuilt Hackney Wick theatre reopens
The Yard Theatre has added two weeks to its revival of Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem, which now runs to 17 October and reopens the rebuilt Hackney Wick venue.
London Theatre Reviews
Review Roundup: ELECTRA/PERSONA at the National Theatre
The reviews are in for Electra/Persona, the world premiere in which Benedict Andrews welds Sophocles's Electra to Ingmar Bergman's 1966 film Persona, and has Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss toss a coin in front of the…
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Kimberly Akimbo cast release a first listen to Great Adventure ahead of opening night
A new video gives a first listen to Great Adventure from Kimberly Akimbo, sung by the European premiere cast at Hampstead Theatre a week before opening night.
Cast Changes and Announcements
Jonathan Bailey withdraws from Sunday in the Park with George, a month after Ariana Grande
Jonathan Bailey has stepped away from Sunday in the Park with George a month after Ariana Grande left the same production. The Barbican run goes ahead in summer 2027, with new casting to be announced.
Upcoming and New Shows
Michael Ball to play Willy Wonka in a new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the London Coliseum
Michael Ball will play Willy Wonka in a brand-new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the London Coliseum next summer, with tickets on sale from 29 September.