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The company of Little Shop of Horrors on the first day of rehearsals. Photo by Danny Kaan
Upcoming and New Shows

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.

A scene from Holy Fool at Park Theatre. Photo by Mark Douet
Theatre News

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.

The company of Three Men in a Boat in rehearsal at Rose Theatre. Photo by Helen Murray
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.

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

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.

Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss and Ella Lily Hyland in Electra/Persona at the National Theatre
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…

Maria Friedman in the artwork for Kimberly Akimbo at Hampstead Theatre
Videos

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.

Artwork for Sunday in the Park with George at the Barbican
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.

Artwork for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the London Coliseum, with Michael Ball as Willy Wonka
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.

Artwork for The Snowman. Illustration by Raymond Briggs © Snowman Enterprises Limited 2026
Cast Changes and Announcements

Four boys and an Olivier-winning Paddington designer join Birmingham Rep’s new Snowman

Four young performers will share the role of The Boy in Birmingham Rep’s new staging of The Snowman, with Olivier-winning Paddington designer Tahra Zafar making the Snowman costume.