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Forbidden Broadway, which is currently running at London's Menier Chocolate Factory, where it recently extended its run through Aug. 30, will transfer to the West End's Vaudeville Th…
Liam Mower, the first boy ever to play the title role of Billy Elliot the Musical onstage when the show first opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre in 2005, is to return to the show for one …
Full casting has been announced for the return of To Kill a Mockingbird to the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, where it was previously staged in 2013 and will begin performances Aug. 28…
A new production of Sweeney Todd that will mark the first in-house show at the new Twickenham Theatre in West London will star David Bedella in the title role with Sarah Ingram as Mrs. Lovet…
The Bodyguard, the West End musical version of the 1992 film of the same name, is to embark on a two-year U.K. and Ireland tour after its current run at the Adelphi Theatre ends Aug. 29. The…
The current London stand of Gerard Alessandrini's Forbidden Broadway has extended its run by a fortnight, to end Aug. 30. It was previously booking through Aug. 16.
Liame Tamne will take over as Raoul in London's The Phantom of the Opera beginning performances Sept. 1. He will join Gerónimo Rauch and Harriet Jones who continue as The Phantom …
Becky Mode's Fully Committed, the Off-Broadway hit which received its British premiere at London's Menier Chocolate Factory in 2004, is to be revived there in a new production, direc…
I’m in Provincetown at the extreme tip of Cape Cod this week and next on holiday, and even here I can’t seem to get away from the theatre. The place " a tiny, historic seaside…
London's Hampstead Theatre will live-stream the final performance of its current production of Wonderland free online July 26.
Full casting has been revealed for the previously announced The Infidel - the Musical, a stage adaptation of David Baddiel's hit film comedy of the same name that was released in 2010. I…
Clive Rowe is to reprise the title role of Mother Goose, for which he was Olivier-nominated in 2009, in the pantomime that will begin performances Nov. 22, prior to an official opening Nov. …
Monty Python's Spamalot is to resume a U.K. tour following its three year West End run at the Harold Pinter and then Playhouse Theatre, beginning performances Jan. 15, 2015, at Mancheste…
Craig Els will join the West End company of Matilda The Musical in September to star as Miss Trunchbull.
Full casting has been announced for the world premiere of Alecky Blythe's Little Revolution, beginning performances Aug. 26 at London's Almeida Theatre prior to an official opening S…
I’ve regularly moaned here that there’s simply too much to cover at any one time to ever see it all. But I also know that no one, except the noisy voice of an addict in…
A new production of A Streetcar Named Desire, which begins performances at London's Young Vic Theatre July 23 prior to an official opening July 28, is to be broadcast live from the theat…
Kerry Ellis, who was the first British actress to play Elphaba when she took over from Idina Menzel soon after the show first opened at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, is to return to …
There was a lot of talk about redistributing funding away from the capital in favour of the regions during the recent Arts Council funding round. But though it did see funding restored to De…
A semi-staged concert performance of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate, to be performed Aug. 2 as part of the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, will feature Ben Davis, Alexandra Silber, Tony…
Tony nominee Jenna Russell, Jonathan Slinger and Marc Elliott will reprise their roles as Penelope Pennywise, Officer Lockstock and Mr. McQueen, respectively, in the West End transfer of Uri…
Broadway actors Billy Harrigan Tighe and A.J. Holmes will take over the lead roles of Elder Price and Elder Cunningham, respectively, in the London production of The Book of Mormon, beginnin…
Last night another Olympic sportsman officially came out: after Tom Daley’s announcement of his sexuality last December, Australian five time Olympic gold medal winner Ian Thorpe revea…
Minerva Theatre, Chichester: Peter Shaffer's Black Comedy was originally commissioned by the National Theatre to be produced as a companion piece to Strindberg's Miss Julie, and pr…
Everyone, as the oft-repeated phrase goes, is a critic nowadays, so criticising the critics is fair game. Lord knows we’ve bashed enough things in our time to withstand the occasional …
