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The Get Out, a late revue style show of new writing, will be presented at the Jerwood Upstairs Theatre at London's Royal Court, beginning performances July 31 for a run through Aug. 2 on…
Last night, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time returned officially to the Gielgud, across the street from the Apollo where it originally transferred from the National. The ori…
Gielgud Theatre, London: More than six months on from the incident that saw the original West End transfer of the National's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-T…
The Young Vic's imminent production of A Streetcar Named Desire, which begins performances July 23 prior to an official opening July 28 and has already become the fastest-selling Young V…
Anything Can Happen!, a new musical revue featuring songs by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, is to be workshopped at London's St. James Theatre, where it will be presented for one perfo…
London's Jermyn Street Theatre is to offer a season of three plays, all originally premiered in 1933 and 1934, including Terence Rattigan's debut play, as well as plays by John Van D…
The other day The Stage reported claims that the Charing Cross Theatre had told its front-of-house staff of a plan to replace their paid services with unpaid interns instead. The thea…
The premiere of Ben Ockrent's Breeders at London's St. James Theatre, which begins performances Sept. 3 prior to an official opening Sept. 8 for a season through Dec. 13, will featur…
The new season at the U.K.'s Bristol Old Vic — which Tom Morris and Emma Stenning are marking celebrating their fifth anniversary in charge of this fall — will include …
Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias' See Rock City and Other Destinations, originally seen as part of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's New Musical Festival in 2008 and su…
I’m re-visiting The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time tomorrow for the first time since it originally transferred from the National to the West End’s Apollo Theatre. …
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ - the Musical, based on Sue Townsend's best-selling debut novel of the same name that was first published in 1982, is to receive its worl…
Union Theatre, London: Pacific Overtures may just be the most audacious and courageous of all the mould-breaking shows Stephen Sondheim has written, and Michael Strassen's sombre, shatt…
Nicole Kidman has revealed that she's eying a West End theatrical return for the first time since she appeared in Sam Mendes's production of The Blue Room at the Donmar Warehouse in …
You don’t expect critics to necessarily agree, and we often don’t: I’ve often pointed out here how one critic’s one star pan is another’s five star rave. But a …
Casting has been announced for the British premiere of Ahrens' and Flaherty's Dessa Rose, that as previously revealed here will begin performances July 29 at London's Trafalgar S…
Simon Callow is to tour the U.K. in Matthew Hurt's The Man Jesus, a play that looks back 2,000 years to witness key moments in the life of Jesus through the eyes of the people who knew h…
Nicholas de Jongh, formerly the long-serving chief theatre critic of London's Evening Standard newspaper, is to have his latest play premiered at the Drayton Arms pub theatre in South Ke…
Southampton's Nuffield Theatre's creative and exeuctive director Sam Hodges is marking the theatre's 50th anniversary season by appointing a team of new associate actors: Samanth…
Birmingham Hippodrome: To call Show Boat a transporting musical is not just to refer to the fact it is set aboard a river vessel that houses a travelling theatre show. It's also a show …
As the fall-out from the allocation of Arts Council funding continues to ripple across the land, as I wrote here yesterday, it’s true there has been some wailing and gnashing of teeth …
Menier Chocolate Factory, London: Forbidden Broadway has been cutting an irresistible and merciless satirical swathe through Broadway's hits and misses for more than 30 years now, as we…
Return to the Forbidden Planet, the musical first seen in the West End in 1989 that trumped Miss Saigon to the 1989-90 Olivier Award for Best Musical, is to be re-staged by its original crea…
Adam Bock’s latest drama premieres overseas — Actors from Broadway and Hollywood make frequent forays to London’s theatreland, just as West End actors are often Broadway re…
Casting has been announced for a new production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard that will begin performances Oct. 10 at London's Young Vic Theatre, prior to an official opening Oct. …