The world premiere of Miss Atomic Bomb, a new musical comedy that will begin performances at London's St. James Theatre March 7 prior to an official opening March 14, will star Catherine…
I’ve been on holiday in Barbados for the past week, where there’s no theatre at all " but I’m making it up
A new exhibition, Curtain Up: Celebrating 40 Years of Theatre in London and New York, will be presented in both cities, running first at London's Victoria and Albert Museum (Feb. 9-A…
Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald is to reprise the most recent of those Tony-winning performances when she makes her dramatic stage debut in the West End this summer: She wi…
Casting has been set for the previously announced world premiere of Nick Payne's Elegy that will begin performances at London's Donmar Warehouse April 21 prior to an official opening…
Sheridan Smith shares more than just a surname with Maggie Smith. Though Maggie has nearly half a century on her age-wise, Sheridan
The National Theatre production of War Horse that has been a global hit from the West End (where it finally shutters March 12, 2016, as previously announced, after an eight year run) and Bro…
I’m not in London myself to see this week’s openings " I’m currently in Barbados (please don’t weep for me), then in
The world-premiere production of Bend It Like Beckham, a new British musical version of the 2002 film of the same name, is to shutter at the West End's Phoenix Theatre March 5 at the…
Shona McCarthy has been appointed as chief exeuctive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society.
Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews, which received its U.K. premiere in a season at Bath's Ustinov Studio in 2014 before transferring to London's St. James Theatre and then the Arts Theatr…
The Father, a new play by Florian Zeller that premiered in Paris and then received its U.K. premiere at Bath's Ustinov Studio followed by runs at London's Tricycle Theatre and Wyndha…
The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced further plans for its winter 2016 season at Stratford-upon-Avon that marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.
The full cast has been announced for the West End transfer of Jessica Swale's Nell Gwynn, about the 17th century actress and royal mistress. The production will transfer to the Apollo Th…
I began last week in Edinburgh and ended it in Barbados, and in between had four days in London during which I
Andrew Lloyd Webber is to stand in for Elaine Paige—the original Eva Peron and Grizabella in the first London productions of his musicals Evita and Cats respectively—on t…
The previously announced all-new production of Sister Act, based on the 1992 film of the same name and originally seen in the West End in 2009 and on Broadway in 2011, is to star the 200…
Full casting has been announced for the world premiere of Matthew Perry's playwrighting debut, The End of Longing.
Top of many critics best shows of last year, including that of my colleague Natasha Tripney, was Oresteia, Robert Icke’s revelatory modern
Ramin Karimloo has become an internationally recognised star of musicals in the last few years, since first originating the role of the Phantom in the ill-fated premiere London production of…
London gets back into the groove this week, with multiple openings, though outside the capital pantomimes and Christmas shows are still playing
The other day my colleague Michael Coveney declared that amongst his New Year resolutions is one to “make a first visit to
Interviewed by Rachel Cooke in The Observer (January 3, 2016, Anderson is currently appearing in War and Peace, and about to start shooting the third series of The Fall (pictured left), befo…
The West End transfer of Guys and Dolls, first seen at Chichester Festival Theatre in summer 2014, officially opens Jan. 6 at the West End's Savoy Theatre, following previews that began …
Emma Rice has announced her first season as artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe, which will open with her directing A Midsummer Night's Dream, beginning performances April 30 pr…