Producer Judy Cramer announces 'with heavy heart' that musical will have last performance in JuneStop right now, thank you very much. Viva Forever!, the musical based on the songs of the Spi…
Staging of Alexander Masters' award-winning debut novel to premiere at new 200-seat Underbelly theatre TopsideA stage adaptation of Alexander Masters' bestselling debut novel Stuart: A Life …
After their last social media experiment suffered a critical mauling, this new digital collaboration will allow audiences to watch and interact with play on Google+ over three days in JuneFo…
After their last social media experiment suffered a critical mauling, this new digital collaboration will allow audiences to watch and interact with play on Google+ over three days in June C…
The RSC's Broadway transfer of Matilda: the Musical is up for 12 nominations, including a special honour for its 4 lead actorsMatilda Wormwood is used to being top of her class " now she's t…
Scottish actor to reprise Emcee role that won him a Tony award in 1998 - but not with Anne Hathaway as Sally BowlesLife in the Kit Kat Club is so beautiful that Alan Cumming will return to K…
Scottish actor to reprise Emcee role that won him a Tony award in 1998 - but not with Anne Hathaway as Sally Bowles Continue reading...
Doctor Who and Broadchurch actor Darvill to take lead in Once opposite Joanna Christie, also making her Broadway debutAs Rory Williams, the Doctor's companion in Doctor Who, Arthur Darvill i…
London standup snaffles top prize at Melbourne international comedy festival, with Luke McGregor named best newcomer Continue reading...
Paul Raymond's daughter wants to convert part of Britain's first-ever adult entertainment bar into an off-Broadway-style venue Continue reading...
Paul Raymond's daughter wants to convert part of Britain's first-ever adult entertainment bar into an off-Broadway-style venueSoho could be about to have a new theatre in an unlikely locatio…
Digital Theatre and CinemaLive have paired up to screen best of British theatre, both new and from the archives, in UK cinemasDigital Theatre, which makes filmed theatre productions availabl…
Since becoming artistic director of the Unicorn Theatre, Purni Morell (right) has broken with tradition and extended the venue's programming to appeal to adults as well as children. Now she …
Ayad Akhtar's debut play, which tackles racism, Islamophobia and sexism, receives prestigious new-writing awardAyad Akhtar's play Disgraced, which will receive its UK premiere at the Bush th…
Actor opens his adaptation of Louis Jenkins's Nice Fish poems in Minneapolis, in which two ice fishermen contemplate life, dogs and lost watchesMark Rylance, one of British theatre's biggest…
The concept of embedded criticism is still in its early days, but it seems to be gaining momentum. Matt Trueman wonders what the effects might be on critics and artists alike
The Royal Shakespeare Company's first Broadway premiere for 15 years deemed 'even more glorious than we were promised'Matilda: the Musical, winner of a record-breaking seven Olivier awards i…
Irish actor Lisa Dwan will set a new record for the performance of Mouth, one of theatre's most challenging roles, for the 40th anniversary of the play's British premiereA disembodied mouth …
'Riotously enjoyable' with 'addictive songs' " New York critics help the RSC's London hit to preview takings of more than $4m"Even more glorious than we were promised," raves the New York …
Theatregoers at the West End production elect to have song calling for the late prime minister's death performed as normalMargaret Thatcher's days of fighting elections may be long over, but…
Theatre composer plans School of Rock musical based on the Jack Black film to follow Profumo affair 'chamber musical'What do Stephen Ward, the man who triggered the Profumo affair, and Dewey…
Top seats now cost average of £81, with most expensive single ticket " for The Book of Mormon and The Audience " at £127The price of West End ticket prices has reached an all-time high…
Lord of the Rings star will play Romeo opposite Condola Rashad's Juliet in a contemporary-set productionCoiffed elves and fledging pirates come easily to Orlando Bloom, but this year the act…
Renegade theatre group to unveil new English-language piece on London's Young Vic and Edinburgh Fringe this summerBelarus Free Theatre will present a new piece " their first in English " tha…
Trey Parker and Matt Stone's musical takes £2.1m the day after opening, despite mixed reviewsThey came. They sang. They converted. The Mormon missionaries encamped in the West End seem to…