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Bleak statistics show that a person commits suicide on Britain's rail network every 31 hours and, as we learn in the play, for every fatality there are another three people who attempt to ta…
The Olivier Award-winning and global phenomenon STOMP will end its 15-year run in London's West End on 7 January 2018, following a box office record-breaking 10-year run at London's Ambassad…
Front Foot Theatre's new dystopian take on Shakespeare classic Richard III officially opens tomorrow (18 October 2017) at London's Cockpit Theatre, where its limited season continues until 4…
Due to popular demand, twelve additional dates have been added to the second UK tour of the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Broadway musical Jersey Boys. Full casting - including four…
Hilarious and heart-breaking in equal measure, Jane Upton's work is a darkly realistic shock to the system.
Following a successful run at Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre, Jonathan O'Boyle's 50th-anniversary production of hippie musical Hair arrives in London for an extended season at The Vaults. He…
Inspired by Lewis Carroll, The Hunting Of The Snark is a musical cornucopia of delights, silliness and adventure. A fantastic show for kids and adults alike and engaging from beginning to end
No 'turn' unstoned? The fourteen young performers in Hair certainly give a credible impression of being out of their skulls on psychedelic substances while still managing to deliver some sh…
German physicist Werner Heisenberg talks of pairs and duality. The one thing against the other. The one in terms of the other. Directed by Marianne Elliott and written by Simon Stephens, thi…
This transgressive tale of two hungry children, performed in German, is paired with witty paraphrasing on the screen behind: 'A treat? Could you be more specific?' It was a little unsettling…
New two-hander is a highly stylised account of a positively Ballardian reality: contemporary nihilism rules.
Comrade Rockstar is based on the properly fascinating tale of Dean Reed, an American singer known as the Soviet Elvis after he defected to the other side of the Iron Curtain at the height of…
Last week was a rather extraordinary and rich week of theatremaking and spaceholding. It started with a joyful evening of fun cabaret created by West End Frenchies and managed by our alum Mo…
The next production to open at the theatre is a new adaptation of H.G Wells’ sci fi classic The Invisible Man, playing from the 27th October. The 19th Century draws to a smoggy c…
Mad and bizarrely brilliant, this musical based on the classic 1974 film is a great way to cure the blues. If there is a more madly brilliant show than Young Frankenstein in the West End the…
In the expansive hall and gift shop of the V&A's Museum of Childhood, one corner has been set up as a playing space for Popup Opera's Hansel & Gretel. Director James Hurley doesn't…
Ian McKellen will feature in the West End premiere of The Exorcist as the voice of the Demon. From 20 October at the Phoenix Theatre, the stage adaptation of William Peter Blatty's iconic be…
Imagine a world where our inner monologues are voiced at all times. Sure, it would make the world a much louder place and we’d probably always have sore throats. But think of the thing…
Transferring down from Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre, Jonathan O'Boyle's production of Hair is an exciting revival of a show that was to define so much of the 1960s.
The first of the two performances, Song of The Earth, is more of a contemporary production than its counterpart of the night. It offers a more primal show, one that is stripped down to its b…
Last night I visited the New Victoria theatre to see the UK tour of Legally Blonde. Seeing as I've already seen the show and reviewed it, I thought I'd do a bit of a different post and tell …
Raw and powerful, the stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's best-selling novel The Kite Runner has lost none of its edge as it returns to the King's for a week-long run, three years after it…
It has been announced today that the X Factor judge will appear in the musical when it arrives in London from the 13th to the 17th December. Making his stage debut in the production as Holly…
What's Going On? A key theme of Victory Condition is how disconnected human beings (in industrialised countries) have become.
Based on the hit 2001 film and Amanda Brown's novel, Legally Blonde is light, fluffy entertainment with a warm heart. If there is a show that is guaranteed to lift the spirits, then Legally …
