Tom Read Wilson and Gareth Gates are to share the role of 'Squidward' in The SpongeBob Musical when the show opens in London at Queen Elizabeth Hall this summer. The pair will alternate playing SpongeBob SquarePants’s angry neighbour during the month-long run, from July 26th to August 26th. Gates (Legally Blonde, Les Misérables) has already played this role during the […]
Mike Birbiglia's comedy one-man show, The Old Man and the Pool will open in the West End this autumn following a critically acclaimed run on Broadway. The one-man show will showcase at the Wyndham's Theatre for a limited four-week season from September 12th to October 7th. Speaking of the appointment, Mike Birbiglia said: “I’d like to think of my […]
Next year's much anticipated Broadway import, MJ the Musical will bring the unique story of the life of Michael Jackson to the stage when it arrives in the West End next year. The Tony Award-winning musical will begin performances in London at the Prince Edward Theatre on March 7th, 2024, and centres around the turbulent story behind the making of Jackson's […]
Nicole Scherzinger will to star in a brand new production of Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Sunset Boulevard in the West End. The revival will be directed by Jamie Lloyd and run for a limited 16-week season at the Savoy Theatre, beginning this September. In a statement announcing the revival of the musical, Lloyd said, “After our reappraisal of Evita at the Open […]
Ahead of its much-anticipated opening at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, the cast of Crazy For You has been announced. Performances will begin on June 24th, ahead of an official opening night on July 3rd, and performances are due to run until January 20th, 2024. The plot of Crazy For You follows Bobby Child as he chases his show […]
The road to hell will lead to the Lyric Theatre as Hadestown is set to return to the capital at the venue with performances beginning on February 10th, 2024. Five years after debuting at the National Theatre in 2018 Hadestown is back in London. Before that engagement, its creator Anaïs Mitchell painstakingly developed the show over a decade, expanding […]
Brian Cox leads a talented cast for the forthcoming West End revival of Long Day’s Journey into Night which will begin previews at the Wyndham’s Theatre on March 19th, ahead of an official opening night on April 2nd, and performances due to run until June 8th, 2024. Jeremy Herrin directs Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama which is set over a […]
His Majesty King Charles III, Sir Ian McKellen, and Ant and Dec all in the same West End show? Brace yourselves, as Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical will begin previews at the Phoenix Theatre on May 24th, with an official opening night on June 14th, and performances due to run until August 26th. Based on the satirical 1980s […]