Lionel Bart’s Oliver! has extended its current booking period with performances of the West End musical set to continue at the Gielgud Theatre until at least 29th March 2026. The production, which has been reconceived by Cameron Mackintosh along with choreographer and director Matthew Bourne, ran at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2024 before transferring to the West [...]
The full cast has been announced for The Brightening Air, Conor McPherson’s new play which will open at the Old Vic in London on 10th April. McPherson also directs the production. Set in 1980s Ireland, The Brightening Air follows the fortunes of Dermot as he returns to his family in County Sligo with hidden ambitions. Chris [...]
Full casting has been announced for Clueless the Musical in the West End. Amy Heckerling's new musical opens at the Trafalgar Theatre on 15th February marking 30 years since the release of the original movie, and the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen, on whose novel Emma the story is based. Joining the previously announced Keelan [...]
Members of the original Broadway and National Theatre cast of Hadestown will reprise their roles for a limited West End run at the Lyric Theatre from 11th February to 9th March 2025. The production will feature Reeve Carney as Orpheus, André De Shields as Hermes, Amber Gray as Persephone, Eva Noblezada as Eurydice, and Patrick Page as [...]
Producers have revealed initial casting for the return of James Graham's Olivier Award-winning play Dear England which will return to London at the Olivier Theatre (National Theatre) for a 10-week season in March 2025. Gwilym Lee (Bohemian Rhapsody) will play the lead role of England football manager Gareth Southgate, as he attempts to navigate the England [...]
Further casting has been revealed ahead of the UK premiere of Here We Are, which will open at the Lyttelton at the National Theatre on 23rd April 2025. Here We Are is the final musical by Stephen Sondheim that was inspired by two of Luis Buñuel’s films – The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and The Exterminating Angel and [...]
Producers have announced that performances of The Devil Wears Prada will extend at the Dominion Theatre until at least October 18th, 2025. The production opened officially last week starring Vanessa Williams as magazine editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly. Strong advance sales have made the musical the fastest-selling show in the history of the Dominion Theatre with its opening [...]
Ryan Calais Cameron's thought-provoking play Retrograde is to transfer into the West End in March 2025. The tense thriller about the activist and actor Sidney Poitier will perform a strictly limited season at the Apollo Theatre from March 8th to June 14th. Calais Cameron previously had success with the production For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When [...]