John Cleese’s stage version of his classic sitcom Fawlty Towers – The Play is to make a swift return to the Apollo Theatre in the West End for a limited three-month season this summer. The play about the antics of a chaotic Torquay hotelier will run from 24th June – 13th September, before embarking on a tour [...]
The West End stage adaption of the classic TV sitcom Fawlty Towers has announced its final extension in London. The show, adapted from the hit BBC TV series by John Cleese, will now run at the Apollo Theatre until 1st March 2025. Cleese, who co-wrote the original 1970s series along with Connie Booth about stressed, Torquay-based [...]
After just over 18 months in the West End, Mrs. Doubtfire the Musical has announced that it will close on 26th April 2025 at the Shaftesbury Theatre. In a video announcement, Mrs. Doubtfire, the cheerful Scottish au pair takes time to thank her London audience for the wonderful time she's had over the past year and a half. [...]
The Olivier and Tony Award-winning comedy The 39 Steps is set to make a welcome return to London's West End this summer at the Trafalgar Theatre for a strictly limited seven-week season. This is the first time the much-loved show has returned to the capital since 2015, and a nationwide tour of this production is currently [...]
Mischief Theatre's Olivier and Tony Award-winning production, The Play That Goes Wrong, which is now celebrating its 10th anniversary in the West End at the Duchess Theatre has announced a new cast. The show has also extended its booking period until May 4th, 2025. The new cast's first performance will be on April 9th and [...]
The classic British sitcom Fawlty Towers has been adapted for the West End stage by John Cleese, who co-wrote and starred in the original TV series as Basil Fawlty. The play will open at the Apollo Theatre in London on May 15th. The production will be a two-hour play based on three episodes of the [...]
A new stage production from the comedic creative minds who brought you The Play That Goes Wrong at Mischief have gone and done it again, as Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle will open in the West End at the Apollo Theatre on March 14th. Written by Jonathan Sayer, Henry Lewis, and Henry Shields, [...]
Tamzin Outhwaite and Mathew Horne will join Felicity Kendall in the West End cast of Noises Off from 27th September at the Theatre Royal Haymarket as the award-winning comedy returns to London for a 12-week season. Lindsay Posner will direct the celebrated 40th-anniversary production which opened to critical acclaim at the Phoenix Theatre in January 2023. Speaking of the new appointments, Horne commented: “I am utterly [...]