UK / West End Theatre Newsroom

Hayao Miyazaki’s legacy is one for the ages. The co-founder of Studio Ghibli revolutionised the Western consumption of anime and set a new standard for Japanese animated films. London isn’t a stranger to the stage adaptations of his creations: a major example is My Neighbour Totoro, which took up shop at the Barbican to great acclaim last year and has already announced a West End run for next year. Theatre projects based on popular Asian media have been garnering excellent success recently, with manga-turned-anime-turned-musicals Death Note and Your Lie in April both receiving stellar reviews and steady audience support, so it isn’t a surprise that producers are riding the wave. It’s finally time for another Miyazaki classic to have its moment.

John Lloyd Young has added London dates to his concert schedule! See where John Lloyd Young is performing and learn how to purchase tickets.

Just last month at the Olivier Awards, Operation Mincemeat took home the big prize for Best New Musical. Now, according to a recent post on the show's website, producers are eying a move to Broadway, but are asking the public to weigh in first...

101 Dalmatians has released the full cast joining previously revealed Cruella de Vils Kym Marsh and Faye Tozer touring the UK and Ireland from June 2024. See the full cast and learn how to purchase tickets!

See who is starring in THREE MEN IN A BOAT at The Mill at Sonning Theatre. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Bonnie & Clyde the Musical: Filmed Live will be available to stream online on demand from 9 am ET (2pm GMT) on Monday 24 June 2024. Learn more about how to stream the musical here!

Celebrating the joy and chaos of raising a queer child, My Son's A Queer, (But What Can You Do?) is testament to the power of unconditional familial love. Written and performed by Rob Madge, and directed by Luke Sheppard, the award-winning, beloved show is back, due to public demand, and is set to embark on a brand new UK tour for 2024.

An open letter has been put together urging the UK government to protect the Welsh National Opera, which has fallen victim to cuts causing issues in its operation. Among those who have signed the letter, organized by Soprano Elizabeth Atherton, are Michael Sheen, Ruth Jones, Luke Evans, and more.

Burlesque the Musical, the first ever stage adaptation of Steven Antin’s movie Burlesque, has announced final casting for the show.  Broadway star Jackie Burns will play Tess, the role of the club owner made famous by Cher in the film.

New casting has been announced for the West End production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s HAMILTON. The new cast will have their first performance at the Victoria Palace Theatre on Monday 17 June 2024 where tickets are currently booking to 29 March 2025.

“Man in the Mirror” is a brand-new tribute concert to Michael Jackson from producers Entertainers. The production will embark on UK tour in September!

New photos and video have been released today for Babies, a new British coming-of-age musical which will play a strictly limited 6-week season at The Other Palace from 31 May – 14 July 2024.

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs The World, a live tour of the television series of the same name, has just finished touring the United Kingdom over the past few weeks. Recently, we had the chance to talk with Scarlet Envy, one of the drag queens on the tour.

New principal casting has been announced for the West End production of CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB. Learn more about the cast here!

Following its hit West End seasons at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, two national tours, and record-breaking runs at London’s The Other Palace, Heathers the Musical will return to the West End for only six weeks from 22 May before embarking on its third UK tour. Learn more about the cast here!

The National Theatre has announced two new productions for its South Bank stages this autumn: the world premiere of Tanika Gupta’s A Tupperware of Ashes in the Dorfman theatre, and a new play by Alexander Zeldin inspired by Antigone called The Other Place in the Lyttelton theatre.

Peter Jöback, the multiplatinum selling artist and one of Sweden's biggest stars, has announced his return to the UK for a rare live show at London's Cadogan Hall on Sunday 22 September 2024.

The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced initial casting for The Baker's Wife – with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Joseph Stein. Learn more about the cast here!

Currently on tour across the UK, Tim Rice: My Life In Musicals is two hours of musical theatre bliss that you will never forget.

Mark sits in a white box on a red chair. He is dressed in a grey t-shirt and jeans. With the exception of sporting a red cape, he is nondescript, ordinary, normal. In the next 65 minutes, we are taken on an emotional ride through Mark's experiences of love, parenthood and devastating loss, all while he flits between being a superhero and a very average man.

Joy Adeogun, a Cambridge Footlight, debuts her new ensemble piece, HAIR THAT DEFIES GRAVITY, in London 2024. The hour-long play explores the intricate relationships between black women, their community, and their hair.

Part violent psychodrama, part sunny romcom, The Winter’s Tale was not the most obvious of plays for the Royal Ballet to take on.

Watch director Owen Horsley discuss Open Air Theatre's Twelfth Night in the video here. Previews start on Friday 3 May.

Watch a trailer for Wise Children's The Buddha of Suburbia, directed by Emma Rice, in the video here!

Step into the rehearsal room for English, Sanaz Toosi's comic and deeply moving Pulitzer Prize winning play in the video here!