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Westlife's Brian McFadden has joined an all star cast for the last ever tour of Jeff Wayne's THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. With the show due to hit arenas from November 2014, McFadden told BWW:UK how excited he is to be playing the Sung Thoughts of the Journalist - alongside a holographic Liam Neeson as the Journalist - and what West End show he'd really love to be in.

Sometimes, fringe theatre is at its best when it's poking fun at the bigger brothers and sisters in the West End. USHERS: THE FRONT OF HOUSE MUSICAL is a fantastic tease, but this is no mere snarkfest - there's a heart underneath the satire.

It's taken 15 years since opening on Broadway, but URINETOWN, directed by Jamie Lloyd, has finally hit London with quite a splash. This dystopian satire has sell-out crowds cheering at the stylish St James Theatre in Victoria.

THE FAT MAN'S WIFE, the latest of prolific American playwright Tennessee Williams's one-act plays, was only discovered among his writings in 2000, 27 years after he died. Now, 14 years later, Little Venice's Canal Cafe Theatre is hosting the UK premiere.

Is someone born bad, or does society make them that way - Who's to blame? That's the big question underpinning CARTHAGE, which had its world premiere at the Finborough Theatre last night.

Berlin fans were were out in force at the Royal Festival Hall for a new retrospective marking what would have been his 125th year.

West End favourite Sophie Evans is joining an all-star cast at London's Royal Festival Hall for a celebration of the music of Irving Berlin. Ahead of the nationwide tour she spoke to BWW:UK

Following the success of its annual panto, David Bell's Off-broadway farce THE GAY NAKED PLAY (also known as THE PLAY ABOUT THE NAKED GUY) continues the first season in Above The Stag's new Vauxhall home.

Brought together by their father's suicide, sisters Abra and Samana are reunited in their parents' house ahead of the funeral. Brooklyn based actor and playwright Gregory Beam's new play KEEPSAKE, enjoying its world premier at Islington Old Red Lion Theatre, explores what happens when family secrets buried deep are forced to the surface - with explosive results.

After premiering at the Edinburgh festival six years ago, Adam Long's clever romp through the life and work of Charles Dickens has been revived for Leicester Square's Arts Theatre's delightful 2013 Christmas Show.

Mummy's boys, daddy's girls and a family falling apart form the centre of Polly Stenham's breakthrough play THAT FACE, now revived at the tiny Landor Theatre

Cynthia Erivo, Simon Bowman, Sophie Louise Dann, Shona White, Scott Garnham, Jodie Jacobs & Michael Xavier are among 50 West End stars coming together to record a special charity Christmas EP.

Matthew Macfadyen and Stephen Mangan are the latest actors to try their hands at the eponymous roles in JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE at the cosy Duke of York's Theatre.

Kander and Ebb have an unrivalled ability to tackle a dark subject without making it maudlin. THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, one of the final collaborations of this prolific pair, is no exception. Taking the form of a minstrel show, The Scottsboro Boys tells the shameful story of nine boys arrested from a train in Alabama and accused and convicted of a crime they didn't commit.

Double Olivier Award winner Michael Ball joined the West End company of Spamalot Monday night to raise money for the Royal Theatrical Fund, taking the role of God for the week and joining the cast on stage for the final curtain call.

Stars of stage and screen were out in force Thursday night to celebrate the latest cast for Richard Bean's ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS - now the longest-running show at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Olivier Award nominee Amanda Holden tells BWW:UK she may be returning to the West End in 2014Speaking exclusively to BWW:UK at the gala performance of ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS at Theatre Royal Haymarket on Thursday night, she said we would see her on stage again 'possibly next year'.

Olivier Award-winner Nigel Harman leads the cast as Simon Cowell in Harry Hill's brand new musical I CAN'T SING! THE X FACTOR MUSICAL. Rising stars Cynthia Erivo and Alan Morrissey will join Harman as the love-struck wannabe pop-singers Chenice and Max.

There was some fantastic variety on show at Edinburgh. There were definite disappointments but also some really impressive and innovative attempts. Although it's always tough to pick just a few shows to mention - here are my awards for Edinburgh 2013:

Written in 1979, Martin Sherman's spotlight on the persecution of gay people by the Nazis still packs a punch today. Table 9's latest take on BENT confirms that this tale of love and self-acceptance still has the power to move audiences.