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Howard Davies' production of Noël Coward's Hay Fever will run at the Noël Coward Theatre from 10 February - 2 June 2012 - and here are some rehearsal shots by Catherine Ashmore.

We go behind the scenes at the rehearsals for the Children of Eden gala event, featuring Oliver Thornton, Kerry Ellis, Louise Dearman and more...

Sheridan Smith, Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne all won awards at this afternoon's Critics' Circle Awards at the Prince of Wales Theatre.

Eddie Redmayne picked up the award for Best Shakespearean Performance at the Critics' Circle Awards today - we caught up with him...

Due to overwhelming public demand, Green Day's explosive, award-winning Broadway rock musical AMERICAN IDIOT, has announced a second week of performances in London at the legendary HMV Hammersmith Apollo, from Tuesday December 11 - Sunday December 16.

Digital Theatre today (22 February 2012) announces its first 2012 release to watch online or download to the desktop - Michael Morpurgo's award-winning Billy the Kid. Adapted for the stage by Tony Graham, Billy the Kid, is a heart?warming story of football, war and dreams.

As we exclusively reported on Friday, Russell Grant is to take over as The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium after Michael Crawford's departure next month.

We've all got a little excited recently about the new British musical theatre composers edging through into the mainstream, with Stiles and Drewe's Betty Blue Eyes reaching the West End last year, and Grant Olding, Michael Bruce and Dougal Irvine all getting tons of critical acclaim. BWW:UK's own Robert Gould is the book writer and lyricist for new show My Land's Shore, which is about to have its cast recording released.

The multi award winning Cape Town company Isango returns to London for a four week season at Hackney Empire from Friday 11 May to Sunday 3 June 2012. The Hackney Empire, supported by the Columbia Fund, will present Aesop's Fables, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and La Boheme which will premiere in Cape Town in partnership with The Global Fund on 16 February.

Nicholas Hytner's five star award-winning production of One Man, Two Guvnors will transfer to the Theatre Royal Haymarket (2 March - 1 September 2012) after two sell-out record-breaking runs at the National and Adelphi Theatres. Joining the previously announced Owain Arthur as lovable chancer Francis Henshall are Jodie Prenger and Hannah Spearritt who play Dolly and Pauline respectively.

Our reviewer casts her eye over the recent BBC series looking at the rise of the British musical

We've found out that Andrew Lloyd Webber intends to search for a Jesus Christ Superstar in conjunction with an ITV1 series - but who will be joining him on the judging panel?

It's finally been confirmed that Andrew Lloyd Webber's next talent search will be for a Jesus Christ Superstar - after years of it being rumoured.

The playwright and creative team behind the Time Out Critics' Choice productions of Doig The Musical With No Singing, No Dancing and Very Little?Music and Beak Street, return to the Tabard Theatre to present the world premiere of Greg Freeman's No Picnic, an allegorical comedy that explores the crisis of conscience of teddy bears, from March 20 - April 7.

Waylon Jacobs (Japeth), Tom Pearce (Noah), Jamie Papanicolaou (Shem), Daniella Bowen (Aysha) and Daisy Tonge (Aphra) will join the previously announced Louise?Dearman, Brenda Edwards, Gareth Gates, Russell Grant, Laura Samuels, Aaron Sidwell, Anton Stephans, Oliver Thornton, John Wilding and special guest star Kerry Ellis.

Eddie Redmayne has revealed to the BBC that he is in 'hardcore singing lessons' ready for his role as Marius in Tom Hooper's movie version of Les Miserables.

West End star Louise?Dearman - best know for starring as Galinda in Wicked - and Aaron Sidwell - Stephen Beale in EastEnders - are the latest names added to the glittering cast of the Biblical-inspired musical Children of Eden, by Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz and John?Caird, which is being revived in the West End for one night only in a spectacular star-studded charity gala at the Prince of Wales?Theatre on Sunday 29 January.

Simon Callow will be returning to London's Trafalgar Studios 1 this March to reprise his highly acclaimed show BEING SHAKESPEARE for a strictly limited season from 7 to 31 March, before heading across the seas to appear at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and then at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre at the Broadway Playhouse. In BEING SHAKESPEARE, Simon brings to life Shakespeare's unforgettable characters as well as the real man behind the legend. The play had a record-breaking run in the West End last summer, following a hugely successful tour and staging at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010.

We catch up with winners from the 2011 Awards!

Roll up, roll up! There are just three weeks left to catch the cabaret, variety, circus sensation that is La Soiree. Following a limited season at The Roundhouse, the show must close on January 29th 2012. Join the fabulous line-up of world-renowned artists as they bid farewell to London with a Last Hurrah performance. This will be the last ever opportunity to see the company perform at The Roundhouse. It also marks the very final performance by The Skating Willers, with Wanda hanging up her skates after 30 years of spinning at breakneck speeds with Jean-Pierre Poissonnet. We'll miss you Skating Willers!