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Review: THE SECRET GARDEN, The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath
by Kerrie Nicholson - Jul 13, 2026

Tom Wentworth and Stephanie Kempson’s new reimagining of the beloved novel The Secret Garden has inclusivity and accessibility fused into its core from the ground up, and the result is an adaptation that boasts charm by the bucketload.

Guildhall School Reveals Acting and Production & Design Gold Medal Winners
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 6, 2026

Following the end of the 2025/26 academic year, Guildhall School has revealed the winners of the School's most prestigious annual prize, the Gold Medal, in Acting and Production & Design.

MATILDA THE MUSICAL International Tour to Return to China
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 23, 2026

Matilda The Musical will be returning to China for a third national tour from February to August 2026. The internationally renowned musical continues to play in London’s West End at the Cambridge Theatre.

Lord of the Rings Opera Recording Available for Pre-Order, Release Set for September
by Joshua Wright - May 5, 2025

The Lord of the Rings opera by Paul Corfield Godfrey, approved by the Tolkien Estate, is now available for pre-order. The 15-CD set features over 17 hours of music and will release on September 5, 2025.

TESTO From West Mess Announced At Battersea Arts Centre
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 16, 2025

TESTO, from Wet Mess will be presented at Battersea Arts Centre from February 12-20. In TESTO, multifaceted artist Wet Mess ‘messifies' the messiness of life, immersing audiences in an hour-long performative extravaganza.

Review: IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA / PAGLIACCI, Opera Holland Park
by Gary Naylor - Jul 18, 2024

Opera Holland Park delivers two short pieces - an ideal introduction to the form's unique capacity to bring emotional weight to any story

Review Roundup: NEXT TO NORMAL Opens In the West End Starring Caissie Levy
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 26, 2024

The Donmar Warehouse production of the Tony-winning musical Next to Normal celebrated its official opening night on London's West End this week. Read the reviews!

THE SPHERE OF LIGHT Comes to Hever Castle
by Stephi Wild - Jun 16, 2023

From Ann Henning Jocelyn comes The Sphere of Light, an authentic historic play uncovering the hidden histories of the famous Boleyn women, which will be presented as a showcase at this year’s Hever Castle Theatre Festival.

Guildhall School of Music & Drama Announces Spring 2023 Events
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Nov 25, 2022

This spring, Guildhall School of Music & Drama presents a varied programme of events for the public to enjoy, including concerts, drama productions, opera and jazz.

Notable Debuts And Established Names Highlight The Grange Festival's 2023 Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 12, 2022

Since its inception in 2017, The Grange Festival has swiftly developed a reputation as a destination venue for outstanding singers, top-notch conductors, world-class productions and discerning audiences - and the 2023 season is set to raise its standing amongst the cognoscenti even higher.

Review: MARGOT LA ROUGE/LE VILLI at Opera Holland Park
by Cheryl Markosky - Jul 22, 2022

What did our critic think of MARGOT LA ROUGE/LE VILLI at Opera Holland Park? You have to applaud Opera Holland Park for not only focusing on money-spinning blockbusters, but for giving rarely performed works an airing. In a double bill of short operas (think bite-sized short story rather than weighty novel), audiences can explore two lesser-known works directed by Martin Lloyd-Evans: Frederick Delius's Margot La Rouge and Giacomo Puccini's Le Villi.

Burning Coal Theatre Presents I AND YOU by Lauren Gunderson
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 21, 2021

Burning Coal Theatre Company presents I and You by Lauren Gunderson, Thursdays through Saturdays, October 7 – 9, 14 – 16 and 21 – 23, 2021 at 7:30 pm and October 10, 17 and 24 at 2 pm at Burning Coal Theatre's Murphey School Auditorium.

Full Cast Announced For JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, at the London Palladium This Summer
by Stephi Wild - May 14, 2021

The full cast has been announced for the new production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, as Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's legendary musical gets ready for a strictly limited season at the iconic London Palladium.

Opera Holland Park Reveals Casts For 2020 Season Of Firsts
by Stephi Wild - Oct 17, 2019

Tchaikovsky's perfect tragedy of first love, Eugene Onegin, opens the season, with Anush Hovhannisyan as Tatyana. Critically acclaimed for her role as Violetta in La traviata for Scottish Opera in 2017, and nominated in the 2018 International Opera Awards, she makes her OHP debut. Also appearing at OHP for the first time is the Australian baritone Samuel Dale Johnson as Onegin. British lyric soprano Amanda Roocroft makes her role debut as Madame Larina, having performed the role of Tatyana to great acclaim internationally. Fresh from success at Opera North and the Royal Opera, Nicky Spence returns to OHP as Lensky. Emma Stannard sings the role of Tatyana's sister Olga, with Kathleen Wilkinson as their nurse, Filippyevna.

CHERIE - MY STRUGGLE Transfers to Hen & Chickens Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2019

Transferring fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe, Cherie My Struggle is an intimate, gossipy memoir recounting Cherie Blair's amazing journey from an obscure Liverpool convent to the epicentre of power in Westminster. In this new political comedy Cherie spills the beans on the New Labour years and delivers her uncensored thoughts about Alistair Campbell, Carole Caplin, John Smith, Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott, the Queen, Princess Anne, Margaret Thatcher and Gordon Brown.

Miss Trunchbull's Famous Chair To Land In Bristol As Extra MATILDA Date is Confirmed
by Stephi Wild - Apr 11, 2019

The Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda The Musical has partnered with Cabot Circus to offer visitors a rare opportunity to sit in Miss Trunchbull's chair, if they dare.

Review Roundup: Critics Weigh in on Cate Blanchett in WHEN WE HAVE SUFFICIENTLY TORTURED EACH OTHER
by Alan Henry - Feb 7, 2019

The National Theatre's When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, a new play by Martin Crimp is now on stage. It is directed by Katie Mitchell, with a cast including Cate Blanchett, who makes her National Theatre debut alongside Stephen Dillane returning to the National Theatre for the first time since The Coast of Utopia in 2002.

Photo Flash: First Look at Elliot Harper Terrifying MATILDA as Miss Trunchbull
by Julie Musbach - Jan 17, 2019

The Royal Shakespeare Company have released the first images of Elliot Harper as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda The Musical's UK and Ireland tour, check them out below!

Elliot Harper Will Play Miss Trunchbull in The UK & Ireland Tour Of MATILDA
by Stephi Wild - Nov 26, 2018

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced that Elliot Harper will play Miss Trunchbull in Matilda The Musical's UK and Ireland Tour from Tuesday 15 January at Theatre Royal Plymouth. The tour will then play at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford (19 February - 23 March 2019), Edinburgh Playhouse (2 - 27 April 2019), The Bristol Hippodrome (7 May - 8 June 2019), Mayflower Theatre, Southampton (11 June - 6 July 2019) and Norwich Theatre Royal (16 July - 17 August 2019). The West End production will continue to play at the Cambridge Theatre, where it is now in its eighth year and is booking until 24 May 2020.

The Royal Shakespeare Company Announces New Child Casting For The UK & Ireland Tour Of MATILDA
by Stephi Wild - Aug 23, 2018

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced new child casting for the Matilda The Musical UK and Ireland Tour with Sophia Ally and Scarlett Cecil joining Annalise Bradbury and Nicola Turner in sharing the title role of Matilda from 29 August. The West End production will continue to play at the Cambridge Theatre, where it is now in its seventh year and is booking until 20 October 2019.