Matthew Bugg News

One of the best-loved novels of all time is coming to the Storyhouse stage this month in a masterful new adaptation that breathes new life into the story. Learn more here!

FLITCH the musical, produced by PINCHY Theatre, explores the historic Flitch Trials in Great Dunmow where couples prove their marital bliss to win half a pig. Follow Simon and Daphne's journey in this unique tradition.

As the company celebrate Bilbo and Frodo Baggins' official birthdays, Artistic Director Paul Hart, Executive Director Claire Murray, and the whole team at Newbury's The Watermill Theatre have announced that their production of THE LORD OF THE RINGS has officially sold out. Learn more about the show here!

Get a first look at photos and video of The Lord of the Rings at the Watermill Theatre!

Newbury's The Watermill Theatre has announced the full cast of their upcoming musical; a brand-new production of THE LORD OF THE RINGS, a musical tale based on the classic trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, with book and lyrics by Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus and music by A.R. Rahman (Bombay Dreams, Slumdog Millionaire), Värttinä and Tony Award winner and Grammy nominated Christopher Nightingale (Matilda the Musical).

All new photos have been released from the newly reimagined Zorro The Musical by Stephen Clark and Helen Edmundson, featuring music by the Gipsy Kings and John Cameron, with lyrics by Stephen Clark.

Rehearsal photos have been released for the newly reimagined Zorro The Musical by Stephen Clark and Helen Edmundson, featuring music by the Gipsy Kings and John Cameron, with lyrics by Stephen Clark.

Aria Entertainment today announces full cast for newly reimagined Zorro The Musical by Stephen Clark and Helen Edmundson, featuring music by the Gipsy Kings and John Cameron, with lyrics by Stephen Clark. 

Britain’s biggest theatre-circus spectacular, Cirque Berserk!, will bring its record-breaking show back to London’s West End, at The Garrick Theatre from 25 August – 11 September 2021. 

London's Free Open Air Theatre Season will return to The Scoop at London Bridge City for a 16th year with the world premiere of The Sea Queen, a one-hour family show about the Irish pirate Grainne O'Malley, and Shakespeare's popular romantic comedy Twelfth Night.

In the stunning amphitheatre on the banks of the River Thames, London's Free Open Air Theatre Season will return for a 16th year with the world premiere of 'The Sea Queen', a family show about the Irish pirate Grainne O'Malley, and Shakespeare's popular romantic comedy 'Twelfth Night'.

Devil You Know Theatre Company are delighted to announce full casting for the first London production since 2005 of the multi-award winning play THE RUBENSTEIN KISS by James Phillips.

Devil You Know Theatre Company is delighted to announce the first London production since 2005 of the multi-award winning play THE RUBENSTEIN KISS by James Phillips, opening at Southwark Playhouse for a limited 4-week run from 14 March 2019, directed by Joe Harmston. There will be a national press night on 18 March 2019.

New musical 'LOOKING FOR GATSBY' presents a fresh take on the classic, delving into scenes that Fitzgerald never revealed.

Competition time! ENTER HERE for your chance to win free tickets to original British musical MISS NIGHTINGALE at Hippodrome Casino in London's Leicester Square. The competition closes at 1pm on Thursday, 26 April.

Miss Nightingale manages to portray both the delicious naughtiness of 1940s wartime entertainment and the difficult and heart-breaking reality the performers lived off the stage equally well. Matthew Bugg's original musical has had a long journey to its current run at the Hippodrome Casino. This lovely piece produced by the husband-and-husband duo of the company Mr Buggs Presents offers something you don't find in the West End often enough: a beautiful gay love story set to charming music.

Miss Nightingale is currently making its West End debut at the prestigious Theatre at the Hippodrome Casino in London's Leicester Square, for a strictly limited seven-week run in their 180-seat theatre, from 21 March - 6 May. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Miss Nightingale will make its West End debut at the prestigious Theatre at the Hippodrome Casino in London's Leicester Square, for a strictly limited seven-week run in their 180-seat theatre, from 21 March to 6 May. Watch a behind-the-scenes video below!

Miss Nightingale, will make its West End debut at the prestigious Theatre at the Hippodrome Casino in London's Leicester Square, for a strictly limited seven-week run in their 180-seat theatre, from 21 March - 6 May.

Miss Nightingale, will make its West End debut at the prestigious Theatre at the Hippodrome Casino in London's Leicester Square, for a strictly limited seven-week run in their 180-seat theatre, from 21 March - 6 May.