Matthew Warchus News

Casting has been announced for the upcoming tour of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda The Musical, which this year celebrates 15 years on stage

Casting has been announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company's West End production of Matilda The Musical which enters its 15th year in London this Autumn.

New casting has been announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s West End production of Matilda The Musical as it prepares to mark a major milestone: its 15th year in London this autumn.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 9, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Perelman Performing Arts Center will present the New York return of Matthew Warchus’ big hearted production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic, joyously adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne. We have all of the details here!

The Old Vic has announced the UK premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts’ Mary Page Marlowe, starring Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon and Academy Award nominee Andrea Riseborough.

The Stage Managers’ Association (SMA) has announced its annual Del Hughes Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Stage Management. Learn more here!

Tickets are now on sale for God of Carnage, the razor-sharp comedy next up in The Rep’s 2025 SummerStage season in Little Rock. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Old Vic has announced Simon Warshaw as the new Chair of The Old Vic's Board of Trustees. Simon will succeed Nick Clarry who joined the Board in 2012 and has led the Trustees since 2014.

All new photos have been released from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda The Musical. The production is currently booking through to May 2026 at the Cambridge Theatre. Check out the photos here!

Victoria’s theatre industry came together on Monday May 5th at the Comedy Theatre to reveal the winners for the 2025 Green Room Awards and the recipients are still celebrating. Learn more here!

Oscar-nominated actors Colman Domingo and Jeremy Strong are in early discussions to make their debuts at London’s National Theatre. The news comes as new Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham unveils her inaugural season, featuring a starry lineup that includes Paul Mescal, Nicola Coughlan and more.

Broadway performances are now underway for Dead Outlaw, written by Itamar Moses, featuring music and lyrics from David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and directed by David Cromer. Meet the cast of Dead Outlaw!

The Old Vic has announced the return of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning Girl from the North Country, following its world premiere at the theatre in 2017. In a strictly limited nine-week run.

The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Matilda The Musical, based on Roald Dahl's beloved book, will add five further dates to its upcoming tour of the UK and Ireland. 

The Old Vic has announced that Matthew Warchus' much-loved, Tony Award-winning A Christmas Carol, adapted by Jack Thorne, will return for its ninth consecutive year. Learn more here!

The Old Vic has announced Hundred Feet Tall, a new 30-minute musical play for children that will tour London libraries over the Easter holidays with tickets available for free.

The Royal Shakespeare Company will welcome new young performers to its multi-award-winning production of Matilda The Musical which is currently booking through to May 2026 at the Cambridge Theatre.

The Old Vic has announced that audiences for the 2024 production of A Christmas Carol raised a record total of £235,000 for local charity Waterloo Foodbank — the highest total of in-person donations received from festive audiences yet. 

Ella Hickson’s epic and revelatory version of Sophocles’ transcendent tragedy, Oedipus, co-directed by Hofesh Shechter and Matthew Warchus has now opened at The Old Vic.