Matthew White News

Details have been announced for the fifteenth cast for Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution at London County Hall. The new cast will begin performances from 17 March this year.

Lace up your combat boots, grab your flannel, and queue up the CD player - Decade by Decade is back at The Green Room 42 with its fifth electrifying installment, celebrating the unforgettable sounds of the 1990s.

Twenty or so dancers parade before an oversized Art Deco clock, to the familiar strains of ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’ from a brass band offstage. In other words, the stage is set for a reassuringly old-fashioned taste of the Golden Age of movie musicals.

Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Irving Berlin's Top Hat will have a Christmas season at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Learn more here!

Cincinnati Opera has unveiled the full lineup for its 2026 Summer Festival, running June 18 through August 2 at Cincinnati Music Hall. The announcement was made live from the Music Hall stage by Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director Evans Mirageas.

Victoria Symphony has announced the return and expansion of its cherished summer concert event, Symphony SPLASH!, in celebration of the organization's 85th anniversary, at Victoria's Inner Harbour, August 2 & 3, 2025.

Recently, we had the chance to talk with Clive Rowe, who will be playing Uncle Fester in the touring production of The Addams Family. We discussed what it is like to be taking the show on tour, why he’s not going to listen to the original cast album and even how acting as a career is a bit like eating chocolate for a living!

Kathleen Marshall directs and choreographs a brand new production of Irving Berlin’s classic tap extravaganza Top Hat at Chichester Festival Theatre. Watch as she discusses the production here!

Victoria Symphony has announced the return and expansion of its cherished summer concert event, Symphony SPLASH!, in celebration of the organization's 85th anniversary, at Victoria's Inner Harbour, August 2 & 3, 2025.

The full cast has been announced for THE ADDAMS FAMILY The Musical Comedy UK tour which will begin its run at Birmingham Hippodrome in July. Learn more here!

​​​​​​​Concord Originals has acquired RKO, the legendary film studio behind such classic film properties as King Kong, Citizen Kane, The Best Years of Our Lives, It’s a Wonderful Life, Suspicion, and more.

Surflight Theatre is opening their 2025 Season with the West End smash hit musical Irving Berlin's Top Hat. Adapted for the stage by Matthew White and Howard Jacques, and directed and choreographed by Paula Hammons Sloan.

Take a look at powerful musical adaptation, Midnight Cowboy, playing at Southwark Playhouse. Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy and the beloved triple Academy Award-winning 1969 film, watch a video of the new show!

This April to early May, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) will present three programmes led by HK Phil Principal Guest Conductor Long Yu, HK Phil Artistic Partner Daniele Gatti, and guest conductor Christoph Koncz.

And so another stage-to-screen musical rolls into town. Based on the only adult-rated film to win an Oscar for Best Picture, Midnight Cowboy is about the friendship between male prostitute Joe Buck and con man Rico “Ratso” Rizzo in 1960s New York.

MIDNIGHT COWBOY celebrated its opening night at Southwark Playhouse Elephant. The cast of MIDNIGHT COWBOY includes Max Bowden, Paul Jacob French and Tori Allen-Martin. See photos from opening night here!

You can now get a first look at photos of the cast of MIDNIGHT COWBOY – A NEW MUSICAL here! The production is now playing at Southwark Playhouse Elephant.

Casting has been announced for the UK tour of The Addams Family, including Alexandra Burke, Lesley Joseph, Clive Rowe, and Ricardo Afonso. Learn more here!

You can now get a first look at the cast of MIDNIGHT COWBOY – A NEW MUSICAL in rehearsals here! Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

EastEnders star Max Bowden, Paul Jacob French and Tori Allen-Martin will star as Rico ‘Ratzo' Rizzo, Joe Buck and Cass respectively in the world premiere of MIDNIGHT COWBOY – A NEW MUSICAL.