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Further programming has been announced for the 2026 season at the Donmar Warehouse including three world premieres and a major revival. Learn more about the full lineup here!

Now in its ninth year, The Old Vic's acclaimed version of A Christmas Carol has become a staple of the festive theatrical season. Tanisha Spring talks with us about compassion, clarity and the lessons she's learning playing Belle.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is November 27, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

For many, Christmas cannot begin until The Old Vic is staging Jack Thorne's A Christmas Carol. This year's iteration shows yet again why it is a festive must-see. Brimming with emotion, but never tipping into mawkishness, it will make you laugh, cry and gasp with child-like wonder, no matter what your age. What more could you want from a Christmas show?

The Old Vic has released new rehearsal photos and announced the full cast for its 2025 production of A Christmas Carol, directed by Matthew Warchus and adapted by Jack Thorne.

The Old Vic has announced the full cast and recipient of this year's charity collection for A Christmas Carol. Directed by Old Vic Artistic Director Matthew Warchus and adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne .

Paul Hilton will take on the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in Matthew Warchus’ A Christmas Carol, adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne at The Old Vic. Learn more about the production here!

It was only February when we headed to Stratford-upon-Avon to review Hamlet, so it comes as quite the surprise to head through green fields speckled with sheep for the same play a mere four months later. Elsinore might have been a massive moving ship back then, but it’s receiving an astonishing overhaul this time.

Production photos have been released for the upcoming world premiere of Hamlet Hail to the Thief which is now playing at Aviva Studios, home of Factory International, Manchesteruntil 18 May 2025 before transferring to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avonfrom 4 June - 28 June 2025.  

Full cast and creative team have been announced for the upcoming world premiere of Hamlet Hail to the Thief opening at Aviva Studios, home of Factory International, Manchester .

Save up to 43% on tickets to Juno and The Paycock at the Gielgud Theatre. Tickets are available from £25. Learn more about how to get discount tickets here!

Save up to 41% on Juno And The Paycock at the Gielgud Theatre. Tickets are available from £25!

A cost of living crisis, people being fit to work but choosing not to, poverty, nationalism and women's control of their own bodies. Seán O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock may have first been performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1924, but a century later, his tragicomedy resonates more strongly than ever.

Check out photos from the West End production of JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK starring J. Smith-Cameron, Mark Rylance, and more here!

The full cast has been announced for the new production of Seán O'Casey's timeless masterpiece, Juno and the Paycock, directed by Tony and Olivier award-winner Matthew Warchus.

The biggest stars of London theatre gathered today at the Royal Albert Hall for the Olivier Awards 2024, hosted by Hannah Waddingham. Find out about Sunset Boulevard and the night's other big winners!

The 2024 Olivier Awards are fast approaching on April 14. Ahead of one of the most exciting nights in theatreland, our critics – Aliya Al-Hassan, Mica Blackwell, Alexander Cohen, Katie Kirkpatrick, Kat Mokrynski, Gary Naylor, Kerrie Nicholson, Matthew Paluch and Christiana Rose share their thoughts about who and what will triumph on the night, as well as who should twin each category.

The nominations are in for this year's Olivier Awards! Among those nominated are Sunset Boulevard, Plaza Suite, The National Theatre, and many more. Check out the full list of nominations here!

Thomas Ostermeier’s bold reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, originally produced at Schaubühne Berlin, has extended due to public demand, now completing its run on 13 April. 

German auteur Thomas Ostermeier's production is not as radical as it thinks it is