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The Real Ones 2024

Opened: October 21, 2024
Closing: October 26, 2024

The Real Ones - West End History , Info & More

Bush Theatre
Shepherds Bush Green, London
Market West End
Previews October 21, 2024
A funny and honest love letter to platonic soulmates from the team behind Olivier Award winner The P Word. Stars Nathaniel Curtis (It’s A Sin) and Olivier nominee Nnabiko Ejimofor (For Black Boys).

“I love you. Like genuinely I love you. You’re a real one.”

Best friends Zaid and Neelam shared a dream: get away, make it as playwrights, build a future where they’re free to be themselves. Together, always.

Years later, things are far from what they expected. Zaid’s life has kinda stalled – half out the closet, living at home and still chasing the dream. While Neelam’s has taken a completely different path, as she chooses to prioritise her own happiness.

As their lives pull further apart and a mess of things left unsaid hangs between them, it becomes less and less clear if they’ll ever find a way back to each other.

Star of Russell T Davies’ powerful Channel 4 series It’s A Sin, Nathaniel Curtis plays Zaid alongside Mariam Haque (Plebs, Black Mirror) as Neelam. They are joined by Nnabiko Ejimofor (Jitney, Old Vic) and Anthony Howell (Luther).

Praise for The P Word:

WINNER Olivier Award, Achievement in Affiliate Theatre

★★★★★ “Tremendous. Devastating. Plays like this are rare.” Time Out

★★★★ “Irresistible. Bewitches with hope, romance and heart.” Guardian

__Assisted Performances__


Relaxed: Thurs 10 Oct 7:30pm.


Captioned: Thurs 26 Sept 7:30pm / Sat 5 Oct 2:30pm


Audio Described: Sat 28 Sept 2:30pm / Thurs 3 Oct 7:30pm.

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Alley Theatre to Present Four New Plays at 2026 All New Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 19, 2026


Alley Theatre will present staged readings of new works by Liz Duffy Adams, Jake Brasch, Gloria Majule, and Luis Quintero, featuring members of the resident acting company and guest performers.

Interview: Shelly Goldstein of NAMI Benefit - Catalina Jazz Club
by Gavin Glynn - Oct 18, 2026


She is also one of the busiest writers of high profile award shows in Hollywood, New York and the UK.  She frequently works punching up screenplays and writing special material, comedy and song lyrics for performers. Shelly has doctored scripts or written special material for such artists as Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Sharon Stone, Jimmy Kimmel, Liza Minnelli, Larry Wilmore, James Earl Jones, Kathy Bates, Billy Connolly, Samuel L Jackson, Richard Kind, Jay Leno, Morgan Freeman, Laraine Newman, Hannah Einbinder, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Princess Caroline of Monaco and Yoko Ono. Recently, Shelly is known for writing  Sherlock & Daughter (2025), Legend of the Bog (2009) and Flying with Byrd (2011). Shelly is at Catalina’s on Nov 1 in the 4th Annual NAMI Benefit concert (National Alliance for Mental Health.) Produced by Dianne Fraser, MD’d by Brad Ellis. m/event/fraser-entertainment-group-presents-you-catalina-jazz-club-tickets/14297244

The Almeida Theatre Announces Dominic Cooke’s First Season As Artistic Director
by Marissa Faith Curley - Oct 17, 2026


The Almeida Theatre has announced Dominic Cooke's first season as Artistic Director. Cooke said, “It brings together four world premieres, ambitious revivals and a landmark co-production. The season explores ideas around a world in crisis and brings together groundbreaking artists whose work I have long admired.'

Review: Shattered Globe Theatre's VLADIMIR at Theater Wit
by Angela Lin - Oct 16, 2026


Vladimir is a powerful and potent story of defiance, strength, and sacrifice.

Review: OUR GHOST DRINKS MATCHA, The Etcetera Theatre
by Amber-Rae Stobbs - Oct 16, 2026


'...the standout of the piece is the writing itself. Daye has a gift for calling out performative activism in a way that doesn’t feel accusatory... Our Ghost Drinks Matcha explores the grey area, the place where there isn’t a ‘happy ending’...'

INTERVIEW: Wayne Henry on JAWS: THE (VERY UNAUTHORIZED) MUSICAL
by Nathan Johnson - Oct 15, 2026


JAWS: the (very unauthorized) Musical is the very ill-behaved brainchild of writer/composer/lyricist/genius/madman Wayne Henry, who also happens to be the star. The fringe sensation is hitting the iconic Beechman Theater on Sunday, October 18

Ron Howard to Introduce WE CHOSE TO GO TO THE MOON on PBS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 19, 2026


PBS will premiere a theatrical special about America's space race, featuring live music, storytelling, and performances by Broadway and film actors, with an introduction by director Ron Howard.

BWW Reviews: MONSTERS OF THE VILLA DIODATI at Creative Cauldron Stage
by Itai Yasur - Oct 15, 2026


A veritable whirlwind of events, contrivances, and literal storms brought Lord Byron, his physician John William Polidori, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Mary’s stepsister, Claire Clairmont to the Villa Diodati mansion at Lake Geneva, Switzerland.

Review: WAITING IN THE WINGS at Theatricum Botanicum
by Amanda Callas - Oct 14, 2026


Waiting in the Wings explores the glamor and elegance of a lost era, life on the stage of 1920s music halls, the terror and loss and beauty of aging, and the incomparable treasures of female friendship. 

Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC at TPAC'S Jackson Hall
by Catherine Burford - Oct 14, 2026


When I was around the age of three, my parents showed me the movie adaptation of The Sound of Music for the first time. Combined with the 1960 videotaped broadcast of Broadway’s Peter Pan starring Mary Martin, this movie started my love for the world of theatre.

Review: Tim Connell Certainly Scores With AN UNCERTAIN AGE at Pangea
by Stephen Mosher - Oct 16, 2026


Tim Connell has a thing... a vibe... an aesthetic. And it's just what his fans and followers want when they go to one of his shows. His latest show has that thing.

Photos: SPOONS to release eighth studio album NIGHTLIFE with lead single
by Rachel Stone - Oct 13, 2026


SPOONS announced their eighth studio album NIGHTLIFE with lead single Take the World. The new wave pioneers are releasing the album on multiple formats.

THE MEDIUM to Open Independent Opera Company's 15th Season
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 12, 2026


Independent Opera Company will present G. C. Menotti's two-act opera THE MEDIUM, a dramatic work centered on a fake spiritualist and the guests who visit her home seeking contact with deceased loved ones.

Interview: Helen McKenna of TELL-TALE POE at Ritz Theatre
by Donna Marie Nowak - Oct 10, 2026


As All Hallows’ Eve approaches when the witching hour will be upon us, there’s no more appropriate seasonal spookiness than Helen McKenna-Uff’s riveting one-woman show at the Ritz Theatre, Tell-Tale Poe, in which she is eerily transformed beyond recognition into Edgar Allan Poe (and Sarah Helen Whitman, a poet who was briefly his fiancée). 

Photos: Jonah Kagen Releases New Single 'Do Better' Ahead of ETERNITY OF ANYTHING
by Rachel Stone - Oct 9, 2026


Singer-songwriter Jonah Kagen released the single 'Do Better' via Arista Records, a track from his forthcoming sophomore album ETERNITY OF ANYTHING. Kagen wrote, produced, recorded, engineered and mixed the song himself.

Photos: Jonah Kagen Releases 'Do Better' Single, Announces Album ETERNITY OF ANYTHING
by Rachel Stone - Oct 9, 2026


Singer-songwriter Jonah Kagen released the single 'Do Better' via Arista Records, the latest track from his forthcoming sophomore album. Kagen wrote, produced, recorded, engineered and mixed the album himself.

Review: TABLETOPS Premieres at Big Idea Theatre
by Courtney Symes - Oct 9, 2026


Big Idea Theatre continues its season with the world premiere of Tabletops, written and directed by Tyler Selee. Their dedication to presenting a diverse theatrical experience while supporting local artists is one of their strengths, and makes their shows even more meaningful. Tabletops is the kind of show that leaves you thinking about how the things that bring us together should be cherished and preserved, and how they can also help us work through the things that threaten to tear us apart.

Interview: Tim Drucker, Bonnie Milligan and Joel Waggoner of HALLMARK(ISH) at Meridian Arts Centre
by Elizabeth Armstrong - Oct 20, 2026


After its previously sold-out world premiere in Toronto last year, The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical is returning to sprinkle some holiday cheer, this time at the Meridian Arts Centre Lyric Theatre from November 28th-January 3rd. 

MIDNIGHT AT THE NEW DAWN to Premiere at Kelsey Theatre
by Rachel Stone - Oct 8, 2026


Dan Maurer's original ensemble comedy receives its world premiere at Mercer County Community College. The play reunites an award-winning creative team for the first time in over a decade.

EVERYTHING IS TOUCHING Exhibition to Open at TheaterWorks Hartford
by Stephi Wild - Oct 8, 2026


TheaterWorks Hartford will present EVERYTHING IS TOUCHING, an exhibition curated by Peter Albano featuring work by Brianna Bass, in correspondence with the theater's production of LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD.

Review: INTO THE WOODS, Noël Coward Theatre
by Cheryl Markosky - Oct 8, 2026


Awe-inspiring revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical Into the Woods running until 9 January, 2027.

DOC NYC Reveals 2026 Main Slate Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 8, 2026


DOC NYC announced the main slate for its 17th annual festival, featuring documentaries from acclaimed directors including Barbara Kopple, Joe Berlinger, Alex Gibney, and others, with THE HUMMINGBIRD PAINTS FRAGRANT SONGS opening the festival and TOTALITY closing it.

Interview: Scott Coopwood of DRACULA at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by Jim Munson - Oct 6, 2026


BroadwayWorld chats with actor Scott Coopwood about playing the title character in Steven Dietz' 'Dracula' at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley October 7 to November 1 in Mountain View.

King Youngblood to Launch MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD LOUD & Vote Tour
by Rachel Stone - Oct 6, 2026


Cameron Lavi-Jones, frontman of alt rock band KING YOUNGBLOOD, will perform pop-up acoustic shows across 35 college campuses to advocate for youth voter registration and turnout in the midterm election.

Future Releases 'Build A Bitch' Music Video Directed by Cole Bennett
by Rachel Stone - Oct 6, 2026


Future releases the music video for 'Build A Bitch,' directed by Cole Bennett, featuring the rapper constructing an animatronic woman from salvaged pieces of the Rock-afire Explosion. The track appears on his album THE REAL ME.

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