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Following the sad news of the passing of legendary actress Dame Maggie Smith, West End theatres dimmed their lights for 2 minutes in her memory.

See what the critics are saying about Redlands at Chichester Festival Theatre.

'The quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath.

On Thursday 26 September, TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL welcomed its 2 millionth customer, who got the chance to jump on stage and join the whole cast, including Zoe Brikett herself for a Meet & Greet after the show!  Check out photos here!

Hope Mill Theatre will present a new concert version of Nine the Musical, starring Broadway and West End star Ramin Karimloo, at The Lowry, Salford next year.

The National Theatre and Neal Street Productions’ critically acclaimed, five-time Tony Award® winning production of The Lehman Trilogy has returned to London.

Cameron Blakely and Alex Young will join the cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, in concert at The London Palladium on Sunday 24 November.

Who gets to decide who we are and what criteria defines that? When I first started writing Mulatto Boy this was the central question that drove me.

Award-winning Springbok Production House will bring a fresh and challenging queer adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler to the stage.

See what the critics are saying about The Cabinet Minister at Menier Chocolate Factory.

On Friday 27 September 2024, WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, celebrated 18 years since its London premiere on 27 September 2006 at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.

Deservedly still Tchaikovsky’s most celebrated opera, Eugene Onegin astounds with angelic music that never ceases to amaze.

The wonderfully silly story tells of an out of work actor who is employed to work within the basement of Barbra Streisand’s Malibu property, where they form an unlikely relationship.

Tickets are available from £15 for Kim's Convenience at Riverside Studios.

Tickets are available from £18 for Fawlty Towers - The Play at the Apollo Theatre! Save up to 36%.

The King's Speech achieves something other screen to stage adaptations struggle with: staying true to the spirit while feeling like its own entity.

All new photos have been released for the World Tour of Boublil and Schönberg’s LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR, with upcoming UK performances in Glasgow, Sheffield, Aberdeen, Manchester and Newcastle.

The 12 winners of The Stage Debut Awards 2024, in partnership with ATG Entertainment, were revealed at a  London ceremony at 8 Northumberland Avenue on September 29.

Annilese Miskimmon reimagines the tragic tale against the backdrop of a convent in 1960s Ireland in an unsettling production with some outstanding performers that combine with Puccini's haunting score in a compelling production.

Creators Ashley Jana and Will Nunziata and their Tony Award® and GRAMMY Award winning producing team have  announced initial casting for Figaro: An Original Musical which will receive its world premiere at the iconic London Palladium with two fully-staged concert performances on Monday 3 Feb

Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance at a screening of his recent hit Top Gun: Maverick, screened at the Royal Albert Hall as part of their Films In Concert series and BroadwayWorld's critic was there.

In two unsettling and sensationally conceptualised acts, the play starkly reminds us of what we stand to lose when progress overshadows our most vital connections.

Recently, we had the opportuinty to talk with Glen Ballard and Oliver Tompsett about the upcoming production of Ghost the Musical in Concert.

Euripides in W6? A distressingly close fit.

Sir Julian Twombley is in hot water when it’s discovered that his family has been living way beyond his House of Commons’ wages.