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Written and directed by the Hairy Godmothers Collective, Dizney in Drag: Once Upon A Parody is “a gender-bending pantomime romp through beloved fairytales told with drag performers giving (and receiving) positive lessons on respect, healthy masculinity, periods, and sex positivity.

House of Life is a work of theatre created by Sheep Soup that is, according to its description, “one-part sermon, one-part purge, three-parts party,” or, in simpler terms, a “travelling musical cult.

It takes its time to warm up.

Global internet sensation MatPat, an online educator and co-founder of the Theorist YouTube channels with over 45 million subscribers, 9 billion total views, and 120 million monthly views, is to join the new Frank Wildhorn musical Your Lie in April as a Producer.

The hit musical sensation SIX is partnering this summer with the National Portrait Gallery for a series of events linked to the new exhibition Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens, which is running now until 8 September.

A show that could go very wrong gets everything right

Hello, Dolly! starring Imelda Staunton, begins performances Saturday, July 6th at the London Palladium for a strictly limited 10-week season.

Back in the summer of 1994, Disney's latest animation film The Lion King raked in almost $1 billion at the global box office.

Emma Riches and Lisa Minichiello give committed performances, but the play is short on the narrative drive required to carry its issues

Caribbean landscapes and musical interludes are not typically associated with the monstrous Medea.

Ever wanted to experience a sugar rush for nearly two hours straight? Samantha Hurley’s campy dark comedy I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire feels like exactly that.

Alma Mater is the byproduct of fourth-wave feminism, with faint echoes of David Mamet’s Oleanna flipped on its head and delivered with a sleight of hand.

Fans For Diversity and The Football Supporters’ Association present ENG-ER-LAND at King's Head Theatre, London, exploring the intersection of football culture and diversity through a unique theatrical experience.

Discover Lin Coghlan's new play FLOCK, exploring the true care experience, presented by Playing ON from October to November 2024.

Award-winning group SLÄPSTICK brings their unique blend of music, comedy, and theater to London for the first time this autumn with their show SCHËRZO.

Check out rehearsal photos for Death of England: Michael, starring Thomas Coombes and Death of England: Delroy starring Paapa Essiedu.

All new production photos have been released for the UK tour of Curve’s hit revival of A CHORUS LINE, currently playing at Curve until 13 July, with a summer season at Sadler’s Wells, before embarking on a UK tour.

Additional casting has been announced for the forthcoming UK performances of the World Tour of Boublil and Schönberg's LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR.

BAFTA Award-winning actress Anne-Marie Duff will lead the cast in a new staging of Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes by Olivier Award-winning director Lyndsey Turner.

A curious opera that is beautiful and ugly all at once

They say you find love when and where you least expect it, but swearing off relationships isn’t just a contemporary manifestation of ennui.

The original Mischief gang, creators of Mischief’s flagship comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, will return to London and to their comedy roots to present their improvised Mischief Movie Night at The Other Palace for 5 weeks only.

Sometimes a story of the history of the industry, and those who inhabit it, is a needed reminder of the magic behind the experiences and stories which characterise the theatre community.

Is this one mnemonic to forget?

Experience a unique live recording of Big Finish’s Eighth Doctor adventure at Cadogan Hall.