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All new rehearsal photos have been released from Aladdin, the 24th annual pantomime running at Hackney Empire from Saturday 18 November to Sunday 31 December.

The new musical Mrs.

The Barbican has announced its next Theatre and Dance line-up beginning on 23 January and running until 9 June 2024.

Due to overwhelming demand, 24-hours after tickets went on priority pre-sale and before the box office opens for general on-sale, Andrew Lloyd Webber's STARLIGHT EXPRESS has extended bookings through to February 2025.

A play about a play that never emerges, gives a platform that reveals potential, but does not go far enough in exploring the talents on stage

Maria Callas, an extraordinary force in the world of opera, possessed a mesmerising ability to convey authentic emotion through her singing.

All new production photos have been released for the world premiere of the official Stock Aitken Waterman musical I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY, currently playing at the Manchester Opera House before embarking on a UK tour.

Our Black Friday theatre celebration has officially begun, with over 50 shows available in this unmissable promotion.

Initial casting has been announced for the West End transfer of Sheffield Theatres’ Standing at the Sky’s Edge.

Hadley Fraser and Ramin Karimloo will appear at the Savoy Theatre on a musical journey from their rehearsal room onto the stage with From the Rehearsal Room: Live at the Savoy on 26 November.

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) will mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio with the launch of a new five-part podcast series hosted by Gregory Doran (RSC Artistic Director Emeritus).

Inspired by real-life conversations with real-life people; puppets talk about their sex lives in Blind Summit's new production at Southwark Playhouse.

Check out new footage below for the hit West End production TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL.

Ticket holders will be able to sit in 'Trackside Seats' around the “racing track”, or behind the performance space.

The Big House will be producing the first remounting of the urban musical The Realness since its sold-out debut at Hackney Downs Studios in 2014.

Over 40 of London’s biggest theatre shows are welcoming in 2024 with Official London Theatre’s New Year Sale.

MimeLondon is a new curatorial project created by Helen Lannaghan and Joseph Seelig, the directors of London International Mime Festival (LIMF), which ended in 2023 after five decades of award-winning success.

Details of an innovative pilot to improve the experience of disabled people going to theatres, concerts and festivals has been unveiled.

All new rehearsal photos have been released from the first ever UK and Ireland tour of the multi award-winning HAMILTON, which begins performances at the Manchester Palace Theatre from Saturday 11 November 2023.

Helen Wallace has been appointed the new Head of Music at the Barbican.

Written by Paul Unwin, and directed by Angus Jackson, The Enfield Haunting will play at Brighton Theatre Royal and Richmond Theatre, before moving to The Ambassadors Theatre in London for a limited West End season from 30 November 2023 until 2 March 2024.

Riddled with cliched dialogue and unfunny gags, much of the play is spent watching a dysfunctional family bicker through meandering conversations with little structure or purpose.

Photos have been released of Matthew Dunster's new version of Harold Pinter’s powerful masterpiece, The Homecoming at the Young Vic.

Following sold-out shows at its premiere at the Beck Theatre, Jamaica Love returns with its musical celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Windrush.

Adam Blanshay Productions and Park Theatre kick off the New Year with the UK Premiere of the award-winning original stage play Kim’s Convenience which spawned the beloved hit Netflix sitcom of the same name.