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An accomplished, evocative solo project, the piece sits between a play with songs and a straight drama infused with socio-politics: much like its creator, it’s impossible to pigeonhole it.

If the multi award-winning TV drama Succession taught us anything, it’s that no one can take Brian Cox’s place.

ITV's new musical theatre talent show, Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream launches this Sunday (22 October) at 18.

Following a smash-hit Edinburgh run, the critically acclaimed, Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical is transferring to Seven Dials Playhouse this Christmas! In the heart of London’s West End,  this parody musical is inspired by *NSYNC and features 12 original songs,  jam-packed with

All new photos have been released from the gala night of CABARET at the Kit Kat Club on Thursday 19 October.

All tickets are on sale today, Friday 20 October 2023, for The Devil Wears Prada, a new musical, based on the blockbuster film and bestselling novel, that will strut into London’s Dominion Theatre in October 2024.

Independent political space warrior Count Binface (previously Lord Buckethead) will be making his West End debut as part of Festival of the Spoken Nerd's AN EVENING OF UNNECESSARY DETAIL.

 BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical will extend to 21 July 2024 at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End.

Crossroads Live and theatre development company Indigo Productions have revealed the casting for Babies, a brand-new British coming-of-age musical written by Jack Godfrey (42 Balloons, This Is A Love Story) and directed by Martha Geelan (who makes her debut as a musical book writer).

Few venue openings have been as much-anticipated as that of Aviva Studios.

Theatre503 has announced the cast and full creative team for Roxy’s Cook’s debut play A Woman Walks Into a Bank with Keith Dunphy (Under Black Rock, Arcola) playing C/A Debt Collector, Giulia Innocenti (Inspector Sands’ Wuthering Heights) playing A/An Old Woman, and Sam Newton (Bi

As The Statesman says, the late Mustapha Matura was “the most perceptive and humane of Black dramatists writing in Britain.

Rose Theatre has announced casting for J.

 Cathy Conneff will star in the upcoming new production of Toby Hampton and Matthew Ballantyne's 21 Round For Christmas, which will run at Park Theatre's Park90 theatre from 6-23 December 2023.

The full cast and creative team have been announced for MACBETH starring Tony and BAFTA Award-winning Ralph Fiennes as Macbeth and Olivier Award-winning Indira Varma as Lady Macbeth

A stunning celebration of the music of Birmingham legends Black Sabbath performed by the Birmingham Royal Ballet.

The Young Vic Theatre and Genesis Foundation is excited to announce Andrea Ling as the 2023 Genesis Future Directors Award recipient.

Security has had to be hired for a touring production of The Merchant of Venice due to fears of antisemitic attacks, Tracy-Ann Oberman has revealed.

Tickets From £56 for the National Theatre's The Witches

Shawna Hamic (Orange is the New Black, 1776 on Broadway) will lead the cast of the critically-acclaimed musical parody Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch at Birmingham Hippodrome from Thursday 11 to Saturday 13 April 2024 opposite Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK star River Medway

The West End’s number-one concert series is back with another feel-good, all-singing, all-dancing Christmas extravaganza! 

All new photos have been released for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, as the show announces that booking is extended until Saturday 28 September 2024.

After thrilling audiences at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End from 2019-2023, and on Broadway where it is currently playing at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, the Olivier and WhatsOnStage Award winning and Tony Award nominated musical & JULIET is embarking on a UK tour.

Following a 2022 run at the Playground Theatre, Rehab, will once again bring you on an emotional journey through the soaring highs, and tragic lows, of the ‘guests' of the Glade Rehab Centre – this time at an exciting new venue

Maggie O’Farrell’s novel Hamnet explores grief and loss through the lens of Elizabethan society, reimagining the family life of the most celebrated playwright in England.