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Following the huge success of the critically acclaimed original play, Cluedo is back on stage in 2024 with a brand new comedy mystery.

How do mere mortals celebrate their 50th birthday? By having a midlife crisis? Not dance royalty Carlos Acosta, who seems to literally turn back time by making a return to the stage as a dancer - having retired from performing in 2016 - in Carlos at 50 at the Royal Opera House (with five, basically

Get an all new first look at the music for the world premiere of the fiery new jukebox musical, La Bamba! Check out the video here!

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All new video footage and photos have been released for the UK touring production of Shrek The Musical which opened at Theatre Royal Plymouth on Friday 21 July.

The ENO will receive an extra grant of £24m from April 2024 to March 2026 and more time to leave London, Arts Council England (ACE) has announced.

BWW caught up with Ricky Sim to chat about bringing An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out To Dead People to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW catches up with actor Edmund Dehn to chat about bringing Lear Alone to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Get a first look at the Take That Musical GREATEST DAYS UK Tour with this exciting video.

“The Enigma I will not explain – its 'dark saying' must be left unguessed.

BWW catches up with Scott Eyerly to chat about bringing My Life Online to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

This week, Jack Dee is treading the boards at the West End’s Criterion Theatre as the narrator in Bleak Expectations.

The Almeida Theatre has announced two new productions for 2023/24.

Tickets are now on sale for MACBETH starring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma at The Depot, Liverpool from 18 November – 16 December 2023.

Legendary dancer Carlos Acosta and the Acosta Dance Foundation (ADF) have announced the launch of the Acosta Dance Centre, a new vibrant hub that will offer transformative dance classes, courses, performances, residencies and programmes for the local community of Greenwich and beyond.

Wyoming 1963: a wild landscape where people live in extreme rural poverty in tight, insular and conservative communities.

Union is half love letter to a changing city and half harangue against the soulless destruction of local communities for the benefit of a coffee shop chain.

Iconic live performance venue the Roundhouse in association with leading live comedy production company Berk's Nest has announced that comedy legends Simon Amstell and Bridget Christie will be performing at the first ever Roundhouse Comedy Festival on Wednesday 16th August.

BWW catches up with Gail Louw to chat about bringing Tell us a bit about The Good Dad (A Love Story) to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW catches up with  Ben Welch, writer and performer of House of Life to chat about bringing the show to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW caught up with Bilal Musa Huka to chat about The Black Blues Brothers returning to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Camden's Roundhouse has announced Rowan Kitching as its new Venue Director.

Over Influenced is a dark comedy, from Suka Productions which comments on today's toxic social status of celebrity and influencer culture.

Award-winning British-Lebanese comedian Esther Manito embarks on her first UK tour with her brand new show Hell Hath No Fury.

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical has extended booking into 2024, joining hits including Hamilton, Six, Book of Mormon, Cabaret and Les Misérables, as it continues its run at the West End’s Fortune Theatre until 24 February.