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The National Theatre offers a truly enchanting festive treat with Ballet Shoes which returns to the Olivier under the confident and imaginative direction of Katy Rudd.

This David Copperfield is far more than a cheap facsimile of its source material.

Voting is now open for the 2025 BroadwayWorld UK / West End Awards.

The Bush Theatre and Tara Theatre will present the world premiere of Sweetmeats, a new play by Karim Khan, beginning previews on 7 February 2026 in London.

Check out photos of the cast of Agatha Christie's iconic thriller and the world’s longest running play The Mousetrap celebrating the play's 73rd Birthday performance, backstage with a cake, at St Martin's Theatre in London's West End.

The Royal Court Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for the World Premiere of Jack Nicholls' debut play The Shitheads.

Murder She Didn't Write returns to the Duchess Theatre with another round of improvised mischief.

David Kwong loves words the way chefs love food: obsessively, indulgently and with a eagerness to serve ever more and more of their treasured discoveries.

The Vaults will launch the new immersive parody musical Ancient Grease on March 4, 2026, expanding the venue’s repertoire into original musical theatre.

Elf the Musical, an adaptation of the hit film starring Will Ferrell, has returned to the West End for the Christmas season, with Joel Montague taking on the role of Buddy the Elf.

Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas, written by Humphrey Ker and David Reed with original songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Price, has the iconic duo of Sherlock Holmes (Ker) and John Watson (Reed) solving a string of mysterious murders on the West End in Victorian England.

Few Shakespeare plays have received the ‘updated for the current political moment’ treatment more than Julius Caesar.

The Royal Shakespeare Company, Chichester Festival Theatre, and the Roald Dahl Story Company have released a first-look image of the BFG puppet ahead of the upcoming stage adaptation of THE BFG.

The National Theatre has released first look photos of the festive return of Kendall Feaver’s acclaimed adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s best-selling book Ballet Shoes.

All new photos have been released from the West End production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow as it celebrates its second anniversary at the Phoenix Theatre.

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the full cast and creative team of The Tempest in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

National Theatre at Home has announced the addition of James Corden's smash hit One Man, Two Guvnors and Indhu Rubasingham's Bacchae to its winter offering.

The Royal Ballet and Opera have announced the commission of a magnificent new pair of stage curtains, marking a significant moment in its storied history.

On November 26, singing superstar Sarah Brightman will embark on her holiday tour, A Winter Symphony.

Little Angel Theatre once again excel as a leader in early years storytelling with its gentle and beautifully crafted production of Me.

Santa has lost his Christmas spirit, and it’s up to you to save it! That’s the main theme of Humbug - a three-hour long experience inside of The Vaults, which has been transformed into a holiday-themed wonderland.

Ballet lovers will all have their own relationship with Sir Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker.

On 23 November, ROAM A New Musical premiered in a staged concert production at the Shaftesbury Theatre.

The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has revealed this year's finalists for the prestigious international playwriting award- the largest and oldest award recognising women+ writers for plays of outstanding quality written for the English-speaking theatre.

This January, The Royal Ballet will present a revival of Wayne McGregor's acclaimed ballet triptych Woolf Works, inspired by the novels and autobiographical writings of Virginia Woolf.