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NYC comedian and actress Maria DeCotis will bring comedian Lynn T.

Whether we need another visit to the carnival of transgression that was 1920s/30s Berlin is perhaps open to question, but there's plenty of interest to be had in this new musical

Following a sell-out Broadway run, two-time Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick and two-time Emmy Award winner Sarah Jessica Parker, will lead the cast in the West End transfer of Neil Simon's hit comedy PLAZA SUITE.

On 12 July, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse will host ‘Play On Shakespeare’, an exploration of relevance and resonances between Shakespeare’s plays and their contemporary interpretations as part of Shakespeare’s Globe’s Research in Action series.

Join Alice as she heads down the rabbit hole to Wonderland at Theatre on Kew this summer.

Rehearsal photos have been released for the UK premiere of Beneatha’s Place, a razor-sharp satire written and directed by Young Vic Theatre Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah.

Underbelly and Soho Estates have announced that Soho Estates have agreed to lease the Boulevard Theatre to Underbelly, which will become Underbelly's first ever permanent venue, UNDERBELLY BOULEVARD.

Riverside Studios has announced that they will be launching the Bitesize Awards and the new Riverside Young Critics Programme in celebration of their Bitesize Festival, which returns this summer with the largest programme in its history.

Hoxton Hall will dive under the sea with a brand new pantomime The Little Mermaid opening on Monday 18 December to Friday 29 December 2023.

To celebrate 150 years since London’s historic Alexandra Palace first opened its doors back in 1873, the legendary Norman Jay MBE brings his world-famous Good Times soundsystem bus to the Palace’s Terrace on Sunday 27 August for an open-air, all day bank holiday party filled with sunshine and g

From the imagination of Neil Gaiman, best-selling author of Good Omens, Coraline and The Sandman, the National Theatre’s smash-hit production The Ocean at the End of the Lane returns to the West End this October for seven weeks only.

BWW reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue highlights her top theatre shows of the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme

Whether We Will Rock You will attract the attention of Trading Standards is unknown but rarely has a show been so poorly named.

Equity, the union for performers and creatives, will today (Thursday 8 June) take its campaign to save the jobs of its chorus and stage management members at the English National Opera to the London Assembly.

After seven years abroad, the multi award-winning verse playwright/director/producer/actor, Ryan J-W Smith, finally returns to his London roots with his internationally acclaimed Rogue Shakespeare theatre company presenting the UK premiere of his latest verse play - the award-nominated, Pretty, Witt

London’s world-famous theatres are preparing to welcome families this summer, as long-running audience development initiative Kids Week returns.

See photos of the cast of 42nd Street arriving at Sadler’s Wells ahead of their first performance, where it will play until Sunday 2 July!

Ghost Light, the new musical by Molly O'Gorman playing at the Hope Theatre next month, has announced its cast and creative team.

400 years after Shakespeare's First Folio was published, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has partnered with Arts&Heritage to examine the 1623 collection of comedies, tragedies and histories from the perspectives of refugees living in Stratford-upon-Avon today.

Kiln Theatre has announced Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), a new British musical penned by writer duo Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, will complete their current season.

Tania Azevedo is the third LGBTQIA+ Guest Artistic Director to be handed the keys to King's Head Theatre as part of The Takeover.

BWW catches up with Joe White to chat about bringing Joe White: Ethiopian and Still Not Hungry to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Polka Theatre’s Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive Helen Matravers has announced details of their new Autumn – Winter season, running from 27 September 2023 through to 21 January 2024.

After selling out its initial two performances at the London Palladium in under eight hours, the producers of Death Note the Musical have added an additional performance on Tuesday 22nd August at 2.

Tim Sheader has been appoint as the new Artistic Director and joint Chief Executive of the Donmar Warehouse, alongside Executive Director Henny Finch.