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Almost a year since Russia's devastating invasion of Ukraine, the Royal Opera Chorus and more than 130 London-based Ukrainians are preparing for a performance at the Royal Opera House's iconic home in the heart of Covent Garden.

The Merchant of Venice 1936, Watford Palace Theatre’s ground-breaking new production of one of Shakespeare’s most enduring classics starring Tracy-Ann Oberman (EastEnders, Doctor Who, Friday Night Dinner), as Shylock, will embark on a UK tour this Autumn, beginning at the RSC’s Swan Theatre fr

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced Its Autumn/Winter 2023-24 season.

VENUS is a new richly diverse evening of work from IMPERMANENCE, the contemporary dance company run by choreographers, directors and performers Roseanna Anderson and Joshua Ben-Tovim.

Diana Nneka Atuona’s Liberian Girl was a hit at the Royal Court in 2015.

Already selling almost 210 000 tickets, KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities, is set to become Cirque du Soleil's most successful show to visit London.

The multi award-winning HAMILTON will tour the UK for the very first time opening at the Manchester Palace Theatre on Saturday 11 November 2023.

This spring The Royal Ballet celebrates the 75th anniversary of Frederick Ashton's Cinderella which makes a welcome return to the stage in a new production with new set and costume designs.

Midnight Circle Theatre Company, newly formed with two of the producers from Immersive Dracula, are bringing an immersive theatre adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray to the Crypt venue in Bethnal Green in April 2023.

Say what you like but little beats the thrill of live circus.

Check out photos for Grenfell: System Failure, which will tour to three West London venues: The Playground Theatre (18 February – 25 February), The Tabernacle (27 February – 12 March) and Marylebone Theatre (14 March – 26 March).

Camden's Roundhouse has announced a number of new trustees who will join their board in 2023.

There will be a relaxed performance of MAMMA MIA! at the Novello Theatre on Wednesday 8 March.

A moving exploration of loss and grief for ages 4 to 8, infused with funky beats from the seventies.

The Wizard of Oz, the musical based on the iconic story by L.

Rose Bruford College has launched a new postgraduate Masters course in Queer Performance, the first course of its kind available worldwide, training students to create, explore, examine and expand queer performance practice.

Clementine is a one-woman show about Lady Clementine, a woman who “sets off on a quest to solve the mystery of her ill-fortune” when looking for love.

Tyne Theatre & Opera House are searching for the descendants of its Victorian stage staff as part of their National Heritage Lottery funded project.

Opening the Spring season at Polka Theatre is a new musical adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk from the team behind We're Going on a Bear Hunt.

London Theatre Week is back! To kick it off, stars of some of the West End’s biggest shows made a rare appearance together at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane to celebrate the return of the highly anticipated campaign.

The ProEnglish Theatre of Ukraine in Kyiv and the Finborough Theatre, London, UK, continue their ongoing partnership with a unique poetry collaboration, premiering online this week.

London Theatre Week is back and bigger than ever with over 70 incredible shows with tickets from £15, £25, £35 or £45!

A luminous production glistening with chutzpah and armed with a fresh new translation.

The production returns this summer, 6th-14th June to The Space Theatre, Canary Wharf and is being produced by new emerging theatre company Bullet Point Theatre.

Sophie Okonedo adds flavour to a strong but otherwise vanilla production of Euripides' tragedy.