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New Casting Announced For PEAKY BLINDERS: THE RISE at the Camden Garrison
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2022
New casting has been announced for PEAKY BLINDERS: THE RISE, at the Camden Garrison, joining from Wednesday 9 November. Learn more about the cast and production here!
Video: Watch an All New Trailer For PEAKY BLINDERS: THE REDEMPTION OF THOMAS SHELBY
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2022
Rambert has released an all new trailer for Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, a dance theatre show written and adapted for the stage by Peaky Blinders' creator Steven Knight and choreographed and directed by Rambert's Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer, inspired by the TV series produced and owned by Caryn Mandabach Productions.
The ENO Presents The UK Premiere & Operatic Adaptation of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2022
This November, opening the festive season at the London Coliseum, the English National Opera (ENO) presents the highly anticipated UK premiere of It's a Wonderful Life. Composed by Jake Heggie in 2016 with the libretto by Gene Scheer, this is an operatic adaptation of the 1946 Frank Capra Christmas classic film, sung in English.
Show of the Week: Save up to 33% on GET UP, STAND UP! THE BOB MARLEY MUSICAL
by Aliya Al-Hassan - October 31, 2022
Tickets from just £29 for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
Review: THE QUEEN OF THE OCEAN, Savoy Hotel
by Aliya Al-Hassan - October 31, 2022
A recreation of the last night on the Titanic feels more like a badly organised and awkward wedding breakfast
Paper House Productions to Present TRICK OR TREAT at The Union Theatre Next Week
by BWW News Desk - October 29, 2022
Paper House Productions will present Trick or Treat at The Union Theatre, London on Monday 31st October (7.30pm).
Review: JORDAN GRAY: IS IT A BIRD?, London Palladium
by Franco Milazzo - October 29, 2022
Jordan Gray is having one hell of a year. Five-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe have led to a run at Soho Theatre, a controversial slot on Channel 4’s Friday Night Live and the chance to work on an ITV show with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
Photos: First Look at Erin Caldwell & Nathanael Landskroner in HEATHERS – THE MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2022
With the graduating cast leaving the halls of Westerberg High, it’s time to welcome in some new students to the cast of Heathers the Musical. Taking on the role of high school geek Veronica Sawyer will be Erin Caldwell and at her side as the dark and moody teen Jason ‘J.D’ Dean is Nathanael Landskroner. See photos of the new cast members here!
Review: AN ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, Barbican Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - October 28, 2022
A profound meditation on the nature of mental illness
Photos: First Look at PETER PAN'S LABYRINTH at The Vaults
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2022
All new photos have been released from Peter Pan’s Labyrinth by Sleeping Trees at The Vaults, London. Performances run 18th October - 7th January.
Applications For Springboard, The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre's Flagship Training Programme Are Now Open For 2023 – 2024
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2022
The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre  has announced that 2023 – 2024 SPRINGBOARD applications are now open for the second year of the ground-breaking, free two year training programme that aims to find, shape, inspire, and champion the next generation of performers from currently underrepresented groups in theatre.
THE CHER SHOW Opens at at Theatre Royal Brighton Next Week
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2022
Brand-new production of The Cher Show starring Debbie Kurup (The Bodyguard, Girl From The North Country), Danielle Steers (Bat Out of Hell, SIX) and Millie O'Connell (SIX, Rent) is arrives at Theatre Royal Brighton for two weeks from Tuesday 1 to Saturday 12 November 2022.
Save up to 50% on REASONS YOU SHOULD(N'T) LOVE ME at the Kiln Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - October 28, 2022
Following a sold-out, critically acclaimed run in 2021, Amy Trigg‘s ‘enormously entertaining’ (The Guardian) Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me returns to Kiln following a regional tour.
Photos: Inside the Gala Night For CABARET at the Kit Kat Club
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2022
All new photos have been released from the gala night of CABARET at the Kit Kat Club on Thursday 27 October. Check them out here!
Little Lion Theatre to Bring YAGA to Drayton Arms Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - October 28, 2022
Little Lion Theatre brings the UK premiere of Kat Sandler’s Yaga to the Drayton Arms Theatre in South Kensington from 1 – 19 November 2022.
Just These Please to Bring HONESTLY NO PRESSURE EITHER WAY to the Soho Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - October 28, 2022
With three sold out Edinburgh Fringe runs, over 60 million views online and a tendency to list things in threes, Just These Please are back with a brand new, fast-paced revue style sketch & musical comedy show, Honestly No Pressure Either Way.
Review: LETTERS LIVE, Royal Albert Hall
by Aliya Al-Hassan - October 28, 2022
Letters Live is a simple concept: some famous people reading out a variety of letters. But it is so much more than that. In a time when people click a button rather than pick up a pen, the event not only highlights excellent performances, but also the power that letters can hold.
The World Premiere of LUCY & FRIENDS Comes to The Yard Theatre This December
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2022
Post popular prodigy Lucy McCormick presents her most ambitious medium-concept catastrophic show yet.
ANYTHING WITH A PULSE Comes to the Park Theatre Next Month
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2022
Exploring the highs, lows and insecurities of two individuals in their early 20s, Anything with a Pulse is a comic story of modern-day dating. In this fast-paced performance, two actors transition between a vast array of different characters, accents and physicalities to build the narrative around the two main love interests who meet on the dance floor, slipping between first and third-person dialogue directed at the audience. 
Verbatim Play of VARDY V ROONEY Sets Date and Location For West End Performance
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2022
Adapted from seven days of the High Court transcript by Liv Hennessy (finalist in the Paines Plough's Women's Prize for Playwriting) and directed by Lisa Spirling (Artistic Director of Theatre503), Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial will bring the dramatic legal action to life. 
EASTENDERS' Charlie Brooks Joins the UK Tour of THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE
by BWW News Desk - October 28, 2022
Full casting for the National Theatre's production of The Ocean at the End of the Lane has been announced, with screen and stage actor Charlie Brooks joining the previously announced cast as Ursula and Jasmeen James joining as understudy.
Review: DADDY ISSUES, Seven Dials Playhouse
by Cindy Marcolina - October 28, 2022
It’s the first anniversary of the death of Imi’s father and she’s having a lonely wake for Roger, her 8-month-old therapy dog whom she’s convinced absorbed all her feelings and kicked the bucket for it. “We’re the live, get on with it, cry on your own silently kind of family”, she says.
Review: BEHIND CLOSED WALLS, Jack Studio Theatre
by Gary Naylor - October 28, 2022
David J Blair's new play has punch and relevance but may need expanding to fulfil its potential
Arts Council England Sets Date for Funding Announcements
by Aliya Al-Hassan - October 28, 2022
After a last-minute delay, Arts Council England has announced the next round of funding for national portfolio organisations will be revealed on November 4.
Equity Negotiates First Ever Union Agreements to Require Sustainability Standards on Theatre Productions
by BWW News Desk - October 27, 2022
Equity, the performing arts and entertainment trade union, has negotiated two landmark theatre agreements, believed to be the first union agreements in the world to require sustainability standards on theatre productions.  

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