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The Old Vic has released new rehearsal photos and announced the full cast for its 2025 production of A Christmas Carol, directed by Matthew Warchus and adapted by Jack Thorne.

Producers of Clarkston, in partnership with ATG Entertainment West End Creative Learning, have announced a programme of daytime education and community workshops as part of Creative Careers Month this November.

The producers of ROAM, a new musical, have announced the full cast.

The lineup has been announced for the 2025 rendition of The Royal Variety Performance, which will return to the Royal Albert Hall in London this year.

Artistic Director Tim Sheader and Executive Director Henny Finch has announced the full cast for Sheader’s revival of When We Are Married by J.

Despite the enticing cultural dissonance of its title, Black Sabbath – The Ballet is, by definition, a terrible idea.

Godfrey and Coote's sophomore offering far from lives up to its name.

Many a recent headline has luxuriated in Gen Z becoming one of the largest demographics at church services in the UK – we’re the ones who made the papal conclave go viral, after all.

It’s an extensive rumination on family, Jewishness, marriage, and the boundaries of emotional infidelity, but it neglects the nuances and peculiarities of the characters, who ultimately remain two-dimensional figurines with very little identity.

Irish singer and actress Camille O’Sullivan will bring her acclaimed show LOVELETTER to Soho Theatre for its London premiere, running November 24–December 6, 2025.

Bronco Billy – The Musical, Recorded live in performance during its 2024 run at London’s Charing Cross Theatre, will release an album.

To celebrate multi-Tony Award winning composer Maury Yeston's 80th birthday, producer Danielle Tarento will present a concert of his most well know and loved music, directed by Thom Southerland, and led by Ramin Karimloo.

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has unveiled a number of Little Lyric shows for 2026, introducing families and young theatre goers to the magic of theatre.

The full cast for the funny family musical based on Roald Dahl's THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE will play at Lowry, Salford this Christmas and on a 2026 UK tour.

All new production photos have been released of the new cast of MAMMA MIA! at the Novello Theatre in London's West End.

Sylvia, the Olivier-nominated musical created by The Old Vic and ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company, will return in Autumn 2026 for a major UK tour culminating in a five-performance engagement at the Royal Albert Hall.

A UK premiere production of THE KARATE KID - THE MUSICAL will embark on a major UK Tour next spring, prior to the West End and Broadway.

If you’re anything like me — a man of taste, decency, and a healthy suspicion of anything that smells of group therapy — you approach a one-person play about depression with the same enthusiasm you’d reserve for an unexpected colonoscopy.

My play Ragdoll takes place across two timelines.

Miriam’s 15-year-old son is nowhere to be found.

An exhilarating new satire on social media, class and how we live in unreal worlds bursts onto the Donmar stage in a frenzy of must-see vigour.

After news broke that the organisation behind Manchester Pride has entered voluntary liquidation, Equity has issued a statement calling the development “hugely concerning to those owed money.

Beetlejuice: The Musical will make its West End debut at London's Prince Edward Theatre, with performances beginning in May 2026.

Following its critically acclaimed sell-out run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024, The Spontaneity Shop has announced Jessica Regan’s solo show 16 Postcodes will make its London premiere at King’s Head Theatre.

All new photos have been released of the cast of ELF the Musical, which opens at the Aldwych Theatre in October 2025.