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Tim Rice and Stuart Brayson’s epic musical  ‘From Here To Eternity’ is getting its first London revival in a newly revised production at Charing Cross Theatre, from 29 October - 17 December.

Brixton House (formerly Ovalhouse theatre) and multi-award winning, genre-bending theatre company Poltergeist have joined forces this December to present the premiere of a brand new production of Lewis Carroll’s all-time classic, Alice In Wonderland.

Producers Mark Goucher, Gavin Kalin and Matthew Gale are ogre-joyed to announce that the brand-new production of Shrek the Musical will tour to a further 14 theatres across the UK and Ireland.

It is a refreshing change to see a romantic story being told from the perspective of two elderly gay men.

As Hackney Empire celebrates 120 years at the heart of the local community, and in the wake of the recent release of the 20 Years of Creative Futures Impact Report, Artistic Director Yamin Choudury and the whole team announced details of the latest large scale participatory event with the young peop

Marvellous, directed by Theresa Heskins runs @sohoplace, 4 Soho Place through 26 November 2022.

All new cast portraits have been released for But I'm a Cheerleader: the Musical at the Turbine Theatre.

The Old Vic theatre has released a first look at Owen Teale as Ebenezer Scrooge in their production of A Christmas Carol.

All new photos have been released from Jack Thorne’s The Solid Life of Sugar Water, directed by this year’s JMK Award Winner Indiana Lown-Collins that opens tomorrow, 19 October at the Orange Tree Theatre.

On 25 February 2023, a remarkable event will begin in London’s West End.

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Launching Shakespeare’s Globe’s Winter Season, Henry V opens in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse on 10 November, running until 4 February.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Her Majesty’s Theatre has announced a booking extension until Saturday 30 September 2023 and released new production photos.

Casting has been announced as rehearsals begin for the previously announced intimate first run of the new musical Saving Grace.

A brilliant night of broadcasting nostalgia is promised when Radio Live comes to London's prestigious Cadogan Hall next week.

The Royal Opera House has announced the appointment of Jakub Hrůša as Music Director of The Royal Opera.

The Great British Bake Off Musical will transfer to the West End opening at the Noël Coward Theatre for a limited twelve-week run from 25 February to 13 May 2023.

The new rock musical SUPERYOU with book, music, and lyrics by Lourds Lane, will be making its debut UK performance on the Main Stage at Musical Con, the West End's first ever musical theatre fan convention, on Saturday 22 October at 12noon at EXCEL London.

Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment has announced the casting for the world premiere of Claus The Musical which will run at The Lowry from 14 December 2022 – 8 January.

Philip Ridley writes an atomic bomb of a play and keeps his finger on the release button until Sasha explodes in an earth-shaking climax.

Casting has been announced for Bad Victims, a new play from award-nominated playwright Joanna Pickering at The Courtyard Theatre, directed by Erica Gould.

Shoreditch Town Hall has announced three new Trustees joining the company’s exceptional Board.

Nica Burns has announced a new production of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, directed by Josie Rourke, starring Leah Harvey as Rosalind, Rose Ayling-Ellis as Celia, Alfred Enoch as Orlando and with Martha Plimpton in the role of Jaques.

Rehearsals have begun for a major new production of Conor McPherson’s acclaimed 1997 play, The Weir.

The production images have been released for HistoryRiot’s thrilling promenade show 1797: The Mariner’s Revenge.