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There’s a lot of pressure on an Artistic Director’s first production at a new venue, especially if they’re directing it themselves.

Producers Brian and Dayna Lee have expressed their interest in a potential screen version of Giant, the Broadway-bound Olivier Award-winning play starring John Lithgow.

More TikTok than tragedy

Due to demand, Megan Hilty will perform a second concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Maia Novi’s semi-autobiographical dark comedy Invasive Species has set new box office records for the ‘Main House Later’ performance slot at King’s Head Theatre.

Discover the cast and production images of 13 GOING ON 30 THE MUSICAL, starring Lucie Jones and David Hunter, now running at Manchester Opera House.

Tickets will go on sale Friday 26 September at 10 am for a limited West End run of Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Raison in David Hare's GRACE PERVADES with performances at Theatre Royal Haymarket from 24 April to 11 July 2026.

Paddington the Musical has released an all new video, featuring the song 'The Explorer & the Bear' with Tom Fletcher.

This November, members of the original Japanese cast of Six the Musical will take to the Vaudeville Theatre stage for one week only – performing the global phenomenon entirely in Japanese.

MAMMA MIA! will embark on a new UK tour from 24 October 2025 and has announced further dates and venues.

Following multiple smash-hit Broadway runs and a major US tour, Beetlejuice: The Musical will make its West End debut at London's Prince Edward Theatre, a Delfont Mackintosh Theatre, with performances beginning in May 2026.

Stars of stage and screen will unite to celebrate the publication of a brand new book from the award-winning arts and social justice charity, Cardboard Citizens.

Douglas Hodge commendably leads a star-studded cast in Lindsay Posner's new adaptation of Endgame at Theatre Royal Bath's intimate Ustinov Studio.

A biracial actor stands in the harsh glare of the spotlight, about to recite the St Crispin’s Day speech from Shakespeare’s Henry V, clad in a bulletproof vest.

With rehearsals currently underway for Katherine Moar’s world premiere Ragdoll, Jermyn Street Theatre revealed the first two productions in its 2026 Season.

Broadway sensation and television star Megan Hilty will bring a special solo concert to Theatre Royal Drury Lane next year.

London’s longest running West End concert series will return this autumn and festive season! The spooktacular West End Musical Halloween will be back at the Lyric Theatre just before All Hallows’ Eve for a night of ghoulish revelry.

The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced full casting for its forthcoming production of Noël Coward's Fallen Angels which opens its new season at its home base in London Bridge.

One minute you’re in an East London street, the next you are immediately transported to early-1970s Kingston: the style, the sounds, the rhythms, the smell of ambition and frustration.

As a playwright who has spent a lifetime crafting optimistic, muscular comedies like Lend Me a Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo, I now find myself in the company of Agatha Christie’s most beloved crime-solver, Hercule Poirot.

Hampstead Theatre has seen its fair share of gore.

Esther Manito’s Slagbomb, currently on a UK tour, contains unfiltered honesty and sharp observational wit about ungraceful aging and 2.

The cast of The Devil Wears Prada: A New Musical takes center stage in a brand-new music video for the showstopping number, “Dress Your Way Up,” featuring MBE  as Nigel and Georgie Buckland as Andy! Watch the video!

The Royal Opera House has announced a cast change for the September 24, 2025, performance of Puccini’s Tosca.