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The full cast has been announced for the musical stage adaptation and concert performances of THE BOOK THIEF, based on the best-selling novel by Markus Zusak, which also adds two extra performances due to popular demand.

Casting has been announced for a brand-new staging of Into The Woods at the Bridge Theatre.

Kevin Wallace announced that the forthcoming sold-out eight-day run of The Lord of the Rings - A Musical Tale at Theatre Royal Plymouth this October has had to be cancelled.

The Old Vic has announced the full cast and recipient of this year's charity collection for A Christmas Carol.

Producers Eva Price and Michael Harrison have announced their must-see Olivier Award Winning West End musical Titanique will extend booking at the Criterion Theatre through to Sunday 7 June 2026 due to demand.

The National Theatre has announced its Autumn programme for schools across the UK, deepening its work with young people to support its continued ambition to reach every child in the UK before they leave school.

It took over twenty years for a revival of Mel Brooks's The Producers to come to London and the diminutive Menier Chocolate Factory more than held its own for a sold-out and universally well-received show.

Little Angel Theatre delivers a vibrant, triumphant and delightful production of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.

London City Ballet return for their second season with another mixed bill, and the results are also mixed.

Orange Tree artistic director Tom Littler first directed Howard Brenton’s adaptation of August Strindberg’s Creditors at Jermyn Street Theatre in 2019, in rep with Miss Julie.

Even though the Finborough has been transformed into a lush 1920s drawing room, with emerald green walls and an intricately stuccoed fireplace, cloyingly nostalgic period piece this is not.

The Goddess is Watching, an award-winning and popular Korean musical, will make its London showcase debut at The Other Palace Studio on 6 November 2025.

All three are razor-sharp comedies, set across a single day, inviting audiences into vivid, pressurised worlds, and investigating how we both understand and misunderstand each other.

Double Olivier Award and Tony Award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat is extending its run at the West End's Fortune Theatre for the 16th time.

Tony Award nominated actress Jennifer Westfeldt will star alongside Tracy-Ann Oberman in the European premiere of Richard Greenberg’s The Assembled Parties this October.

The World Premiere of the play HIGH NOON, starring Emmy and Tony Award-winner Billy Crudup as Will Kane and Olivier Award-winner Denise Gough as Amy Fowler, opens in December.

The full cast has been announced for the record-breaking UK premiere of RIDE THE CYCLONE THE MUSICAL, written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell.

Every Brilliant Thing, now on in the West End, never be the same show, so it could be watched 10 times, 100 times, a million and still reach deep into the heart of you.

Have you ever wished to have the same auditory experience as a deer? Or maybe a cow? Now you can.

See the sneak peek into the rehearsal room for Private Lives, a Rose Theatre, Octagon Theatre Bolton & Mercury Theatre co-production, in association with Northern Stage, supported by a grant from The Royal Theatrical Support Trust.

Not Your Superwoman has already sold out its entire run, which is pretty unusual for an Off West End play.

“All you need is love”, said The Beatles - a mantra that John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London seemed to take when putting together the programme for the penultimate Prom of 2025.

Chris England's warm show is funny and clever and unafraid to pose some difficult questions

Penn & Teller, the undisputed masters of modern magic are celebrating their Penn & Teller, the undisputed masters of modern magic are celebrating their incredible 50th Anniversary.

Ambika Mod, of This Is Going to Hurt and One Day fame, is pretty perfect casting for the part.