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These one-night-only events highlight the National Theatre's rich past, with acclaimed actors who have graced these iconic stages, whilst throwing open our doors to exciting new artists as part of the Next Chapter for the National Theatre.

With rehearsals underway for the world premiere of PADDINGTON The Musical, almost the full company has been revealed.

Tickets will go on sale on September 10 for the Chichester Festival Theatre production of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Deaf Republic is a marvel of a show.

This is a show that thrives because of the urgency of its subject matter and the excellence of the artists delivering it.

Master of illusion, Ben Hart has created a theatrical experience which blurs the line between trickery and the inexplicable.

So much ink has been spilled on the perilous joy of being young, but this new slice-of-life drama set in a deprived London suburb puts it better than most: youth is about always being “on the precipice of choice”.

Lead producer Colin Ingram, together with Back to the Future creators Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, have announced that the Olivier Award-winning Back to the Future The Musical will embark on its first-ever UK tour, opening at Milton Keynes Theatre from Tuesday 9 – Saturday 27 February 2027.

The Other Palace Studio will present Lovers Actually, a new festive musical parody from Jodie Prenger and Neil Hurst, running November 21, 2025 through January 4, 2026.

The full cast has been revealed for Tom Morris’ new West End production of Shakespeare’s Othello starring David Harewood as Othello, Toby Jones as Iago and Caitlin FitzGerald as Desdemona.

You can now get a first look at opening night photos of the UK première of Maia Novi's semi-autobiographical play Invasive Species.

You can now get a first look at new photos of BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical starring Brian Conley as Doctor Emmett Brown and Tik Tok sensation Maddie Grace Jepson as Lorraine Baines.

George Dillon, Gregg Lowe, Giles Taylor and Nick Waring will star in The Shadow In The Mirror, adapted and directed by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart from the haunting short story by Gerald Durrell.

Recently, we had the chance to chat with Danny Bayne, who is playing Basil Fawlty.

Lead producer Colin Ingram, together with Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the creators of the Back To The Future film trilogy, just announced the first ever UK tour of the multi award-winning BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical,

Ustinov Studio is now presenting ENDGAME, with award-winning actor, director and writer Douglas Hodge and acclaimed film and television actor Clive Francis joining the previously announced Mathew Horne and Selina Cadell in Samuel Beckett’s macabre comedy.

Details have been announced for the weekly post-show conversations taking place on Tuesdays throughout the West End run of the critically-acclaimed Nottingham Playhouse production of Punch.

The commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Dmitry Shostakovich’s death continues at this year’s Proms, as Chineke! took on his epic Symphony No.

From the writer of Journey's End and The Dam Busters

'Who doesn't check twice behind the shower curtain now?' asks presenter Edith Bowman, kicking off a spinetingling evening of thriller film soundtracks from the excellent BBC Concert Orchestra, under the assured direction of American conductor Edwin Outwater at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall.

Entering the Royal Albert Hall for St.

Last week, it was announced that Glenn Adamson would be returning to The Crazy Coqs for two very special solo concerts in December.

Due to huge demand, the tour will be extending into the autumn of next year, with Matt Rawle reprising his critically acclaimed performance in the title role, first seen at the Watermill Theatre in 2024.

As Jamie Lloyd's production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's EVITA starring Rachel Zegler concludes its sold out run at The London Palladium, a new cast album will be released, with the new track, Rainbow High out now.

For one night only this Halloween at Disney's Hercules, Hades will take over Theatre Royal Drury Lane's front of house with a trail of music, mayhem, photo opportunities before curtain-up and a surprise third-act.