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Video: YOUNG MARX National Theatre at Home Trailer

Video: YOUNG MARX National Theatre at Home Trailer

by BWW News Desk — August 28, 2025
You can now watch the trailer for Young Marx, being presented on National Theatre at Home.
UK Children Invited to Create Official BBFC Black Card for WICKED: FOR GOOD

UK Children Invited to Create Official BBFC Black Card for WICKED: FOR GOOD

by BWW News Desk — August 28, 2025
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is offering one child between the ages of 4 - 11 the chance to design the official BBFC Black Card for Wicked: For Good.
Video: Watch the FAT HAM European Premiere Trailer

Video: Watch the FAT HAM European Premiere Trailer

by BWW News Desk — August 28, 2025
Watch a first look at the European premiere of Fat Ham by James Ijames.
Full Cast Set For the RSC's WENDY & PETER PAN at The Barbican

Full Cast Set For the RSC's WENDY & PETER PAN at The Barbican

by BWW News Desk — August 28, 2025
The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced full casting for the London premiere of Ella Hickson's exhilarating take on JM Barrie's beloved classic, Wendy & Peter Pan, directed by Jonathan Munby.
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Reveals New Cast and Extends Booking

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Reveals New Cast and Extends Booking

by BWW News Desk — August 28, 2025
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has announced the new cast who will join the Company from 15 October 2025, as booking for the original two-part multi award-winning London production extends to 26 July 2026 at the Palace Theatre.
Review: JUNIPER BLOOD, Donmar Warehouse

Review: JUNIPER BLOOD, Donmar Warehouse

by Cindy Marcolina — August 27, 2025
Worlds clash once again in Mike Bartlett’s universe.
Photos: THE LION THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE Meets With Sacred Choir

Photos: THE LION THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE Meets With Sacred Choir

by BWW News Desk — August 27, 2025
Chris Harper Productions, producers of the acclaimed stage production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and London’s Kingdom Choir Foundation, joined forces to celebrate the show’s summer season.
Jerry Mitchell to Direct BRITISH INVASION Workshop in London

Jerry Mitchell to Direct BRITISH INVASION Workshop in London

by BWW News Desk — August 27, 2025
A workshop is set to be presented of British Invasion, a musical directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell.
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Reveals Choreographers And Showcase For Theatre Dance

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Reveals Choreographers And Showcase For Theatre Dance Lab

by BWW News Desk — August 27, 2025
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has revealed the selected choreographers for its new artist development programme for early-career musical theatre choreographers, Theatre Dance Lab.
Video: First Single From THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Cast Recording, Out in September

Video: First Single From THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Cast Recording, Out in September

by BWW News Desk — August 27, 2025
The original cast recording from The Devil Wears Prada: A New Musical is set to be released on CD, Digital & LP formats on 19th September.
Guest Blog: Director Richard Beecham on Politics, Sisterhood and Antisemitism in Brin

Guest Blog: Director Richard Beecham on Politics, Sisterhood and Antisemitism in Bringing The Mitfords to Life in THE PARTY GIRLS

by Guest Author — August 27, 2025
Few families have captured the English imagination quite like the Mitfords.
STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW Reveals New Lead Cast and Extends Run in the West E

STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW Reveals New Lead Cast and Extends Run in the West End

by BWW News Desk — August 27, 2025
A new lead cast will join Stranger Things: The First Shadow in London's West End.
Sonia Friedman Productions Reveals Further Key Personnel Changes

Sonia Friedman Productions Reveals Further Key Personnel Changes

by BWW News Desk — August 27, 2025
Sonia Friedman Productions (SFP), one of the world's leading theatre companies, has confirmed a significant restructuring of its senior leadership team as the company enters its next phase of growth.
Review: FAT HAM, Swan Theatre

Review: FAT HAM, Swan Theatre

by Kat Mokrynski — August 26, 2025
What if, instead of being based in a castle in Denmark in the late Middle Ages, Hamlet was set at a backyard barbecue in the United States in modern times? That’s exactly what audiences witness in James Iijames’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Fat Ham, which follows Juicy (Olisa Odele), a young, queer b
Review: OUR 1972, Riverside Studios

Review: OUR 1972, Riverside Studios

by Aliya Al-Hassan — August 26, 2025
Politics, queer love and identity combine in Josh Maughan's quietly charming play Our 1972.
Review: BBC PROMS: MÄKELÄ CONDUCTS MOZART, PROKOFIEV & BARTÓK, Royal Albert Hall

Review: BBC PROMS: MÄKELÄ CONDUCTS MOZART, PROKOFIEV & BARTÓK, Royal Albert Hall

by Louise Penn — August 26, 2025
This programme of music seems to thrive on themes of togetherness, resilience, and support that may have also influenced the Russian composer at the mid-point of his life, the Hungarian maestro nearing the end of his, and even the bright young man setting out to shake us the music scene in Europe to
Speranza Scappucci Makes Debut As Principal Guest Conductor In Verdi’s THE SICILIAN

Speranza Scappucci Makes Debut As Principal Guest Conductor In Verdi’s THE SICILIAN VESPERS

by BWW News Desk — August 26, 2025
Speranza Scappucci will make her debut as Principal Guest Conductor of The Royal Opera with Verdi’s The Sicilian Vespers, opening on the Main Stage September 19 and running through October 6, 2025.
Photos: The Cast of MILITARY WIVES - THE MUSICAL in Rehearsal

Photos: The Cast of MILITARY WIVES - THE MUSICAL in Rehearsal

by BWW News Desk — August 26, 2025
You can now get a first look inside rehearsals for the world premiere of the brand-new British musical Military Wives - The Musical, based on the 2019 hit movie Military Wives.
JUST IN TIME Writer Isaac Oliver Will Make London Comedy Debut

JUST IN TIME Writer Isaac Oliver Will Make London Comedy Debut

by BWW News Desk — August 26, 2025
Writer/performer Isaac Oliver, who wrote Broadway's Just in Time, will make his London comedy debut next month.
Full Cast Set For RSC's MACBETH With Sam Heughan and Lia Williams

Full Cast Set For RSC's MACBETH With Sam Heughan and Lia Williams

by BWW News Desk — August 26, 2025
The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced the full cast for Daniel Raggett's sell-out production of Shakespeare's gripping and brutal tragedy, Macbeth, which plays at The Other Place.
Full Cast Set For GET DOWN TONIGHT – The Official KC and The Sunshine Band Musical

Full Cast Set For GET DOWN TONIGHT – The Official KC and The Sunshine Band Musical

by BWW News Desk — August 26, 2025
The story of KC and the Sunshine Band, GET DOWN TONIGHT follows the early years of singer, songwriter, producer and musician Harry Wayne Casey (KC).
Photos: 50 FIRST DATES THE MUSICAL in Rehearsal at The Other Palace

Photos: 50 FIRST DATES THE MUSICAL in Rehearsal at The Other Palace

by BWW News Desk — August 26, 2025
The new London musical 50 First Dates has released all new rehearsal images ahead of its premiere next month at The Other Palace.
Video: Original HERCULES Muse LaChanze Visits West End Production

Video: Original HERCULES Muse LaChanze Visits West End Production

by Michael Major — August 25, 2025
LaChanze, who voiced the role of Terpsichores in the Hercules movie musical, visited the West End stage adaptation.
Billy Porter Drops Out of Manchester Pride Due to Illness

Billy Porter Drops Out of Manchester Pride Due to Illness

by BWW News Desk — August 25, 2025
Billy Porter, who was set to headline Manchester Pride this past weekend, pulled out of the festival the day of due to illness.
Interview: ‘It's What Theatre Does Best.’: Actor Tony Hirst on Responsibility, Re

Interview: ‘It's What Theatre Does Best.’: Actor Tony Hirst on Responsibility, Respect and Authenticity in Bringing PUNCH to the West End

by Kat Mokrynski — August 25, 2025
Recently, we had the chance to talk with Tony Hirst, who plays David, the father of James.

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