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THE HUNGER GAMES: ON STAGE Finds Full Company

THE HUNGER GAMES: ON STAGE Finds Full Company

by BWW News Desk — August 8, 2025
The full company for the first-ever stage adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s internationally acclaimed book The Hunger Games and Lionsgate’s hit motion picture of the same name has been revealed.
Review: BBC PROMS: BEETHOVEN AND BARTOK FROM BUDAPEST, Royal Albert Hall

Review: BBC PROMS: BEETHOVEN AND BARTOK FROM BUDAPEST, Royal Albert Hall

by Louise Penn — August 7, 2025
Bringing Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra back to the BBC Proms, last night’s concert offered a programme of Beethoven’s 'Symphony No.
Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think of GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR?

Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think of GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR?

by Aliya Al-Hassan — August 7, 2025
Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) brings his acclaimed, Tony Award-winning performance to the Barbican this Summer in Good Night, Oscar – direct from a critically acclaimed Broadway season.
Review: GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR, starring Sean Hayes, Barbican Theatre

Review: GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR, starring Sean Hayes, Barbican Theatre

by Gary Naylor — August 7, 2025
Long forgotten talkshow guest has plenty to say about culture today
Review: BEETHOVEN: I SHALL HEAR IN HEAVEN, Opera Holland Park

Review: BEETHOVEN: I SHALL HEAR IN HEAVEN, Opera Holland Park

by Clementine Scott — August 7, 2025
This is a great opportunity to hear the breadth of Beethoven’s work performed in a novel way, and the drama does have its flashes of brilliance.
Photo: MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO Releases New Artwork Showing Totoro for the First Time

Photo: MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO Releases New Artwork Showing Totoro for the First Time

by BWW News Desk — August 7, 2025
You can now get a first look at new artwork for the stage adaptation of My Neighbour Totoro in the West End.
Photos: Lenny Henry in EVERY BRILLIANT THING @sohoplace

Photos: Lenny Henry in EVERY BRILLIANT THING @sohoplace

by BWW News Desk — August 7, 2025
First presented by Paines Plough at Roundabout at Summerhall in 2014, Every Brilliant Thing has bee performed in over 80 countries worldwide, been adapted into a highly successful HBO film and now debuts in the West End @sohoplace.
Video: Watch the Teaser Trailer For (THE) WOMAN

Video: Watch the Teaser Trailer For (THE) WOMAN

by BWW News Desk — August 7, 2025
Watch the new teaser trailer for (the) Woman By Jane Upton, which will be directed by Angharad Jones.
Video: Danielle Steers & Tobias Turley Perform 'Better With Time' From HOT MESS

Video: Danielle Steers & Tobias Turley Perform 'Better With Time' From HOT MESS

by BWW News Desk — August 7, 2025
Listen to 'Better With Time' from new musical Hot Mess.
Extra Tickets Released For Ziggy Alberts' Headline Show at Royal Albert Hall

Extra Tickets Released For Ziggy Alberts' Headline Show at Royal Albert Hall

by BWW News Desk — August 7, 2025
Australian singer- songwriter Ziggy Alberts has today announced that production holds have been released for his career-defining headline show, at London's iconic Royal Albert Hall.
Photos: Hannah Dodd and Rob Madge in a New Look at CABARET at the Kit Kat Club

Photos: Hannah Dodd and Rob Madge in a New Look at CABARET at the Kit Kat Club

by BWW News Desk — August 7, 2025
Further production images have been released for CABARET at the Kit Kat Club starring Bridgerton’s Hannah Dodd as Sally Bowles and Olivier nominee Rob Madge as The Emcee.
Interview: 'This Show Has Changed The Course of Musical Theatre': Actor-Muso Max Alex

Interview: 'This Show Has Changed The Course of Musical Theatre': Actor-Muso Max Alexander-Taylor on Playing Judas in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

by Kat Mokrynski — August 7, 2025
Recently, we had the opportunity to talk with Alexander-Taylor about his experience playing Judas.
Review: SECRET CINEMA: GREASE THE IMMERSIVE MOVIE MUSICAL, Battersea Park

Review: SECRET CINEMA: GREASE THE IMMERSIVE MOVIE MUSICAL, Battersea Park

by Franco Milazzo — August 6, 2025
It may be one of the most beloved musical movies of all time but are we going to be hopelessly devoted to Secret Cinema’s second stab at Grease? Is this what the one that their devoted fanbase really want (ooh ooh ooh)? 
Review: SAVING MOZART, The Other Palace

Review: SAVING MOZART, The Other Palace

by Clementine Scott — August 6, 2025
Saving Mozart has created an enticing musical and visual universe, and the culture of 18th century court musicians is promising territory for musical theatre.
PERSONALITY: THE LLOYD PRICE MUSICAL Starring Cedric Neal Will Play Concert Performan

PERSONALITY: THE LLOYD PRICE MUSICAL Starring Cedric Neal Will Play Concert Performances

by BWW News Desk — August 6, 2025
Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical in concert will be staged for two performances at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall.
National Theatre Productions Cuts Team to Seven Members

National Theatre Productions Cuts Team to Seven Members

by BWW News Desk — August 6, 2025
The National Theatre Productions team will now be cut to just seven members.
TOP HAT Comes to Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall This Christmas

TOP HAT Comes to Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall This Christmas

by BWW News Desk — August 6, 2025
Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Irving Berlin's Top Hat will have a Christmas season at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Harrison Osterfield Joins the Cast of Maia Novi's INVASIVE SPECIES

Harrison Osterfield Joins the Cast of Maia Novi's INVASIVE SPECIES

by BWW News Desk — August 6, 2025
Following its critically acclaimed Off-Broadway run, Eric Kuhn Productions has announced the full cast and creative team for the UK première of Maia Novi’s semi-autobiographical play Invasive Species.
Review: BBC PROMS: MAHLER AND BOULEZ, Royal Albert Hall

Review: BBC PROMS: MAHLER AND BOULEZ, Royal Albert Hall

by Michael Higgs — August 5, 2025
Lintu’s command of Mahler’s Das Klagende Lied is total, revealing both the drama and delicacy of the master's early work.
Photos: THE DIANA MIXTAPE World Premiere- First Look

Photos: THE DIANA MIXTAPE World Premiere- First Look

by BWW News Desk — August 5, 2025
Check out all-new production photos for the world premiere of The Diana Mixtape, now running at HERE at Outernet in London through August 10, 2025, before a limited engagement at the Lowry in Salford from August 19–21, 2025.
Full Cast Set For London Transfer of TITUS ANDRONICUS With Simon Russell Beale

Full Cast Set For London Transfer of TITUS ANDRONICUS With Simon Russell Beale

by BWW News Desk — August 5, 2025
Full casting has been announced for the acclaimed RSC production of Titus Andronicus which transfers to Hampstead Theatre for a strictly limited London run.
Guest Blog: Playwright Nick Dawkins on The Long Road of Bringing A MANCHESTER ANTHEM

Guest Blog: Playwright Nick Dawkins on The Long Road of Bringing A MANCHESTER ANTHEM to The Stage

by Guest Author — August 5, 2025
How long does it take to develop a play before it's ready for an audience? At the end of July my first play A Manchester Anthem will begin it's run at The Hope Mill Theatre, finally being performed in the city it's named after, before transferring to London in August.
Review: HORRIBLE HISTORIES: BARMY BRITAIN - THE BEST BITS!, Apollo Theatre

Review: HORRIBLE HISTORIES: BARMY BRITAIN - THE BEST BITS!, Apollo Theatre

by Christiana Rose — August 4, 2025
Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain – The Best Bits! presents the grizzly tales of British history with gusto.
Review: CLIVE, Arcola Theatre

Review: CLIVE, Arcola Theatre

by Clementine Scott — August 4, 2025
There are no firm tabloid-headline conclusions to be found in Clive about how technology’s ruining our lives, or how younger generations don’t know how to speak to people, and the play is all the better, and more timeless, for it.
Full Cast Set For National Tour of James Graham's DEAR ENGLAND

Full Cast Set For National Tour of James Graham's DEAR ENGLAND

by BWW News Desk — August 4, 2025
The National Theatre has revealed further casting for its national tour of Dear England.

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