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Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical, featuring Jim Steinman and Meatloaf's greatest hits will be returning to tour the UK, following an Australian tour, with performances beginning at Manchester Opera House from 10 - 26 September 2020.

Panto might be the stalwart annual theatre trip at Christmas (yes, I know, 'oh no it isn't'.

Antic Disposition's acclaimed stage adaptation of the Charles Dickens festive classic A Christmas Carol returns to Middle Temple Hall for a fifth season this December.

Be prepared for a Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' Ona?? Back by popular demand following huge success on Broadway and the West End, the Tony Award winning musical Million Dollar Quartet returns to the UK and Ireland.

Charles Hazlewood, co-conceiver of Kneehigh's Ubu! A Singalong Satire, has created scores for many iconic Kneehigh shows, including Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) and The Tin Drum.

To Kill a Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin's new play based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, directed by Bartlett Sher, will open at London's Gielgud Theatre in May 2020.

a?oeTimes are hard for dreamersa?? but that won't stop Amélie Poulain.

Sandy Wilson's all-singing all-dancing love letter to 1920s musical comedies returns for the first major London revival in over 10 years.

How ripping! A saucy French maid doing the Charleston with a handsome chap in tennis whites sets the scene for the most delightful escapism in town: Matthew White's gossamer-light revival of Sandy Wilson's 1953 love letter to the Roaring Twenties.

The third offering of the newly opened Immersive LDN has become a festive classic over the years.

With a title such as The Exceptional Case of Whizz and Drex it's almost a dead cert we're in for something unique and original.

Bijan Sheibani's (Barber Shop Chronicles, The Arrival) production of A Taste of Honey returns to the West End for the first time in 60 years this week, opening on Thursday at Trafalgar Studios.

The United Solo Theatre Festival, the largest solo performance festival in the world, just wrapped up its 10th anniversary season.

Marking the opening of the Finborough Theatre's 40th anniversary season, Olivier award-nominated writer and performer Athena Stevens will perform in the premiere of her latest show, Scrounger.

The Theatre Royal Drury Lane is set to reopen in 2020 as part of a complex of buildings known as 'The Lane' according to WhatsOnStage.

Following last year's hyper-successful To Jesus, Thanks For Everything, BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon are back with their new extravaganza: All I Want For Christmas Is Attention.

Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! returns to London for a limited Christmas season at Sadler's Wells in December 2020.

London, brush off your tiara and unleash your inner princess with Broadway's original Cinderella, Belle, and Jasmine in this hit concert, direct from NYC! Two-time Tony-nominee Laura Osnes (Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella), Tony-nominee Susan Egan (Disney's Beauty and the Beast and voice of 'Me

Due to continuing high ticket demand and overwhelming success in London, the booking period for Magic Mike Live has been extended to 28 June 2020.

Disney Theatrical Productions today announces public on sale dates for their new production of Frozen in London's West End.

Taking us through bringing puppets and stories to life on stage in My Brilliant Friend, Toby shares how he got his start in the field and what the puppetry equivalent of playing Hamlet is!

In the town of Slurry, New York, post-war recession has bitten.

Comedy trio Sleeping Trees bring Christmas to Battersea Arts Centre with their latest fairy-tale mash-up.

BRIT Award winning singer Nicola Roberts makes her stage debut in Josie Rourke's critically acclaimed and Olivier Award winning production of City of Angels.

Carolyn Maitland, Dave Willetts and Sam Attwater will star as Rebecca, Avram and Bronfman respectively in RAGS The Musical at Park Theatre, London.