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The Old Vic recently celebrated the reopening of its front of house spaces following a major restoration project to improve accessibility and 'double the number of ladies' loos'.

Casting has been confirmed for Park Theatre's festive family adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's classic: The Snow Queen.

With her production of the world première of Anupama Chandrasekhar's When the Crows Visit in rehearsals, Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham today announces Pass Over, A Museum in Baghdad and The Glee Club which will be staged at Kiln Theatre in 2020, following the previously announced Snowflake by

The Menier Chocolate Factory is set in a beautiful Grade II listed building close to London Bridge.

a?oeOrphans always make the best recruits.

I go to the Bunker more than any other London theatre, but when stepping into the building this time I hardly recognised it.

a?oeIt's crazy intense, that's what I'm likea?? Katie says.

In the heart of central London, a seven-building, 35-floor, 42,000 sq ft adventure awaits brave travellers.

Shuck 'n' Jive, Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong & Simone Ibbett-Brown's debut play, charts the journey through creating a piece of theatre that represents them as individuals, and not solely defined by the colour of their skin.

It's been 25 years since a certain coffee shop-loving troupe appeared on our TV screens.

When the late Stephen Jeffreys' award-winning comedy Valued Friends opened at the Hampstead Theatre in 1989, one or two critics, suspicious of its brilliant structure and well-crafted narrative, declared it a?oesafea?? and a?oeold-fashioned' - by which they meant that the London fringe, or alternat

The Royal Ballet's 19/20 season is opened in confident style with Kenneth MacMillan's 1974 production of Manon.

The National Theatre presents 'Master Harold'.

Sheer brilliance.

Almost six years since its first outing at the Tabernacle, Letters Live last night put on its biggest show yet: in the grandiose and historic setting of the Royal Albert Hall.

Trafalgar Theatre Productions, the producing arm of Trafalgar Entertainment, has today announced the appointment of Serena Hill who has joined the company in the new role of Casting Director.

The only other musical written by Rent composer Jonathan Larson, tick, tick.

Soho Theatre presents the world premiere of Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong and Simone Ibbett-Brown's Shuck 'n' Jive.

When I was first approached by Giles Foden to adapt his 1998 novel for the stage, I was unsure how to respond.

Hailed by The New York Times as a?oebristlinga?? and a?oeprovocativea?? during its Off-Broadway run, Eleanor Burgess's abrasive The Niceties is exactly that.

On announcing the season Gregory Doran, RSC Artistic Director, said: a?oeCreated in Stratford-upon-Avon, shared around the world, crossing borders of creativity, community, culture and technology, our new season celebrates Shakespeare's unique contribution to world culture, whilst at the same time a

Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres, Robert Hastie, today announces the new Spring/Summer 2020 season.

The Young Vic today announces the complete cast for Jackie Sibblies Drury's Fairview, directed by the Young Vic's Genesis Fellow and Associate Director Nadia Latif.

Why are religious musicals experiencing a comeback in the West End? BroadwayWorld spoke to London performers about stories of faith and how their personal outlook on life connects with the material.

When Peter Nichols wrote the ground-breaking play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg in 1967, it was inspired by his own personal experience of bringing up his disabled daughter.