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Shoppers will be able to buy a night out at the theatre alongside their groceries after Theatre Tokens unveiled a new retail partnership with supermarket giant Tesco to sell national theatre gift vouchers in their stores.

The Menier Chocolate Factory is gearing up to present the UK première of the musical of Robert James Waller's bestselling novel The Bridges of Madison County in a new staging by Trevor Nunn.

As THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA heads in to its 34th year in the West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh are delighted to announce that Australian singer and performer Josh Piterman will play 'The Phantom' from 9 September 2019.

Buster Keaton, Badly Drawn Boy and Nosferatu are the latest names confirmed for the Royal Albert Hall's fourth Festival of Film.

Evolving artists with differing amounts of stage experience formed a variably green, prepared and overworked ensemble in this summer showcase of the Royal Opera's young roster singers.

BWW catches up with Dave Bibby to chat about bringing Crazy Cat Lad-y to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW catches up with Yuriko Kotani to chat about bringing Somosomo to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW catches up with Late Bloomers, the team behind Scotland! to chat about bringing the show to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW catches up with Sarah-Jane Scott to chat about bringing Appropriate to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW catches up with Jennifer Paterson, Artistic Director of All or Nothing to chat about bringing Heroes to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Three-time Tony Award nominee and writer and composer of Preludes, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 and Ghost Quartet Dave Malloy will appear in conversation with Matt Wolf at Southwark Playhouse after the performance of Preludes on Thursday, 19 September 2019.

Waitress continues a celebrated West End run at the Adelphi Theatre and today announces an extension by popular demand with tickets now on sale for Christmas and New Year through to 4 January 2020.

Director of Design Stephen Brimson-Lewis has over twenty years of experience designing for the RSC.

Theatre royalty Lea Salonga concluded her tour with a spectacular last night at the London Palladium.

Final casting has been announced for the Turbine Theatre's inaugural production, Torch Song.

BWW catches up with Richard Marsh to chat about bringing Phoenix to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

You must have been living under a rock or watching too much Love Island if you have missed the 50th anniversary of the first manned mission to land on the Moon.

For me, it's always the same: I'm asked to adapt a novel, I get all excited, have all these ideas… Then I read the source material and think, "Wow.

BWW catches up with Ed Night to chat about bringing Jokes of Love and Hate to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW catches up with the team behind Ladybones to chat about bringing it to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings.

*****#JakubHrusa builds a wondrous labyrinth of melodies with @bambergsymphony and @JoshuaBellMusic in the original #BohemianRhapsody @BBCProms

Baron Pendleton and the (Semi) Reform Club pin teams against one other in the coolest feats in London.

First seen touring in 2014, Anthony Horowitz's comic mystery The Falcon's Maltester was a hit at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival and now comes to London's The Vaults for a run that's ideal entertainment for the kids' summer holidays.

BWW catches up with Anna Drezen to chat about bringing Okay Get Home Safe to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.