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To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the publication of The Lightning Thief, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical has announced its cast.

Casting has been announced for the world premiere of Blessings, a darkly funny and deeply moving new family drama by acclaimed playwright Sarah Shelton.

Tomorrow, Broadway Records is set to release the original London cast recording of Roald Dahl’s The Witches.

For anyone who loves or even likes the game of tennis, Jimmy is a worthy paean to how harrowing the sport can be at its best.

This is a production that falls into the above average category but not yet a 'great' achievement.

We are in an American provincial backwater.

Equity, the performing arts and entertainment trade union, has recommended that Arts Council England (ACE) introduce a network of ‘national theatres' across England to ensure the growth of regional arts and entertainment economies.

Award-winning director Igor Golyak will direct the UK premiere of Anna Ziegler’s The Wanderers, opening at the Marylebone Theatre.

All new production images have been released from the world premiere of DIAMONDS AND DUST which opened on the 16 June 2025 at London’s newest West End venue, the Emerald Theatre.

Hope Mill Theatre has announced that their production of Mel Brooks' YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN THE MUSICAL will transfer to Liverpool Playhouse for a limited 5-week run over the Christmas season.

Lyn Paul will join the UK and Ireland tour of MARY POPPINS, as Bird Woman from Tuesday 18 November 2025.

New cast members are joining the Olivier Award Winning West End musical Titanique beginning next month.

Following several sold out Australian seasons and a 4 month sold-out US tour, Harry Milas' THE UNFAIR ADVANTAGE is set to captivate London audiences with a strictly limited West End season.

This Bitter Earth, the UK directorial debut of Tony winner Billy Porter, is a play with a lot to say – about race, about activism, and about love.

A thoughtfully selected double bill making up the operetta segment of Opera Holland Park’s summer season shows the genre at its technical best, but also illuminates its troubling shortcomings.

Ryan J-W Smith, the multi-award-winning poet-playwright known as Rogue Shakespeare, will bring his OFFIES Award-winning tragicomic verse play Pretty, Witty Nell back to London this summer for a limited engagement at Barons Court Theatre, running July 22–26, 2025.

You can now get a first look at photos of Intimate Apparel, now playing at Donmar Warehouse.

Jeevan Braich will return to the role of Rusty in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s STARLIGHT EXPRESS at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre.

An all new video has been released of Lauren Jones, who plays Wednesday Addams in the UK tour of The Addams Family, performing the song 'Pulled.

Performances of Disney's Hercules are now underway at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Tom Glynn-Carney will play George Deever and Hayley Squires will play Ann Deever in Arthur Miller's ALL MY SONS, directed by Ivo Van Hove.

MCG Productions have announced the full cast for the UK premiere of the new musical Saving Mozart by Charli Eglington, which will play at London’s The Other Palace.

The National Theatre has announced casting for the remaining tour dates of the UK and Ireland tour of War Horse.

Growing up in the States, the Girl Scouts were a major part of my childhood.

Recently, we had the chance to speak with James Olivas about taking on the role of Juan Perón in EVITA.