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Motown the Musical will conclude its run on 20 April 2019 having celebrated over 1330 performances since its London premiere in February 2016.

Who doesn't love Oscar Wilde? That was probably the starting point of how we ended up doing this "very radical" production of The Importance of Being Earnest.

Rehearsals began this week for The Jamie Lloyd Company production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal which runs at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 5 March 2019 for a strictly limited season ending on 1 June.

Set in 1890s France during the Golden Age period known as La Belle Epoque "Beautiful Era", CAN-CAN! is a fun and frivolous new dance musical adapted from Offenbach's original operetta Orpheus in the Underworld and features a 17 strong all-singing, all-dancing cast.

Following her award-winning Bicycles and Fish, Katie Arnstein is back at VAULT Festival with Sexy Lamp, an honest and straightforward account of her beginnings as an actress and a cutting analysis of the flaws and sexism of the business.

Ahead of the first preview performance of Waitress in the West End tonight, it is announced that more tickets have been released and the show has extended its booking period to 19 October at the Adelphi Theatre.

Northern Broadsides has announced that Laurie Sansom will succeed Conrad Nelson as Artistic Director and CEO in June this year.

Already admired in the industry for her impressive range of work, actress Justine Mitchell enjoyed a breakout hit recently with David Eldridge's Beginning, which transferred from the National to the West End.

Wise Children today announce that Artistic Director, Emma Rice will be stepping into the role of Nora Chance in the critically acclaimed West End production of WISE CHILDREN direct from The Old Vic.

It is announced today that the London production of Waitress has cast its youngest company members.

'It's not always easy for foreigners to get to London,' the theatre's general administrator told me.

Today, at the Adelphi Theatre, BroadwayWorld UK got a sneak peek of the West End Waitress cast in action.

In the summer of 1888, bankrupt and at his wits' end, August Strindberg and his family rented rooms in a ruinous Danish castle called Skovlyst.

Sharing what brings her back to this theatre time and time again, Olivia also reveals one of her first questions for director Blanche McIntyre, as well as her excitement for getting to take on a comedy.

Paris, 1950 - a shy, unassuming civil servant, Dusoleil, lives alone and works diligently in a dreary office.

On 23 February 2019 Andrew Lloyd Webber's award-winning show School of Rock - The Musical will welcome a new kids cast to join Dewey's band and embrace the power of rock! The hit West End production, based on the iconic film of the same title which this month celebrated 15 years since its UK relea

Jamie Lloyd's outstanding season of Pinter shorts - chock-full of mini revelations, innovative stagings, and a thrilling range of work from both actors and creatives - finishes on a high note with this thoroughly entertaining pair.

Following a sold out, critically-acclaimed run at the Traverse Theatre in 2018, Fringe First winner Kieran Hurley brings Mouthpiece to Soho.

Luxury cruise line Cunard has announced that for the first time it will partner with the prestigious Olivier Awards to sponsor the award for Best Revival.

MEI Theatrical have announced casting for their brand-new stage adaptation of Twirlywoos - as seen on CBeebies - opening at Churchill Theatre, Bromley on Tuesday 12 February before setting sail around the UK.

Everybody's Talking About Jamie, the award-winning feel good musical sensation, have released new production Images of their newly announced cast.

Anonymous Is A Woman strikes again with a disquieting site-specific show about consent and its withdrawal.

The National Theatre today announced a UK tour of Bijan Sheibani's production of A Taste of Honey, Shelagh Delaney's remarkable taboo-breaking 1950s play, which was first produced in the Lyttelton Theatre in 2014, designed by Hildegard Bechtler and reconceived in an exciting new production, featurin

Avenue Q is an interesting show to describe to those who have never seen it.

Having already put the Bee Gees front and centre for the first time in the musical's stage history with the famous trio bring portrayed live on stage by Ed Handoll, Alastair Hill and Matt Faull, Bill Kenwright's new production of Saturday Night Fever continues to bring audiences never-befor