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London Musical Theatre Orchestra is proud to announce the initial casting announcement for the concert performance of Girlfriends, composed by Emmy Award-winner Howard Goodall at Bishopsgate Institute, where LMTO are Orchestra-in-Residence.

A fantastic cast are lined up to star in BRAT KIDS CARNIVAL, as it arrives in London for the first time in November! The acclaimed high-octane children's show, headlines the children's live shows in the magical Leicester Square Spiegeltentfrom Saturday 10 November - Sunday 30 December 2018

How do you become a playwright? How do you behave as a playwright? When are you officially a playwright? Papatango's Chris Foxon and George Turvey answer all budding playwrights' answers and take the immeasurable task of giving advice by the horns in their first venture, Being a Playwright - A Caree

As a producer, I read a lot of scripts.

It was announced today that Drag Superstar Jonny Woo (Jonny Woo's Un-Royal Variety Performance) and Olivier Award winning composer, Richard Thomas (Jerry Springer: The Opera, Anna Nicole) will present All Star Brexit Cabaret for a one-off, special performance following a critically-acclaimed, sell-o

Troilus and Cressida begins with a thunder of drums that knocks the programme out of your hands.

At a ceremony held at The May Fair Hotel, London, WhatsOnStage today announced the winners of the WhatsOffStage Awards - a brand new initiative recognising venues and their staff for the work they do off stage and celebrating their contribution to the industry and theatregoing experience.

There are few other new writing nights where you can be transported across every continent in 90 minutes.

A West End production has been announced for Switzerland starring Phyllis Logan as renowned author Patricia Highsmith with Calum Finlay as Edward Ridgeway.

Palestinians and Israelis have one indisputable thing in common: they are all Semites.

Following the critically acclaimed release of 'Lost West End Vintage' (highlighted in The Sunday Times as an 'Essential New Release') and 'Lost West End Vintage 2', Stage Door Records are pleased to continue the album series with 'Lost West End Revues' to be released on November 30th 2018.

Quietly gives us two men, deep in middle age, looking back to the irreversible actions they took as 16 year-olds during The Troubles in an electrifying conversation.

Sandy Grierson returns to the London stage in othellomacbeth, taking on the roles of Cassio and Macbeth in one show.

Teddy (Clifford Samuel) meets Jeremy (Douglas Booth) at the bar of a shabby hotel in Amsterdam, he asks if he wants to join him in his room and he agrees.

Emma Rice is back after her kerfuffle with Shakespeare's Globe, debuting her brand new company with an adaptation of Angela Carter's novel of the same name.

Ross MacGregor's Dracula needs a transfusion of narrative pace if it is to achieve its considerable (and laudable) ambition.

DOCTOR DOLITTLE stars Mark Williams as Doctor Dolittle, Brian Capron as Albert Blossom/Straight Arrow, Vicky Entwistle as Polynesia, Adele Anderson as Lady Bellows/Poison Arrow, Mollie Melia-Redgrave as Emma Fairfax, and Patrick Sullivan as Matthew Mugg.

The NT marks the 100th anniversary of the first women in the UK gaining the right to vote, with a series of rehearsed readings, talks and events, as well as a free exhibition in the Lyttelton Lounge.

Following a Stage Award winning run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and a sold-out week at the Arcola in September, News Perspectives adaptation of the Booker Prize-nominated novel by Chigozie Obioma will return to the Arcola for a two-week run.

Alexis Michalik's hilarious comedy won 5 Moliere Awards and continues to play to packed houses in Paris at the Theatre du Palais-Royale.

Last year, Nina Raine had a National Theatre hit with Consent, which grilled deceit and empathy in both the legal system and relationships.

A powerful new play by the award-winning American writer Ken Urban, A Guide for the Homesick will make its European debut at Trafalgar Studios Two from 16 October - 24 November, with press night on 18 October 2018.

Hailed as a London institution, the iconic Natural History Museum Ice Rink will be returning for the 2018 festive season in just one week's time.

A powerful new play by the award-winning American writer Ken Urban, A Guide for the Homesick will make its European debut at Trafalgar Studios Two from 16 October - 24 November, with press night on 18 October 2018.

The Royal Opera House is throwing open its doors every Sunday in November for an immersive new festival programme at just £5 per person.