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The Woman In Black celebrates 12,000 performances
22 September 2018
Susan Hill’s gripping thriller is the second longest running play in the West End.
Globe Theatre to broadcast The Winter’s Tale
21 September 2018
The production is broadcast from the Globe Theatre on 9 October 2018
All About Eve with Gillian Anderson & Lily James confirmed for West End run
21 September 2018
Tickets will go on general sale at 10:00am GMT on 28 September 2018.
Magic Mike Live release tickets and announce cast
20 September 2018
The erotic dance show opens at the London Hippodrome Casino
RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Michelle Visage to star in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
20 September 2018
Michelle Visage joins the cast from 18 October 2018
Bristol’s Tobacco Factory Theatres to re-open following major redevelopment
19 September 2018
Construction work began in January 2018
Cush Jumbo to host Stage Debut Awards 2018
19 September 2018
The Good Fight actress will host the awards on 23 September 2018 in London.
Matthew Warchus announces new productions as part of Old Vic season
19 September 2018
The season includes two Arthur Miller plays and two world premieres.
Simon Callow to star in A Christmas Carol
19 September 2018
The production will play a limited 5-week season at the Arts Theatre
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time to return to the West End this Christmas
19 September 2018
Curious Incident… will run at the Piccadilly Theatre from 29 November
Full casting announced for Les Misérables UK tour
18 September 2018
The tour opens on 3 November 2018 at Curve, Leicester
Peter Andre to star in Grease UK tour
18 September 2018
The Mysterious Girl singer will play Teen Angel
Royal Court Theatre / casting announced for Ear For Eye
18 September 2018
ear for eye opens on 25 October at the Royal Court Theatre
Jodie Prenger to star in UK tour of Abigail’s Party
18 September 2018
The tour opens on 10 January 2019 at the Theatre Royal, Brighton
Lara Pulver, Stephen Mangan and Sharon D Clarke board Guys and Dolls at the Royal Albert Hall
17 September 2018
The star-studded cast will play three performances at the Royal Albert Hall
2018 UK Theatre Awards nominees announced
17 September 2018
The winners are announced on 14 October 2018 at London’s Guildhall
‘EastEnders’ Samantha Womack to star in ‘The Girl On the Train’
17 September 2018
The UK tour opens on 21 January 2019 in Milton Keynes.
Fame 30th anniversary tour announces London dates
17 September 2018
The musical comes to the Peacock Theatre in September 2019
Lea Salonga announces UK concert tour
17 September 2018
Tony and Olivier Award winner Lea Salonga announces first UK concert tour
The Play That Goes Wrong extends in the West End
17 September 2018
The play is now booking until October 2019 at the Duchess Theatre
Danny Mac and Emma Williams to star in White Christmas at Leicester Curve
17 September 2018
White Christmas runs from 6 December 2018 until 13 January 2019 at Curve, Leicester
Kevin Clifton and Antony Costa join Rock of Ages UK tour
17 September 2018
The tour opens next month with Clifton and Costa joining the production in 2019
Danny Dyer and Joe Brand to star in Nativity! The Musical
14 September 2018
The EastEnders actor will play the role of ‘Hollywood Producer’ with Brand playing ‘The Critic’.
Disney’s Aladdin to close in the West End
14 September 2018
Disney’s Aladdin to make way for Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins to play the West End in 2019
14 September 2018
Zizi Strallen & Charlie Stemp to star in the new West End production of Mary Poppins
Nathan Amzi joins West End production of Heathers The Musical
10 September 2018
Nathan Amzi to join Carrie Hope Fletcher in Heathers The Musical
Shakespeare in Love / full cast announced
10 September 2018
Cast includes Emmerdale and Coronation Street actor Bill Ward
West End musical The King and I to be screened in cinemas
10 September 2018
The production will be screened in UK cinemas on 29 November 2018
Denise Van Outen exits Chicago due to injury
10 September 2018
Denise Van Outen discovers stress fracture in her heel
Hugh Dennis, John Marquez & Leslie Garrett to star in West End comedy The Messiah
10 September 2018
The comedy runs from 3 December 2018 at The Other Palace
Casting announced for True West starring Kit Harington
10 September 2018
True West plays a limited West End run at the Vaudeville Theatre
Michael Gambon lends voice to new Pinter production
10 September 2018
Pinter One runs until 20 October 2018
Simon Lipkin returns to Nativity The Musical
10 September 2018
The hit musical will play London’s Eventim Apollo this Christmas
Motown UK Tour / casting announced
7 September 2018
The tour opens at Birmingham Alexandra Theatre on 11 October 2018
Nine Night / cast announced for West End transfer
7 September 2018
Nine Night previews from 1 December 2018 at Trafalgar Studios
MAMMA MIA! Here We Go Again… new dates
7 September 2018
Mamma Mia! continues its West End reign – it’s now booking into September 2019.
Strictly’s Joe McFadden to star in thriller The House on Cold Hill
7 September 2018
The House on Cold Hill will tour the UK from January 2019
Tour announced for Bram Stoker’s classic Dracula
7 September 2018
Cheryl Campbell and tv favourite Philip Bretherton lead the cast
James Graham’s Sketching / cast announced
6 September 2018
Sketching premiere’s at Wilton’s Music Hall from 26 September 2018.
New programme announced for artists of colour
6 September 2018
The new programme is named after after cultural activist and Journalist Naseem Khan
Madani Younis appointed Creative Director of the Southbank Centre
6 September 2018
Younis steps down from the Bush Theatre in January 2019
FTPS announce casting for 2018 festival
6 September 2018
The festival will present seven new musicals at Southwark Playhouse
God of Carnage / all star cast
5 September 2018
Elizabeth McGovern, Amanda Abbington, Ralf Little and Nigel Lindsay star in God of Carnage
An Adventure in pictures
5 September 2018
Vinay Patel’s An Adventure previews from 6 September at the Bush Theatre
Anita Dobson and Craig Revel Horwood to headline Annie tour
4 September 2018
The tour opens at Manchester Opera House on 2 February 2019
Almeida Theatre / The Wild Duck cast announced
4 September 2018
Robert Icke stages a new version of Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece
Regional Theatre / New staging of The Colour Purple
4 September 2018
Leicester’s Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome to co-produce The Colour Purple in 2019
Jason Donovan to produce Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
3 September 2018
The former Neighbours star is to Produce his first show
Denise Van Outen to join West End cast of Chicago
1 September 2018
Denise Van Outen will play the role of Velma Kelly
Old Vic Theatre | Emma Rice’s Wise Children announces full casting
30 August 2018
Wise Children launches Rice’s new theatre company
Alexandra Burke to star in The Bodyguard tour
30 August 2018
The tour opens in Glasgow on 3 December 2018
Wilton’s Music Hall | cast announced for jazz inspired Twelfth Night
30 August 2018
The Watermill Ensemble’s revival opens at Wilton’s Music Hall 12 September
Mamma Mia! The Party to open at The O2
30 August 2018
The live entertainment show will open in Spring 2019
Martin McDonagh’s A Very Very Very Dark Matter confirm cast for London premiere
30 August 2018
Acadedmy Award-winner Jim Broadbent leads the cast as Hans Christian Anderson
Don Quixote | full West End cast confirmed
30 August 2018
Shameless’ David Threlfall and Rufus Hound to lead West End cast
Strictly Ballroom to close in West End
29 August 2018
The musical comedy will play its final performance on 27 October 2018 at the Piccadilly Theatre.
Game of Thrones, Poldark, The Crown – get your fix of famous faces live on stage in 2018
28 August 2018
Over 40 stars on stage in London this year
Waitress | Who will play Jenna in the West End?
22 August 2018
Fantasy casting for the West End premiere of Waitress at the Adelphi Theatre, London.
Waitress to open at Adelphi Theatre in February 2019
21 August 2018
Waitress has a score by six-time Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles
The Inheritance – full West End cast confirmed
20 August 2018
Vanessa Redgrave to reprise her role in The Inheritance
West End production of The Importance of Being Earnest to get live broadcast
17 August 2018
The production stars Sophie Thompson
Bat Out of Hell announce replacement Strat following Andrew Polec’s shock exit
17 August 2018
Jordan Luke Gage to lead the West End musical
Sally Field and Bill Pullman to star in All My Sons revival at the Old Vic
17 August 2018
Arthur Miller’s iconic play will run in Spring 2019 at the Old Vic
Motown The Musical to shutter in West End
16 August 2018
The musical will have played over 1330 performances when it concludes its 3 year run at the Shaftesbury Theatre
Andrew Polec to exit musical Bat Out of Hell
14 August 2018
Bat Out of Hell’s lead actor to exit West End musical early
Adrian Lester, Jason Manford & Meow Meow cast in Guys and Dolls
14 August 2018
The production will play a limited season at the Royal Albert Hall
Lee Evans and Meera Syal board the Pinter at the Pinter season
14 August 2018
The Pinter Season commemorates the 10th anniversary of Pinter’s death
Little Shop of Horrors in pictures
11 August 2018
The horror rock comedy musical is playing at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Wicked celebrates 5000th performance at Apollo Victoria Theatre
10 August 2018
Alice Fearn and Sophie Evans lead the cast as Elphaba and Glinda
Downton Abbey’s Phyllis Logan in Switzerland
6 August 2018
Logan plays crime writer Patricia Highsmith
Poldark’s Elizabeth boards dystopian thriller Foxfinder
2 August 2018
Heida Reed cast in West End premiere of stage play Foxfinder
EastEnders Tameka Empson cast in Hackney Empire’s Christmas Pantomime
2 August 2018
The 20th-anniversary production of Aladdin is directed by Susie McKenna
Royal & Derngate | New stage adaptation of Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones
31 July 2018
Broadchurch’s Charlotte Beaumont to lead stage adaptation of The Lovely Bones
Talawa Theatre Company to stage immersive rave theatre show
30 July 2018
The show runs from 29 August at Hackney Showroom, London
Harry Potter and The Cursed Child announces new booking period
30 July 2018
The London production will release new tickets on 18 September 2018
Eugenius! West End cast confirmed
27 July 2018
West End stars join the cast of new musical Eugenius!
Donmar Warehouse | Measure for Measure cast announced
27 July 2018
Marvel’s Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden lead the cast
Simon & Garfunkel show to play West End
27 July 2018
The concert style show will play 8 performances at the Vaudeville Theatre
Downton Abbey’s Brendan Coyle to star in St Nicholas at the Donmar
24 July 2018
Conor McPherson’s one-man play opens at Donmar Warehouse’s Studio Space in September
Alexandra Burke to play Roxie Hart in Chicago
24 July 2018
Alexandra joins Martin Kemp & Mazz Murray from August
Ian McKellen storms into the West End as King Lear
24 July 2018
First look at Ian McKellen in King Lear
Little Shop of Horrors musical: first look inside rehearsals
20 July 2018
Marc Antolin and Death in Paradise’s Jemima Rooper play Seymour and Audrey
Everbody’s Talking About Jamie cast changes
13 July 2018
Rebecca McKinnis and Lee Ross join the cast
New West End cast announced for School of Rock
13 July 2018
School’s almost out for Year 2 Class at the Gillian Lynne Theatre
Katherine Parkinson in Home, I’m Darling
6 July 2018
The IT Crowd & Humans actress stuns in this unsettling new comedy
X-Factor’s Matt Cardle joins Strictly Ballroom The Musical
6 July 2018
Matt Cardle joins the cast from 31 July 2018
Game of Thrones’ Iwan Rheon to star in Foxfinder
5 July 2018
Dawn King’s award-winning thriller will open at The Ambassadors Theatre
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to open in Germany in 2020
5 July 2018
Cursed Child to open at the The Mehr! Theater am Großmarkt, Hamburg
![[L-R] T'Shan Williams, Jodie Steele, Sophie Isaacs and Carrie Hope Fletcher in Heathers The Musical](https://www.westendtheatre.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/heathers-the-musical-01.jpg)
Heathers The Musical announces West End transfer
5 July 2018
Heathers The Musical to run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Jonathan Lewis to direct Our Boys
4 July 2018
Lewis directs an updated version of the critically acclaimed play
Wilton’s Music Hall announce 2018 Autumn season
4 July 2018
The season includes ENO, James Graham’s Sketching and The Box of Delights
Jane Austen’s Persuasion to tour UK
3 July 2018
The tour opens at Theatre Royal Winchester on 10 September
EastEnders John Partridge leads cast of The Case Of The Frightened Lady
2 July 2018
The UK tour of the spine-chilling murder mystery
Steven Atkinson to step down as artistic director of HighTide
2 July 2018
HighTide will present shows at Edinburgh, Aldeburgh and Walthamstow Festivals
David Walliams’ Awful Auntie to re-open Bloomsbury Theatre this Christmas
29 June 2018
The Bloomsbury Theatre to re-open after three-and-a-half year renovation
Follies 2019 | Janie Dee to reprise role in NT revival
28 June 2018
Lead casting announced for Follies 2019
Mazz Murray to play Chicago’s Mama Morton in the West End
26 June 2018
Mazz Murray joins Martin Kemp in Chicago
Game Of Thrones’ Kit Harington to star in True West on stage
15 June 2018
Tickets on sale for the West End Premiere of Sam Shepard’s True West
Broadway To London: 12 musicals we want to see transfer in 2019
13 June 2018
Broadway show we want to see transfer to London’s West End in 2019
Kinky Boots to close in the West End
12 June 2018
The award winning show has music by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein.
Mark Rylance and Sheila Atim cast in Othello at Shakespeare’s Globe
4 June 2018
Claire van Kampen’s production of Othello opens in July
X Factor winner Matt Terry to lead cast in Madagascar – The Musical
4 June 2018
The UK tour opens in Wimbledon this July
Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike Live show heads to London
4 June 2018
The erotic dance show opens at the London Hippodrome Casino
Keith Jack, Mica Paris and Jorgie Porter to lead UK Tour of Fame – The Musical
31 May 2018
Casting and dates announced for Fame – The Musical
Les Dennis & Blake Harrison to star in End Of The Pier
31 May 2018
Black comedy End Of The Pier plays the Park Theatre from 11 July 2018.
Hamilton announces new booking period into 2019
31 May 2018
Hamilton is the ultimate must-see-show of 2018
Caroline O’Conner and Gemma Sutton celebrate opening night of The Rink
30 May 2018
Guests included actors George Sampson, Bonnie Langford and John Partridge
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie to be turned into major new film
29 May 2018
West End hit musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie will be adapted into a major new film by Sheffield based production company Warp Films. Inspired by the BBC documentary Jamie: Drag Queen at 16 – the story of a 16 year old boy wanting to attend his school prom in a dress, the hit musical was given life when musical theatre star, Michael Ball, introduced theatre director Jonathan Butterell to British singer-song writer of the Feeling Dan Gillespie Sells and screen writer Tom MacRae. The trio will team up again for the film with MacRae in the writing seat, Butterell directing
Matthew Horne and Ed Spellers to star in Rain Main
25 May 2018
Rain Main will tour the UK from August 2018
Matilda The Musical moves to 7pm weekday start time
22 May 2018
The West End production will start earlier in the evening following audience feedback.
Gloria Estefan musical On Your Feet headed to the West End.
18 May 2018
On Your Feet opens at the London Coliseum in 2019
James Graham announces new play Sketching
17 May 2018
Sketching is a multi-authored play inspired by Dickens
Les Miserables announce major West End cast changes.
9 May 2018
Dean Chisnall to play Jean Valjean with Wicked’s Bradley Jaden to play Javert
Disney’s Alladin announce West End cast changes.
9 May 2018
Matthew Croke, Jade Ewen and Trevor Dion Nichols sign up for another year
Anthony Horowitz’s Mindgame gets West End revival
8 May 2018
The psychological thriller will run at The Ambassadors Theatre.
2018 Tony Award Nominations – round up
1 May 2018
Mean Girls picks up 12 nods with a strong showing for UK theatre at the 2018 Tony Award nominations
Casting announced for English National Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty
30 April 2018
MacMillan’s magical production is revived in June 2018
West End musical Bat Out Of Hell partners with Prince Harry’s Invictus Games
30 April 2018
Jim Steinman’s new West End musical Bat Out of Hell has announced a wide-ranging partnership to support the Invictus Games Foundation. The Foundation, whose Patron is Prince Harry, is the governing body of the Invictus Games, the global sports event for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and woman, both serving and veterans. The year-long sponsorship will see the West End musical provide an initial financial contribution to the foundation, hold an exclusive charity gala performances of the show for Invictus Games competitiors, and make available hundreds of tickets for veterans and their families to experience the show. Addittionaly, there will
Small Faces musical All Or Nothing to close early in West End
30 April 2018
The Mod musical is currently playing at The Ambassadors Theatre
Orlando Bloom in rehearsal for Killer Joe
30 April 2018
Look inside the rehearsal room of Killer Joe
Jemima Rooper boards Little Shop of Horrors
27 April 2018
Casting announced for Little Shop of Horrors at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Dawn French to star in Snow White at the London Palladium
27 April 2018
Julian Clary, Paul Zerdin and Nigel Havers return for the annual Christmas show
Notre Dame de Paris musical to play London Coliseum
27 April 2018
The production will play 7 performances only from 23 January 2019
First look at Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom
26 April 2018
Will Young, Jonny Labey and Zizi Strallen lead the cast
First Look at Michael Ball & Alexandra Burke in Chess
26 April 2018
The highly anticipated musical opens tonight at the London Coliseum
Sandra Dickinson and Jonathan Chambers to star in The Unbuilt City
23 April 2018
Keith Bunin’s play is directed by Glen Walford