First Look: Imelda Staunton in rehearsal for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
13 January 2017
First week of rehearsals for the new West End production of Edward Albee’s masterpiece
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In Pictures: Cinderella opening night at London Palladium
15 December 2016
Pantomime returns to the London Palladium with a bang.
In Pictures: Dreamgirls starring Amber Riley
14 December 2016
Now playing at London’s Savoy Theatre.
First Look: Wild Honey at Hampstead Theatre
9 December 2016
Geoffrey Streatfeild stars as Platonov in Michael Frayn’s comedy of errors.
In rehearsal: Gemma Arterton in Saint Joan
1 December 2016
First look at Gemma Arterton and Company in rehearsal for Saint Joan at the Donmar Warehouse.
First Look: School of Rock – The Musical
21 November 2016
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit new musical has now opened
In Pictures: The Boys In The Band
18 November 2016
The Park Theatre’s sell-out production of The Boys In The Band starring Mark Gatiss Olivier Award winner Mark Gatiss leads the cast of The Boys In The Band alongside his husband Ian Hallard. Also featuring is West End musical theatre star Daniel Boys, Jack Derges, recently seen as the mysterious ‘Andy Flynn’ in EastEnders, Miranda star James Holmes, Midsomer Murders’ John Hopkins, Greg Lockett, Primeval’s Ben Mansfield, and Undercover’s Nathan Nolan. Directed by Adam Penford (One Man Two Guvnors’), Mart Crowley’s ground-breaking play premiered just before the Stonewall riots in 1968 and changed the landscape of gay theatre. This witty,
First Look: 20th Anniversary production of Rent
17 November 2016
Images have been released of the 20th Anniversary production of Rent at the St James Theatre. Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize winning musical stars X Factor finalist Lucie Jones, Layton Williams (Billy in Billy Elliot and original Young Michael Jackson in Thriller Live in the West End), Ross Hunter (We Will Rock You, The Book of Mormon, Billy Cullum (Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Philippa Stefani (In The Heights, Wicked) Ryan O’Gorman (Les Miserables, Billy Elliot) and Javar La’trail Parker (Showboat). RENT is directed by Bruce Guthrie with Choreography by Lee Proud, Set Design by Olivier Award-winner Anna Fleischle and
First Look: Cabaret sensation La Soirée
17 November 2016
Now at the Spiegeltent in Leicester Square.
Photos: First Look at the West End production of Lazarus
1 November 2016
David Bowie’s musical stars Michael C Hall
Photos: Shopping and Fucking at Lyric Hammersmith
12 October 2016
First look at Mark Ravenhill’s rarely staged play
Photos: Ragtime at the Charing Cross Theatre
11 October 2016
The Tony Award-winning musical opens next week.
Photos: One Night in Miami… Donmar Warehouse
11 October 2016
Kwame Kwei-Armah’s production opens tonight
In rehearsal: Rent the musical
5 October 2016
The 20th Anniversary production at the St James Theatre.
In rehearsal: Tony Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism
30 September 2016
Tamsin Greig stars in the UK premiere of Kushner’s new play
In rehearsal: One Night in Miami… at Donmar Warehouse
27 September 2016
The opening play in the Donmar’s 2016 Autumn Season
WATCH: First video released from hit musical Ragtime
20 September 2016
Anita Louise Combe sings Back To Before
Kara Tointon discusses suspense thriller Gaslight
17 September 2016
The UK Tour opens in Birmingham in January 2017
Gary Barlow and Tim Firth talk about THE GIRLS – their new musical comedy
16 September 2016
Gary Barlow and Tim Firth talk about their new musical comedy The Girls which opens at the Phoenix Theatre in January 2017. Based on the true story, film and stage play of Calendar Girls, this new musical comedy features original music by Gary Barlow and lyrics by Tim Firth, who wrote the original screenplay and West End play. Click here to book tickets The cast includes Claire Moore, Joanna Riding, Sophie-Louise Dann, Michele Dotrice, Debbie Chazen, Claire Machin, Joe Caffrey, Jeremy Clyde, John Davitt, James Gaddas, Soo Drouet, Jenny Gayner and Shirley Jameson. THE GIRLS runs from 28 January 2017 at
Video: They’re In The Band – School of Rock The Musical
16 September 2016
Watch Episode 1 – Smells Like Tween Spirit: They’re In the Band – The Launch event
In Pictures: Dominic Cooper in The Libertine
9 September 2016
Cooper returns to the stage in this sexually charged Restoration piece
First Look: Kenneth Branagh in The Entertainer
1 September 2016
Production images of Kenneth Branagh and the cast of The Entertainer
In Pictures: Anita Dobson in Wicked
31 August 2016
The 10th anniversary cast of West End musical Wicked.
In rehearsal: Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy
24 August 2016
Harriet Walter leads Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female company
In rehearsal: see the new cast of Kinky Boots
15 August 2016
The new cast take over the Adelphi Theatre from 15 August 2016
In rehearsal: Dominic Cooper in The Libertine
14 August 2016
Stephen Jeffreys’ sexually charged masterpiece plays the Theatre Royal Haymarket from September
No Man’s Land starring Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen
9 August 2016
First look at the highly anticipated No Man’s Land
In rehearsal: Labyrinth at Hampstead Theatre
6 August 2016
First look in the rehearsal room – Labyrinth at Hampstead
In pictures: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child gala performance
1 August 2016
JK Rowling attends the gala performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Photos: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
30 July 2016
Photos have been released of the acclaimed production.
First look: Groundhog Day the musical
22 July 2016
Production images of new musical Groundhog Day have been released ahead of its opening next month at the Old Vic. Early reports suggest the show will be a great success for director Matthew Warchus and the creative team composed of Tim Minchin, Peter Darling, Danny Rubin and Rob Howell. Based on the hit 1993 film starring Billy Murray, Groundhog Day is the story of a cynical TV weatherman who is sent to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in an isolated small town of America. When he suddenly finds himself caught in a time loop, he’s forced to repeat the same day
Flash Photos: Jesus Christ Superstar
21 July 2016
First look at the Open Air Theatre’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar
First look at Beverley Knight in The Bodyguard
20 July 2016
Knight returns to the West End for 6 months only
Gary Barlow launches BBC talent show for Take That musical
22 June 2016
The BBC One show will be hosted by Mel Giedroyc and Graham Norton.
Behind the scenes at The Libertine photoshoot
15 June 2016
Watch this teaser video of Dominic Cooper at The Libertine phototshoot
Watch Hamilton’s Tony Awards ode to James Corden
13 June 2016
Hamilton kicked of the show with a parody of Corden’s journey from live theatre to the Tony’s
In Pictures: Aladdin revealed
10 June 2016
See Jade Ewan and Dean John-Wilson in Disney’s new musical Aladdin
Behind the scenes of the Harry Potter And The Cursed Child photo shoot
3 June 2016
VIDEO: See behind the scenes of the Harry Potter And The Cursed Child play character photo shoot
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Meet the Malfoys
2 June 2016
First Look at Draco and Scorpius Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
First Look: Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and Rose Granger-Weasley
1 June 2016
The actress playing Rose Granger-Weasley has been announced
Thom Southerland and Cressida Carré talk Titanic
1 June 2016
Director Thom Southerland and choreographer Cressida Carré talk about the hotly anticipated revival of TITANIC
First Look: Harry, Ginny and Albus in Harry Potter play
31 May 2016
First Look at cast playing Albus, Ginny and Harry in Harry Potter play
In pictures: Running Wild at Open Air Theatre
18 May 2016
Running Wild is beautiful story of love, loss, loyalty and of living for the moment,
Rehearsal images of Disney’s Aladdin
18 May 2016
Disney release rehearsal images of Aladdin ahead of its opening next month.
Watch Now: NZ rugby player now starring in Disney’s The Lion King
17 May 2016
From the NZ rugby pitch to the stage of the Lyceum, meet the new star of Disney’s The Lion King
In Pictures: Lawrence After Arabia
6 May 2016
Howard Brenton’s new play stars Jack Laskey as T.E.Lawrence
Jekyll & Hyde in rehearsal
5 May 2016
Drew McOnie’s Jekyll & Hyde release rehearsal images ahead of the opening later this month
Doctor Faustus Opening Night Party
26 April 2016
Stars come out for Kit Harington in Faustus opening night
Kit Harington in Doctor Faustus
26 April 2016
Check out Kit Harington and the cast of Jamie Lloyds Doctor Faustus
In pictures: Romeo and Juliet rehearsal
22 April 2016
Shakespeare’s heartbreaking tale of forbidden love stars Lily James and Richard Madden
First Look: Running Wild in rehearsal
21 April 2016
Rehearsals are well underway for Running Wild at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
First Look: Show Boat at the New London Theatre
15 April 2016
Daniel Evan’s acclaimed production of Show Boat sails into the West End
Sheridan Smith in Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre
14 April 2016
Take a look at Sheridan Smith and the cast of Funny Girl as they transfer into the West End.
Elton John attends final West End performance of Billy Elliot
10 April 2016
32 past and present Billy Elliots attended the final performance
Timothy Spall, Daniel Mays and George MacKay in The Caretaker
6 April 2016
First look at Timothy Spall, Daniel Mays and George MacKay in The Caretaker
Alan Ayckbourn’s hit comedy How The Other Half Loves
6 April 2016
Images have been released of Alan Ayckbourn’s hit comedy How the Other Half Loves
In Pictures: First Night of Sunset Boulevard
6 April 2016
First night photos of Glenn Close and the cast of Sunset Boulevard
First Look: Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard
1 April 2016
Glenn Close makes her West End debut as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard
Paapa Essiedu stars as Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Company
31 March 2016
Paapa Essiedu stars as the first black Hamlet in the RSC’s 55 year history.
Harvey Keitel attends opening night of People, Places & Things
24 March 2016
All star audience for the opening night of People, Places & Things
In rehearsal: The Suicide starring Javone Prince
23 March 2016
Ahead of its opening next month, the National Theatre have released rehearsal images of satirical play The Suicide.
In Pictures: People, Places & Things
23 March 2016
First look at the West End transfer of People, Places & Things
First Look: Richard Fleeshman as Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls
22 March 2016
The UK tour of Guys and Dolls starring Richard Fleeshman
First Look Florain Zeller’s new play The Truth
22 March 2016
Tanya Franks, Alexander Hanson, Frances O’Connor and Robert Portal star in The Truth
In Pictures: The Painkiller starring Rob Brydon & Kenneth Branagh
21 March 2016
Doors are slammed and trousers dropped in this bawdy hitman caper
George MacKay, Daniel Mays and Timothy Spall rehearse The Caretaker
15 March 2016
Rehearsal images from The Caretaker at The Old Vic
Smokey Robinson & Mary Wilson among guests at Motown first night
9 March 2016
Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson and Mary Wilson were among many celebrities at the opening night of the West End production of Motown The Musical.
In rehearsal – Reasons To Be Happy at Hampstead Theatre
2 March 2016
Warren Brown, Lauren O’Neil, Robyn Addison and Tom Burke rehearse Neil LaBute’s romantic comedy
Kit Harington & Elizabeth McGovern among guests at The Maids first night
1 March 2016
Jamie Lloyd’s production has opened at Trafalgar Studios.
First Look: Welcome Home, Captain Fox! at the Donmar Warehouse.
24 February 2016
First look at production images of Welcome Home, Captain Fox! at the Donmar Warehouse. Production images have been released of Welcome Home, Captain Fox!, Anthony Weigh’s new version of Jean Anouilh’s hit 1937 comedy Le Voyageur Sans Bagage, now playing at The Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Blanche McIntyre, the cast of Welcome Home, Captain Fox! includes Michelle Asante, Barnaby Kay, Rory Keenan, Katherine Kingsley, Trevor Laird, Sian Thomas, Danny Webb, Fenella Woolgar, and Daniel York. Welcome Home, Captain Fox! is a sparkling comedy of identity, lost and found. It’s the legendary hot summer of 1959 and while the Cold War
In pictures: Beautiful celebrates 1st birthday in the West End
24 February 2016
Stars come out for Beautful’s birthday gala
Video: Watch Hamilton cast perform at the 2016 Grammy’s
18 February 2016
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical took home the Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album last night
Video: Roger Allam as King Lear: ‘Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks’
17 February 2016
Shakespeare Solos – Roger Allam playing King Lear in Shakespeare’s tragedy.
Video: Ayesha Dharker as Shakespeare’s Titania: ‘The forgeries of jealousy’
17 February 2016
Shakespeare Solo’s – Ayesha Dharker playing Titania, the queen of the fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Video: Joanna Vanderham as Juliet: ‘The mask of night is on my face’
17 February 2016
Shakespeare Solo’s – Joanna Vanderham marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – speaking Juliet’s monologue from the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet.
Video: Eileen Atkins as Emilia in Othello: ‘If wives do fall’
17 February 2016
Shakespeare Solos – Eileen Atkins marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – speaking the lines from Othello ‘If wives do fall’
Video: David Morrissey as Richard III: ‘Now is the winter of our discontent’
16 February 2016
Shakespeare Solos – David Morrissey marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – speaking the opening lines from Richard III: ‘Now is the winter of our discontent’
VIDEO: Adrian Lester as Hamlet: ‘To be or not to be’
16 February 2016
Shakespeare Solos – Adrian Lester marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – speaking Hamlet’s soliloquy ‘To be or not to be’
Production photos of the UK premiere of Rabbit Hole
3 February 2016
Rabbit Hole stars Claire Skinner, Tom Goodman-Hill and Penny Downie.
FRIENDS star Matthew Perry and cast rehearse The End of Longing.
1 February 2016
FRIENDS star Matthew Perry in rehearsal for London play
First Look: Ralph Fiennes in The Master Builder
1 February 2016
Ralph Fiennes stars as Halvard Solness in Henrik Ibsen’s late masterpiece The Master Builder
First look at the 2016 National Tour of Flare Path.
1 February 2016
The National Tour of Terence Rattigan’s Flare Path starring Graham Seed
Rehearsal photos of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
29 January 2016
Rehearsals for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang UK tour underway
First Look: Gemma Arterton in Nell Gwynn rehearsals
26 January 2016
Gemma Arterton stars as cheeky, charming Nell Gwynn
First Look: Rehearsal images of Red Velvet starring Adrian Lester
21 January 2016
Adrian Lester and cast rehearse Red Velvet
First Look: Claire Skinner in Rabbit Hole
13 January 2016
First look at rehearsal images of Hampstead Theatre’s production of Rabbit Hole.
First Look: Sheila Hancock and Jenna Russell in Grey Gardens
4 January 2016
Sheila Hancock and Jenna Russell in Grey Gardens
Photos: Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ at the Donmar Warehouse
20 December 2015
Production images of the Donmar’s critically acclaimed Les Liaisons Dangereuses’
First Look: The Lorax at the Old Vic
18 December 2015
First look at The Lorax at the Old Vic Theatre
First Look: Jamie Lloyd’s The Homecoming
24 November 2015
First Look at Jamie Lloyd’s revival of Pinter’s intense family drama – The Homecoming
First look at Jonathan Munby’s Wendy and Peter Pan at the RSC
19 November 2015
Jonathan Munby’s Wendy and Peter Pan returns to the RSC
First Look: Clive Rowe in panto rehearsal
19 November 2015
Hackney Empire release rehearsal images of 2015 pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk
First Look: Jim Broadbent in rehearsal for A Christmas Carol
13 November 2015
Jim Broadbent and cast rehearse for A Christmas Carol
Photos: Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh in The Winter’s Tale
10 November 2015
First Look: Judi Dench and the cast of The Winter’s Tale
First Look at Beverley Knight in CATS
28 October 2015
Production photos of Beverley Knight and the cast of CATS
Production photos: The Hairy Ape starring Bertie Carvel
21 October 2015
The Hairy Ape – a thought provoking, iconic piece of American drama
Rehearsal images of Kenneth Branagh’s Harlequinade
20 October 2015
Kenneth Branagh, Zoe Wanamaker and cast rehearse Harlequinade
First Look: La Soirée returns to the Spiegeltent
19 October 2015
La Soiree returns to the Spiegeltent
Production photos: La Bohème at the London Colisuem
16 October 2015
La Bohème at the London Colisuem
First Look at Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty
6 October 2015
First Look at Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty
First look at Claire Skinner in The Father
1 October 2015
Kenneth Cranham and Claire Skinner star in The Father
Photos: Nell Gwynn at Shakespeare’s Globe
30 September 2015
Production photo’s of Nell Gwynne at Shakespeare’s Globe
Photos: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the London Coliseum
28 September 2015
See pictures of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the London Coliseum
First Look at the new cast of Sunny Afternoon
14 September 2015
First look at the hot new cast of Sunny Afternoon
First Look: Judi Dench and the Kenneth Branagh season
11 September 2015
The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company announces live cinema broadcast with a sneak peek at what is to come
Take a peek at Briefs at the Spiegeltent
23 August 2015
Photos: Take a Brief peek at the wonderful boys from down-under – Briefs Wonderground at the Spiegeltent
First Look: Rehearsal photos of Terrence Rattigan’s UK Tour of Flare Path
13 August 2015
The UK tour of Terence Rattigan’s Flare Path release rehearsal photos as the full cast is announced.
Photos: Benedict Cumberbatch in Hamlet at the Barbican
10 August 2015
First look at Benedict Cumberbatch in Hamlet at the Barbican theatre
Photos: Three Little Pigs at the Palace theatre
10 August 2015
Production photos of Simon Webbe and the cast of hit new kids musical The Three Little Pigs at the Palace theatre
Photos: Three Days in the Country at the National Theatre
10 August 2015
Official production images of Three Days in the Country at the National Theatre.
Photos: The Heresy of Love at Shakespeares Globe
8 August 2015
Photos of Helen Edmundson’s critically-acclaimed play The Heresy of Love at Shakespeares Globe
Photos: Impossible London’s new death-defying magic show
29 July 2015
Photos: Impossible London’s new death-defying magic show
Photos: The cast of McQueen begin rehearsal for West End transfer
29 July 2015
Photos of Stephen Wight and the McQueen cast as they rehearse for its West End transfer.
Photos: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at the Regents Park Open Air theatre
28 July 2015
Photos: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at the Regents Park Open Air theatre
Photos: Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man
28 July 2015
Take a look at Matthew Bourne’s internationally acclaimed dance thriller The Car Man
Photos: Kinky Boots rehearsal
27 July 2015
With only 4 weeks to go, we’re counting down with a little look at the Broadway hit show Kinky Boots.
Rehearsal pictures of Benedict Cumberbatch and the cast of Hamlet
14 July 2015
Rehearsal pictures of Benedict Cumberbatch and the cast of Hamlet
Rehearsal photos of Ben Whishaw and the cast of Bakkhai
13 July 2015
Rehearsal pictures of Ben Whishaw and the cast of Bakkhai at the Almeida theatre
Photos: Measure for Measure at Shakespeare’s Globe
13 July 2015
Production photos of Measure for Measure at Shakespeare’s Globe
Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella at the London Coliseum
13 July 2015
Photos of Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella at the London Coliseum
Photos: Stephen Merchant and Steffan Rhodri in The Mentalists
6 July 2015
First look at Stephen Merchant and Steffan Rhodri in The Mentalists at the Wyndhams’ theatre.
Photos: To Kill A Mockingbird at the Barbican Theatre
6 July 2015
Production photos of Robert Sean Leonard and the cast of To Kill A Mockingbird at the Barbican Theatre
Photos: The Seagull at the Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
25 June 2015
First look at Janie Dee in The Seagull at the Regent’s Park Open Air theatre
Photos: Bend it Like Beckham at the Phoenix theatre
24 June 2015
New production images of London’s newest musical Bend it Like Beckham at the Phoenix theatre
Photos: Cast change for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
23 June 2015
First Look at the new cast of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the Gielgud theatre
Quick Look: Pixie Lott Puttin’ On The Ritz at the New Wimbledon theatre
27 May 2015
Quick Look: Pixie Lott Puttin’ On The Ritz at the New Wimbledon theatre