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Bat Out of Hell The Musical

BAT OUT OF HELL: THE MUSICAL makes a triumphant return to the UK in 2025
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The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Direct from London’s West End, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Fiddler on the Roof

One of the greatest musicals of all time

Cirque: The Greatest Show – Reimagined

Cirque-The Greatest Show has been Reimagined and is back for 2025— bigger, bolder, and more electrifying than ever!

The Bon Jovi Experience

Get ready to rock your way through an unforgettable journey with the only show to...
Peter Kay Tour

Peter Kay Tour

Peter Kay Announces Return to Stand-up with First Live Tour in Twelve Years.
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Do I Love You?

After its 2024 sell-out tour, ‘Do I Love You?’ returns.

Greg Hicks announced for solo show The Dream of a Ridiculous Man at...

- 20 Apr 2024

‍If there was one man in the whole world who knew how ridiculous I was - it was me.

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Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon stars Shelley Conn, Philip Glenister and Isabella Pappas

- 31 Mar 2024

Bridgerton’s Charithra Chandran makes her West End debut in this rollercoaster ride through youth,

Strictly Come Dancing Champion Ellie Leach to star in Cluedo 2 UK Tour

- 31 Mar 2024

Strictly Come Dancing Champion Ellie Leach to star in Cluedo 2 UK Tour
The Crucible Sheffield Theatre

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Sheffield Theatres: Cast and creative for Arthur Miller’s enduring masterpiece The Crucible

- 30 Mar 2024

Fear and hysteria grip a feuding community as a battle between innocence and guilt exposes the very darkest corners of human nature.

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Tom Holland stars in Romeo and Juliet. Tickets on sale today.

- 31 Mar 2024

Tom Holland is Romeo in Jamie Lloyd’s pulsating new vision of Shakespeare’s immortal tale of wordsmiths, rhymers, lovers and fighters.

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The Devil Wears Prada The Musical

A new musical based on the blockbuster film and bestselling novel

Dominion Theatre London

24 Oct 2024 - 18 Oct 2025

A new musical based on the blockbuster film and bestselling novel

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The Bill Cashmore Award 2024 winner – Haemosporidian

- 28 Mar 2024

A traditional play about untraditional people, Haemosporidian is a darkly comedic depiction of the realities of gentrification.
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New: West End premiere of John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers The Play

- 31 Mar 2024

Featuring your favourite scenes from the sitcom’s unforgettable twelve episodes, this really is the stage comedy event of the year!

Jesus Christ Superstar tours the UK

- 31 Mar 2024

The Olivier Award-winning reimagined production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s celebrated musical Jesus Christ Superstar

The Time Machine a vibrant new comedy (very) loosely inspired by HG Wells’ genre-defining...

- 9 Mar 2024

Taking inspiration from H.G Wells’s genre-defining novel of the same name, this anarchic comedy received five stars from the Independent.
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The Chicago Blues Brothers – The Cruisin’ For A Bluesin Tour

Join the amazing CBB Band for a hand clapping, foot-stomping, hit parade corker of an evening.

Corn Exchange Newbury

5 Jun 2025

Join Jake and Elwood, The Sweet Soul Sisters and the amazing CBB Band for a hand clapping, foot-stomping, hit parade corker of an evening.
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The Chicago Blues Brothers – The Cruisin’ For A Bluesin Tour

Join the amazing CBB Band for a hand clapping, foot-stomping, hit parade corker of an evening.

The Playhouse Theatre, Weston-super-Mare

4 Jun 2025

Join Jake and Elwood, The Sweet Soul Sisters and the amazing CBB Band for a hand clapping, foot-stomping, hit parade corker of an evening.

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Noises Off

One of the greatest British comedies ever written

Eastbourne Theatres

23 Jan 2024 - 27 Jan 2024

One of the greatest British comedies ever written.

Witty and insightful new play Stitches comes to Hope Theatre

- 29 Feb 2024

The teddy bear has always been there for Chloe, ever since he was purchased by her grandmother, adorned with a red bow, and lovingly placed in her crib.

Celebrate forty fierce and fabulous years of Fascinating Aïda

THE LONDON PALLADIUM Sunday 4th, Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th FEBRUARY 2024 Celebrate forty fierce and fabulous years of Fascinating Aïda as they raise the roof of The London Palladium! Britain’s...

Jason Durr and Helen Flanagan to star in brand new comedy mystery CLUEDO 2...

- 31 Dec 2023

Jason Durr and Helen Flanagan to star in brand new comedy mystery CLUEDO 2 - THE NEXT CHAPTER

Ian McKellen plays Falstaff in a new version of Shakespeare’s Henry IV

- 31 Dec 2023

Ian McKellen - 'one of the world's greatest actors' (Times) - plays Falstaff in a new version of Shakespeare’s Henry IV

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Get in, loser, Mean Girls is going to London.

- 31 Dec 2023

Get in, loser, Mean Girls is going to London. Tickets on sale from 1 November.

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Ramin Karimloo and Michelle Visage to star in The Addams Family in Concert

- 31 Dec 2023

The Addams Family, a musical comedy will perform live in concert in the West End for the first time at The London Palladium
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Only Fools and Horses The Musical

Fresh from Peckham

Liverpool Empire

9 Jun 2025 - 21 Jun 2025

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Only Fools and Horses The Musical

Fresh from Peckham

Sheffield City Hall

26 May 2025 - 31 May 2025

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Only Fools and Horses The Musical

Fresh from Peckham

The Theatre Royal Plymouth

19 May 2025 - 24 May 2025

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Hamilton On Tour

HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton

The Theatre Royal Plymouth

30 Jul 2025 - 6 Sep 2025

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s multi award-winning cultural phenomenon Hamilton is touring the UK for the very first time in 2023/2024.
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Hamilton On Tour

HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton

Sunderland Empire

17 Jun 2025 - 26 Jul 2025

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s multi award-winning cultural phenomenon Hamilton is touring the UK for the very first time in 2023/2024.
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Hamilton On Tour

HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton

Liverpool Empire

6 May 2025 - 7 Jun 2025

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s multi award-winning cultural phenomenon Hamilton is touring the UK for the very first time in 2023/2024.
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Hamilton On Tour

HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton

Bradford Theatres

28 Jan 2025 - 15 Mar 2025

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s multi award-winning cultural phenomenon Hamilton is touring the UK for the very first time in 2023/2024.

The hilarious new play starring Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans, Backstairs Billy.

- 26 Jan 2023

Michael Grandage Company presents Marcelo Dos Santos’ new comedy Backstairs Billy which looks at a pivotal moment in the 50 year relationship between the Queen Mother and her loyal servant William “Billy” Tallon.
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2:22 A Ghost Story

An award-winning supernatural thriller

Bradford Theatres

28 May 2024 - 1 Jun 2024

Jenny believes her new home is haunted, but her husband Sam isn't having any of it. They argue with their first dinner guests, old friend Lauren and new partner Ben. Can the dead really walk again?

Another theatrical disaster

- 31 Dec 2023

Mischief return with their riotous spin on a timeless classic, the Olivier award-nominated West End and Broadway smash hit comedy, Peter Pan Goes Wrong.

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Matt Smith stars in Enemy Of The People at the Duke of York’s Theatre.

- 31 Dec 2023

Matt Smith stars in the critically acclaimed An Enemy of the People, Thomas Ostermeier’s bold reimagining of the classic play by Henrik Ibsen.

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Message In A Bottle

Dance theatre choreographed by Kate Prince with the music of Sting

Royal Opera House - London

30 May 2024 - 2 Jun 2024

A Sadler's Wells & Universal Music UK production Message In A Bottle is the spectacular new dance-theatre show from triple-Olivier Award nominee, Kate Prince to the iconic hits of 17-time Grammy Award-winning artist Sting,

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Kenneth Branagh will direct and play the title role in King Lear for 50...

- 21 Oct 2023

Kenneth Branagh will direct and play the title role in King Lear for 50 performances only at Wyndham’s Theatre from 21 October.

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MJ The Musical

He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time.

Prince Edward Theatre London

6 Mar 2024 - 21 Jun 2025

MJ will premiere at London’s Prince Edward Theatre with its original lead actor Myles Frost, who won a Tony Award for his star-making performance.

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Dear England

The smash-hit production of Dear England returns to the National Theatre.

National Theatre – London

10 Mar 2025 - 24 May 2025

The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game?

BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee Rupert Everett will star in John Mortimer’s celebrated autobiographical...

- 14 Oct 2023

BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee Rupert Everett will star in John Mortimer’s celebrated autobiographical play A Voyage Round My Father.

Rumpus Theatre Company are back with a spine-chilling classic based on Charles’ Dickens’ classic...

- 30 Sep 2023

Who is the faceless figure by the tunnel warning the haunted signalman?
Murder in the Dark UK Tour

Tom Chambers & Susie Blake to star in thriller, Murder in the Dark UK...

This thrilling new ghost story by acclaimed writer Torben Betts will thrust you into darkness and have you on the edge of your seats until the final chilling twist.

The Rocky Horror Show celebrates 50 years on stage with special guest narrator Joe...

- 30 Sep 2023

Scottish actor and winner of Strictly Come Dancing Joe McFadden will join the 50th Anniversary tour of the legendary smash hit musical The Rocky Horror Show

Thrown. National Theatre of Scotland – Scottish Tour

Poignant and dynamic, Thrown gets to grips with belonging and identity in Scotland. A unique, unmissable new production.  

Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James to star in searingly funny and passionate new...

- 31 Aug 2023

Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James star in Penelope Skinner’s searingly funny and passionate new play.

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Vanya starring Andrew Scott

- 31 Jul 2023

This Autumn, Andrew Scott will play every role in Simon Stephens’ definitive new version of Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece of love, art, sex and attempted murder.

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Mark Rylance returns to the West End

- 31 Aug 2023

Mark Rylance returns to the West End as one of medicine’s greatest pioneers, maverick Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis

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The Eric Morecambe Centre

The Eric Morecambe Centre (EMC) opened its doors to the Harpenden community in September 2021. The culture and entertainment centre, was constructed on the site...

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Marylebone Theatre

The Marylebone Theatre is London’s newest cross-cultural, performance space. Once known as the Steiner Hall, the theatre has undergone an extensive refurbishment, as a...

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Maureen Lipman returns to the West End

- 18 Jun 2023

28 PERFORMANCES ONLY 23rd May - 18 June ROSE Written by Martin Sherman The Ambassador's Theatre The award-winning, critically acclaimed production of Martin Sherman’s Rose transfers to the Ambassador’s...

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David Tennant to play Macbeth to mark Donmar Warehouse’s 30th birthday

- 30 Jun 2023

David Tennant is to star as Macbeth in the concluding line-up of the Donmar Warehouse’s 2023 season.
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The Award-Winning smash hit play THE FULL MONTY announces tour cast

- 31 May 2023

Everyman Theatre Cheltenham & Buxton Opera House in association with Mark Goucher and David Pugh are delighted to announce that the UK Tour of Simon Beaufoy’s THE FULL MONTY will star Danny Hatchard as Gaz, Jake Quickenden as Guy, Bill Ward as Gerald, Neil Hurst as Dave, Ben Onwukwe as Horse and Nicholas Prasad as Lomper.

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Casting announced for the world premiére of Jack Thorne’s WHEN WINSTON WENT TO...

- 31 May 2023

At a time when the BBC is faced once again with the challenges of impartiality, When Winston Went To War With The Wireless is a gripping new play about the birth of a great British institution
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Hamilton On Tour

HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton

Norwich Theatre Royal

16 Sep 2025 - 25 Oct 2025

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s multi award-winning cultural phenomenon Hamilton is touring the UK for the very first time in 2023/2024.

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Stumped: A game of cricket. Two of the greatest playwrights. And maybe even...

- 31 May 2023

A game of cricket. Two of the greatest playwrights. And maybe even time for some tea.

WORLD PREMIERE OF MURDER IN THE DARK starring TOM CHAMBERS to tour UK...

- 31 May 2023

The award-winning Original Theatre has teamed up with Trafalgar Entertainment for the first time to produce a new Torben Betts thriller, Murder in the...

Bethany Cooper productions and Theatre503 announce the cast for the UK tour of Katie...

Tapped was written as a response to the resurgence of the self-help dialogue, now deeply embedded in today’s online culture, highlighting that positive jargon is ultimately meaningless without real human connection.

Casting announced for the first major revival in 20 years of Neil Labute’s...

Initial casting for the first major revival in 20 years of Neil LaBute’s acclaimed play The Shape of Things

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Three new world premiere shows set to open at New Wimbledon Theatre

- 30 Apr 2023

As part of their 2023 Premieres season this autumn, New Wimbledon Theatre will premiere three new productions in their studio space.

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See The Pillowman starring Lily Allen and Steve Pemberton

- 30 Apr 2023

In a totalitarian state a writer is questioned by the authorities about a spate of murders that bear similarities to her short stories.

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James Norton to bring Hanya Yanagihara’s one million bestseller A Little Life alive on...

- 17 Jun 2023

Dubbed ‘mesmerising’ by the Guardian and ‘emotionally gruelling’ by The Telegraph, A Little Life is bound to leave a mark on you forever.

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SPITTING IMAGE Idiots Assemble – Spitting Image Saves The World: Live on Stage

- 31 Mar 2023

40 years after Spitting Image was first filmed here in Birmingham, the iconic puppets return to the city for this world premiere

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UK Tour of Noel Coward’s BRIEF ENCOUNTER, cast announced.

- 31 Mar 2023

A dazzling adaptation of the greatest love story of all time.

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BAFTA-winning Tom Hollander to star in Patriots at the Noel Coward Theatre

- 31 Mar 2023

With the dawning of a new Russia, there are winners and losers, and today’s patriot can fast become tomorrow’s traitor.

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William Aston Hall Wrexham

William Aston Hall is Wrexham’s largest theatre and concert venue seating up to 880 (1200 standing). Located on the outskirts of Wrexham town centre on...

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Lay all your love on this brand new ABBA comedy: THE WAY OLD FRIENDS...

- 31 Mar 2023

The Way Old Friends Do is a new comedy about devotion, desire and dancing queens.

The Unfriend is coming to the West End for a strictly limited run at...

- 31 Mar 2023

This riotous dark comedy from writer Steven Moffat and director Mark Gatiss.

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The Mill Arts Centre Banbury

Welcome to The Mill Arts Centre, the cultural hub for Banbury and the surrounding area. As the only dedicated arts provision in the area, our...
The Verdict Courtroom Thriller

Courtroom thriller THE VERDICT touring the UK starring Jason Merrells

- 31 Mar 2023

The Verdict is the powerful best-selling courtroom drama that inspired a multi Academy Award-nominated film starring Paul Newman.

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Derry Girls’ Kathy Kiera Clarke announced for Eugene O’Hare’s The Dry House at Marylebone...

- 31 Mar 2023

In the Irish border town of Newry, Chrissy promises her sister Claire that after one final drink she will go to The Dry House to get sober. Does she mean it this time?

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A Streetcar Named Desire starring Paul Mescal announces West End transfer after actor’s Oscar...

- 31 Mar 2023

This award-winning supernatural thriller continues its phenomenal West End run.

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Review: Fake News by Osman Baig at Southwark Playhouse

- 2 Feb 2023

He wanted to break news… but the news almost broke him.
Julius Caesar UK tour

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RSC’s Julius Caesar to tour the UK

- 31 Mar 2023

Julius Caesar. A divisive leader who holds awesome power.

Trailer: Watch the world première stage adaptation of Manjeet Mann’s award-winning novel for young...

- 31 Mar 2023

Amber is trapped – by her family’s rules, by their expectations, by her own fears. But on the running track she is completely free.

Must-see Award-winning, critically acclaimed Age is a Feeling returns to Soho Theatre.

- 28 Feb 2023

Soho Theatre presents AGE IS A FEELING BY HALEY MCGEE Tue 14 Feb – Sat 11 Mar 2023 3.00pm, 7.15pm Following a critically acclaimed autumn run at Soho Theatre...

London Classic Theatre today announces the full cast for their UK tour of Mike...

- 28 Feb 2023

It was 1977, the year of skin-tight polyester, the Queen’s Silver Jubilee and Saturday Night Fever. The Sex Pistols were storming up the charts, skateboarding was the latest craze and Angela Rippon danced with Morecambe & Wise.

Sheridan Smith is Shirley Valentine. Run extended due to enormous demand.

- 28 Feb 2023

Sheridan Smith is Shirley Valentine.

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Soho Place

@sohoplace, the first new-build West End theatre in 50 years is the culmination of a 12 year project, owned by Nica Burns and operated...

Interview: Celebrated playwright Conor McPherson boldly reimagines the legendary songs of Bob Dylan in...

- 31 Jan 2023

The double Olivier and Tony award-winning West End and Broadway smash-hit tours the UK and Ireland for the first time. Celebrated playwright Conor McPherson (The Weir, The...

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James Norton stars in the theatrical event of 2023, the English language premiere of...

A Little Life follows four college friends in New York City: aspiring actor Willem, successful architect Malcolm, struggling artist JB, and prodigious lawyer Jude.

The Beekeeper of Aleppo: Christy Leftieri’s best-selling novel has its world premiere in a...

- 1 Apr 2023

Moving, powerful, compassionate and beautifully written, The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a testament to the triumph of the human spirit.

Aidan Turner and Jenna Coleman are heading your way with Lemons

- 8 Jan 2023

When life gives you lemons..... Jenna Coleman (The Serpent, BBC One; All My Sons, The Old Vic) and Aidan Turner (The Suspect, ITV; The Lieutenant...

Arthur Miller’s ALL MY SONS 2023 tour announced

- 31 Dec 2022

All My Sons is one of the true landmark plays of the 20th Century.

Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle announces UK Tour after a disastrous run...

- 31 Dec 2022

Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer, the multi award-winning team behind the sold-out global smash hit The Play That Goes Wrong and the BBC comedy series The Goes Wrong Show, star in this hilarious new comedy by Mischief.

Global phenomenon Stranger Things star Matthew Modine to play Atticus Finch.

- 31 Dec 2022

Matthew Modine started his acting career starring in epic films such as Birdie and Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket.

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Cast announced for unfinished Schiller masterpiece directed by Tim Supple at bold new London...

- 5 Nov 2022

In 1605 in Moscow, ruthless tsar Boris Gudonov, former chief of Ivan the Terrible’s secret police, rules through fear and oppression. In Poland, a formidable young opponent – Dmitry – appears claiming to be the missing son of Ivan the Terrible and the rightful tsar of Russia.

My Neighbour Totoro Royal Shakespeare Company / Joe Hisaishi

- 31 Oct 2022

The global premiere of Studio Ghibli's My Neighbour Totoro comes to London's Barbican stage this autumn.

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New trailer released for Cabaret, winner of a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards including Best...

- 31 Oct 2022

Winning a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards including Best Musical Revival, this intimate and electrifying new production of CABARET is London's hottest ticket.

Casting announced for JB PRIESTLEY’S classic Thriller AN INSPECTOR CALLS

- 31 Oct 2022

PW Productions are delighted to announce the full cast for the 30th Anniversary UK and Ireland Tour of Stephen Daldry’s seminal production of JB Priestley’s classic thriller AN INSPECTOR CALLS which opens at the New Wimbledon Theatre on Friday 9 September

Interview with Golden Globe-Award winner, Hayley Mills starring in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

- 30 Sep 2022

Based on the Sunday Times bestseller which inspired one of this century’s most treasured films, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel takes us on a journey to India with an eclectic group of British retirees as they embark on a new life.

Casting announced for John Gabriel Borkman in a new version of IBSEN’S classic

- 30 Sep 2022

John Gabriel Borkman, once an illustrious entrepreneur, has been brought low by a prison sentence for fraud. As he paces alone in an upstairs room, bankrupt and disgraced, he is obsessed by dreams of his comeback. Downstairs, his estranged wife plots the restoration of the family name. When her sister arrives unannounced, she triggers a desperate showdown with the past. Ibsen’s most contemporary play, in a new version by Lucinda Coxon, is gripping, penetrating and savagely funny.

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Fionn Whitehead and Boadicea Ricketts cast in Boundless Theatre’s Addictive Beat

- 30 Sep 2022

21st September – Friday 7th October 2022 Dilston Gallery, Southwark Park Galleries, London SE16 2DD  The star cast has been announced for Addictive Beat, the explosive...

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The Book Thief – The world premiere stage adaptation of the best selling novel

- 31 Oct 2022

Ahead of its world premiere at the Octagon Theatre Bolton this autumn, the musical adaptation of The Book Thief announces its cast.

Full casting announced for Oscar Wilde’s THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

- 30 Oct 2022

Oscar Wilde's genius humour meets contemporary culture in a theatrical rollercoaster packed with shade, wit and plenty of gags.

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Wonderville

Wonderville is a new venue in Haymarket just 2 minutes from Piccadilly Circus. The space is dedicated to magic and cabaret. New venue Wonderville in the...

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Review ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tom, Dick & Harry at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme

- 28 Aug 2022

1943. A prisoner of war camp in Nazi occupied Europe. Above ground, is a prison impossible to escape. But below ground, the prisoners spy an opportunity.

RUSH A Joyous Jamaican Journey

- 30 Sep 2022

the story of Reggae music and the Windrush Generation and hear how this music took the world by storm.

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Seven Dials Playhouse is calling for applications for new works to be included in...

- 30 May 2022

Seven Dials Playhouse is calling for applications for new works to be included in its newly announced mini season, running this summer. Four shows will each run for a week at Seven Dials Playhouse this July in this brilliant opportunity for artists, with substantial support available from Seven Dials Playhouse. The deadline for submissions is 10am on Monday 30th May.

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Olivier Award winner Juliet Stevenson “‘delivers one of the peak performances of the theatrical...

- 30 Jun 2022

On an ordinary day, at a private hospital, a young woman fights for her life. A priest arrives to save her soul. Her doctor refuses him entry.

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Wuthering Heights Review – Nottingham Theatre Royal

- 4 Jun 2022

Rescued from the Liverpool docks as a child, Heathcliff is adopted by the Earnshaws and taken to live at Wuthering Heights. He finds a kindred spirit in Catherine Earnshaw and a fierce love ignites. When forced apart, a brutal chain of events is unleashed.

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Full casting announced for the Uk Premiere of Lucas Hnath’s A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART...

- 31 Jul 2022

You Loved Them For A Reason. Now, for the first time, you can see this sensational new musical and relive one of the world’s biggest ever boybands. THE OSMONDS: A New Musical tells the official true story of the five brothers from Utah who were pushed into the spotlight as children and went on to create smash hits decade after decade.

Cast and creatives announced for Til Death Do Us Part at Theatre503

- 30 Jun 2022

After 15 years of marriage, Daniel and Sylvia find themselves drifting further apart with each passing day. Until one morning, they find themselves abruptly united by every parent’s worst nightmare…