News & Reviews

Vault Festival unveils biggest-ever programme for 2019

More than 400 shows have been announced for next year’s Vault Festival in London – more than ever before.

Mark Ludmon

News & Reviews

REVIEW: Striking 12, Union Theatre London ✭✭

Julian Eaves reviews Striking 12 starring Declan Bennett and Bronte Barbe now playing at the Union Theatre, London.

Julian Eaves

News & Reviews

New director at Cheek by Jowl to support touring challenges

Leading UK-based theatre company Cheek by Jowl has strengthened its management team as it faces increasing challenges to international touring.

Mark Ludmon

News & Reviews

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical announces limited run at Other Palace

Olivier Award-Winning Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has just announced a limited season at The Other Palace London where the show will celebrate its 10…

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

REVIEW: A Christmas Carol, Leeds Playhouse ✭✭✭✭

Jonathan Hall reviews Deborah MacAndrew's adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens now playing at Leeds Playhouse.

Jonathan Hall

News & Reviews

REVIEW: Seussical The Musical, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭

Matthew Lunn reviews Seussical the musical now playing at the Southwark Playhouse London.

Matthew Lunn

News & Reviews

REVIEW: Jack and the Beanstalk, Mercury Theatre Colchester ✭✭✭✭✭

Paul T Davies reviews Jack and the Beanstalk, this year's Christmas offering from the Mercury Theatre Colchester.

Paul T Davies

News & Reviews

Avenue Q UK Tour 2019 Book Now!

Selladoor Productions have announced that the Avenue Q UK Tour is back in January 2019 with musical theatre's naughtiest puppets returning to the stage start…

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

Bonnie Langford Joins Cast of Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 The Musical

Bonnie Langford joins the cast of Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 the musical at the Savoy Theatre, London.

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

REVIEW: Magic Mike Live, Hippodrome Casino London ✭✭✭✭

Douglas Mayo reviews Channing Tatum's Magic Mike Live now playing at the Hippodrome Casino in London.

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

REVIEW: The Crumple Zone, King's Head Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Julian Eaves reviews The Crumple Zone by Buddy Thomas now playing at the King's Head Theatre.

Julian Eaves

News & Reviews

Hidden Gershwin gem comes to Upstairs At The Gatehouse

Alces Productions are to present George and Ira Gershwin's Strike Up The Band at Upstairs At The Gatehouse in March 2019.

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

Revolutionary new season revealed at The Bunker Theatre

Mark Ludmon

News & Reviews

REVIEW: Dick Whittington, Lyric Hammersmith ✭✭✭✭

Jennifer Christie reviews Dick Whittington, this year's pantomime offering from the Lyric Hammersmith.

REVIEW: Summer and Smoke, Duke Of York's Theatre ✭✭✭

Julian Eaves reviews the West End transfer of Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams at the Duke Of York's Theatre London.

Julian Eaves

News & Reviews

Matilda UK Tour

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

Plaid Tidings to have UK premiere at Bridge House Theatre

Plaid Tidings - the sequel to the West End hit Forever Plaid will have its UK premiere at London's Bridge House Theatre.

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

REVIEW: The Musical Of Musicals, Above The Stag Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

Julian Eaves reviews The Musical of Musicals by Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell now playing at Above The Stag Theatre in Vauxhall.

Julian Eaves

News & Reviews

REVIEW: How To Catch A Krampus, Pleasance Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Jennifer Christie reviews Sink The Pink's Christmas offering How To Catch A Krampus now playing at the Pleasance Theatre.

REVIEW: Gals Aloud, Christmas In Leicester Square Spiegeltent ✭✭✭✭

Douglas Mayo reviews Gals Aloud at the Leicester Square Spiegeltent as part of Christmas In Leicester Square.

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

New musical Mythic extends run at Charing Cross Theatre to 15 December

New musical Mythic has extended its London premiere season at the Charing Cross Theatre by three weeks to 15 December 2019.

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

Cast Announced for West End transfer of Coming Clean at Trafalgar Studios

Producers have announced the cast for the West End transfer of Kevin Elyot's Coming Clean at Trafalgar Studios in January 2019.

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

Katharine McPhee To Star In Waitress West End

Following her success earlier this year playing the role of Jenna in Waitress on Broadway, producers have announced that Katharine McPhee will make her West …

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

REVIEW: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Bush Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Jennifer Christie reviews All We Ever Wanted Was Everything by James Frewer and Luke Barnes now playing at the Bush Theatre.

Cast announced for immersive clubbing musical Club Mex at Hope Mill

Producers have announced the final casting for the world premiere of Club Mex, a part immersive, part clubbing musical at Hope Mill Theatre Manchester.

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

Nancy Medina to premiere August Wilson play at Royal and Derngate

Royal & Derngate and English Touring Theatre announce that Nancy Medina, recipient of the 2018 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award, will premiere Two Trai…

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

INTERVIEW: Ed MacArthur and Jeremy Legat talk Murder For Two

Full cast announced for Aspects Of Love at Southwark Playhouse

Full casting has been announced for Aria Entertainment and Hope Mill Theatre's production of Aspects Of Love at Southwark Playhouse in January 2019.

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

Cardiff's Sherman Theatre unveils Spring 2019 programme

Three world premieres have been announced as part of Sherman Theatre's last season under artistic director Rachel O'Riordan.

Mark Ludmon

News & Reviews

Two Young J M Barries Take To The Stage In Dumfries

A school drama club set up by J M Barrie helps celebrate the Dumfries legacy of the author or Peter Pan with Moat Brae patron Joanna Lumley attending as spec…

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

REVIEW: Fanatical, Playground Theatre ✭✭✭

Julian Eaves reviews Fanatical, a new musical by Matt Board and Reina Hardy now playing at the Playground Theatre.

Julian Eaves

News & Reviews

Moulin Rouge Announces Broadway Opening At Al Hirschfeld Theatre in 2019

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

Liza Pulman to Sing Streisand at Lyric Theatre London in March-April 2019

Following sell-out runs at London's The Other Palace and Wilton's Music Hall, Liza Pulman Sings Streisand is to play dates at the Lyric Theatre in early 2019.

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

REVIEW: Love-Lies-Bleeding, Print Room at the Coronet ✭✭✭

Jennifer Christie reviews the European premiere of Love-Lies-Bleeding by Don Delillo now playing at the Print Room at the Coronet.

Hampstead Theatre announces first three productions of 2019

Hampstead Theatre have announced the first three productions of 2019 which will include a Pulitzer Prize Winning-drama and two world premieres.

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

The Girl On The Train UK Tour to star Samantha Womack

Samantha Womack is to star in The Girl On The Train UK Tour based on the best-selling novel by Paula Hawkins and Dreamworks film.

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

REVIEW: Hadestown, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Matthew Lunn reviews Hadestown, a new musical by Anais Mitchell now playing at the National Theatre.

Matthew Lunn

News & Reviews

REVIEW: The Simon and Garfunkel Story, Vaudeville Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Douglas Mayo reviews The Simon and Garfunkel Story starring Sam O'Hanlon and Charles Blyth at the Vaudeville Theatre

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

REVIEW: Partition, Leeds Playhouse ✭✭✭✭✭

Jonathan Hall reviews Partition at the Leeds Playhouse.

Jonathan Hall

News & Reviews

Kelsey Grammer To Star In Man Of La Mancha at London Coliseum

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

REVIEW: The Things That We Wouldn't Otherwise Find, Leeds Library ✭✭✭✭✭

Jonathan Hall reviews The Things That We Wouldn't Otherwise Find at Leeds Library.

Jonathan Hall

News & Reviews

Pinter Season culminates with Tom Hiddleston in Betrayal

The critically acclaimed Pinter at the Pinter season will culminate with a limited 12 week run of Tim Hiddleston in Betrayal directed by Jamie Lloyd.

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

REVIEW: The Birth Of Modern Theatre, Routledge Press ✭✭✭✭

Mark Ludmon reviews Norman S Poser's new book, The Birth of Modern Theatre, about David Garrick and his contemporaries and theatre-going in the 18th century

Mark Ludmon

News & Reviews

Doctor Dolittle UK Tour To Star Mark Williams

Music and Lyrics in association with the Churchill Theatre Bromley are to present the Doctor Dolittle UK Tour from November 2018. The Tour will star Mark Wil…

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

Rain Man UK Tour - Book Tickets!

Based on the award-winning hit film of the same name Bill Kenwright presents the Rain Man UK Tour starring Paul Nicholls and Chris Fountain. Book Now.

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

REVIEW: Hear Me Now, Oberon Books ✭✭✭✭

Paul T Davies reviews Hear Me Now - Audition Monologues for Actors of Colour published by Oberon Books.

Paul T Davies

News & Reviews

The Lady Vanishes UK Tour

The Classic Thriller Theatre Company are to present Gwen Taylor and Andrew Lancel in The Lady Vanishes UK Tour based on the 1939 Hitchcock Classic Film.

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

Jesus Christ Superstar To Play Limited Barbican Season in 2019

The multi award-winning production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar will play a limited season at London's Barbican Centre in 2019

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews

Cirque Du Soleil to bring Avatar based Toruk to Manchester Arena and O2 London

Douglas Mayo

News & Reviews