Tuesday, 19 June, 2018
A new season has been announced at the National Theatre, including the return of director Peter Brook to the theatre after half a century, and a new play by David Hare.
Brook will direct The Prisoner... Read more
London Musicals, Plays, Drama and Fringe Theatre
West End News & Features
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Tuesday, 19 June, 2018The National Theatre’s production of Nine Night, Natasha Gordon’s debut play, is set to transfer to the West End later this year following a sell-out run in the Dorfman earlier this year. Gordon’s... Read more -
Friday, 15 June, 2018Kit Harington and Johnny Flynn are set to return to the West End later this year in a revival of Sam Shepard’s True West, which will run at the Vaudeville Theatre with tickets going on sale later... Read more -
Thursday, 14 June, 2018Since it hit the West End in April, Strictly Ballroom has been dazzling audiences with its eclectic range of dance styles, from tangos and to the pasodoble to ballroom. The story centres on Scott... Read more
Latest Fringe & Off West End Features
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Monday, 18 June, 2018Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the winter season in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse will feature a number of productions by the Bard and his Elizabethan counterpart Christopher Marlowe. Sheffield... Read more -
Friday, 15 June, 2018Reading a list of the shows Brian Zeilinger has a producer credit on is like reading a list of the Greatest Theatre Hits list on both sides of the Atlantic of the past few years: Harry Potter and the... Read more -
Wednesday, 13 June, 2018Being diagnosed with a single health issue can be a traumatic experience. Worries about what the future holds, from the possible pain to the trials medication could bring. But what if you were... Read more -
Tuesday, 12 June, 2018Casting has been announced for the UK premiere of the Hamilton spoof musical Spamilton, which is coming to the Menier Chocolate Factory next month. Written and directed by Gerard Alessandrini, the... Read more
Latest Theatre Reviews
Never mind The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: can we pause first to consider the prime of Miss Lia Williams?
This utterly startling actor is well on her way to becoming a stage great. Those of us who've... Read more
Machinal only runs for 90 minutes, but you feel the uneasy churn of every single one, as it moves inexorably towards its grim climax. An acute portrait of a lonely woman who works in a typing pool... Read more
Review - Julie starring Vanessa Kirby is a 'play for the younger generation' at the National Theatre
By placing Miss Julie, Strindberg’s 19th century tragedy of infidelity and indulgence, at a sweaty, upmarket house party in London, Polly Stenham has made a classic for today. With a pill-popping,... Read more
All power to Orlando Bloom, a Guildhall School of Speech and Drama graduate, for seeking out an overdue return to the London stage, after achieving fame in the Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lord of... Read more
