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Complete casting announced for Tartuffe at the National Theatre

Tuesday, 11 December, 2018

The full casting has been announced for Tartuffe, which will play at the National Theatre in 2019. Written by Molière in the seventeenth century, Tartuffe has been adapted by John Donnelly,... Read more
First look at Snow White at the London Palladium

Tuesday, 11 December, 2018

Images have been released for Snow White at the London Palladium, which opened on 8th December 2018. Snow White stars Danielle Hope in the title role, with Charlie Stemp playing Prince Harry of... Read more
Emilia to transfer to the Vaudeville Theatre in 2019

Tuesday, 11 December, 2018

After a successful run at the Globe Theatre, Emilia is set to transfer to the West End for a limited season, opening at the Vaudeville Theatre in 2019. Emilia dramatises the life of Emilia Bassano, a... Read more
Brits on Broadway: Daniel Radcliffe

Monday, 10 December, 2018

The character of Harry Potter might have been famous in J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World, but he certainly wasn't famed for sporting an infectious sense of humour. The boy who portrayed the young... Read more

Latest Fringe & Off West End Features

Complete casting announced for 50th anniversary tour of Hair the Musical

Tuesday, 11 December, 2018

The full casting has been announced for the 50th anniversary tour of Hair the Musical, opening at the New Wimbledon Theatre in 2019. Marcus Collins joins the cast as Hud, after starring in Kinky... Read more
Adrian Lester to star in Cost of Living at Hampstead Theatre

Thursday, 6 December, 2018

Adrian Lester is set make his first appearance at the Hampstead Theatre as he leads the cast of Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Cost of Living, which gets its UK premiere in the New Year... Read more
Tamsin Greig and Alex Jennings to appear in Dear Elizabeth at Gate Theatre

Wednesday, 5 December, 2018

The cast appearing in Ellen McDougal’s next production at the Gate Theatre, Dear Elizabeth, has been announced, and it sees a number of actors take on the roles of poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert... Read more
Vault Festival 2019: Full line-up announced

Wednesday, 5 December, 2018

Vault Festival has announced more than 400 shows which will make up their 2019 programme, which will run from 23rd January through to 17th March next year. More than 2,000 artists will perform at the... Read more

Latest Theatre Reviews See all

Review - Take That musical The Band at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Theatregoers are advised to have a little patience with this new Take That jukebox. With the blessing of the band, unlike 2007 effort Never Forget, Tim Firth tells the story of friendship and... Read more

Review - True West starring Kit Harington at the Vaudeville Theatre

By interesting coincidence, Sam Shepard's powerful sibling drama True West is being revived simultaneously both in the West End and on Broadway this month. That's testament to this 1980 play's... Read more

Review - Channing Tatum's Magic Mike Live at the Hippodrome Casino

Back in the day I've seen male strippers, of various stripes, at Leicester Square's London Hippodrome: in the 80s, when Stringfellow ran it as a nightclub, there was a gay night where, one night, I... Read more

Review - Switzerland, starring Phyllis Logan, at the Ambassadors Theatre

Patricia Highsmith brought a whole world of thriller and suspense into being when she created Tom Ripley. The five novels – known as the Ripliad – told of a cold, psychopathic murderer, and Joanna... Read more