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Video: Patsy Ferran and Matthew Needham on Summer and Smoke West End transfer

Wednesday, 21 November, 2018

Following the success of the Rebecca Frecknall’s atmospheric production of one of Tennessee Williams’ lesser-known plays, Summer and Smoke , at the Almeida, Patsy Ferran and Matthew Needham sat down... Read more
Cast Mates Challenge: Wicked's David Witts and Alice Fearn

Tuesday, 20 November, 2018

At the West End production announces it has released a further 500,000 tickets at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, we put Wicked's Elphaba and Fiyero Alice Fearn and David Witts to our Cast Mates test. ... Read more
Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2018 winners announced

Monday, 19 November, 2018

The winners of this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards have been announced, as see Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo both win following their performances in the National Theatre's production of... Read more
Wicked extends booking period to November 2019

Monday, 19 November, 2018

The West End production of Wicked has extended its booking period at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, taking the show into its 13th year in London. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Wicked is... Read more

Latest Fringe & Off West End Features

Jon Brittain’s Rotterdam to return to London as part of UK tour

Tuesday, 13 November, 2018

Jon Brittain’s Olivier Award-winning play Rotterdam is set to embark on a UK tour which will include its return to London, it has been announced. The play follows the story of a couple – Alice and... Read more
Cirque du Soleil announces Avatar-inspired show in London

Tuesday, 13 November, 2018

Cirque du Soleil has announced its latest production will be inspired by James Cameron’s Avatar and is set to run in London in 2019. The show, titled Toruk – The First Flight, is the first time the... Read more
In rehearsals with the cast of Seussical, the Dr Seuss musical

Friday, 9 November, 2018

If you’re looking for some family Christmas fun but want to steer clear of panto this year, then the perfect show might be waiting for you at Southwark Playhouse. Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s... Read more
Madani Younis announces final season as Bush Theatre artistic director

Thursday, 8 November, 2018

A new season of work has been announced at the Bush Theatre, including two world premieres in what will be Madani Younis’ final programme as artistic director at the theatre. The season begins in... Read more

Latest Theatre Reviews See all

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

Review - Hadestown at the National Theatre

After almost a decade of development since it was first released as a folk concept album, Anaïs Mitchell’s musical riff on the Orpheus myth Hadestown plunges the National Theatre’s Olivier into the... Read more

Review - Pinter Three starring Lee Evans at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Jamie Lloyd’s Pinter Wonderland rolls on at the Harold Pinter Theatre. He’s pulled off a coup by bringing comedy legend Lee Evans out of retirement, and while seeing him on stage again is pretty... Read more

Review - Pinter Four: Moonlight and Night School at the Harold Pinter

For the first time in the Pinter at the Pinter season, Jamie Lloyd hands over the reins entirely as he entrusts Lyndsey Turner and Ed Stambollouian with Pinter’s short plays Moonlight and Night... Read more