The world premiere of *My Neighbour Totoro* triumphed at the 2023 Olivier Awards, winning six categories out of its nine nominations at the ceremony. It’s a good time for the Studio Ghibli stage adaptation, too, as *My Neighbour Totoro* will open in the West End next year, with performances at the [Gillian Lynne Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/gillian-lynne-theatre) from 8 March.

Based on Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 Studio Ghibli film, *My Neighbour Totoro* follows Satsuki and Mei,...

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Based on Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 Studio Ghibli film, *My Neighbour Totoro* will return to London later next year, opening at the Gillian Lynne Theatre.

Next year, the [Royal Shakespeare Company’s](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/stars-on-stage/royal-shakespeare-company) triumphant 2022 stage adaptation of [*My Neighbour Totoro*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/25389-my-neighbour-totoro) heads to the West End's [Gillian Lynne Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/gillian-lynne-theatre) for a third run due to enormous popular demand. The show won six Olivier Awards and broke the Barbican’s box office record for the most tickets...

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Studio Ghibli is a renowned Japanese animation film studio founded in 1985. They are known for creating imaginative movies, including *My Neighbour Totoro* and *Spirited Away*.

A stage adaptation of television comedy *Inside No 9* will arrive in the West End next year. The show opens for a 12-week run at Wyndham's Theatre from 18 January 2025.

The TV show's original writers and performers Steve Pemberton (*The Pillowman*) and Reece Shearsmith (*A Very Expensive Poison*) will star in the West End show, titled *Stage/Fright*, which will blend original material with familiar characters from the series. 

Speaking about the announcement, Pemberton and Shearsmith said:...

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The TV show's original creators Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith will star in the West End adaptation when it opens next year. 

The hit musical comedy *Titanique* has confirmed plans for a West End run later this year. The show is currently performing at Off-Broadway venue the Daryl Roth Theatre.

The musical, which is co-written by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle, and Constantine Rousouli, has received critical acclaim and multiple awards since its premiere off Broadway at Asylum Theater in 2022.

The parody of James Cameron's Oscar-winning *Titanic* film features a raft of Celine Dion’s iconic songs including “My Heart Will...

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The musical has received critical acclaim and multiple awards since its premiere off Broadway at Asylum Theater in 2022. It is currently at the Daryl Roth Theatre.

The British writer James Graham is on an incredible run at the moment. He just won the Olivier Award for Best New Play for *Dear England*, a fantastic drama about football manager Gareth Southgate, which enticed new audiences into theatre, and the musical *Tammy Faye*, for which he supplied the book, is opening on Broadway this autumn.

He’s also a prolific screenwriter, with recent hits including the crime series *Sherwood* and the dystopian drama *The Way*. Graham has that rare combination of...

Learn more about James Graham’s career ahead of 'Boys from the Blackstuff'

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From plays *Dear England* and *This House* to TV hits like *Sherwood*, Graham is unstoppable – and now his *Boys from the Blackstuff* is coming to the West End.

The bright lights of West End theatres are always appealing, but there are also a number of exciting Off-West End venues in the capital, such as the small but mighty [Bush Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/bush-theatre), which is nestled in west London.

This theatre has always punched above its weight, launching the careers of hugely successful writers such as James Graham and Lucy Kirkwood, as well as actors like Victoria Wood, Alan Rickman, Andrew Scott, and Phoebe...

A complete guide to the Bush Theatre

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Get to know this exciting new-writing venue in west London, which has launched the careers of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Victoria Wood, among others.

The acclaimed screen and stage actor Ben Whishaw is back in town, starring in the premiere of Margaret Perry’s *[Bluets](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/39930-bluets)* at the Royal Court. The play is an adaptation of Maggie Nelson’s book and follows someone obsessed with the colour blue – taking in artists like Joni Mitchell and Billie Holiday as they navigate a devastating heartbreak.

Whishaw is joined in *Bluets* by *House of the Dragon* star Emma D’Arcy and *The Girl Before*’s Kayla...

Learn more about Ben Whishaw's career ahead of 'Bluets' at the Royal Court

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The James Bond and *Paddington* actor is co-starring in this new adaptation of Maggie Nelson's book *Bluets* with Emma D'Arcy and Kayla Meikle.

It’s another fantastic year for [Shakespeare plays](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/whats-on/shakespeare) in London, and as the weather (finally!) improves, you can start getting those outdoor shows in the diary, as well as all of the brilliant productions in the West End and beyond.

If you’re after a fresh take on the Bard, you’re definitely in luck. Sir Ian McKellen is already wowing audiences, giving his Falstaff a dynamic new spin in Robert Icke's adaptation of *Henry IV*, *[Player...

See modern adaptations and outdoor productions of Shakespeare plays in London

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From Ian McKellen in *Player Kings* to an incredible open-air season at Shakespeare's Globe, there's a wide variety of shows on offer in London.

You just can’t beat family when it comes to riveting drama. Perhaps that’s because no one gets under your skin quite like the people you love and who know you best – and who are bonded to you by blood, like it or not. From Greek tragedy through Shakespearean slanging matches and contemporary clans, shows with family drama at their centre have always ruled our stages.

That’s certainly true of London theatre this year, which features a range of bickering families – from plays like *[Long Day's...

Watch West End family dramas on the London stage

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Enter the homes of these loving but fraught families in West End plays such as *Long Day's Journey Into Night* and musicals like *Back to the Future*.

Get ready for what promises to be the most talked-about play of the year. Hollywood star John Lithgow will play Roald Dahl in a new drama, *[Giant](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/39984-giant)*, which sees the famous author about to release his children’s book *The Witches*, but then rocked by a scandal surrounding anti-Semitic comments he made in an article.

Mark Rosenblatt’s debut play, directed by Nicholas Hytner (artistic director of the Bridge Theatre), also stars Elliot Levey...

Learn more about John Lithgow's career ahead of him playing Roald Dahl in 'Giant'

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The Tony and Emmy-winning Hollywood actor is starring in Mark Rosenblatt’s provocative new play *Giant* at the Royal Court in London this autumn.

Find out who will star in Jude Christian’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s [*Titus Andronicus*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/25648-titus-andronicus-or-globe-tickets). The play is at [Sam Wanamaker Playhouse](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/sam-wanamaker-playhouse) from 19 January to 15 April. Book *Titus Andronicus* tickets on London Theatre.

The bloody tragedy follows the titular Roman general who embarks on a killing spree. Betrayed by their nation and with a family in tatters, Titus takes justice into his own hands.

Katy Stephens will play Titus, joined by Daneka Etchells, Kirsten Foster, Beau Holland, Mei Mei Macleod, Lucy McCormick, Georgia-Mae Myers, Sophie Russell, Mia Selway, and Kibong Tanji.

Jasmin Kent Rodgman composes original music, as well as cabaret duo Bourgeois and Maurice. Rose Elnile and Grace Venning co-design the show, with costume supervision by Sian Harris, and lighting design by Ali Hunter. 

*Titus Andronicus* is at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

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Jude Christian adapts and directs Shakespeare’s brutal tragedy, *Titus Andronicus*, at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. 

The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is the ideal location to stage such a gruesome tragedy. As the candles burn throughout the auditorium, audiences are plunged into the mind of rulers who’ll stop at nothing to be successful. In *Titus Andronicus* London performances, an all-female cast star, led by Katy Stephens as Titus and Kirsten Foster as Tamora. 

Jude Christian’s previously worked on Shakespeare plays, including *Othello Macbeth* at Lyric Hammersmith. *Titus Andronicus* marks her debut with a text by the Bard at Shakespeare’s Globe. She’s joined by Liv Morris and George Heyworth — best known as the award-winning musical cabaret act Bourgeois and Maurice — who provide original music for the show.

Set after a 10-year battle, the *Titus Andronicus* play sees the Roman general embark on an era of bloodshed, as he refuses to show mercy to anyone in his way. Not only does Titus feel betrayed after prolonged fighting, he’s also on a mission for justice — can anyone stop him?

### Who is Tamora in *Titus Andronicus*?

In *Titus Andronicus*, Tamora and her sons: Alarbus, Demetrius, and Chiron, are captured by Titus. By manipulating her sons and her lover, Aaron the Moor, Tamora is able to break Titus by getting revenge on the ruler.

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*Titus Andronicus* is one of ten tragedies by William Shakespeare. Even though it's one of Shakespeare’s early works, it’s considered to be one of the most brutal. In fact, when it’s previously performed at Shakespeare’s Globe, audience members are said to have fainted during the show! In this production, instead of pools of blood on stage, *Titus Andronicus* in London will see actors blow out candles to indicate deaths. 

## What to Watch For: 

- *Titus Andronicus* will feature original music by cabaret act Bourgeois and Maurice. The award-winning musicians tend to create songs that lean towards the darker side of storytelling, so they’re an ideal fit for this gruesome tale.
- Although it's unknown when Shakespeare published the play, evidence dates *Titus* performances as early as 1594.
- This play contains incidents and themes of anti-black racism, sexual assault and its aftermath, extreme violence and death, including bodily mutilations, cannibalism, rape and self-harm. 

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“Hell hath no fury like an angry Goth,” we’re told late in the blistering new production of [*Titus Andronicus*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/25648-titus-andronicus-or-globe-tickets), soon to be joined by *The Winter’s Tale* in repertory at the [Sam Wanamaker Playhouse](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/sam-wanamaker-playhouse). If that line is itself invented, there’s no denying the show’s fidelity to the nihilistic power of Shakespeare’s bloodiest play, which is presented here without a drop of red dye only to acquire an eerie power through its own determined stylisation. 

Shakespeare’s first tragedy, *Titus* is often dismissed as over-the-top, or remembered for prompting sufficient faints (or walk-outs) that such reactions tend to dominate accounts of this play. (I vividly recall the Globe’s outdoor production in 2014, directed by Lucy Bailey and starring Will Houston, making headlines for the numbers of people unable to stay the course.)

Jude Christian’s current take on the play announces its difference from the start, as the all-female cast make a sleek, even graceful entrance in sleepwear that also suggests the forbidding uniformity of an unspecified work camp: my mind went immediately toward the landscape of *The Handmaid’s Tale*.

Within minutes, they are regaling us with an introductory song courtesy of Liv Morris and George Heyworth that sets in only semi-facetious context the Bard’s fearless glimpse into a gore-filled abyss. The take-no-prisoners narrative embraces virtually every possible atrocity on its way to an ending that might give even *Sweeney Todd* pause. I only wish this account of the play didn’t end with the now-inevitable nod to our woebegone modern times, which would appear to be a contractual obligation of every production in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse these days. 

How bad can the catalogue of woe in *Titus* get? Grim enough, the audience is told in song, that they should by comparison “feel better” about their own terrible lives. And soon we’re off on an unforgiving tale of vengeance and retribution that eventuates in the descent into cannibalism of the Roman general, Titus, in a play whose pile-up of corpses exceeds *Richard III* and *King Lear*, its nearest runners-up. 

How do you communicate the charnel house the characters inhabit without risking self-parody? The director Christian’s clever solution is to allow the gallows humour in the text its due – there are laughs here, believe it or not – while alighting upon a streamlined visual aesthetic that floods the candlelit stage with a baleful power all its own.

Titus has already lost 21 sons by the time we meet him, and it’s a question of when, not if, the death toll will escalate further. The lineup of crazies — possible casualties, all — includes Lucy McCormick’s wild-eyed Roman emperor Saturninus, a presence bendy enough to rival a mad Mr Bean, and Georgia-Mae Myers as the hapless Lavinia, whose bodily eviscerations (Titus’s only daughter loses her hands and her tongue) remain as shocking as ever. 

Alerted near the outset that “everyone dies”, we soon discover that the very candles that define the Wanamaker exist here to be snuffed out. Whether snipped, savaged or liquefied, the candles come to represent a citizenry under siege, enmeshed in a rampaging cycle of chaos and bloodshed that makes of the world of the play an outsized abattoir. 

Some may be put off by a counterintuitively squeaky-clean set that looks as if it has been polished to within an inch of its life, and by the playfulness with which a buzzing fly is here anthropomorphised for comic relief. 

But the play’s progression towards despair, and worse, is powerfully carried by Katy Stephens in the title role, this superb actress exceeding expectation. Not for the first time (she was an astonishing Leonata last summer at this address in *Much Ado About Nothing*), Stephens exhibits a vocal authority that is increasingly rare in Shakespeare, whether at the Globe or elsewhere.

Stephens’s hair unfurling yet more wildly as Titus’s circumstances worsen, the actress locates a thrilling sonority in “who doth molest my contemplation” – the title character’s grandiose way in the fifth act of asking the basic question, “who’s there”? 

And though Titus’s battle with madness is often thought to pale next to that of the more majestic Lear, Stephens honours a misshapen psyche that allows this military man to be referenced as “good” one minute, “fierce” the next, before devolving into a state so abject that it exists beyond emotion. “I have not another tear to shed,” proclaims Titus, though the audience, by that point, very well might. 

*Titus Andronicus* is at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse through 15 April. Book *Titus Andronicus* tickets on London Theatre.

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Anyone under the age of 3 can attend any production for free and they do not require a ticket. Those over 3 years old will require a paid ticket. Some plays, however, do contain adult themes and might not be suitable for younger children.

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In a Globe first, experience the work of Henrik Ibsen, one of the most influential dramatists of all time, in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Joe Hill-Gibbins (The Marriage of Figaro, ENO) directs a new version of this searing exploration of family secrets and forbidden desire.


The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse Indoor Jacobean Theatre opened its doors to the public for the first time on 9 Jan. 2014. It is the indoor theatre of Shakespeare's Globe, named after the organisation's founder, American actor and director Sam Wanamaker. This indoor venue allows Shakespeare's Globe to present plays throughout the year.

## Sam Wanamaker Playhouse Seating Information

The theatre has two tiers of galleried seating and a pit seating area and is predominantly lit by candles.

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