London Theatre News

'Beetlejuice' announces early closure in the West End

Based on Tim Burton's 1988 film, Beetlejuice follows teenager Lydia Deetz as she moves house with her father and ends up sharing her new home with a pair of newly-deads and the demonic ghost Beetlejuice — who ends up causing a whole lot of havoc.

Taylor Mac's 'Holiday Sauce' to open at Soho Theatre Walthamstow this Christmas

Featuring musicians from the Philharmonia Orchestra in the band, Holiday Sauce will blend "music, burlesque and random acts of fabulousness in the most subversive and cathartic event of the season".

Ria Jones and Sally Ann Triplett to star in Victoria Wood's 'Fourteen Again'

The new musical features music and lyrics by Victoria Wood, with a book by Everybody’s Talking About Jamie writer Tom MacRae, and follows Peggy as she reconnects with her childhood friend Lou at their local Slimming Club.

Original West End 'Avenue Q' cast members to return for special performance

The musical follows new graduate Princeton, as he ends up in a shabby apartment on New York’s rundown Avenue Q. Together with new friends, he navigates life, love, and growing up.

Full cast and band announced for 'Hamlet Hail to the Thief' at the Barbican

Hamlet Hail to the Thief is illuminated by Radiohead’s celebrated album, re-worked by Thom Yorke and performed live by a cast of musicians and actors.

Giles Terera to lead 'A Christmas Carol' at The Old Vic

Directed by Matthew Warchus and adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne, Charles Dickens's tale of a miserly man who learns to change his ways after he is visited by four ghosts.

Cast announced for new production of 'The Snowman' in the West End

Based on the much-loved picture book by Raymond Briggs, and featuring Howard Blake’s score, The Snowman tells the story of a young boy who builds a snowman that comes to life. Paddington's puppet designer Tahra Zafar joins the creative team.

Michael Ball to star in new production of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' in London

With an original score by Marc Shaiman, with lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, and book by David Greig, the musical will be directed by Curve Artistic Director Nikolai Foster.

First look images of Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss in 'Electra/Persona'

Blanchett, who recently appeared on the London stage in The Seagull, reunites with Hoss following their work in the film Tár.

Jonathan Bailey steps away from 'Sunday in the Park with George' at the Barbican

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize–winning musical was inspired by Georges Seurat's painter A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.