London Theatre News

Get to know the West End cast of 'The Cherry Orchard'

This new Chekhov production at the Harold Pinter Theatre features Kristin Scott Thomas, Stephen Mangan, Peter Wight, and more.

Shaggy to star alongside Sting in West End production of 'The Last Ship'

The show follows the moving story of a community of shipbuilders in the North East of England, as they are faced with the closure of their shipyard, and directly draws on Sting's own childhood in the shipbuilding town of Wallsend.

Ariana Grande withdraws from 'Sunday in the Park with George' at the Barbican

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

Across the Pond: 5 NYC theatre highlights from July

In our monthly series, we're catching you up on the Broadway and Off-Broadway news you shouldn't miss, especially if you're planning a stateside theatre trip.

Boy George withdraws from 'Jesus Christ Superstar' in the West End

Boy George was due to participate in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical as part of a rotating cast of King Herods, taking over from Richard Armitage on 3 August

Park Theatre's 'The Pianist' completes cast

Find out who's joining Daniel Krikler in the new musical adaptation of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's memoir, playing a limited engagement starting in October.

How 'Trainspotting' changed from page to screen to stage

Before it became a musical, Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting was a seminal book, film, and play.

Didi Conn makes appearance at performance of Secret Cinema's 'Grease: The Immersive Movie Musical'

Didi Conn appeared during the number "Beauty School Dropout", performed by Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson, who is starring in the role of Teen Angel.

'Burlesque' musical sets new UK tour dates, postpones London run to 2027

The UK tour will now begin in Sunderland in August, and the London production at The Arts at Marble Arch, originally set to open in September, will now open in 2027.

Simon Russell Beale, Rupert Everett, and more to star in Donmar Warehouse new season

The King’s Ransom will be followed by a revival of Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land, directed by Patrick Marber and starring Simon Russell Beale, Rupert Everett, Olivier Huband, and Jay Simpson.