London Theatre News

Jake Gyllenhaal: 'We have unfinished business with Sunday in the Park with George'

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal has said he has 'unfinished business' with Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George, which he is set to star in at the Savoy Theatre next year.Speaking at a special event earlier this week at the National Gallery, in front of Georges Seurat's painting 'A Sunday Afternoon' which inspired Sondheim and book writer James Lapine to create the musical, Gyllenhaal spoke about how the piece was "finished, and now unfinished again" after he starred in concert performances...

Tickets for Imelda Staunton in Hello, Dolly! now on sale

Tickets for the West End revival of Hello, Dolly! starring Imelda Staunton at the Adelphi Theatre are now on sale.Based on Thornton Wilder's 1954 play The Matchmaker, Hello, Dolly! follows the famous matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi as she travels to Yonkers, New York to help a wealthy suitor find love, coming to the conclusion that the next match she needs to make is for herself.The musical features a book by Michael Stewart and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, with songs include "Elegance",...

Sleepless in Seattle musical to receive world premiere at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

Following the previous postponement of Sleepless the Musical in 2017, the musical will receive its world premiere at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre next year. Newly renamed as Sleepless: A Musical Romance, tickets will go on sale on 10th December. The musical is based on the 1993 film Sleepless in Seattle, following a widower in Seattle named Sam and a journalist named Annie, who fall in love on opposite sides of the country. Sleepless: A Musical Romance features a book by Michael Burdette,...

Cast joining David Mitchell in Upstart Crow stage play announced

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming stage adaptation of Shakespeare sitcom Upstart Crow, opening at the Gielgud Theatre next year.David Mitchell makes his West End debut as the Bard, William Shakespeare, reprising his starring role from the BBC comedy, alongside Gemma Whelan who plays Kate, an aspiring actor urging the playwright to cast her in one of his plays.A number of actors from the sitcom will also be appearing in the stage production, including Helen Monks, who plays...

Extended booking period for Dear Evan Hansen at the Noel Coward Theatre

After the West End premiere of Dear Evan Hansen earlier this month at the Noel Coward Theatre, the show's booking period has been extended, with performances scheduled to 30th May 2020.Dear Evan Hansen tells the story of Evan, a teenager whose crippling social anxiety means he struggles to make friends. But, when his classmate suffers a tragic event, Evan begins to open up to those around him, forming connections with peers and learning about the world around him.Winner of six Tony Awards, Dear...

Robert Icke to direct Helen Mirren and Mark Strong in Oedipus in the West End

Helen Mirren and Mark Strong will star in Robert Icke's adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus in the West End next year.Produced by Sonia Friedman, the production will run in London following its premiere at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, where Ivo van Hove is director, before a run at Edinburgh International Festival last year where it was performed with English surtitles.The Daily Mail reports that the adaptation will be revised and translated into English when it opens in the West End, where a...

Waitress to close at the Adelphi Theatre in 2020

The West End production of Waitress will close at the Adelphi Theatre next year. After the musical's official opening on 7th March 2019, Waitress will play its final performance on 4th July 2020.Based on Adrienne Shelly's 2007 movie of the same name, Waitress tells the story of Jenna Hunterson, whose pie-making hobby sees her enter a competition to win a large cash prize to start a new life.The musical features an original score by Sara Bareilles, who will make her West End debut as Jenna in...

Imelda Staunton to star in Hello, Dolly! West End revival

Imelda Staunton is set to return to the West End in a new production of Hello, Dolly!, which will open at the Adelphi Theatre next summer.The production will reunite Staunton with director Dominic Cooke, whose Olivier Award-winning revival of Follies in 2017 earned the actor an Olivier nomination. Staunton has previously starred in productions of Sweeney Todd, Gypsy and Into the Woods, for which she won an Olivier Award for her performance in each. This new production of Hello, Dolly! will run...

Secret Cinema presents Stranger Things: Exhilarating experience in the Upside Down

Transporting audiences to cinematic worlds including Dirty Dancing, Back to the Future and Romeo and Juliet since 2007, Secret Cinema has established itself as a leader in immersive theatrical experiences. But, their latest venture marks the inaugural Secret Cinema experience based on a television-based world, as Secret Cinema presents Stranger Things has audiences imagining what life would be like in the Upside Down.Since the Duffer Brothers sci-fi spectacular first came to Netflix in 2016,...

Full casting announced for Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt

Final casting has been announced for Tom Stoppard's new play Leopoldstadt, which opens at the Wyndham's Theatre in January.Stoppard's play, which will be directed by Patrick Marber, is set in 1900 Vienna where a tenth of the population are Jewish, and tells a sweeping tale of the community over the first 50 years of the 20th century.Joining the previously announced cast, Faye Castelow, Felicity Davidson, Avye Leventis and Sadie Shimmin join alongside additions to the child's cast, Jarlan...