London Theatre News

Timothée Chalamet and Eileen Atkins to star in 4000 Miles at the Old Vic

Call Me By Your Name actor Timothée Chalamet will make his West End debut alongside Eileen Atkins at the Old Vic next year, in a production of Amy Herzog's Pulitzer Prize-nominated play 4000 Miles.The play tells the story of Leo, a 21-year-old who has cycled across the United States, ending up on the doorstep of his 91-year-old grandmother's Greenwich Village apartment. First staged in 2011, 4000 Miles was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2013. 4000 Miles will begin previews at the...

Riverside Studios in Hammersmith set to reopen in January 2020

Hammersmith arts centre Riverside Studios is set to reopen in the New Year following a five-year closure for redevelopment.With a number of different studios, the space was home to a number of national TV productions, as well as staging comedy, music, dance and theatre productions. The redevelopment, led by Mount Anvil and A2 Dominion, will open in three phases.This week, a cafe/bar and new brasserie will open alongside the flagship TV studio, Studio 1, to complete Phase One of the reopening....

Dear Evan Hansen West End production images released

Production images giving a first look at the West End cast of Dear Evan Hansen in action at the Noel Coward Theatre have been released ahead of the musical's opening this week.Sam Tutty leads the cast as the titular character, playing a high schooler who yearns to fit in with his peers when he utilises events around him.Written by the Oscar-winning songwriting team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the duo behind La La Land and The Greatest Showman, the Tony Award-winning musical features the songs...

Rhys Ifans to play Atticus Finch in West End To Kill a Mockingbird

Rhys Ifans is set to star as Atticus Finch in the upcoming West End production of To Kill a Mockingbird.Ifans, who is currently starring in On Bear Ridge at the Royal Court, will play the central character in Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's best-selling novel which centres on a small-town lawyer defending a local black man on trial for rape.The Welsh actor's previous West End credits also include Exit the King at the National Theatre, Scrooge in the Old Vic's A Christmas Carol, and the...

Jane Horrocks and Karl Johnson to join cast of Endgame at the Old Vic

The full casting has been announced for the upcoming production of Endgame at the Old Vic, opening next year.Jane Horrocks will star in Endgame, recently starring in the Pinter at the Pinter season at the Harold Pinter Theatre, as well as starring in East is East and Cabaret at the Donmar Warehouse. She has also starred in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice at the National Theatre and its subsequent West End transfer, reprising the role in the 1998 film adaptation.Karl Johnson completes the cast...

Full cast announced for world premiere of Back to the Future musical

Olly DobsonUPDATE: Back to the Future The Musical is scheduled to start performances in the West End at the Adelphi Theatre from 14 May 2021. Find out more here. The full cast for the world premiere of Back to the Future has been announced, opening at Manchester Opera House in February 2020 ahead of a subsequent West End transfer.Details on a venue, dates and tickets details for the West End transfer of Back to the Future are to be announced.They will join the previously announced Roger Bart as...

First look photos: James McAvoy in rehearsals for Cyrano de Bergerac

Rehearsal images have been released showing James McAvoy and cast in rehearsals for Jamie Lloyd's upcoming production of Cyrano de Bergerac.McAvoy plays Cyrano and is joined by Adam Best, Adrian Der Gregorian, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Carla Harrison-Hodge, Chris Fung, Eben Figueiredo, Kiruna Stamell, Michele Austin, Nari Blair-Mangat, Nima Taleghani, Philip Cairns, Sam Black, Seun Shote, and Tom Edden.The new version of Edmond Rostand's play is adapted by Martin Crimp, and kicks off a year-long season...

Laura Wade’s Jane Austen play The Watsons to transfer to Harold Pinter Theatre

Laura Wade's new play The Watsons, adapted from the unfinished novel by Jane Austen, is set for a West End run at the Harold Pinter Theatre following its runs in Chichester and at the Menier Chocolate Factory.Directed by Samuel West, The Watsons centres on Emma Watson - the central character of Austen's abandoned book The Watsons. Emma has been cut off by her wealthy aunt, and is on the look out for a wealthy suitor at the risk of being left in a life of poverty. The original novel ends with two...

New shows announced at the Bridge Theatre, featuring Simon Russell Beale and Roger Allam

Four new shows at the Bridge Theatre have been announced, with productions scheduled to April 2021. The upcoming shows will feature performances by Olivier Award-winning actors including Simon Russell Beale and Roger Allam, Marianne Elliott directing a new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning Paula Vogel and an adaptation of Philip Pullman's fantasy novel.Roger Allam and Colin Morgan will star in a revival of Caryl Churchill's A Number, directed by Polly Findlay. Allam and Morgan play a father and son...

First look photos of Zizi Strallen and Charlie Stemp in Mary Poppins

Production photos have been released showing Zizi Strallen, Charlie Stemp and the cast of Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre in the West End.Based on PL Travers' novel, the musical tells the story of a British family which is visited by a magical nanny, and it features original songs by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, as well as the Sherman brothers' classic tunes such as "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", "A Spoonful of Sugar" and "Let's Go Fly a Kite".Directed by Richard Eyre and...