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London Theatre Magazine online: June edition

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Immerse yourself in London's theatre world with our digital flip-through of the June edition of London Theatre Magazine, including interviews, reviews, and insights.

[*SIX the Musical*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/12201-six-the-musical-tickets) will hold open auditions for the 2025/26 West End cast. Auditions will be held in Salford on 19 June and London on 21 June.

Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss's hit musical, which won two Tony Awards in 2022 and was nominated for five Olivier Awards, tells the herstory of the six wives of Henry VIII. 

The musical debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018, before transferring to the West End's Arts Theatre in...

'SIX the Musical' to hold open auditions for 2025-26 West End cast

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Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss's hit musical won two Tony Awards in 2022 and was nominated for five Olivier Awards. It has extended its booking period to 4 May, 2025. 

The Royal Shakespeare Company will transfer two of its Stratford-upon-Avon shows to the Barbican in London this winter.

An adaptation of Hanif Kureishi's *The Buddha of Suburbia*, a co-production with Emma Rice's Wise Children, will open on 22 October and follows 17-year-old Karim, who is desperate to escape the suburbs in 1970s south London.

Emma Rice said, “I have truly loved making this show, and spending time immersed in Hanif’s laugh-out-loud funny, rude and anarchic world. His razor...

Emma Rice's 'The Buddha of Suburbia' transfers to the Barbican

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The second RSC show to transfer to the Barbican this winter is director Eleanor Rhode’s production of Shakespeare's *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*.

It seems like everyone already has an opinion about Jeremy O Harris’s *[Slave Play](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/40715-slave-play)*. That’s partly because it has sparked a spirited discussion around the programming of Black Out nights (performances aimed at Black-identifying audiences), and partly because of the subject matter of this incendiary show, which is designed to provoke a passionate response.

We definitely saw that when *Slave Play* premiered Off Broadway in 2018 and then on...

Everything you need to know about 'Slave Play'

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Jeremy O Harris's explosive, multi-Tony-nominated play about love, race, and trauma is coming to the Noël Coward Theatre in the West End this summer. 

James McArdle (*Mare of Easttown, The Tragedy of Macbeth*) and Bel Powley (*A Small Light, The Morning Show*) will star in a revival of Tom Stoppard’s comedy *The Real Thing* at the Old Vic in London this summer.

Directed by Max Webster (*Macbeth, Life of Pi*), the play follows actress Annie and playwright Henry, who have an affair, before marrying each other and repeating history.

Max Webster said: "*The Real Thing* has always been one of my favourite plays and it’s a great honour to be...

James McArdle and Bel Powley to star in 'The Real Thing' at the Old Vic

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Directed by Max Webster, *The Real Thing* follows actress Annie and playwright Henry, who have an affair, before marrying each other and repeating history.

Olivier Award winner John Dagleish will star in the title role in [*The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/29855-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button), which opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End on 10 October.

Dagleish, who won an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Ray Davies in *Sunny Afternoon* and starred in the live-action adaption of *The Little Mermaid*, will be joined by Matthew Burns, Jonathan Charles, Oonagh Cox,...

John Dagleish to star as Benjamin Button in West End musical

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Dagleish won an Olivier for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Ray Davies in *Sunny Afternoon* and starred in the live-action remake of *The Little Mermaid*.

The Kiln Theatre's new artistic director Amit Sharma has announced his inaugural season of work, which includes Roy Williams's adaptation of Sam Selvon’s *The Lonely Londoners* following its run at Jermyn Street Theatre. 

The season will begin on 19 September with the world premiere of Rob Drummond’s *Pins and Needles*, which is directed by Sharma. This new play explores the politics around vaccines and who chooses to trust in the institutions that produce them.

Drummond's play is followed by...

Kiln Theatre announces Amit Sharma's inaugural season

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The season will begin on 19 September with the world premiere of Rob Drummond’s vaccine drama *Pins and Needles*, which is directed by Sharma.

The complete cast has been announced for the UK premiere of *The Devil Wears Prada*, which will star Vanessa Williams and Matt Henry as Runway Magazine editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly and creative director Nigel. The musical opens at the Dominion Theatre on 24 October.

Joining them will be Georgie Buckland (*Shrek the Musical*) as Andy (played by Anne Hathaway in the 2006 film) and Amy Di Bartolomeo (*Six*) as Emily, who was played by Emily Blunt. James Darch (*Mamma Mia!*) will play...

Complete cast set for 'The Devil Wears Prada' in the West End

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*The Devil Wears Prada* has a score by Elton John and Shaina Taub and book by Kate Wetherhead, with direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell. 

James Graham's Olivier Award-winning play *Dear England* will return to the National Theatre for a 10-week run in March 2025, ahead of a four-week run at the Lowry in Salford.

The play, which tells the story of the England men's football team under manager Gareth Southgate, won Best New Play and Best Supporting Actor for Will Close at the Olivier Awards this year, following its premiere at the National Theatre in June 2023 and a West End run at the Prince Edward Theatre from October 2023 to...

James Graham's 'Dear England' to return to National Theatre in 2025

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*Dear England* won Best New Play and Best Supporting Actor for Will Close at the Olivier Awards this year, following a National Theatre premiere and West End run.

For the first time ever, audiences can see all three of Clint Dyer and Roy Williams’s acclaimed *Death of England* stage plays in one season in the West End. *Death of England: Michael, Delroy*, and *Closing Time* are playing in rep at London’s @sohoplace, and with a fantastic new cast.

Paapa Essiedu, Thomas Coombes, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, and Erin Doherty star in these blazingly brilliant state-of-the-nation dramas. The trio are interconnected, with overlapping characters, places, events, and...

Everything you need to know about the 'Death of England' plays

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Learn all about a major theatrical event: the first time ever that all three *Death of England* plays have been programmed together in the West End.

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