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03 May
2018

Live At Zédel’s summer season is packed with your #StageFaves plus there’s also shows like I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical and Heart of Winter to look forward to.

03 May
2018

Dawn French (in her first ever panto!) and Julian Clary will lead the cast of SNOW WHITE when Qdos Entertainment brings panto back to London's West End for a third year. We can't even begin to imagine the fun they're going to have!

03 May
2018

Just in time for this year's Royal Wedding, right royal musical comedy H.R.Haitch gets its full-length premiere at the Union Theatre, where Tori Allen-Martin (who bears an uncanny resemblance to Megan Markle, we reckon) stars...

03 May
2018

KNIGHTS OF THE ROSE, an epic medieval tale featuring a timeless playlist of classic rock songs, will run at London's Arts Theatre from 29 June to 26 August 2018. Initial casting, including Oliver Savile and Adam Pearce, has been announced - and they're now on #StageFaves!

03 May
2018

KNIGHTS OF THE ROSE, an epic medieval tale featuring a timeless playlist of classic rock songs, will run at London's Arts Theatre from 29 June to 26 August 2018. Initial casting, including Oliver Savile and Adam Pearce, has been announced - and they're now on #StageFaves!

02 May
2018

Award-winning American musical revue IT'S ONLY LIFE gets its UK premiere at London's Union Theatre this summer care of Aria Entertainment's Katy Lipson with a fantastic five-strong ensemble cast including Noel Sullivan...

02 May
2018

The Stable has announced casting and dates for THE RHYTHM METHOD, a new British musical in the making about fertility, which has limited London dates in May at the Bush and Landor Theatres with a series of post-show expert discussions...

01 May
2018

From Page To Stage is back and it's bigger than ever! Returning for its sixth year, Aria Entertainment’s new musical theatre festival will find a new home at the Southwark Playhouse this September and submissions are now open!

01 May
2018

Sondheim classic INTO THE WOODS gets a 21st-century twist in an in-the-round production directed by and starring Tim McArthur, which runs at London's Cockpit Theatre 23 May to 24 June 2018, with a press night on 25 May. Full casting here...

30 Apr
2018

It's been a wild ride! After two years of touring madness and multiple London runs, mod musical ALL OR NOTHING is now in its final fortnight of its West End run at the Ambassadors Theatre. It must now finish on 12 May 2018, rather than 2 June as previously scheduled. Can you help send off the Small Faces in fashion?

27 Apr
2018

Matt Board and Reina Hardy's British musical comedy FANATICAL, celebrating 'cult TV sci-fi show Angel 8' and its fans at comic convention, premieres later this year at London's Playground Theatre. Have a sneak-listen of some of the music ahead of casting...

27 Apr
2018

Kwame Kwei-Armah, the new artistic director of London's Young Vic Theatre, will open his inaugural season with the London premiere of his and Shaina Taub's community musical version of TWELFTH NIGHT, first seen in New York in 2016. Find out why, and who will star, here...

27 Apr
2018

The 1983 film LOCAL HERO has been adapted for the stage and will play in Edinburgh next year before transferring to London's Old Vic Theatre. David Greig and Bill Forsyth co-wrote the adaptation, with music and lyrics by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits...

26 Apr
2018

Go Eugenius! The super-successful new musical, written by Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins and produced by the one and only Warwick Davis, is heading back to The Other Palace later this year...

26 Apr
2018

Suddenly, we have a Seymour! And an Audrey too! Jemima Rooper and Marc Antolin will play the leads in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS this summer at the Regents Park Open Air Theatre. The full cast have now been announced, including American drag queen Vicky Vox...

26 Apr
2018

Here's a transfer for the history books: Tommy Steele is not only bringing his latest stage hit, celebrating the music of big band leader Glenn Miller, he's bringing it to the address where he made his own theatre debut sixty years ago. Yep, THE GLENN MILLER SHOW will be keeping time at the London Coliseum this summer...

25 Apr
2018

Why is the story of The Small Faces so important, and so personal, to Carol Harrison? The former EastEnders star turned theatre writer, director, producer and star tells us about her journey with ALL OR NOTHING and where the Mod musical goes from here...

Our #FirstNightTakeover series continues with Perry O'Bree at the West End premiere of STRICTLY BALLROOM, starring Jonny Labey, Zizi Strallen and Will Young at the Piccadilly Theatre (on 24 April 2018). Did you spot Baz Luhrmann in the house? And who'd Perry rhumba with at the after-party?

25 Apr
2018

The Tudor queens are ready to rule again! After extended, sell-out showcase dates earlier this year, SIX The Musical, about the six wives of Henry VIII, is returning to the Arts Theatre for a full season after a triumphant reprisal at this summer's Edinburgh Fringe...

25 Apr
2018

The Tudor queens are ready to rule again! After extended, sell-out showcase dates earlier this year, SIX The Musical, about the six wives of Henry VIII, is returning to the Arts Theatre for a full season after a triumphant reprisal at this summer's Edinburgh Fringe...