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There’s the West End cast of Hamilton opening the Olivier Awards ceremony, US musical theatre legend Chita Rivera will lead a West Side Story tribute and past stars of Joseph are celebrating the show’s 50th anniversary – it’s going to be quite a night…

29 Mar
2018

The UK premiere of LOVEBITES heads to the White Bear Theatre this April 2018 and the cast has now been announced...

28 Mar
2018

On Saturday 24 May 2018, students in America were joined by thousands of fellow citizens for the "March For Our Lives" rally in Washington DC. The protest, to end gun violence, has been supported by many famous names including performers in theatre. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt came together during the rally to perform their duet "found tonight" live from Washington to support the students...

27 Mar
2018

It's back and better than ever! ‘Magic at the Musicals with Cadbury Dairy Milk’ is set to return to London’s Royal Albert Hall for one night only on 21st May 2018 with a brand new show and a 60 piece orchestra...

26 Mar
2018

Full cast details have been revealed for the star-studded London revival of Chess, the first West End production of Chess since 1986 – plus there’s a new rehearsal photo featuring the cast and creative team…

It’s only two weeks until the biggest theatre awards of the years, so time to see how excited the lucky nominees are getting about the big night, starting with Best New Musical.

25 Mar
2018

The fantastic comedy songwriter Alexander Bermange seems to have a lot of friends on the West End and he's bringing some of them together again in his new musical review I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL. With WICKED alums Suzie Mathers and Oliver Savile being joined by other spectacular StageFaves, this certainly an evening of giggles not to be missed...

23 Mar
2018

Olivier Award-winning actress Sharon D. Clarke will reprise her five-star performance as Caroline Thibodeaux when the musical transfers to the Playhouse Theatre in November 2018.

23 Mar
2018

Kinda like Rock of Ages meets Camelot? Or Game of Thrones crossed with Mamma Mia? KNIGHTS OF THE ROSE, a new jukebox musical set in the Middle Ages to a backdrop of rock classics, will get its world premiere this summer at the West End's Arts Theatre, directed and choreographed by Racky Plews...

22 Mar
2018

KISS ME KATE is heading back to the London stage as part of a new tour and it'll be hitting the London Coliseum this June. Casting has now been announced for this exciting production from Opera North...

21 Mar
2018

The classic film that has stolen hearts onstage for years has announced an extension to its tour. DIRTY DANCING will now run into 2019 with tickets on sale from 23 March...

21 Mar
2018

A transatlantic partnership has been formed between Katy Lipson of Aria Entertainment and Tony Award-winning producer Jim Kierstead who will work together to bring new and groundbreaking musical theatre productions to London and New York. The first of these productions will be new musical UNEXPECTED JOY which will head to the Southwark Playhouse after an Off-Broadway run...

21 Mar
2018

In a shock casting rumour, it's been suggested that 'Wicked' on Broadway has found their new green girl in international pop star Ariana Grande. Apparently current Elphaba, Jackie Burns (who has played the role on and off for 6 years), is ready to move on to pastures new so if you care to find her, be sure to look to the Western skies!

21 Mar
2018

Fans have been waiting for what seems like a lifetime for this - and it's nearly here! Carrie Hope Fletcher's debut album "When The Curtain Falls" is available for preorder and will be released on 30 March. To get us even MORE excited, she's shared the track list...

20 Mar
2018

One of the most fun, timeless classics of all has to be RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET and now it's time for it to return (see what we did there) to London for a run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse...

20 Mar
2018

The living legend that is Stephen Sondheim has a prolific back catalogue of hit after hit after hit. But what about the songs that never made it into our favourite shows? Now we can hear those songs live onstage, reimagined as MARRY ME A LITTLE, breathing new life into these trunk songs...

20 Mar
2018

Could it be you? Find out how to audition for the forthcoming semi-staged concert performance of Andrew Lippa’s musical A Little Princess at London’s Southbank…

19 Mar
2018

The roof of the Theatre Royal Haymarket was the place to be today as Take That and cast members celebrated the six-week West End run of The Band at the theatre this Christmas.

WATCH HERE! Nominees including Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’s Josie Walker & Be Inspired champion Willy Mukendi, from our friends at the Musical Theatre Appreciation Society, joined Collabro’s Jamie Lambert in the first episode of Road to the Oliviers, a new four-part Facebook series.

16 Mar
2018

Could it be magic? Looks like it, as Tim Firth’s Take That-inspired musical The Band looks set to transfer to London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket from December 2018.