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National Theatre unveils 2027 season including West Side Story and Joan Armatrading musical

09-09-26 The National Theatre has unveiled its 2027 programme A World of Stories, with two musicals among the biggest announcements as West Side Story returns in a major new production and the songs of Joan Armatrading provide the soundtrack to a brand-new British musical. In total, 18 productions have been announced across the National Theatre's stages and beyond, including eight world premieres, major revivals, a new Punchdrunk immersive experience and productions starring Paul Mescal, Emilia Clarke, Uzo Aduba, Emma Corrin […]

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Million Dollar Quartet to embark on major UK tour in 2027

07-09-26 The Barn Theatre's acclaimed production of Million Dollar Quartet is hitting the road, with Darren Day leading a major UK tour in 2027. Following its current London season at The Arts at Marble Arch, the production will visit 23 venues between January and July, opening at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on 26 January. Day will continue in the role of Sam Phillips, the record producer who brought Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins together for […]

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First look at Rory Kinnear and Natalia Osipova in The Standard of Living rehearsals

07-09-26 Rehearsal images have been released for the world premiere of James Graham's new play The Standard of Living, ahead of its West End opening later this month. Olivier Award winner Rory Kinnear stars as economist John Maynard Keynes, with Royal Ballet Principal Natalia Osipova making her West End debut as his wife, celebrated ballerina Lydia Lopokova. Written by three-time Olivier Award winner James Graham, whose work includes Dear England, the play explores the life and ideas of Keynes and […]

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Cast News: The Hunger Games: On Stage

07-09-26 A new group of tributes is heading into the arena as The Hunger Games: On Stage announces its second-year company. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnqhByu5MUc Elizabeth Anderson will take over as Katniss Everdeen from 23 October 2026 at the purpose-built Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre, alongside Vinnie Copeland as Peeta Mellark and Nathan Stokes as Gale Hawthorne. The new cast also brings two familiar faces from television to Panem, with EastEnders actor Neil McDermott taking on Haymitch Abernathy and Coronation Street star Daniel Brocklebank […]

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Teri Hatcher to play Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada

07-09-26 Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher is swapping Wisteria Lane for Runway magazine as she joins the West End cast of The Devil Wears Prada. The Golden Globe-winning actress will take over as Miranda Priestly at the Dominion Theatre from 20 October 2026, following Vanessa Williams' departure from the musical on 19 September. Debbie Kurup will step into Miranda's designer heels for the interim period, playing the role from Williams' departure until 17 October. Hatcher is best known around the world as […]

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Review: Burlesque UK Tour

01-09-26 Wales Millennium Centre by Jamie Griffiths Having seen Burlesque the Musical in its original Manchester incarnation and again during its West End run at the Savoy last year, I went into this new touring version with plenty to compare it with. Taking something this big on the road is no small undertaking, but Burlesque absolutely stands up. This remains a bold, loud and unapologetically glamorous musical, but there are changes here that make it feel like the show is still […]

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Michael Ball to play Willy Wonka in new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

02-09-26 Michael Ball is heading back to the London Coliseum to take on one of musical theatre’s most famous roles, Willy Wonka. The double Olivier Award winner will lead a brand-new production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, opening for a strictly limited London season from 4 June to 18 September 2027. The production will originate at Curve, Leicester before transferring to the London Coliseum, with Curve Artistic Director Nikolai Foster directing. A London press night will take place on […]

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Review: Disney’s High School Musical

27-08-26 at Lowry, Salford Quays by Georgia Cook & Fio Tretheway ★★★★ It’s always handy attending shows and writing these reviews as a pair, especially when watching a screen-to-stage musical adaptation, because inevitably one of us will be intimately familiar with the source material, while the other one will be going in completely blind. It was much the same this time, when last night we went to see the Gala performance of Disney’s High School Musical, the stage musical, at […]

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Alexa Lopez joins Gaten Matarazzo in West End cast of Rent

24-08-26 Alexa Lopez will make her West End debut as Mimi in the eagerly awaited new production of Jonathan Larson’s Rent. She joins the previously announced Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo as Mark, alongside Travis Ross as Roger, Billy Nevers as Collins, Lazy Violet as Maureen, Danielle Fiamanya as Joanne, Jeevan Braich as Angel and Joaquin Pedro Valdes as Benny. Lopez takes over the role of Mimi from Bella Brown, who has withdrawn from the production after sustaining an injury […]

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