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Review: CANNED GOODS, Southwark Playhouse
by Cindy Marcolina - Jan 21, 2025

Erik Kahn’s play tested very positively in the States early last year and has gained even more resonance since then. Reviewing it on the day of the United States Presidential Inauguration, where Elon Musk gave a hasty Roman salute to Trump’s rapt audience, hit differently. In front of us, Charlotte Cohn impeccably directs a fish tank of cruelty from the past. On our screens, another one plays out.

Photos: CALAMITY JANE UK Tour Starring Carrie Hope Fletcher
by Stephi Wild - Jan 17, 2025

All new production photos have been released from Calamity Jane, starring multi-award-winning West End star Carrie Hope Fletcher. Check out the photos here!

Review Roundup: Did TITANÍQUE Sink or Swim in the West End?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 10, 2025

When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian love with the eleven-time Oscar®-winning film Titanic, you get Titaníque, New York’s most award-winning splash hit that turns one of the greatest love stories of all time into a hysterical musical fantasia.

Review: TITANÍQUE, Criterion Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 10, 2025

What started as one-night showing in Los Angeles, after docking on Broadway, in Canada and Australia, Titaníque has now sailed into London. Based on the idea that global pop icon Céline Dion was actually the hero of the 1997 James Cameron film, Titanic, the absurdity of this dazzlingly camp and frankly ridiculous show only grows from there.

Interview: 'It's 100 Minutes of Uninterrupted Joy': Director and Co-Author Tye Blue on TITANIQUE
by Kat Mokrynski - Jan 7, 2025

Titanique, the hit off-Broadway musical, has finally docked in London. Currently playing at the Criterion Theatre, the show mixes the iconic story of Titanic with the equally iconic music of Céline Dion, transforming the “Ship of Dreams” into a “hysterical musical fantasia.”

Photos: BAT OUT OF HELL - THE MUSICAL UK Tour in Rehearsal
by Stephi Wild - Jan 3, 2025

All new rehearsal photos have been released for BAT OUT OF HELL - THE MUSICAL, which starts its UK Tour at the Edinburgh Playhouse next week. Check out the photos here!

Critics' Choice: Louise Penn's 2024 Highlights
by Louise Penn - Dec 20, 2024

From the bold new musicals aimed at Gen Z audiences, to classic play revivals and experimental dance productions, London has offered a variety of shows across its stages this year. Louise Penn celebrates her pick of the work of the West End and smaller off-West End spaces.

Review: HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTTS, Arcola Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - Dec 16, 2024

Created by Recent Cutbacks, Hold On To Your Butts is a “shot for shot” parody of the iconic Jurassic Park film, with three actors taking on the movie in only seventy minutes (the original film has a runtime of two hours and seven minutes). Jack Baldwin and Laurence Pears take on nearly all of the characters (yes, even Mr. D.N.A makes an appearance!) through simple costume and prop changes.

Photos: HOLD ONTO YOUR BUTTS At Arcola Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 13, 2024

Production photos been released for Recent Cutbacks’ Hold On To Your Butts, a live shot-for-shot parody of the greatest dinosaur film of all time performed by just two actors and a live Foley artist, at the Arcola Theatre this Christmas for a limited run until Saturday 11 January 2025 prior to a UK Tour.

Photos: TITANIQUE at The Criterion Theatre in the West End
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 12, 2024

Get a first look at production photos of Titanique, New York’s splash hit comedy now playing at The Criterion Theatre! Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Review: MADDIE MOATE'S A VERY CURIOUS CHRISTMAS, Apollo Theatre
by Christiana Rose - Dec 9, 2024

Maddie Moate’s festive live science show incorporates the perfect blend of live science experiments, a mission to assist Mrs Claus and a taste of musical theatre with a pantomime flair.

Review: DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT, Hackney Empire
by Kat Mokrynski - Dec 9, 2024

For its 25th pantomime, the Hackney Empire is putting on Dick Whittington and His Cat, directed by and starring Clive Row, who has been the resident Dame of the Hackney Empire for years. This particular production of Dick Whittington has been written by Will Brenton with original music and songs by Steve Edis and stars Kandaka Moore as the titular Whittington and Kat B as Tommy the Cat.

Review: HOMO ALONE, The Other Palace
by Abbie Grundy - Dec 5, 2024

This is Home Alone like you've never seen it before.

Photos: Vanessa Williams and More in THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
by Stephi Wild - Nov 29, 2024

Ahead of the show’s opening, this December at the Dominion Theatre, The Devil Wears Prada The Musical has released all new production photos. Check out the photos here!

Photos: TITANIQUE in the West End in Rehearsal
by Stephi Wild - Nov 25, 2024

Rehearsal photos have been released of the cast of the UK Premiere of Titanique in the West End. Check out the photos here!

Review: TATTOOER, Charing Cross Theatre
by Gary Naylor - Oct 18, 2024

Incomprehensible drama fails to breach the cultural gap between Japan and England.

Photos: First Look TATTOOER At Charing Cross Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 17, 2024

TATTOOER, written by Takuya Kaneshima, translated by Linda Hoaglund, inspired by the short story, Shisei, by Junichiro Tanizaki and directed by Hogara Kawai will gets its UK premiere Monday 14 October to Saturday 26 October direct from a run in Tokyo, Japan. Check out photos from the production!

Review: BECOMING NANCY, Birmingham Rep
by Laura Lott - Oct 16, 2024

Cheese and pineapple on a stick, anyone? The latest musical from Birmingham Rep takes us back to 1970s Britain, where trousers were flared, birthday parties required Iced Gems, and boys definitely didn't play girls in school musicals without everyone having something to say about it. BWW's critic weighs in.

Photos: BECOMING NANCY at Birmingham Rep
by Stephi Wild - Oct 9, 2024

Birmingham Rep has released all new photos from Becoming Nancy, directed and choroegraphed by Jerry Mitchell. The musical will host its official press night in Birmingham on Tuesday 15 October 2024. 

Photos: Faye Brookes, Djalenga Scott, and More in Rehearsal For the UK Tour of CHICAGO
by Stephi Wild - Oct 7, 2024

Rehearsal photos have been released for the 2024/2025 UK and Ireland tour of the multi-awarding winning CHICAGO, opening at Milton Keynes Theatre from 12 October 2024. Check out the photoshere!