UK / West End Theatre Newsroom

The new 2024 cast recording from the London company of Oliver! is now available on digital. Recorded in front of live audiences at Chichester Festival Theatre last year, the recording features iconic songs like “Food, Glorious Food”, “Consider Yourself”, and more. Listen to it here!

Michael Sheen will fund new theatre company, the Welsh National Theatre, which has officially launched in the wake of the folding of the National Theatre Wales.

Matt Forde will return to the West End with his Political Party podcast, 18 months after his last show featuring Mhairi Black. Learn more about the upcoming event here!

Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts are getting a foothold in London’s East End. Shylock, here a single parent, requests a pound of flesh from Antonio, part of Mosley’s aficionados, in order to clear his debts. The demands of the Jewish moneylender who’s endlessly abused in public by the same people who require her services immediately gain further nuance in Brigid Larmour and Tracy-Ann Oberman.

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.

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.

Stage and screen stage Bonnie Langford took to social media to share a touching tribute to her mother, Babette, who recently passed away. Learn more here.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat favourite Jason Donovan will return to Southampton's Mayflower Theatre this spring. For one week only, he will reprise his celebrated role as Pharaoh.

Mother and daughter Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter will appear onstage together for the first time as Mrs Kitty Warren and Vivie Warren in a new production of George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession.

 Hadley Fraser will release a new album ‘Things That Come and Go' next month. The album is produced by Donald L Anderson for Palm Haven Studios and Hadley Fraser with arrangement and co-production by Sam Young.

The Old Vic has announced the full cast of Conor McPherson’s new play The Brightening Air. Learn more about the upcoming production and find out more about the cast here!

In 2024 I was Carne Deputy Director at Jermyn Street Theatre. The role was designed to teach the recipient about the day to day running of a theatre with the view to one day leading a building.

 New Works Provincetown and Shared Experience will present a workshop in London of the new musical Maiden Voyage with book and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein and Carmel Dean.

The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School has announced that it will no longer be accepting applications for its undergraduate degree programmes and will not be admitting any new undergraduate students from September 2025. 

Theatre Royal Brighton and Empire Street Productions have announced Brighton's first-ever Pay What You Can Lottery for the highly anticipated production of ELEKTRA, starring Brie Larson.

CLUELESS, The Musical has announced its full cast and creative team, beginning performances at London’s Trafalgar Theatre next month. Learn more about the full cast ehre!

The Jamie Lloyd Company has announced the full cast for William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

All new photos and video footage have been released of Jonathan Bailey and the company of Richard II on their first day of rehearsals. Learn more about Richard II here!

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.”

Matilda the Musical is getting ready to bring its revolting children on tour through the UK and Ireland. This afternoon, the show's producers announced an open call for youth performers.

Ariana DeBose has revealed that she is in talks to star as Eva Peron in Evita at the London Palladium, directed by Jamie Lloyd. Learn more about the production!

Watch a video from The Pirates of Penzance with Ellie Laugharne as Mabel, George Curnow as Frederic, Sioned Gwen Davies as Ruth, Jonathan Eyers as Pirate King, as Barry Clark as Major General and Benjamin Bevan as Sergeant.

The National Theatre has announced full casting for Bush Theatre Artistic Director Lynette Linton's revival of award-winning Guyana-born British writer Michael Abbensetts' Alterations.

The full company has been set for the world premiere of Anna Mackmin's new play, Backstroke – joining the previously announced Tamsin Greig and Celia Imrie are Lucy Briers, Anita Reynolds and Georgina Rich.

The World's Greatest Stage Musicals will return this Spring, arriving in over 500 cinemas nationwide—a must-see for theatre lovers of all kinds. Learn more about the lineup here!