Monday, August 3, 2026
Rebecca Lucy Taylor leads David Hare’s rock’n’roll drama, Michaela Coel tells us Chewing Gum Dreams and Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo stars in a murder mysteryLike a time capsule …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:15AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Southwark Playhouse Borough, LondonA lesser-known selection from the composer and lyricist’s archive is full of heart and humour, swinging between cabaret blues and pop bangersHow do you m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:10AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 7, 2026
The dreaded bloodsucker will be getting his fangs into the Edinburgh fringe this year – in a deeply creepy, liberty-taking show with a sisterly twist. We meet its directorWho is your Dracu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:10AM[SHARE]From returning comedy award winner Sam Nicoresti to Flo & Joan’s cheeky One Man Musical, these are surefire standouts at the fringeEdinburgh festival 2026 reviewsIt may contain a brief…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:40AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 1, 2026
New name recognises the playwright’s huge impact on British theatre with producer Sonia Friedman saying he would be ‘tickled pink’The Duke of York’s theatre in the West End is to bec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:35AM[SHARE]The star delivers a breathtaking performance in Suzie Miller’s play about a judge under pressure, while Paddington gets everyone singing and Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy is backRosamund …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:55AM[SHARE]Monday, June 29, 2026
London Theatre Company founded in 2017 by Hytner and former National Theatre colleague Nick Starr has been sold to company that owns 20-plus venues in UK and abroadThe Bridge theatre in Lond…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 28, 2026
The Happy Valley actor is lined up as the lead in German director Thomas Ostermeier’s first Shakespearean play in EnglishJames Norton is to take on his first major Shakespearean stage role…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Miranda and Eisa Davis’s concept album based on the 1979 film is to be realised for the stage, co-directed by Jenny Koons and Hamilton’s Andy BlankenbuehlerLin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:45AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 23, 2026
The 84-year-old actor has spent decades bringing Samuel Beckett’s plays to life. Does his recent diagnosis give him new insights into playing ‘sad clown’ Krapp in a drama about age and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:15AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Production fusing the band’s sixth album and Shakespeare’s masterpiece will open at the Barbican later this yearHamlet Hail to the Thief, an acclaimed stage production fusing Shakespeare…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:45PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 9, 2026
The theatrical prequel to the Duffer Brothers’ smash-hit Netflix series is to shut down in the West End and on Broadway this winter, after selling more than 1.5m ticketsThe London and New …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:35PM[SHARE]Monday, June 1, 2026
There’s a rare chance to catch a Tony-nominated hit live from New York, plus blasts from the past including Rent, The Audience and Hugh Jackman as a singing cowboyLivestreams of current Br…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:40AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 28, 2026
Prince Edward theatre, LondonThere are drop-dead gorgeous designs and the performances are full of life but this off-kilter escapade has scattershot gags and unmemorable songsHalloween has a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:45PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe late choreographer heightens Ophelia and Gertrude’s stories yet squanders some speeches in an intense hourWords, words, words. Can Hamlet retain its tragic forc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:30AM[SHARE]Monday, May 25, 2026
Mercury theatre, ColchesterThis musical from the company behind The Play That Goes Wrong unearths the invention of acting in ancient Greece – and finds little has changedThe Mischief theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:15PM[SHARE]Friday, May 22, 2026
Soho Theatre Walthamstow, LondonThe Drag Race star brings nuance to the vocals and has a hoot with a frisky script but this bio-drama is too limited and ultimately cramps her styleDrag Race …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 19, 2026
A ‘thrillingly fresh’ 30th-anniversary production of Jonathan Larson’s musical will open at the Duke of York’s theatre in London, directed by Luke SheppardThe Pulitzer prize-winning …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:55PM[SHARE]Actor recounts ‘really scary’ situation after leaving the stage of the musical BeachesThe Broadway star Jessica Vosk has appealed for backstage privacy to be respected after describing h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM[SHARE]Grayson the Musical will explore ‘identity, creativity and self-acceptance … with life coaching from a six-foot teddy bear named Alan’Grayson Perry’s life story is to be told in an …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 13, 2026
The monumental soundtrack of Perry Henzell’s film, starring Jimmy Cliff, powered the best musical of 2025. Its creators discuss bringing their hit back after the reggae giant’s deathOn a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 12, 2026
The Royal Court is presenting the Slow Horses star’s version of one Beckett masterpiece alongside 19-year-old Leo Simpe-Asante’s riff on another. They combine beautifullyWhere does the t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:50PM[SHARE]Friday, May 1, 2026
The actor commands the stage in Tom Morris’s striking production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, while Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt unite for The Last Five YearsWhen David Harewood was offered …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Stephen Dillane and Bridgerton’s Luke Thompson set to co-star in Robert Icke’s production based on the German film this autumnKeira Knightley will return to the West End stage for the fi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wicked star’s one-woman West End show was stopped in response to an increasingly common problem for theatresA performance of Dracula in the West End on Monday night was halted after its st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 23, 2026
Churchill theatre, Bromley James M Cain’s hard-bitten novella gained bleak power on screen but this version, giving Mischa Barton her UK stage debut, loses its flinty edgeThe West End’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:10AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Adaptation of Stephen Merchant’s 2019 film about WWE champ Saraya-Jade Bevis ‘will be an absolute blast’, says one of the film’s stars, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ JohnsonStephen Merchant…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:30PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 19, 2026
Tony award-winning actor will play lead role of Judith Bliss in Noël Coward's comedy at Wyndham's theatre in London
Christine Baranski is to make her West End debut alongside Richard E Gr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 11, 2026
The sleeper hit film has been transformed into a Disney stage show. But does it let exploitative huckster PT Barnum off the hook? We go behind the scenes of its launch run in Bristol
'Ladi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 2, 2026
The great Shakespearean shares his passion project, there's a sneak peek of Sam Ryder's Jesus Christ Superstar and Back to the Future: The Musical hits reverse
When stages went dark during t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 31, 2026
London PalladiumThe musical-theatre megastars fall in and out of love, in opposing timelines, in a stirring production of Jason Robert Brown's musical
After her electrifying Evita, Rachel Ze…
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