London Theatre News and Reviews

Lindsay Posner directs Terence Rattigan’s compelling play, The Winslow Boy, based on a true story of a father’s fight to clear his son’s name when he is expelled after being convicted of theft.

First staged in 1946, the battle between personal principles and conscience plus an impenetrable establishment under the media spotlight makes The Winslow Boy as relevant today as [...]

Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero.

Mark Rylance directs James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave in Shakespeare’s timeless comedy Much Ado About Nothing.

While young lovers Claudio and Hero threaten to have their imminent nuptials thwarted by the resentful scheming of a Prince, marriage seems [...]

From 1 February, Graham McLaren’s ‘outstanding’, ‘haunting’ and ‘stunning’ production of Great Expectations comes to the West End for the first time with the beautiful Estella, the terrifying Magwitch, the manipulative Jaggers, the tragic and mysterious Miss Havisham and Pip looking back on his past – a boy with ‘great expectations’.

‘A classic tale, thrillingly re-told for the stage’ GREAT [...]

Spring 2013 sees multi Oliver Award-winner Zoë Wanamaker make her triumphant return to the West End in Passion Play, Peter Nichols’ celebrated black comedy about love and adultery.

Comfortably married for 25 years, James and Eleanor’s world is upended when James agrees to a secret rendezvous with their recently widowed friend Kate.  Fib by fib, the affair strips the marriage [...]

Mamma Mia!  The Musical has been extended from Monday 29 April 2013 to Saturday 26 October 2013 at Novello Theatre, London.

Night after night, audiences are having the time of their lives at MAMMA MIA!. Catherine Johnson’s sunny, funny story of love, laughter and friendship has been thrilling London audiences for over 10 years. More recently it became the biggest British hit [...]

Auditions are underway for a new Broadway musical. For everyone present, it’s the chance of a lifetime. It’s the one opportunity to do what they’ve always dreamed of – to have the chance to dance.

Told through captivating song, riveting drama and stunning choreography, the auditionees describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers.

Based [...]

Top Hat the Musical have now released an exclusive stream of the new Cast Album on the official Top Hat Facebook page. Available solely to fans who have liked the page, the stream features samples of all 18 tracks from the sensational production. Alongside this, there is a competition to win 1 of 10 signed copies of the album, [...]

A new musical Loserville which is created by Elliot David and James Bourne at the Garrick Theatre starring Aaron Sidwell, Eliza Hope Bennett, Stewart Clarke, Charlotte Harwood, Richard Lowe, Lil Chris and Daniel Buckley.

Welcome to Loserville! It’s 1971. Michael Dork may be a computer geek but he’s invented something that could change the world.

He’s also discovered GIRLS: a prospect [...]

In a celebration of London’s finest storyteller, Simon Callow tells the stories as Dickens, seamlessly interweaving the autobiographical elements with bringing his most memorable and intriguing characters back to life painting an unforgettable portrait of Dickens.

Famed for his roles in Four Weddings and a Funeral, A Room with a View and Amadeus the critically acclaimed actor in both the [...]

West End’s long running musical Chicago which is runing at Garrick Theatre London is to close after 15 years.

Chicago The Musical is based in the roaring 1920′s. Justice is on trial for the husband killing bad girls of shady Chicago. A chorus girl murders her lover but manages to get off through a strange assortment of allies. She forms an unusual nightclub [...]