34-week run for Studio Ghibli’s record-breaking My Neighbour Totoro comes to the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London’s West End. The production will run from Saturday 08 March – Sunday 02 November 2025, with an opening night on Thursday 20 March. Priority booking opens on Monday 29 April, with public booking from Friday 03 May. Adapted by Tom Morton-Smith (Oppenheimer) from Hayao Miyazaki’s celebrated 1988 animated feature film, the production is directed by Improbable Co-Founder, Phelim McDermott. Winner of six Olivier Awards and five WhatsOnStage Awards, My Neighbour Totoro broke the Barbican’s ..read more

West End shows and performers team up for London’s Young People’s Theatre Festival – Go Live Fortnight Tickets on sale now, exclusively to Go Live members. Young people, aged 15-24*, can sign up for free at www.golivetheatre.org.uk/go-live From Monday 13th May – Saturday 25th May, London Theatre Education Charity, Go Live Theatre Projects, is offering 500 young theatregoers aged 15-24 the chance to see a top West End show for just £10, from some of the best seats in the house! From long-running and beloved iconic musicals and plays like The Lion King, Mamma Mia! or The Play that Goes Wrong, to ..read more

2:22 – A Ghost Story returns to London’s West End for a strictly limited 10-week season at the Gielgud Theatre for its 7th West End season. Written by award-winning writer Danny Robins, creator of the hit BBC podcast The Battersea Poltergeist, and directed by Matthew Dunster and Isabel Marr; 2:22 is an adrenaline-filled night where secrets emerge and ghosts may, or may not, appear… What do you believe? And do you dare discover the truth? “THERE’S SOMETHING IN OUR HOUSE. I HEAR IT EVERY NIGHT, AT THE SAME TIME” Jenny believes her new home is haunted, but her husband Sam isn’t having any of ..read more

Lionel Bart’s iconic musical, Oliver!, fully reconceived with director and choreographer Matthew Bourne, will open in London at the end of the year. Oliver! will begin performances at Gielgud Theatre on Saturday 14 December 2024. Priority booking begins on Friday 26 April – sign up at www.oliverthemusical.com with tickets on general sale from Monday 29 April. The production runs at Chichester Festival Theatre from 8 July to 7 September. The cast includes Simon Lipkin (Guys and Dolls, Avenue Q) as Fagin, Shanay Holmes (Miss Saigon, The Bodyguard) as Nancy, Aaron Sidwell (Henry VI, Wicked) as Bi ..read more

A new musical version of Dodie Smith’s classic book 101 Dalmatians has been announced for a UK and Ireland tour launching at the New Wimbledon Theatre in June. Kym Marsh plays the iconic villain Cruella de Vil in the musical written by Douglas Hodge (music and lyrics) and Johnny McKnight (book), from a stage adaptation by Zinnie Harris. The director is Bill Buckhurst, with sets designed by David Woodhead, costumes designed by Sarah Mercadé and choreography by Lucy Hind. Musical supervision is from Alfonso Casado Trigo, orchestration by Jack Hopkins, the puppets are designed by Jimmy Grimes, wi ..read more

The full cast for the UK tour of A Chorus Line has been announced. Joining the previously announced Adam Cooper as Zach and Carly Mercedes Dyer as Cassie will be Jocasta Almgill as Diana Morales, Lydia Bannister as Bebe Benzenheimer, Bradley Delarosbel as Gregory Gardner, Archie Durrant as Mark Anthony, Joshua Lay as Al Deluca, Katie Lee as Kristine Urich, Mireia Mambo as Richie Walters, Kanako Nakano as Judy Turner (and cover Connie Wong), Manuel Pacific as Paul San Marco, Ashley-Jordon Packer as Larry (and cover Paul San Marco), Kate Parr as Maggie Winslow, Rachel Jayne Picar as Connie Wong ..read more

Disney’s The Little Mermaid musical first appeared on Broadway in 2008. Based upon Disney’s iconic 1989 animated film, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, the stage production features music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater and a book by Doug Wright. Known for its innovative use of underwater effects, elaborate costumes, and beloved songs like Part of Your World and Under the Sea, the musical captured the hearts of audiences despite receiving mixed reviews from critics. Over the years, The Little Mermaid musical has remained a celebrated part of Disney’s t ..read more

New dates are announced for the National Theatre’s global smash-hit production of War Horse, the unforgettable theatrical event based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel, which embarks on a major 18-month UK and Ireland tour from 5 September 2024, touring through to 2026. The new dates and venues for 2025 are; New Victoria Theatre, Woking (14 – 25 January), Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin (29 January – 1 February), Grand Opera House, Belfast (4 – 15 February), The Regent Theatre, Stoke (4 – 8 March), Wolverhampton Grand Theatre (11 – 22 March), Theatre Royal Glasgow (25 March – 5 April), Live ..read more

A brand-new Made at Curve production of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS The Musical, will tour the UK and Ireland from 17 January 2025. KINKY BOOTS The Musical features a score by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein. It will be directed by Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster (THE WIZARD OF OZ, A CHORUS LINE, BILLY ELLIOT) and will star TV dance sensation and international champion Johannes Radebe as Lola and rising star Dan Partridge as Charlie Price. KINKY BOOTS The Musical was a Broadway and West End phenomenon based on a true story and movie of th ..read more

Class has moved to @sohoplace from 22 May to 6 July for Heathers the Musical. Following a smash hit West End run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2018, two national tours and record-breaking runs at London’s The Other Palace, the WhatsOnStage ‘BEST NEW MUSICAL’ winner, the beloved musical will be back in the West End for only six weeks before embarking on its third tour from 24 July at the Theatre Royal Windsor. Experience Heathers the Musical differently – really up close and personal @sohoplace, the West End’s newest theatre…how very! Produced by Bill Kenwright Ltd and Paul Taylor-Mills, th ..read more