CABLE STREET’s first run at Southwark Playhouse Borough in February/March 2024 sold out – before the show had even opened! CABLE STREET is the new British musical with an urgent story for today’s audiences. ★★★★★ “as powerful today as it was in 1936” – read the full review   In an electrifying reimagining of one of London’s most momentous days, CABLE STREET is a hugely powerful and topical musical: when The Battle of Cable Street was fought and won in the heart of London’s East End on the 4th October 1936. With racial tensions running high, people took to the streets – CABLE STREET celebr ..read more

Following Kevin Elyot’s Coming Clean, the Turbine Theatre’s season celebrating queer love continues with Closer to Heaven, from 31 May to 30 June. Full cast for this new production of this adored club musical, includes the Tony award winning, 1994 Eurovision Song Contest contestant Frances Ruffelle as Billie Trix. Frances Ruffelle was the original Eponine in Les Miserables (West End & Broadway) for which she won the Tony, Helen Hayes, Theatre World, and Outer Critics Circle Awards. She has recorded five solo albums and has performed in many shows in the U.K. including P ..read more

Making its UK premiere, the hit Broadway musical comedy SOMETHING ROTTEN! plays Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Monday 5 August and Tuesday 6 August. SOMETHING ROTTEN! in Concert stars Jason Manford (The Producers, The Wizard of Oz, National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals) as Nick Bottom and is directed by Tim Jackson (Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York), Merrily We Roll Along). The full Broadway score is performed by the London Musical Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Freddie Tapner (Love Never Dies, Chess, Kinky Boots). Tickets go on general sale at 10am on 10 May 2024. Exclusive pre-sa ..read more

When the music of Celine Dion makes sweet Canadian love with the eleven-time Oscar®-winning blockbuster film Titanic, you get Titanique, off Broadway’s most award-winning splash hit that turns one of the greatest love stories of all time into a hysterical musical fantasia. Titanique has taken New York by storm – extending multiple times since its premiere in 2022, it has also been recognised with critical acclaim and multiple awards. Now it is coming to the UK. Venue and performance dates will be announced at a later date. To be the first to board Titanique, sign up at www.titaniquemusical.com ..read more

Donmar Warehouse’s critically acclaimed production of Macbeth will transfer to the West End. Starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, and directed by Max Webster, the production runs at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 1 October until 14 December 2024. For every performance, a third of the tickets are priced at £35 or under; with the front row available for purchase on the day of performance at £25. In addition, the Donmar will extend its Donmar LOCAL programme to the West End, with free tickets for young people from up to ten schools in Camden and Westminster. Joining David Tennant (Macbeth) and ..read more

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