News
29 February 2012
The recent high-profile film version of long running play The Woman In Black has snatched its third week at the top of the UK box office. It has managed to gross over £15 million in the short time since it opened in cinemas and has now been certified the biggest selling horror film since records began twenty years ago.
29 February 2012
Blake Harrison, the loveable but stupid Neil from hit show Inbetweeners is casting off his comedy role in the month of May for more serious drama in Step 9 (of 12) at the Trafalgar Studios from 1st May to 26th May (Press Night on 4th May).
28 February 2012
Follow the instructions in this Illusion game brought to you by The Woman In Black at the Fortune Theatre, London.
28 February 2012
The Noel Coward Theatre is finally showing a Noel Coward play, Hayfever starring Lindsay Duncan and Jeremy Northam until 2nd June.
27 February 2012
OPENING ON WEDNESDAY 16 MAY FOR A STRICTLY LIMITED SEASON
27 February 2012
Mark Rylance will return to the Apollo Theatre to play the title role in Richard III and Olivia in Twelfth Night when Tim Carroll’s Shakespeare’s Globe productions transfer to the West End later this year. Joining Rylance will be Stephen Fry as Malvolio in Twelfth Night and Samuel Barnett and Johnny Flynn. Tickets for the 13 week run at the Apollo Theatre go on sale today (27 February 2012). Further casting will be announced shortly.
22 February 2012
We're looking for #TheatreReporters to join our LondonTheatreDirect team and review the latest shows on the London stage.
22 February 2012
Today, 22 February 2012, 13 year old Harris Beattie from Aberdeen, Scotland and 9 year old Dayna Dixon from Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne will join the West End cast of Billy Elliot the Musicalwhich celebrates 7 years in at the Victoria Palace Theatre in May.
21 February 2012
The stage version of the 1992 movie The Bodyguard will feature Tony winner Heather Headley as Rachel Marron, the character played by the late Whitney Houston in the film now to be staged in the West End reportedly at the Adelphi Theatre
20 February 2012
The annual Whatsonstage Award winners have been announced.
20 February 2012
As Ghost The Musical enters its second year in the West End, over 250,000 new tickets are released for sale next month (28 March 2012) taking bookings at the Piccadilly Theatre to 20 April 2013. Having now been seen by over 350,000 people, Ghost The Musical continues to dazzle West End audiences with its ground-breaking illusions each night on stage.
17 February 2012
Have you seen Daniel Radcliffe star in The Woman In Black yet? We've collected together some reviews of the film.
17 February 2012
David Shannon will be reviving his role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables at the Queens Theatre from 3rd April to 16th June.
16 February 2012
“We’re off to see….” The most magical adventure of them all!
16 February 2012
Stephen Fry will appear in Twelfth Night at the Globe Theatre in London from 22nd September to 14th October as part of the Globe's "The Play's The Thing" season. He will star opposite Jerusalem star Mark Rylance in Tim Carroll's revival.
13 February 2012
After strong reviews since opening on 10th February at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, The King's Speech currently on a UK tour is rumoured to be set for a West End transfer with The Wyndhams Theatre being one of the possibilities to stage the production.
10 February 2012
The hit US Broadway musical The Book of Morman by South Park creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker is looking set to come to the West End and show us just why they won 9 Tony Awards including Best Musical.
10 February 2012
Exclusive video of The Woman In Black at the Forune Theatre, London.
07 February 2012
In celebration of the bicentenary of Charles Dickens, PNPF Associates Ltd in association with Ovation present the new musical A Tale of Two Cities at The Charing Cross Theatre from 5th April to 12th May with Press Night on 17th April.
07 February 2012
Following a critically acclaimed and sold out run as part of Chichester's Festival 2011, the double bill of Terence Rattigan's one-act masterpiece The Browning Version and David Hare's specially commissioned companion piece, South Downs will transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre from April 19th with a Press Night on April 24th.
03 February 2012
If you are struggling to get tickets for the Old Vic's production of Noises Off, there is still a chance to see the hit show when it transfers to the Novello Theatre for a limited run from 24th March to 30th June.
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