La Soirée announce new acts for its residency at the Aldwych Theatre

The award-winning and much-loved La Soirée is thrilled to announce multiple new acts for its residency at the Aldwych Theatre, this winter, from 24 November 2017 to 3 February 2018. Featuring fabulous cabaret performers from across the globe, get ready to party with the newest incarnation of La Soirée’s infamous dysfunctional family as they revel […]

BLOG: Should we keep labels for boxes and not people?

Last week, The Metro chatted to West End stars Rachel Tucker and Emma Williams at the Wilma Awards about the need for more accessible performances within the theatre industry, following the introduction of the Achievement In Creating Accessible Theatre Award at the ceremony. The headline used by The Metro was ‘Wicked’s Rachel Tucker leads host […]

Janie Dee to star in Torben Betts’s new play MONOGAMY

The Original Theatre Company and Ghost Light Productions will present a short tour ahead of a London run of Torben Betts’s new play MONOGAMY, starring Janie Dee as Caroline Mortimer. MONOGAMY will run at the Festival Theatre in Malvern from 2-5 May 2018, Yvonne Arnaud in Guildford from 8-12 May 2018 and York Theatre Royal […]

Carey Mulligan to star in GIRLS & BOYS at the Royal Court Theatre

Carey Mulligan has been cast in the world premiere of Girls & Boys, written by Dennis Kelly and directed by Lyndsey Turner. Girls & Boys runs in the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Thursday 8 February 2018 –Saturday 10 March 2018. With set design by Es Devlin, costume design by Jack Galloway, lighting design by […]

Will Young, Jonny Labey & Zizi Strallen to star in Strictly Ballroom Musical

Will Young, Jonny Labey and Zizi Strallen will lead the cast of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical when it makes its West End debut in 2018. Based on Baz Luhrmann’s classic film that inspired the world to dance, Strictly Ballroom The Musical will begin performances at the Piccadilly Theatre on Friday 16th March 2018 […]