Category: London

Full cast announced for Sophokles’s electrifying and timeless play ELEKTRA

Academy Award winner Brie Larson (Room, Lessons in Chemistry, Captain Marvel) will make her West End debut in ELEKTRA, in a UK Premiere production of the translation by award winning poet Anne Carson of Sophokles’s electrifying play. Helmed by the acclaimed director Daniel Fish (Oklahoma), performances will begin at Theatre Royal Brighton from Monday 13 […]

The Smeds and The Smoos at the Lyric Theatre this Summer

Tall Stories is delighted to announce that their Olivier Award-nominated adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s classic picture book will be soaring into the West End this summer. The Smeds and The Smoos will run at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue from 18 July – 7 September 2025. On a far-off planet, Smeds and […]

Royal Court Theatre’s production of GIANT comes to the Harold Pinter Theatre

Royal Court Theatre’s production of Mark Rosenblatt’s GIANT is now closed at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s West End. Directed by Nicholas Hytner (Straight Line Crazy, La Belle Sauvage) and designed by Bob Crowley, the sold-out hit which has just completed its run at the Royal Court premiered at the theatre in September 2024. […]

STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW extends booking in the West End

New cast begin performances of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW at the Phoenix Theatre  Who’s in the cast? Joining the previously announced Louis Healy (Henry Creel), Callum Maxwell (Bob Newby), Miranda Mufema (Patty Newby), Luke Mullins (Dr Brenner), Jessica Rhodes (Joyce Maldonado) and George Smale (James Hopper Jr) are Shane Attwooll (Chief Hopper), Jack Crumlin (Lonnie Byers), Rhianna Dorris (Sue Anderson), Ammar Duffus (Charles Sinclair), Jack Gardner (Walter Henderson), Andy Langtree (Victor Creel), Betsy Mayle (Claudia Yount), Michael Murray (Alan Munson), Lauren O’Neil (Virginia […]

Mike Bartlett’s new play Unicorn to debut at the Garrick Theatre

The world premiere of Mike Bartlett’s new play Unicorn, directed by James Macdonald, will debut at the Garrick Theatre in the West End from 4 February for strictly limited run until 26 April 2025. “Nick: Have you two kissed already? Polly: No Kate: Yes” Polly and Nick have it all. Happily married, two children, successful […]

Jonathan Bailey in Richard II at London’s Bridge Theatre

London Theatre Company are delighted to announce that a brand-new production of Richard II will open 10 February 2025 and run until 10 May 2025 at the Bridge Theatre.  Who’s in the cast? Award-winning screen and stage actor Jonathan Bailey, Richard II will feature alongside a talented cast to illuminate Shakespeare’s powerful work. The cast features: Royce Pierreson as Henry Bolingbroke, Christopher Osikanlu Colquhoun as Earl of Northumberland, Olivia Popica as […]

Capital Theatre to open in Autumn 2025 with Dirty Dancing

Capital Theatre, a permanent new venue, will open in West London in Autumn 2025 with the record-breaking Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage. Performances commence on Thursday 23 October 2025 in Westfield London in Shepherd’s Bush. The brand new purpose-built 620 seat venue is set over 35,000 square feet, taking over the southwest […]

Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler’s The Baddies comes to London

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s smash-hit 2022 story The Baddies, which premiered at the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh in October 2024, will run from 1–24 August 2025 at Cadogan Hall in London. Meet the very worst Baddies in the world! Don’t you dare to come too close to a witch, a troll and a ghost! […]

London Road at the National Theatre 2025

The National Theatre welcomed the return of the innovative musical London Road, directed by Rufus Norris from 5 – 21 June 2025. This show is now closed.   What’s the show about? In autumn 2006, the everyday life of the Suffolk town of Ipswich is shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. […]