“Glastonbury for Theatre Lovers” – West End LIVE

Teal poster announcing West End Live on June 20–21, 2026 with the message 'The date is set'.

West End LIVE will return to Trafalgar Square on Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 June, with a packed line-up of over 50 incredible performances from top shows from the West End and beyond. West End LIVE, Europe’s biggest free musical theatre festival, returns this summer, transforming Trafalgar Square into an open-air theatre like no other. […]

War Horse gallops back to National Theatre – Review ★★★★

Based on Michael Morpurgo’s book, War Horse has returned to its original home at the National Theatre nearly two decades after its debut, following a recent acclaimed tour of the UK and Ireland. The show received its world premiere at the National Theatre on 9 October 2007, before transferring to the New London Theatre (now […]

Kiln Theatre announces 2026/27 season

Quartet of Kiln Theatre posters: “Table 17” with champagne glasses clinking, over a cream background; “Berlin” showing a window view of a street at night; “All the Things We Can’t Explain” with an open suitcase of items; and “Nine Night” featuring a vase of sunflowers beside a portrait.

Kiln Theatre announces 2026/27 season, featuring two UK premieres. The season at the Kiln Theatre opens with Sonia Jalaly’s All The Things We Can’t Explain, a new play commissioned for Kiln Theatre’s Intergenerational Company, comprised of 80 community cast members ranging from ages 6 – 88, co-directed by Kane Husbands and Izzy Rabey. In the […]

Cats: The Jellicle Ball Review – Broadhurst Theatre ★★★★★

Bright yellow poster for Cats: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway, with a disco-ball cat on the left.

Cats: The Jellicle Ball Review – Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Strangest Musical Gets Even Stranger Andrew Lloyd Webber shows can very much be hit or miss. There was the 2013 Profumo affair musical Stephen Ward, complete with songs about hula hooping and of course the more recent reimagining of Cinderella (Bad Cinderella), which I saw seventeen […]

FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR KIMBERLY AKIMBO AT HAMPSTEAD THEATRE

Poster for the musical Kimberly Akimbo on a textured blue background, with the subtitle 'An Award Winning New Musical' and a yellow smiley sticker in the top-right.

SIGN UP NOW FOR NEWS, COMPETITIONS & DISCOUNT TICKETS Join the West End Wilma mailing list! SIGN UP Loading… SIGN UP Loading… Welcome! You are now subscribed. Hampstead Theatre announce full cast for new production of the Tony Award-winning musical Kimberly Akimbo. Performances begin on 28 August with the production running through to 7 November […]

A Stranger Takes the Stage: Dünyada Comes to The Cockpit

Promotional poster for The Camden Fringe: a blurred black-and-white portrait of a man in a leather jacket, with 'THE COCKPIT' and 'Dünyada' text and dates Aug 3–4 9pm, Aug 9 7pm.

This August, internationally acclaimed actor and director Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu brings his visceral, high-intensity solo performance Dünyada to Camden Fringe. Reimagining Will Eno’s celebrated monologue Title and Deed, the production arrives in London fresh from Istanbul’s underground scene, offering an evocative exploration of migration, identity drift, and the fragile necessity of being witnessed in a […]

Beetlejuice the Musical Review – screamingly good fun ★★★★

After a seven-year wait – Beetlejuice finally brings the West End alive Broadway’s smash hit musical Beetlejuice has finally crawled out of the Netherworld and onto the London stage, taking up residence at the Prince Edward Theatre for a limited run. This is the show audiences have been asking for, for years, only recently taken over […]

Rachel Tucker: West End and Broadway Star | Wicked Elphaba

Green-skinned witch in a tall hat reaches toward the viewer under blue lighting, casting a dramatic spell-like pose.

Rachel Tucker: West End and Broadway Star, Wicked’s Longest-Running Elphaba Rachel Tucker is a Northern Irish singer and actress best known for playing Elphaba in Wicked in both the West End and on Broadway. With more than 1,000 performances as the green-skinned witch, she is one of the longest-running Elphabas in the show’s history and […]

West End Musical Mrs. Doubtfire to Tour the UK and Ireland

Beloved Scottish nanny Euphegenia Doubtfire will be packing up her suitcase and hitting the road this summer as Mrs. Doubtfire tours the UK and Ireland for the first time. A hilarious and heartfelt story about holding onto your loved ones against all odds, Mrs. Doubtfire is the musical comedy we need right now. Out-of-work actor Daniel will do anything […]

End of the Rainbow Review starring Drag Race’s Jinkx Monsoon

Promotional poster for End of the Rainbow featuring a woman in a black dress with pearls holding a microphone against a black background, text reads End of the Rainbow and Jinkx Monsoon as Judy Garland.

Peter Quilter’s play End of the Rainbow premiered in Sydney in 2005 and went on to enjoy acclaimed runs in the West End and on Broadway. Set in London in 1968, End of the Rainbow tells the story of the final months of Judy Garland’s life, leading up to her death at the age of […]