Carlos Acosta brings Nutcracker in Havana to Hackney and Richmond
mchlpckrd Hackney Empire and Richmond Theatre will both host Carlos Acosta’s Nutcracker in Havana when the ballet embarks on its second UK tour later this year. Described as a colourful Cuban…
May 2025
Cast set for Fiddler on the Roof ahead of Barbican run
Final casting has been confirmed for Fiddler on the Roof, the Oliver Award winning production of the classic musical that will take over London’s Barbican Theatre this summer. Joining Adam…
Yolanda Mercy brings Failure Project to Soho Theatre
Yolanda Mercy’s award-winning one-woman show Failure Project is coming to the Soho Theatre for a limited three-week run this month. Winner of the Edinburgh Fringe’s Bestie Award in 2024, the…
David Shopland on bringing Cul-de-Sac to the Omnibus Theatre
Cul-de-Sac writer and director David Shopland tells The Theatre Playbook about the long journey to bring his latest production to the stage, the mundane conversation that started it all and…
Sing Street sets cast for Lyric Hammersmith Theatre run
Tateyana Arutura, Grace Collender and Harry Curley will lead the cast of Sing Street, when the musical based on the 2016 movies of the same name makes its UK premiere…
Orange Tree Theatre welcomes Poor Clare
Arsema Thomas (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story) will make her stage debut in Chiara Atik’s Poor Clare, which opens at Richmond’s Orange Tree Theatre in July. Thomas will star alongside…
Martin Freeman, Jack Lowden’s The Fifth Step opens at @SohoPlace
Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden are now on stage at @sohoplace, as the West End transfer of David Ireland’s play begins its run until July 26. Originally performed as part…
Tara Theatre asks for Hunia Chawla’s Permission
Hunia Chawla’s first play, Permission, will debut at London’s Tara Theatre this month, telling a story about patriarchy, protest and the global political order. Leaping between a Heathrow immigration line…
Flabbergast sets dates with Romeo & Juliet at Wilton’s Music Hall
Kyll Thomas-Cole and Lennie Longworth play star-crossed lovers in a “dreamlike, raw and unconventional” take on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet at Wilton’s Music Hall this June. From Flabbergast Theatre, Thomas-Cole…
Cynthia Erivo takes a bite of Dracula at Noel Coward Theatre
Wicked star Cynthia Erivo will play Dracula and 22 other characters in a one-person stage production of Bram Stoker’s novel coming to the Noël Coward Theatre in 2026. Produced by…