London Theatre News & Reviews
Steve Pemberton to perform in The Pillowman at the West End
Published Wed, 4 March 2020
Steve Pemberton will play the character of Tupolski in the revival of The Pillowman at the West End. The play is written by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh and was premiered in 2003 at the National Theatre. David Tennant and Jim Broadbent performed then in The Pillowman and the play won the...
Come From Away to run for some more time at the West End
Published Mon, 2 March 2020
Mark Shenton said about this Canadian musical, “it's a show with an impact that’s difficult to describe: it feels like it creeps up on you unawares, before flooring you with emotion.” Come From Away after spending one heck of a successful year at the West End’s Phoenix...
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie has a new cast in the West End
Published Fri, 28 February 2020
Katy Brand and Rufus Hound will join the cast of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie next month, it has been announced. Year 2020 is a very happening year for the musical because the production of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is on a tour of UK and a big motion picture of it, is all set...
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Story in the West End soon
Published Thu, 27 February 2020
A new Bio-musical about the iconic singer Bob Marley is all set to be run in the West End’s Lyric Theatre. The title of the show is Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Story and it will begin previews on 6 February 2021 at the Lyric Theatre. This musical is a tribute to the legend on his 76th...
Be More Chill to extend running in London until June 2020
Published Tue, 25 February 2020
Be More Chill premiered at the Other Palace on February 18. The London production of the musical has extended the run for six more weeks till 14 June, which will make it the longest running show in the long history of theatre. Be More Chill is the story of a teenager Jeremy Heere, who tries...
Anne-Marie Duff coming back to the Almeida Theatre
Published Mon, 24 February 2020
Anne-Marie Duff will be starring in the world premiere of The House Of Shades, written by Beth Steel. The family drama is basically set in constantly developing outlook in working-class Britain. Blanche McIntyre will be directing The House of Shades which is set over the fifty years of the lives...
To Kill a Mockingbird for two more months in the West End
Published Fri, 21 February 2020
Rhys Ifans starrer To Kill a Mockingbird will extend running at the West End for two more months, it has been announced. To Kill a Mockingbird by Aaron Sorkin is a smash hit in Broadway and a much anticipated play in the West End. After earning 9 Tonay Awards nominations and coming away with the...
Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel extend run in Waitress for two weeks in the West End
Published Wed, 19 February 2020
Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel will perform the lead roles for two more weeks in Waitress at the West End’s Adelphi Theatre. Sara Bareilles who is also the composer and lyricist of Waitress Musical and a Grammy Award Winner, made her debut as a role of Jenna in Waitress at the West End in...
Carrie Hope Fletcher coming to the West End as Cinderella
Published Mon, 17 February 2020
Carrie Hope, who has already performed in Marry Poppins, The Addams Family and Heather, will now play the lead role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cinderella which is now in a new version of a musical. Carrie Hope Fletcher has played the role already in workshop performances at the Other...
Sharon D., Juliet Stevenson and Andrew Scott bag 2019 Awards
Published Fri, 14 February 2020
The 2019 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards were held at the West End’s Prince Of Wales Theatre on11th February 2020, in which the Best New Play Award is won by A Very Expensive Poison and theBest New Musical Award is won by Come From Away.The Best Actress Award is given to Juliet...