Tuesday, July 30, 2024
POTTER PLAY PERSISTS “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” celebrates its eighth anniversary at London’s Palace Theatre on July 30. The production, currently booking until Apr. 6, 2025, …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:35AMTuesday, June 25, 2024
The Royal Court Theatre has unveiled the full cast and creative team for “Giant,” a new play by Mark Rosenblatt exploring a pivotal moment in Roald Dahl’s career, directed by Nicholas …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:48AMFriday, June 21, 2024
SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY London Theatre Company will stage a new production of Shakespeare’s “Richard II” at the Bridge Theatre. Nicholas Hytner directs, with Jonathan Bailey starring i…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:21AMThursday, June 13, 2024
Australian director Martin Wilson, known for “Great White” and “Pieces,” has joined forces with producers Pravesh Sahni (“Extraction”), Ozz Borges (“A Nanny’s World”) and J…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMTuesday, June 4, 2024
GOAL The U.K. National Theatre‘s hit production of play “Dear England” will return to its Olivier theater venue from March 10 – May 24, 2025, followed by a four-week run at its Theat…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:33AMThursday, May 30, 2024
The U.K.’s Royal Court Theatre and LIFT (London’s International Festival of Theatre) have revealed five of the 15 actors who will perform in the world premiere of “ECHO” (“Every Co…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:29AMTuesday, May 7, 2024
David Oyelowo, Meera Syal, Emma D’Arcy and Tobias Menzies are among the actors leading a trio of fall productions at the U.K.’s National Theatre in London. At the National Theatre’s Ol…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:46AMFriday, May 3, 2024
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s theater adaptation of “The Buddha of Suburbia” had hard acts to follow, coming after an acclaimed novel and TV series. Hanif Kureishi’s Whitbread Awar…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00AMWednesday, April 24, 2024
“My Neighbor Totoro,” a stage adaptation of Miyazaki Hayao‘s beloved 1988 Studio Ghibli film, is transferring to the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London’s West End in early 2025. The …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:31AMMonday, March 25, 2024
Andrew Scott, David Tennant and Sophie Okonedo took home the acting prizes at the 33rd U.K. Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards. Scott won best actor for “Vanya,” a one-man Chekov adaptatio…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AMMonday, February 12, 2024
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the first Harry Potter story to be presented on stage and the eighth story in the series, is extending its run at the Palace Theatre at London’s We…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:58AMTHEATER AWARDS “Sunset Boulevard” was the big winner at the U.K.’s 24th annual WhatsOnStage Awards, which are decided entirely by the theatregoers themselves. It won seven awards, incl…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:27AMMonday, February 5, 2024
Cara Delevingne will make her theater debut with “Cabaret” on London’s West End. Delevingne will play the iconic role of Sally Bowles while Luke Treadaway, Olivier winner for “The Cu…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:01PMTuesday, January 23, 2024
London’s National Theatre has unveiled its summer season programming across its three stages. Frank Galati’s Tony-winning adaptation of John Steinbeck’s masterpiece, “The Grapes of W…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:30AMThursday, January 4, 2024
THEATER “Priscilla the Party!,” staged by the creative team behind “Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical,” will play at London’s HERE @ Outernet from March 3. The musical wa…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:37AMTuesday, December 12, 2023
Indhu Rubasingham will become the first woman director and joint chief executive of the U.K.’s National Theatre. She succeeds current director and chief executive Rufus Norris, who will le…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:38PMThursday, November 16, 2023
“My Neighbor Totoro,” a stage adaptation of Miyazaki Hayao‘s beloved 1988 Studio Ghibli film, is set to return to London’s Barbican Theatre this fall. The production is a collab…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00AMWednesday, November 15, 2023
“Christmas Actually,” a festive stage show curated by Richard Curtis (“Love Actually,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill”), has unveiled its hosts and first tranch…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:51AMTuesday, September 19, 2023
Cirque du Soleil could soon have a permanent U.K. home at iconic London venue The Saville Theatre, which is being revived and restored by Yoo Capital. Located on Shaftesbury Avenue, in the h…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AMMonday, September 18, 2023
Comedian and actor Russell Brand’s live tour “Bipolarisation” has been postponed. The first show to be affected is at the Theatre Royal Windsor. The theater management team shared the …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:53AMFriday, September 8, 2023
The U.K. has a robust presence at the Toronto International Film Festival this year, and several of the films screening there find contemporary resonance while exploring historical subjects.…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:15AMTuesday, September 5, 2023
Matt Smith, known for playing Doctor Who in the eponymous BBC series and the Duke of Edinburgh in Netflix’s “The Crown” is returning to London’s West End. Smith will headline an adap…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:18AMMonday, September 4, 2023
London’s National Theatre has unveiled the complete ensemble cast for Roald Dahl’s “The Witches,” a co-production with the Roald Dahl Story Company. The stage musical is directed by …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:46AMWednesday, August 30, 2023
Stage show “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” has unveiled a new cast for its London production. David Ricardo-Pearce will play Harry Potter, with Polly Frame as Ginny Potter and Ellis …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:49AMSaturday, August 5, 2023
“Veep” creator Armando Iannucci’s first stage play “Pandemonium” is a satire on how then U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government handled the COVID-19 pandemic. The sub…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:52AMFriday, August 4, 2023
Michael Boyd, theater director and former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has died of cancer. He was 68. His family said in a statement issued via the RSC: “Theate…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:28AMFriday, July 28, 2023
THEATER “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the first Harry Potter story to be presented on stage and the eighth story in the series, celebrates its seventh anniversary at the Palace Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:01AMMonday, July 24, 2023
A new stage adaptation of ancient Indian epic “Mahabharata” is set to make its U.K. premiere at London’s Barbican Theatre this fall. The retelling of the revered text, which follows a …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:39AMMonday, July 17, 2023
Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 political satire film “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” is being adapted as a stage production for London’s West End by �…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:40AMWriter-director Richard Curtis, known for iconic British romantic comedies “Love Actually,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “Notting Hill,” has revealed his next venture. “Ch…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:09AMTuesday, June 27, 2023
U.K. culture secretary Lucy Frazer has revealed ambitions to shift the balance of power in the theater world from Broadway in New York to London’s West End. Delivering the keynote addres…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:33AM 
