John le Carre’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold to be staged in West End After a sold-out production at Chichester Festival Theatre, the stage adaptation will run for 14 weeks in London from November. Evening Standard · May 20, 2025
The Beatles for West End musical? The Beatles are heading for the West End as Richard Curtis plans to turn 'Yesterday' into a musical. BANG Premier · May 17, 2025
Cynthia Erivo to play all 23 roles in one-actor West End production of Dracula Swapping out her broomstick for fangs, the ‘Wicked’ star will work with the geniuses behind Sarah Snook’s ‘Picture of Dorian Gray’ The Independent UK · May 13, 2025
Cynthia Erivo to play Dracula and 22 supporting roles in West End transfer of Australian show Wicked star to play Bram Stoker’s bloodsucking fiend in a production from the creators of Olivier award-winning hit The Picture of Dorian Gray The Guardian - AU · May 13, 2025
Alicia Vikander to make West End debut in Henrik Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea The Oscar winner, 36, admitted she was both ‘thrilled’ and daunted by the challenge, admitting: ‘... it's my first time on stage as an adult’ Evening Standard · May 7, 2025
Bob Geldof says he's 'blue in the face' hearing Freddie Mercury's Live Aid performance with Queen The musician and activist was at Wembley for the launch of Just for One Day - The Live Aid musical ahead of it’s West End opening Evening Standard · May 1, 2025
Brendan Gleeson to make West End debut in Conor McPherson’s The Weir Revival of the ‘profoundly moving’ Irish pub drama will open at the Olympia theatre in Dublin before arriving in London this autumn The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2025
‘It’s Fleabag’s home – the audience is unshockable’: Phoebe Waller-Bridge and more on 25 years of Soho theatre The central London institution champions new talent, amplifies LGBTQ+ voices and always takes risks. With a new outpost opening in Walthamstow, artists discuss how the West End venue is not just a place – it’s a philosophy The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2025
Self Esteem: A Complicated Woman review – maximalist pop for an age of uncertainty After her big breakthrough album and West End fame, Rebecca Lucy Taylor works through her worries in real time on her new LP – to fascinating and confusing effect The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2025
Fleur East to make West End debut in Tina Turner musical Her previous acting experience has included appearing in episodes of the hit AppleTV+ football comedy Ted Lasso. Evening Standard · Apr 15, 2025
Bessie Carter says working with mother Dame Imelda Staunton was ‘dream’ of hers The mother-daughter duo will star opposite one another in a West End revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs Warren’s Profession. Evening Standard · Apr 13, 2025
Big Stars take over the West End again as Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste lead Arthur Miller classic Breaking Bad star and Oscar winner jo9in powerhouse cast for revival of All My Sons - tickets set to sell-out fast Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2025
Ncuti Gatwa to star in 'dark, sexy' West End play about Shakespeare and Marlowe Born With Teeth will be hitting the West End this summer, featuring Gatwa as Christopher Marlowe and Edward Bluemel as William Shakespeare in a “ferociously sexy” take on the relationship between the playwrights Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2025
Stacey Dooley to be joined by Kevin Clifton for 2:22 A Ghost Story tour Dooley made her stage debut in a West End production of the supernatural thriller last year. Evening Standard · Mar 31, 2025
The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025 The most controversial Just Stop Oil protests as climate group ceases direct action Just Stop Oil has announced it will stop direct action and hold its final protest in April
The Conversation · Mar 26, 2025 How two recent productions of Oedipus offer different meanings through the role of the chorus The London theatre scene was all abuzz in January 2024 when two different star-studded West End productions of the ancient Greek tragedy Oedipus were announced within minutes of each other.
Evening Standard · Mar 25, 2025 One Day star Ambika Mod to play porn addict in new West End show ‘I’d never seen a woman masturbate on stage before’
Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025 Oscar winner Adrien Brody continues award success as he scores first Olivier nod The Hollywood actor and two-time Oscar winner has landed his first Olivier nomination for his debut West End performance in The Fear of 13.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2025 Fiddler on the Roof up for 13 Olivier awards and Romola Garai nominated twice in same category Garai is recognised for The Years and Giant, Oscar-winner Adrien Brody is nominated for his West End debut, while Imelda Staunton gets 14th nod for Hello, Dolly!
Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2025 Alan Menken says Disney's Little Mermaid being 'reworked' for West End stage 17 years after Broadway debut EXCLUSIVE The legendary composer said he would be ‘shocked’ if it ‘didn’t open in London in the next few years’
The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2025 Cate Blanchett gives verdict on whether celebrity-led plays are ruining the West End ‘It’s about how that person is used,’ the actor said
The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2025 Elektra review – Brie Larson makes a fearless West End debut in punk tragedy The Captain Marvel star is a magnetic frontwoman in Daniel Fish’s radical rewiring of the ancient play
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2025 Police arrest man and woman after Just Stop Oil protest in London’s West End Production of The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver disrupted after stage invasion at Theatre Royal
The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2025 Why is Sophocles storming the West End? Because in our extreme times, his plays say the unsayable The Greek tragedies ask unpalatable questions. That is why they’re enjoying a revival in 2025, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer
The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2025 Jack Lowden joined by Martin Freeman in alcoholism drama The Fifth Step Lowden first appeared in David Ireland’s two-hander in Edinburgh last year. For its West End run, he is paired with his ‘hero’ Freeman