Region: London

Broadway’s autumn season gathered momentum in the week ending Sunday 4 October, with a combination of established musical blockbusters and high-profile new productions lifting total box-office revenue to $27.74 million. The 15.1 per cent increase on the previous week marked a welcome recovery following a quieter September, while attendance climbed to 226,390 across 28 productions. […]

London theatre is heading into the autumn with a remarkably strong mix of major new arrivals, long-running favourites and high-profile revivals. This week’s Top 15 shows just how broad the West End offer has become, from large-scale musical spectacles and family favourites to dark comedies, cult adaptations and limited-run revivals. Several established productions continue to […]

 Brick lane music hall is a real hidden gem: A converted church out in the wilds of dockland close to City Airport that has been remodeled into a stunning early 20th century style performance space. When I arrived the show was running slightly behind schedule, so I took the opportunity to head to the bar […]

As the nights begin to draw in, theatres across Britain are heading into one of the busiest periods of the year. The West End is packed with established hits, while major touring productions are beginning journeys that will take them to audiences around the country. From the decadent world of Cabaret and the supernatural spectacle […]

Voila! Theatre Festival returns to London this November with its biggest celebration of panlingual and migrant-led theatre, bringing together 450 artists for 101 shows and events across eight venues in the capital. Running from 2 to 22 November 2026, the three-week festival will feature work in an extraordinary 60 languages, reflecting the cultures, communities and […]

The Mill at Sonning, again. Not sure you can beat this venue for its hospitality, price, intimate stage and beautiful surroundings. I always rave about it, and each time I go, it just seems to get better. My heart rate goes down, my excitement goes up, my love of theatre comes to the fore. Theatre […]

September is shaping up to be a remarkable month for theatre across the UK, with major West End productions, new plays, touring musicals, comedy and some much-loved favourites all competing for our attention. And with the launch of the new UK Theatre Network What’s On service, we can now do more than tell you about […]

Anyone familiar with the comedy scene is familiar with Crybabies, and there was a lot of anticipation for their third show The Scaring, only increased by their Edinburgh Fringe run being one of the hottest tickets at the festival. After seeing it at Soho Theatre, it is easy to see why. Crybabies is a three-hander […]

A theatre ticket can be an oddly emotional purchase. When prices rise, audiences understandably compare the cost with a cinema ticket, a streaming subscription or another night out. When premium seats reach particularly eye-catching figures, the discussion can quickly become a much broader argument about whether theatre is becoming inaccessible. Yet the amount printed on […]

Theatre has always had to create the next generation of audiences. Nobody is born knowing that sitting in a darkened room with hundreds of strangers watching people perform live can be thrilling, moving, hilarious or occasionally transformative. At some point, somebody takes us through the doors for the first time. For many people that introduction […]