Whats On Stage

Rowan Atkinson is set to miss three weeks of Oliver! performances to have a hernia operation. Russ Abbot (pictured), who played the role of Fagin during the production’s last West End outing at the Palladium […]

Samuel West (pictured) will star as Jeffrey Skilling in the forthcoming premiere of Lucy Prebble’s ENRON at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester (11 July – 29 August), directed by Rupert Goold (See News::E8831234969147, 19 Feb 2009). […]

Rowan Atkinson is set to miss three weeks of Oliver! performances to have a hernia operation. Russ Abbot (pictured) will step in as his replacement from 13 April.Atkinson, who has been on holiday for the […]

Mathew Horne was rushed to hospital after collapsing during yesterday’s (2 April 2009) matinee performance of Entertaining Mr Sloane at the Trafalgar Studios. Horne, who was suffering from exhaustion, missed the subsequent evening performance and… […]

The latest edition of our sister print title What's On Stage Magazine is out now, available in 35 participating London theatres as well as selected hotels, restaurants and tourist bureaux. NOTE: After this April issue, […]

Actress Hannah Waddingham plays stage siren Desiree Armfeld in Trevor Nunn's Menier Chocolate Factory production of Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night Music, which has transferred to the West End's Garrick Theatre direct from its […]

Further casting has been announced for several new play productions opening over the coming weeks at four key Off-West End powerhouses: Hampstead, the Gate, the Menier Chocolate Factory and the Almeida theatres. Continuing Hampstead Theatre’s… […]

The long-expected West End premiere of Broadway screen-to-stage musical Legally Blonde is now confirmed (See The Goss::E8821201775932, 31 Jan 2008): the London production is scheduled to start preview performances on 5 December 2009 at the […]

Several West End musicals – long-runners The Lion King and Blood Brothers::E891871907 and more recent arrival Sunset Boulevard – have announced extensions to their booking periods. At the Comedy Theatre, the Watermill’s actor-musician r… Full […]

Amongst the major London openings – in the West End and further afield – this week are: OPENING TUESDAY, 31 March 2009 (previews from 28 March), Welsh circus troupe NoFit State bring their latest show […]