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NewsThe Full Monty tour will coincide with film’s 25th anniversary
A new production of Simon Beaufoy’s award-winning show will open later this year to mark the 25th anniversary of the iconic film starring the likes of Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy and Steve Huison.
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NewsEdward Scissorhands returns after nearly a decade off the stage
Edward Scissorhands, which is devised, directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne, will tour the UK for the first time in nearly ten years.
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NewsGhostly tale of The Woman in Black will tour the UK
Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black is set for a huge UK tour after it closed its doors at London’s Fortune Theatre following a West End run of more than 33 years.
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NewsFirst ever tour of Disney’s Aladdin musical takes flight this autumn
Audiences across the UK can expect a thrilling production full of magic, comedy and spectacle as Aladdin tours for the first time.
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NewsJason Manford and Ashley Banjo to star in the Wizard of Oz
Comedian Jason Manford and Diversity creator Ashley Banjo will star as the Cowardly Lion and Tin Man respectively in the Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium.
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NewsHaunting 2:22 - A Ghost Story show to spook audiences across the UK
Supernatural thriller 2:22 - A Ghost Story will embark on an extensive UK-wide tour, opening at Bath Theatre Royal.
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NewsPretty Woman: The Musical coming to a theatre near you
Producers of Pretty Woman: The Musical have announced that the show will embark on a huge UK and Ireland tour.
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NewsTime Traveller’s Wife show will be “confident, clever and charming”
The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical will open at the Apollo Theatre in London’s West End, following a sold-out trial season at the Storyhouse in Chester.
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News50th anniversary Rock Horror tour will delight audiences for even longer
This year’s anniversary tour of The Rocky Horror Show has been extended after several sell-out performances.
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NewsReimagined production of Oklahoma! all set for West End return
Full casting has now been confirmed for the West End return of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!.
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NewsMichael Ball will return to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love in London
34 years after having starred in the original West End production, Michael Ball will return to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love show at the Lyric Theatre.
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NewsTouring cast revealed for comic take on Pride & Prejudice
Described as an audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s iconic love story, casting has been announced for the tour of Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of).
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NewsMore ‘summer nights’ as Grease heads back to the West End
Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s iconic musical Grease will return once again to the Dominion Theatre in London’s West End following a successful run at the same venue last summer.
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News"Infectiously joyful" Crazy For You will open in London for the first time
Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of Crazy For You will take to the stage at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London for the first time this year.
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NewsBeautiful and moving Life of Pi coming to a theatre near you
Lolita Chakrabarti’s Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s best-selling novel Life of Pi will begin its first ever tour of the UK and Ireland at Sheffield’s Lyceum Theatre in August.
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NewsSir Ian McKellen and John Bishop to hit the road in Mother Goose
Mother Goose, starring Sir Ian McKellen and John Bishop, will travel across the UK and Ireland on tour, once its London run at the Duke of York’s Theatre comes to an end.
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NewsRoyal Shakespeare Company to reopen the Swan Theatre with Hamnet production
The newly refurbished Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon will reopen to groups from Saturday 1st April 2023, playing Maggie O’Farrell’s world stage premiere of Hamnet.
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NewsQueen’s We Will Rock You show set for historic London return
Rock band Queen and Ben Elton’s We Will Rock You returns to London in 2023 for a historic residency at the London Coliseum – the same stage which saw Freddie Mercury’s Royal Ballet gala performance in 1979.
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NewsBroadway’s Ain’t Too Proud reveals cast for first London production
Producers of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations have announce the West End quintet taking on the iconic roles at the Prince Edward Theatre.
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NewsThe Wizard of Oz returns to London's West End for summer 2023
Featuring the iconic original score from the Oscar-winning MGM film, and additional songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, Dorothy and Toto will be following that yellow brick once again in the summer of 2023.