It's been another packed week of news in the West End this week. From exciting new shows coming to London to extensions of much-loved productions, there's lots to catch up on.
Here's our weekly roundup of West End news.
Theatre News and Reviews
10 Feb
This Week in the West End 
This Week in the West End - New arrivals, show extensions and cast announcements
By London Box Office Friday, February 10 2023, 16:04
10 Feb
Reviews 
Review: PHAEDRA at National Theatre, Lyttelton
By Stuart King Friday, February 10 2023, 12:35
Scholars would accept that the Greeks knew a thing or two about mankind’s foibles, failings and fallibilities. Undoubtedly determined to ensure that the theatrical fashion for exploring human vice and perversion would never die-out, their dramatists oft returned to (and rehashed) yarns of gore, exploring incest, infanticide, lust, regicide and an assortment of other unpalatable proclivities, to excess.
Cast of Phaedra at the National Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson
08 Feb
News
The RSC’s Matilda The Musical extends its booking period again!
By London Box Office Wednesday, February 8 2023, 21:19
The Royal Shakespeare Company is delighted to announce another extension to the hugely popular, multi-award-winning production of Matilda The Musical. Now you have the chance to experience it for yourself until 26th May 2024. The show has just won its 101st award and will be featured on the BBC as part of BBC1’s Big Night of the Musicals on 27th February 2023.
08 Feb
New Shows
The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical is due in the West End
By London Box Office Wednesday, February 8 2023, 18:14
The Time Traveller's Wife: The Musical is due in the West End at the magnificent Apollo Theatre, a world premiere promising just as much entertainment as the brilliant book, which delighted millions with its extraordinary plot. With Music and Lyrics by Joss Stone and Dave Stewart, the anticipation is already mounting. Performances begin on 7th October 2023.
08 Feb
Casts
An exciting new cast for the London production of Heathers
By London Box Office Wednesday, February 8 2023, 10:43
It’s been a blast so far - and the fun is set to carry on with a new cast announced for Heathers, now booking right up until 3rd September 2023 at The Other Palace theatre. This is the winner of Best New Musical at the Whatsonstage awards 2019, given four stars by reviewers at the Daily Telegraph, the Independent, Metro, Daily Express, The Stage, Attitude, The Arts Desk, and Broadway World.
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