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Based on the film of the same name, My Best Friend's Wedding - The Musical is set to premiere at Plymouth Theatre Royal from the 16th-26th of September 2020 ahead of a UK and Ireland tour.

The show will star Alexandra Burke in the title role of Julianne Potter, with further cast announcements expected soon. Rachel Kavanaugh directs; book by Ronald Bass and Jonathan Harvey.

Award-winning Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical, will be returning to tour the UK, with performances beginning at Manchester Opera House from 10–26 September 2020. Other tour dates include The Alexandra Birmingham from 29 September–10 October, New Wimbledon Theatre from 13–24 October, New Theatre Oxford from 27 October–7 November, Glasgow King’s Theatre from 10–21 November and Liverpool Empire from 8 December–2 January 2021. Further dates and casting to be announced.

Tickets go on sale Monday 9th December. 

Running from the 29th of November to the 11th of January 2020 at the Kings Head Theatre, Charles Court Opera's The Nativity Panto - A Not-So Silent Night will star Emily Cairns, Meriel Cunningham, Jennie Jacobs, Matthew Kellett and Catrine Kirkman.

The Nativity Panto is written and directed by John Savournin with original music and lyrics by David Eaton, choreography by Damian Czarnecki, and set design by Rachel Szmukler, with lighting design by Ben Pickersgill, and costume design by Mia Wallden and Catrin Short Thyrsson.

Two extra performances of CINDERELLA at Trafalgar Studios have been added on Sunday 5th January – 16:30 & 20:30.

Performances of WAITRESS at the Adelphi Theatre have been extended until 4th July 2020.

The West End Production of Dear Evan Hansen which officially opened last week at the Noël Coward Theatre, today announces a further release of tickets, now booking to 30 May 2020.

THE DRIFTERS GIRL, an new musical about The Drifters, one of the world’s greatest vocal groups, will open in October 2020 at the Garrick Theatre with Beverley Knight starring as Faye Treadwell, the manager of the group.

The producers of the 2017 smash-hit La bohème, present a Puccini double-bill, Opera Undone: Tosca & La bohème, in brand new English versions by David Eaton and Adam Spreadbury-Maher. The production will run at Trafalgar Studios 2 from 5 February to 7 March 2020. Adam Spreadbury-Maher, Artistic Director of the King’s Head Theatre, will also direct the production, with musical direction from David Eaton. Opera Undone: Tosca & La bohème will have national press nights on Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 February 2020 for the two casts.

Public booking opens tomorrow, Tuesday 17 September at 8.30am for The Jamie Lloyd Company’s production of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, freely adapted by Martin Crimp, directed by Jamie Lloyd and starring the Golden Globe and Olivier Award nominated James McAvoy.

Disney’s The Lion King is now on sale for performances Tuesday 18 February – Saturday 30 May 2020.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF today announces a final extension until 2 November at the Playhouse Theatre.

BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical will open at the Manchester Opera House on 20 February 2020 for a strictly limited 12-week season, finishing on 17 May, prior to transferring to the West End.

THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13¾ - THE MUSICAL will open at the Ambassadors Theatre for a limited season from 15 June until 12 October 2019, with a Gala Night on Tuesday 2 July. Tickets go on sale from 5 April.

THRILLER LIVE has been extended with additional dates from October 1st 2019 to April 5th 2020. The period from Tuesday December, 17th – Sunday January, 5th is not on sale yet.

The Phantom of the Opera extends to Saturday 4^th April 2020. The period from Monday 23^rd to Saturday 4^th January 2020 is not on sale yet.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is now booking until 28 September.

Due to an injury this week, Louise Redknapp has had to temporarily withdraw from performing the role of Violet in 9 to 5 The Musical. Louise is no longer able to properly rehearse the show in the remaining time left before opening. Louise will start performances sometime towards the end of March/early April 2019. The name of the actress stepping in to play the role in Louise’s absence will be announced shortly. Please contact us if you would like to exchange your tickets to a performance when Louise has returned to the show.

The show will be returning to The Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith for a third year running from 11 to 29 December 2019 with an extra week of performances.

The Comedy About A Bank Robbery has extended its booking period at the Criterion Theatre, playing until 3rd November 2019, as well as announcing a new cast for its run.

Those joining the cast are Julia Frith (Caprice Freeboys), Liam Jeavons (Mitch Ruscitti), Jack Whittle (Sam Monaghan) and Jean-Luke Worrell (Warren Slax). On 15th January 2019, Gareth Tempest (Mitch Ruscitti) and Emily Stott (Caprice Freeboys) join the cast. The cast continuing in their roles include Samson Ajewole (Cooper), Jenna Augen (Ruth Monaghan), Jack Baldwin (Officer Randal Shuck), Leonard Cook (Robin Freeboys) and Chris Leask (Everyone Else).

Wicked the Musical has been extended from to Saturday 30th November. Tickets are nwo on sale.

Cameron Mackintosh announced today further dates for the UK and Ireland tour of LES MISÉRABLES. In addition to the previously announced dates, the musical will also play Plymouth Theatre Royal (11 June – 6 July 2019), Bradford Alhambra (9 July – 10 August 2019), Liverpool Empire (9 – 26 October 2019) and Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff (26 November 2019 – 4 January 2020).

Tonight, Wednesday (14 November) Delfont Mackintosh Theatres will be undertaking some significant work on their system. The work will commence at 8.15pm. This means the following shows and venues will be affected during this time:

• Aladdin, Prince Edward Theatre
• All About Eve, Noel Coward Theatre
• Bill Bailey - Larks In Transit, Wyndham's Theatre
• The Book Of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre
• The Catherine Tate Show Live, Wyndham's Theatre
• Company, Gielgud Theatre
• The Height Of The Storm, Wyndham's Theatre
• The Inheritance Part 1 & 2, Noel Coward Theatre
• Les Miserables, Queen's Theatre
• The Price, Wyndham's Theatre

The work will be completed in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The Book of Mormon has been extended and is now running until 2nd March 2019.

The Simon and Garfunkel Story have added further performances to their run at the Lyric theatre and will now be performing into 2019.

This show is now booking until 24th June 2019.

Europe’s largest immersive survival experience, Variant 31 arrives at a secret Central London location from 13 April 2019.This brand new, adrenaline-fuelled immersive show allows audiences to answer the question - ‘What would you do inside a horror movie?’ Putting you dead-centre in the action, this one-of-a-kind experience requires immense bravery and rewards survival skills while testing friendships and teamwork, like never before. In a vast interactive environment completely under your control, your choices will have consequences, and not all players will succeed. Packed with cutting edge technology and a host of hair-raising theatrical surprises, this game is not for the faint-hearted!

The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre has been extended until Saturday 1st June 2019.

The producers of DREAMGIRLS have announced an extra matinee on FRIDAY 11th JAN 2019 – 14.30pm.

The Mousetrap at St. Martin’s Theatre has been extended to run until Saturday 5th October.

The new booking period runs from Tuesday 9 April to Sunday 29 September 2019.

The performance schedule and prices remain the same.

Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and Hope Mill Theatre announced the transfer of their production of Aspects of Love at Southwark Playhouse for a limited season from 7 January to 9 February 2019, with a national press night on Thursday 10 January.

Thriller Live will celebrate its 10th birthday in the West End on January 22.

On April 9 it will become the 13th Longest Running West End Musical in history.

the production of Caroline, or Change at The Playhouse Theatre has now extended public bookings until Saturday 6th April 2019.

New Adventures announced today the world premiere of Matthew Bourne’s ROMEO AND JULIET opening at Curve, Leicester on Monday 13 May 2019, as part of a UK tour to 13 venues including a four-week summer season at Sadler’s Wells from Wednesday 7 August to Saturday 31 August 2019.

A musical based on the classic British sitcom Only Fools and Horses is set to premiere in the West End, written by and starring Paul Whitehouse.

The Ambassador Theatre Group just announced that the production of Caroline, or Change at The Playhouse Theatre has now extended public bookings until Saturday 6th April 2019. The new dates are now available on London Box Office.

Producer Stacey Mindich announced today that the Tony award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen will open at the Noël Coward Theatre in Autumn 2019, reuniting the original Broadway creative team for this West End production.

Directed by Michael Greif and winner of six Tony awards including Best Musical as well as the 2018 Grammy award for Best Musical Theatre Album, Dear Evan Hansen features book by Tony award-winner Steven Levenson and a score by Tony, Grammy and Academy Award-winning composers Benj Pasek & Justin Paul.

Further information including on sale dates will be announced later this year.

Following numerous runs at The Other Palace, Eugenius! the Musical is set to transfer to the West End for a limited run over Christmas.

Produced by Warwick Davis, with a book, music and lyrics by Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins, the musical tells the story of Eugene, a teenage boy and avid comic book fan with dreams of getting a superhero he’s created on the silver screen.

Eugenius! the Musical will run at the Ambassadors Theatre from 27th October to 5th January.

Following three critically-acclaimed, sold-out seasons on stage in London’s West End, Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love) brings Charles Dickens’ beloved classic A Christmas Carol to the big screen in December 2018. On Tuesday 11 December the stage-to-film adaptation, reimagined especially for cinema, will be released in 444 cinemas across the UK and Ireland by leading event cinema distributors CinemaLive.

The Almeida's The Twilight Zone is rumoured to transfer to the Ambassadors Theatre from March 2019.

The National Theatre transfer of Nine Night will now play for an additional two weeks at Trafalgar Studios (11/02/2019 to 23/02/2019).

Schedule and pricing will remain exactly the same as the main run already set up.