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Last updated: Thursday, 25 April 2024 at 15:49

Thursday, 4 October 2018
20:20

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.

13:41

Wayne Sleep will lead the cast of its 2018 family pantomime, Aladdin, in the role of Abanazar from 29 November to 6 January 2019 at the Cambridge Arts Theatre.

12:04

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.

10:21

Come From Away makes its European premiere at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, before opening at London's Phoenix Theatre on 30 January 2019. The launch will be celebrated at Canada House on Trafalgar Square on Wednesday 10 October. By invitation only.

Wednesday, 3 October 2018
15:16

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

14:36

The Press Night for Waitress has been changed from the 5th March 7.30pm to the 7th March at 7.30pm.

The 7.30pm performance on the 5th March has now been put on-sale at the Off Peak Preview pricing.

Please note, although the 6th March performances (matinee and Evening) are now classed as ‘Previews’, these will still be sold at the RUN prices.

Any individual bookings already made for the 7th March Press Night will be honoured and we hope to make some further seats available for sale in the next few days.

14:30

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.

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