London

This House

James Graham

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams

Barber Shop Chronicles

Inua Ellams

It Is Easy To Be Dead

Neil MacPherson, based on the poems and letters of Charles Hamilton Sorley

Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare

The Two Noble Kinsmen

John Fletcher and William Shakespeare

The Winter's Tale

Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon

Frankenstein

Nick Dear based on the novel by Mary Shelley

Gloriana

Benjamin Britten, libretto by William Plomer

The Tempest

William Shakespeare

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka, choreography and direction by Arthur Pita, music by Frank Moon

The Phantom of The Opera

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by Bryony Lavery

Amsterdam

Maya Arad Yasur

Drawing the Line

Howard Brenton

Fleabag

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

The Way Out

Suri Krishnamma, Nichola Mark Harding and Omid Djalili

Così Fan Tutte

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

Wild

Mike Bartlett

NewsRevue Special

The Tempest

William Shakespeare

The Brief Life and Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria: Part The First

Joseph Cullen & Sasha Wilson

Freedom Hi 自由閪

'Punkt Presents Penelope

Devised by Abigail Hirsch, Aida Rocci, Antonia Georgieva, OliverMcFadden and ...

Take Care

Safe Sex

Harvey Fierstein

Border Control

Michelle Sewell

One Jewish Boy

Stephen Laughton

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare

Final Edition: Bari / Isthmus / Mazur / Shine On / A Far Cry / Voices and Light Footsteps

Choreography Richard Alston, Martin Lawrance, music Ta Travudia, Jo Kondo, Ch...

The Seven Streams of the River Ota

Robert Lepage and Ex Machina

Ghost House

Tristan Bernays

Love, Love, Love

Mike Bartlett

Blithe Spirit

Noël Coward

Swan Lake

Choreography Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, production & additional choreograp...

On Blueberry Hill

Sebastian Barry

The Revenger’s Tragedy

Thomas Middleton

Shoe Lady

E V Crowe

Lipstick

Lily Shahmoon

Nuclear War / Buried / Graceland

Simon Stephens, David Spencer and Max Saunders-Singer

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Remarque adapted by Incognito Theatre Company

Not Quite Jerusalem

Paul Kember

Closed Lands

Simon Grangeat, translated by Laure Fernandez and Legal Aliens

The Apologists

Iskandar Sharazuddin, Cordelia O’Neill and Lucinda Burnett

Daughter

Adam Lazarus

Sticks and Stones

Dameon Garnett

Revisor

Choreography and direction Crystal Pite, text Jonathon Young

Come from Away

Book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein

Hamilton

Book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, inspired on Alexander Hamilton ...

Leopoldstadt

Tom Stoppard

The Play That Goes Wrong

Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields

The Seven Streams of the River Ota

Robert Lepage and Ex Machina

Kunene and the King

John Kani

Les Misérables

Book by Alan Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel by Victo...

Matilda the Musical

Based on the novel by Roald Dahl, book by Dennis Kelly, music and lyrics by T...

On Blueberry Hill

Sebastian Barry

The Welkin

Lucy Kirkwood

Donovan and Yarrow confirmed for deferred Joseph

The latest production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium has been deferred for exactly 12 months, with Jason Donovan and Jac Yarrow both confirmed again to star.

Dolly is set to go away—for now

Hello Dolly, due to begin performances in London in August 2020 for a 30-week season starring Imelda Staunton, has been postponed.

ENB Wednesday Watch Parties: June 2020

English National Ballet’s ENB at HOME programme continues with Song of the Earth and Manon, with recordings available for 48 hours.

Greenwich Dance Up My Street goes online

Greenwich Dance's Up My Street—Online! will feature four TV-style episodes of new dance works performed by professional dancers and local volunteers, interviews with choreographers and an invitation to join in.

BalletBoyz Deluxe on BBC4

The BalletBoyz 20th anniversary double-bill show Deluxe is to be broadcast on BBC Four and then available on iPlayer.

Ballet Black's The Waiting Game on BBC4

BBC4 will broadcast Ballet Black: The Waiting Game featuring interviews with the company’s artistic director Cassa Pancho and following South African dancer and choreographer Mthuthuzeli November as he creates a new ballet, The Waiting Game.

Head Wrap and Fagin streamed from The Place

The Place Online will stream The Head Wrap Diaries and Fagin's Twist.

Theatres at risk get financial support

Six theatres which are at various stages of restoration have been awarded a total of £67,500 as part of a building programme.

Bush Theatre lockdown photo challenge

Writers get behind weekly photo challenges, starting with Phoebe Eclair-Powell's fantasy images.

More free Royal Opera and Royal Ballet productions online

Royal Opera House is making available online productions of The Cellist (The Royal Ballet, 2020), Il trittico (The Royal Opera, 2012), La Fille mal gardée (The Royal Ballet, 2005) and The Magic Flute (The Royal Opera, 2017).

One Dance UK digital youth dance festival summer 2020

One Dance UK is moving its U.Dance National Festival online this year for a weekend of streamed dance masterclasses, showcases, careers talks and information sessions for young people.

ENB's Nora and Swan Lake online

English National Ballet's next Wednesday Watch Parties will feature Stina Quagebeur’s Nora and Derek Deane’s Swan Lake.

bbodance celebrates 90 years with free memberships

To celebrate its 90th anniversary on 16 May, bbodance is giving away free memberships, giving teachers access to all its educational resources online until 1 September.

Richard Alston new web site

Richard Alston new web site and cheering article.

Branson and Chalayan next up on Sadler's Wells Digital Stage

TOM by Wilkie Branson and designer Hussein Chalayan's Gravity Fatigue are the next two performances on the Sadler's Wells free online dance programme, Digital Stage.

Masterclasses in O’Riordan's Doll's House

The Lyric Hammersmith's A Doll’s House has an online screening with masterclasses for emerging directors and writers.

London's West End closed until 28 June

Central London's theatres remain dark for another seven weeks.

Amici Dance Theatre Company celebrates 40th anniversary online

Amici Dance Theatre Company is to celebrate its 40th anniversary with a YouTube livestream series.

Former bbodance director Anne Heaton dies

bbodance has announced the death of its former Director Anne Heaton at the age of 89.

More Ballet Black online

Ballet Black is to release a further three performances online as part of its #BBonFilm initiative.

Protein at 21 streams Border Tales

Protein’s 21st anniversary celebrations continue with Border Tales streaming as part of The Place this week.

ENB invites Nureyev's Romeo to Wednesday Party

English National Ballet's next Wednesday Watch Party instalments will include Rudolf Nureyev’s Romeo & Juliet and Azure Barton’s Fantastic Beings.

Deaf hip hop drama premières on British TV

Here/Not Here, a new British, deaf hip hop drama utilising British Sign Language, Krump street dance, football and Visual Vernacular, will have its TV première on Film4 and Together TV.

Protein features community dance work online

Luca Silvestrini’s Protein presents online dance pieces by community groups inspired by the company's past works in Protein 21: Reimagine.

Sadler's Wells celebrates International Dance Day 2020

In celebration of International Dance Day, Sadler’s Wells has curated a playlist for digital partner Nowness of works created and choreographed for the screen.

James Cousins Company releases short films online

James Cousins Company is to release a series of short films specially re-choreographed for camera on its Facebook page.

Dance Umbrella cancels October 2020 festival

Dance Umbrella, London’s annual festival of contemporary dance and performance, has cancelled its October 2020 event.

Southwark Playhouse—Southwark Stayhouse

Three full-length productions and a set of Philip Ridley monologues start London's Southwark Playhouse online platform.

Two ballet schools share message of solidarity and hope

Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham and English National Ballet School in London have united to share a message of hope and support in footage filmed by students dancing at home edited by BalletBoyz.

Ballet Black On Film initiative

Ballet Black will present a series of ballets from its repertoire online and online classes taught by Ballet Black dancers.

Sadler's Wells puts Osipova, Breakin' Convention and more online

Sadler’s Wells' next Facebook Premieres will include Natalia Osipova, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Alexander Whitley and Breakin’ Convention.

Michael Clark's simple rock 'n' roll on iPlayer

Michael Clark Company's to a simple, rock 'n' roll... song is available on BBC iPlayer for 2 months.

Agreement to support West End theatre

West End cast members' jobs protected by new agreement to support reopening theatres after lockdown.

Join ENB from home for Wednesday Watch Parties

English National Ballet is inviting audiences to join them for Wednesday Watch Parties, featuring full-length recordings of their performances on Facebook and YouTube, over the next month.

Shobana Jeyasingh / Nyman collaboration revisited

Shobana Jeyasingh’s collaboration with composer Michael Nyman, Configurations, will be broadcast live via Facebook Premiere for free.

Maliphant and Vangelis Thread on Digital Stage

Sadler’s Wells has added Russell Maliphant and Vangelis’s The Thread to Digital Stage, its free online performance programme, plus new dance workshops.

iPlayer première for BAC's new film

Battersea Arts Centre's new film, Performance Live: The Way Out, is now available to view on iPlayer as part of BBC Arts' Culture in Quarantine season.

Frozen's Elsa and Anna announced

Samantha Barks and Stephanie McKeon to play sisters Elsa and Anna in the UK première of Disney’s Frozen.

Maverick offers diploma in creative producing

Applications are now open for a new online diploma in creative producing for theatre and live events, designed to open up the “closed” world of theatre producing.

Nominations open for One Dance UK Awards

Nominations for the One Dance UK Awards 2020 are now open from One Dance UK, the support organisation for the dance sector.

ENB Philharmonic thanks the NHS

Musicians from English National Ballet Philharmonic have joined together for a virtual rendition of an extract from Alexander Glazunov’s Raymonda to say thank you to the NHS.

Jermyn Street Theatre flooded

A burst pipe in a nearby basement has flooded the leading off-West End studio theatre and wreaked destruction.

Dance Umbrella's new Executive Director

London international festival Dance Umbrella has appointed Tania Wilmer as its new Executive Director.

Sadler’s Wells adds Rain to Digital Stage

New additions to Sadler’s Wells' Digital Stage programme include Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s company Rosas with Rain and new dance workshops to try at home.

Music track from Akram Khan's Creature released

On what would have been the première of Creature by Akram Khan, composer Vincenzo Lamagna, Akram Khan Company and English National Ballet have shared a track from the score along with an art-film by Maxime Dos.

balletLORENT’s Rumpelstiltskin gets online release

Sadler’s Wells has added to its Digital Stage programme a matinée screening of balletLORENT’s Rumpelstiltskin and the first dance at home workshops for families and older audiences.

Polunin Romeo & Juliet at Royal Albert Hall rescheduled

After the enforced postponement of the original date, Sergei Polunin’s company, Polunin Ink, has rescheduled this one-night-only performance for May 2021.

Hampstead to stream Bartlett, Steel and Brenton plays

Hampstead Theatre is to stream its productions of Mike Bartlett’sWild, Beth Steel’s Wonderland and Howard Brenton’s Drawing the Line for free, each for a week on demand, in partnership with The Guardian.

More Royal Opera House free productions online

In addition to previously announced free broadcasts, the Royal Opera House has announced the next in the series of productions to be available to watch online.

Olivier Awards retrospective replaces ceremony

Highlights from a decade of Olivier Awards will be broadcast on television and radio in place of the previously scheduled awards ceremony.

Sadler’s Wells takes to the Digital Stage

Sadler’s Wells has released new dance content and workshops on Digital Stage, its free online performance platform, following the cancellation of shows due to COVID-19.

Midlands theatre closures: update

The Royal Shakespeare Company has confirmed that all performances have been cancelled until Thursday 30 April.

Thriller Live to leave West End

Michael Jackson tribute show Thriller Live is to close for good in the West End after 11 years, three shows short of becoming the 11th longest running West End musical ever.

King's Head Theatre keeps going online

The show may be temporarily over, but the King's Head lays claim to be London's first pub theatre that keeps in touch with its audience with a live transmission every weekday.

Olivier Awards cancelled

The Society of London Theatres (SOLT) has announced that it has cancelled the 2020 Olivier Awards, due to take place at the Royal Albert Hall on 5 April.

Arcola suspends all performances and appeals for donations

London's Arcola Theatre has suspended all public performances until further notice to avoid contributing to the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and asked for donations to help it survive closure.

London theatre in 2019

Data for last year has been released by SOLT which shows a small downturn in attendance with an increase in average ticket price.

Two Northampton shows get Olivier nominations

Two Northampton Royal and Derngate productions which transferred to London have been nominated for the 2020 Olivier Awards.

The Pillowman visits London this summer

Award-winning writer Martin McDonagh is back in London's West End this summer with his acclaimed play The Pillowman starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Steve Pemberton.

A Great Night Out: Burn This—an unforgettable production with a personal prologue

Philip Fisher remembers a night out in a Portakabin with John Malkovich and Juliet Stevenson.

A Great Night Out: a life-changing trip to Covent Garden

Georgina Wells on the night an early Christmas present for a teenager became a lifelong obsession.

Michael Billington on Stage

Rufus Norris interviews the doyen of critics, Michael Billington at the National Theatre, with contributions from four star actors.

National Theatre Press Conference February 2020

Rufus Norris and Lisa Burger round-up recent developments at the National Theatre and announced their programme for 2020–21.

Review of the Year 2019 - The London Stage

Philip Fisher gives his summary of the London theatre scene in 2019.