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Leigh Symonds, Hayden Wood and Russell Richardson in The Trial Of Romeo Oscar at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough (Tony Bartholomew) 26 September 2026 | 14:30 | Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough ⭐⭐⭐ | PR - Invite By the year 2194, humanity may well have mastered interplanetary travel, and developed extraordinary androids that co-exist alongside us. Yet despite this technological process, The Trial Of Romeo Oscar asks one rather important question: what makes us

Jackie Morrison (Peggy) and the ensemble of Sting's The Last Ship at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London (Nienke de Groot) 23 September 2026 | 19:30 | Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London (International Tour) ⭐⭐⭐ | PR - Invite There is a great musical somewhere inside The Last Ship, and frustratingly, this impressive production gets tantalisingly close to finding it. With music and lyrics by Sting (The Police) and a new book by Barney Norris, the musical takes audiences into a

Gracie O'Brien (Ali) and the company of Burlesque The Musical - UK Tour (Rosie Moore for The Social Sort) 23 September 2026 | 19:30 | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford (UK Tour) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | PR - Invite If you have followed theatre news over the past year, you will know that Burlesque The Musical has hit the headlines for a medley of reasons, from its cancelled London run, delayed tour opening and creative team clashes. Yet through it all, its UK Tour has finally arrived, as Burlesq

Madeline Appiah (Rose Maxson) and Ray Fearon (Troy Maxson) in Headlong's Fences at Leeds Playhouse (Tyler Fayose) 16 September 2026 | 19:15 | Leeds Playhouse - Courtyard (UK Tour) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | PR - Invite As one of the 20th-century American greats in literature, we see surprisingly few major productions of August Wilson's work. So it is a privilege to see Fences return, presented by Headlong and opening tonight in Leeds Playhouse's Courtyard space. Set in 1950s Pittsburgh, t

The 2026-27 company of Matilda - The Musical at the Cambridge Theatre, London (Manuel Harlan) 15 September 2026 | 19:00 | Cambridge Theatre, London ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | PR - Invite First staged in 2010 by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, Matilda - The Musical has charmed audiences all across the world. Having welcomed millions of children (and grown up children!) through the doors of the Cambridge Theatre, this year marks the show's 15th anniversary in the West E

Ty Fanning (James) in the West End production of Paranormal Activity - Ambassadors Theatre (Matt Crockett) 15 September 2026 | 19:30 | Milton Keynes Theatre (UK Tour) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | PR - Invite Written by Levi Holloway and directed by Punchdrunk's Felix Barrett, Paranormal Activity opens as a modern ghost story. The audience are plunged into darkness, and greeted by a podcast voice-over (Jo Castleton, who later plays Etheline) asking us to settle in. To breathe in and out, and

The company of The Seven Deadly Sins / The Human Voice at the Charing Cross Theatre, London (credit unprovided) 12 September 2026 | 19:30 | Charing Cross Theatre, London ⭐⭐ | PR - Invite Last night's press night for The Seven Deadly Sins / The Human Voice was certainly met with intrigue, as this operatic double bill comes to London's Charing Cross Theatre, directed by Alejandro Bonatto. The production's strengths lie in its vocal performance and commitment to the materi

Amelia Yates, Emma Pallant, AK Golding, Ivan Ivashkin and Leah Brotherhead in Till The Stars Come Down at Nottingham Playhouse (Sam Taylor) 10 September 2026 | 19:00 | Nottingham Playhouse ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | PR - Invite In 2024, Beth Steel's comedy-drama Till The Stars Come Down debuted at the National Theatre (Dorfman), subsequent to a 2025 West End transfer at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. This previous run included immersive onstage seating, in which we were treated like real we