Casting has been announced for the world premiere of cult Korean one-person rock musical The Last Man, running at @swkplay.bsky.social Elephant from 8 May-13 Jun. Director Daljung Kim brings together Lex Lee & Nabi Brown who share the central role across the run, performing on alternate nights.
Olivier Award winner Maria Friedman will star in the European premiere of Kimberly Akimbo at London’s Hampstead Theatre from 28 Aug-7 Nov.
The new production of the Tony Award-winning musical by David Lindsay-Abaire & Jeanine Tesori will be directed by Michael Longhurst.
NEW POST-SHOW Q&A!
Five best mates growing up together until something shifts and everything changes. Looking forward to reuniting with @proforcatheatre.bsky.social for FLASHBANG’s return to @landutheatre.bsky.social on 5 May ahead of a spring tour.
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The Young Vic Theatre’s 2026/7 season will include the world premiere of Thelma & Louise: A New Musical from 3 Sep-24 Oct, with Rachel Tucker & Amy Lennox in the titular roles. The book is by Callie Khouri (reimagining her iconic road movie), music & lyrics by Neko Case & directed by Trip Cullman.
Thanks to INVISIBLE ME writer Bren Gosling, director Scott LeCrass + cast Tessa Peake-Jones, Kevin Golding, James Holmes for a fantastic Q&A at @swkplay.bsky.social.
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Runs til 3 May.
Signs ready for tonight's post-show Q&A at @swkplay.bsky.social #SwkPlayBorough for Bren Gosling's comedy-drama INVISIBLE ME, about dating in later life. App-tastic? ❤️❤️🩹
Any Qs for the cast, writer or director?
🎟️ Join us for the 7.30 perf. southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/... #LondonTheatre
April Hope Miller’s comedy drama Flush, exploring sisterhood set within one nightclub bathroom, will run at the @arcolatheatre.bsky.social from 6 May-6 Jun.
The show, directed by Merle Wheldon, is presented by the Arcola Theatre & Launch Box Productions in association with KB Productions.
NEW POST-SHOW Q&A!
If you're in London for the next Bank Holiday weekend, join me on Sunday 3 May at @riversidelondon.bsky.social for ★★★★★ An Adequate Abridgment of Boarding School Life as a Homo. 🏉🏉🏉
#LondonTheatre #postshowtalks
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So It Goes Theatre presents the Offie Award-winning stage adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical novel Slaughterhouse-Five (adapted by Eric Simonson & directed by Douglas Baker).
The production transfers to @swkplay.bsky.social 3 Jun-4 Jul, following its premiere at Brockley Jack Theatre in 2024.
After 3 award-winning seasons at the Melbourne, Adelaide & Edinburgh Fringe, NIUSIA is set to arrive at the Lantern Theatre, Brighton Fringe (3-7 May) & London’s @theatre503.bsky.social (12-23 May).
Co-collaborator Kat Yates directs Beth Paterson’s one-woman show. Ryan Stewart produces.
Amar Chadha-Patel (Netflix’s The Decameron, Willow on Disney+) will make his professional stage debut in the world premiere of Foal by Titas Halder at @finboroughtheatre.bsky.social.
Annie Kershaw directs the one-man production presented with HFH Productions which runs from 5-30 May.
Following a sold-out run at Jermyn Street Theatre last year, Original Theatre & Reading Rep present Micheál Mac Liammóir’s The Importance of Being Oscar, dir by Michael Fentiman & starring Original Theatre’s AD Alastair Whatley, at @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social from 22 Jul-22 Aug following a tour.
Double Telling, the team behind the award-winning London premiere of Run Sister Run, has announced the first revival of Firebird by Phil Davies, running at @swkplay.bsky.social Borough 9 Jul-1 Aug.
The company’s AD Marlie Haco directs this powerful exploration of an ongoing national scandal.
@parktheatrelondon.bsky.social’s summer & autumn seasons inc:
* World prem of play Holy Fool
* Thom Southerland’s The Pianist
* Original Theatre’s The Importance of Being Oscar
* Verbatim play The Talking Drum: Voices of the Andover Estate
* Deafinitely Theatre’s take on Mike Bartlett’s play Bull
Leading the cast of the world premiere production of brand-new musical Dark of the Moon will be Glenn Adamson & Lauren Jones.
The production, presented by Witzend Productions & Charing Cross Theatre Productions, will run at the Charing Cross Theatre from 18 May-8 Aug. Georgie Rankcom directs.
London Theatre Company has announced a new production of The Oresteia, written & directed by Simon Stone (after Aeschylus & others), which will run at the @bridgetheatre.bsky.social from 2 Jul-19 Sep. The production is presented in collaboration with Wouter van Ransbeek.
Aden Gillet, Vikash Bhai & Megan Marszal will join Kathy Kiera Clarke in former GP Farine Clarke’s new play Heartsink, running at @riversidelondon.bsky.social from 21 Apr-10 May.
The bittersweet medical comedy, presented by UnEqual Productions, is directed by Sean Turner #Heartsinkplay.
The world premiere of Trainspotting The Musical will open at Theatre Royal Haymarket on 15 Jul, with Renton played by Robbie Scott.
Written by Irvine Welsh, directed & developed by Caroline Jay Ranger, with music & lyrics by Welsh & Stephen McGuinness, the show is presented by Phil McIntyre Live.
As part of Greenwich Theatre Productions’ inaugural season, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s The Wasp will run at @swkplay.bsky.social from 6-30 May, before transferring to Greenwich Theatre from 4-12 Sep.
Serin Ibrahim & Cassandra Hercules star in the play presented in association with CultureClash Theatre.
Marianne Elliott will direct a new production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, starring Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup, Josh Dylan & Phoebe Horn, running at @sohoplace from 21 Sep-19 Dec. Presented by Sonia Friedman Productions in association with Nica Burns.
Deafinitely Theatre has announced the UK tour of Bull by Mike Bartlett in a co-production with Birmingham Rep & Park Theatre.
Directed by Deafinitely’s AD Paula Garfield, the play will tour Birmingham Rep (12-19 Sep), HOME Manchester (24026 Sep) & @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social (30 Sep-24 Oct).
The critically acclaimed Ride the Cyclone The Musical will return to @swkplay.bsky.social Elephant from 19 Jun-22 Aug following its UK premiere in 2025.
Directed & choreographed by Lizzi Gee, Jacob Richmond & Brooke Maxwell’s musical is presented by Kevin McCollum, Morris Berchard & @mrjackmaple.
A new version of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway will receive its world prem at @storyhouselive.bsky.social from 29 May-6 Jun before visiting Harlow, London (Wilton’s Music Hall 16-20 Jun) & Manchester.
The co-production with CutToTheChase Productions has been co-created by Jen Heyes & Kit Green.
Calam Lynch, Noah Ritter, William Robinson, Arthur Wilson & Eleanor Worthington-Cox have been cast in the world premiere of Please Please Me by Tom Wright, dir by @kilntheatre AD Amit Sharma.
The story of Brian Epstein – the unsung, gay legend & ‘Fifth Beatle’ – will run at Kiln 16 Apr-29 May.
New post-show Q&A!
Join me at @swkplay.bsky.social Borough on 13 April for Bren Gosling’s acclaimed comedy-drama INVISIBLE ME, starring Only Fools & Horses’ Tessa Peake-Jones.
Life begins at 60… #LondonTheatre #postshowtalks
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The world prem of new musical Dark of the Moon will run at Charing Cross Theatre 18 May-8 Aug.
Dir by Georgie Rankcom, the musical features a book by Emmy Award nominee Jonathan Prince & music & lyrics by multi-platinum songwriters Lindy Robbins & Steve Robson. Co-produced by Witzend Productions.
What happens when a doctor becomes the patient?
Kathy Kiera Clarke (Derry Girls) will star as Cara in Heartsink, a new bittersweet medical comedy written by former GP Farine Clarke & dir by Sean Turner, premiering at @riversidelondon.bsky.social 21 Apr-10 May. Presented by UnEqual Productions.
Mike Bartlett’s razor-sharp modern classic Cock returns to London this spring in a bold, intimate new staging from Talk Is Free Theatre.
Directed by Dylan Trowbridge, the production features Aidan deSalaiz, Michael Torontow, Tess Benger & Kevin Bundy. Runs from 22 Apr-2 May 2026 at COLAB.
He Said/She Said, a double-bill of 2 one-act plays, each centring on an act of knife violence, will revive Dom Riley’s Misconduct & Madeline Gould’s Ladykiller, running at London’s White Bear Theatre from 21 Apr-2 May. Claire Evans directs & produces.
Fantastic to reunite at @theotherpalace.bsky.social with the Oxia team - Emma, Greg, Anthony, Steve & of course, the lettuce 🥬 - to discuss the latest incarnation of #TheLastDaysOfLizTruss & the politician behind the show.
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