After a successful run at the West End's Aldwych Theatre, TOP HAT will end its successful run on Saturday 26 October 2013. The production celebrated its first anniversary on 9 May on the back of winning 3 Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical. TOP HAT also received the Evening Standard Audience Award for Best Night Out. Starring Gavin Lee (Mary Poppins) and Broadway's Kristen Beth Williams, TOP...

WE WILL ROCK YOU celebrated 11 years on the London stage, with the original West End production having opened 14 May 2002. The musical has been rockin' out at the Dominion Theatre ever since.Based on the songs of Queen and written by Ben Elton, WE WILL ROCK YOU has become one of the longest-running shows in West End history, especially amongst current productions that are still showing (only exceeded...

The producers of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY have been forced to reschedule the first two previews of the new musical. The initial preview performances on Friday 17 May and Saturday 18 May will be replaced by an additional preview on Wednesday 22 May at 19:30pm. Another extra performance will be scheduled during a forthcoming holiday period. Unexpected problems in the delivery of a piece of stage...

DIRTY DANCING: THE CLASSIC STORY ON STAGE is set to replace Spice Girl musical Viva Forever! at the Piccadilly Theatre from 13 July. Last week producer Judy Craymer announed that Viva Forever! would close its doors on Saturday 29 June. DIRTY DANCING was written by Eleanor Bergstein, the scriptwriter and co-producer of the phenomenally successful 1987 film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey....

Inspired by the songs of the Spice Girls, new musical VIVA FOREVER! is to close Saturday 29 June 2013. The show, with book by Jennifer Saunders, opened at London's Piccadilly Theatre on 11 December, following previews from 27 November.Producer Judy Craymer released the following statement: "It is with a heavy heart that I've had to make this very difficult decision to post closing notice for VIVA FOREVER!...

West End star Dianne Pilkington leads the way as smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! makes significant cast changes at the Novello Theatre. With 24 of the 33 cast members changing on Monday 10 June 2013, this represents the largest cast change of the London production of Judy Craymer's MAMMA MIA! since it first opened in 1999.Pilkington will play the lead role of single mom, Donna Sheridan. Her West End credits...

Darren Day will star as the fame-hungry singer Mike Chariot in THE GOLDEN VOICE at London's Arts Theatre. Day has previously appeared on the London stage, landing his first major theatre role as Joseph in the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium. His additional West End theatre credits include Grease, Summer Holiday and Godspell,...

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME was the big winner at last night's 2013 Olivier Awards ceremony, taking home seven gongs including Best New Play, Best Director for Marianne Elliot and Best Supporting Actress for Nicola Walker. Winning Best Actor for his performance as 15-year old Christopher, Luke Treadaway beat out stiff competition from Rupert Everett (The Judas Kiss), James McAvoy...

According to the Daily Mail, THE FULL MONTY will be coming to the West End's Noël Coward Theatre, with previews beginning 15 February 2014. Director Daniel Evans wants the actors who created the six strippers on stage — Kenny Doughty, Sidney Cole, Kieran O'Brien, Craig Gazey, Roger Morlidge and Simon Rouse — to continue getting their kit off and reprise their roles on the West End.Simon...