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4 days ago | 
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Burlesque has revealed the full cast and creative team for its West End transfer. Based on the 2010 musical drama film, directed by Steve Antin, the show revolves around a small-town girl named Ali Rose (played on screen by Christina Aguilera) who moves to Los Angeles and stumbles upon a struggling burlesque lounge owned by Tess.
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1 week ago | 
whatsonstage.com | Alex Wood
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The West End production of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has introduced two new audience initiatives at the Ambassadors Theatre, aimed at enhancing the experience of its growing community of returning and solo theatregoers. Data from ATG Entertainment Venues reveals that 33.3 per cent of audience members attending the musical are solo theatregoers, a figure that is 60 per cent higher than the average for West End musicals.
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whatsonstage.com | Alex Wood
Theatre NewsSee who’s heading to Manchester this autumn! Full casting has been revealed for the musical version of much-loved film 13 Going On 30. Premiering this autumn in Manchester, the piece is based on the 2004 film by Revolution Studios. It follows Jenna Rink, a 13-year-old who wishes to escape high school difficulties and finds herself transformed overnight into a 30-year-old magazine editor with an unexpected perspective on life.
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1 week ago | 
whatsonstage.com | Alex Wood
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1 week ago | 
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The Menier Chocolate Factory’s production of Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan’s The Producers has revealed cast portraits and full creative team. The production, which had a sell-out run at the south London venue, will open at the Garrick Theatre on 15 September, with previews from 30 August. It is currently set to run until 21 February 2026. It tells the tale of two producers attempting to win big by staging the worst musical they could imagine – only for it to turn into an unexpected hit.
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1 week ago | 
whatsonstage.com | Alex Wood
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1 week ago | 
whatsonstage.com | Alex Wood
Denise Van Outen will tour the UK in March 2026 with her new stage show An Evening with Denise Van Outen: Songs, Stories & All That Jazz. The production will feature live music and stories drawn from her varied career across television, theatre and radio. Van Outen became widely known in the 1990s as co-presenter of The Big Breakfast on Channel 4 and has since worked extensively on stage and screen.
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1 week ago | 
whatsonstage.com | Alex Wood
Listen to an exclusive performance from the forthcoming Next to Normal album!The 2008 musical, which has music by Tom Kitt and book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, follows a mother struggling with bipolar disorder. It was first seen on Broadway in 2009 and went on to win three Tony Awards, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It had its long-awaited UK premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, in a new production by Michael Longhurst, before moving to the West End last year.
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whatsonstage.com | Alex Wood
The Traverse Theatre has announced its full line-up of shows running across Edinburgh’s August festivals. Returning to the Traverse is A Gambler’s Guide to Dying, Gary McNair’s solo show that debuted a decade ago. Directed by Traverse artistic director Gareth Nicholls, the play will be performed again in Traverse 2. It tells the story of a boy and his grandfather and has toured widely since its first appearance in 2015.
