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The complete list of every winner at the 50th Olivier Awards ceremony, held at the Royal Albert Hall on 12 April 2026. Paddington The Musical dominated with seven awards, while Punch, Evita, Into the Woods and more took home top honours.
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West Side Story film star Rachel Zegler has won her first Olivier Award at the 50th anniversary ceremony held at the Royal Albert Hall.
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Paddington The Musical swept the 2025 Olivier Awards with seven wins, making it one of the most decorated shows in the ceremony's history.
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Lesley Manville called curtain call filming 'insulting' on Radio 4, sparking fierce debate about phones in theatres and what audiences should expect for thei…
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The UK Musical Theatre Conference returns next week with a packed programme exploring the future of musicals, from AI and data to diversity and international…
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Jamie Muscato and Joy Woods will lead the West End revival of Cabaret as the Emcee and Sally Bowles from 25 May 2026, with the show now booking until January…
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The Phoenix Arts Club's urgent £100,000 fundraising gala at the Phoenix Theatre brings together West End stars, cabaret performers and comedians on 20 April …
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Check out those moves!
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The legendary composer has announced he's writing a musical based on the true story of the Mona Lisa's disappearance from the Louvre, adding another project …
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A powerful new musical charting the civil rights movement and culminating in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr is heading for a workshop concert sta…
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From viral cast moments to trending show clips, TikTok continues to drive excitement around London's West End. Here's what's been lighting up TheatreTok this…
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Fresh photos from the Waitress UK tour showcase Carrie Hope Fletcher leading a stellar cast in the beloved Sara Bareilles musical as it travels across Britai…
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Fionna Hewitt-Twamley brings Brian Foster's powerful one-woman play back to the West End, having raised nearly half a million pounds for homeless charities o…
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Ian McEwan's Booker-shortlisted novel Atonement is getting its world premiere stage adaptation, with Siân Phillips leading the cast at Chichester Festival Th…
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Paul Foster's stripped-back revival of the Kander and Ebb classic delivers devastating emotional power at Curve Leicester, before touring to Bristol Old Vic …
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Five-star reviews pour in for Suzie Miller's Inter Alia starring Rosamund Pike, with critics tipping her for an Olivier Award. Now booking at Wyndham's Theatre.
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Rehearsal images revealed for Mass, Fran Kranz's powerful debut play adapted from his Sundance-winning film, starring Adeel Akhtar and Monica Dolan at the Do…
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A radical reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats transforms the feline musical into a vibrant ballroom drag competition, and critics are calling it the bi…
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Freddie Fox and Julian Ovenden join Helen George and Felicity Kendal in a lavish revival of Cole Porter's High Society at the Barbican this summer.
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The Prat Pack is back for 2026. Bradley Walsh, Brian Conley, Shane Richie and Joe Pasquale reunite for a major UK tour culminating at the London Palladium.
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Former RSC artistic director Greg Doran revives his acclaimed puppet production of Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis, narrated by Simon Russell Beale, for a Jun…
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Nick Mohammed hosts the 50th Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall, celebrating the very best of London theatre in a landmark anniversary year.
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Nick Mohammed hosts the 2026 Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall as the ceremony celebrates its landmark 50th anniversary. Here's what to expect from the…
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The Watermill Theatre in Newbury reveals casting for its summer production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, running from May to September 2026 with an actor-music…
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The award-winning comedy company behind The Play That Goes Wrong ventures into musical theatre with Thespians, premiering in Colchester this May before a UK …
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