West End Correspondent, British Theatre
Daphne covers West End news for British Theatre: openings, casting, extensions and on-sale alerts across London's major theatres.
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Sir Patrick Stewart has died aged 86. We look back on a stage career that began with the Royal Shakespeare Company and brought him three Olivier Award wins.
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Sam Ryder led a Jesus Christ Superstar gala for Cancer Research UK at Drury Lane, with Graham Norton, Amy Dowden and Self Esteem among the guests in the house.
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Jessie Buckley leads Afterbirth at the Royal Court in 2028, as Purpose opens the season in January with most of its Broadway cast. Booking opens on 4 November.
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Layla Schillert leads Cirque Alice as Alice, with Darren Partridge and Raphael Papo, at the Royal Festival Hall from 12 December 2026 to 3 January 2027.
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The Greatest Showman begins previews at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 14 April 2027, with Oliver Tompsett and Samantha Barks. Public booking opens on 18 November.
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See Giles Terera rehearse as Ebenezer Scrooge for the Old Vic's tenth anniversary A Christmas Carol, which plays from 10 November 2026 to 9 January 2027.
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Farah Ashraf brings her award winning solo show Pink Rabbit, directed by Alessandro Babalola, to Soho Theatre Upstairs from 24 November to 12 December 2026.
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Idina Menzel, Sam Ryder and the casts of Billy Elliot, Avenue Q and more bring the West End to the Royal Albert Hall for the Royal Variety Performance 2026.
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Michelle Terry will leave Shakespeare's Globe at the end of 2027 after a decade as artistic director, returning next summer for a final role at the theatre.
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Cynthia Erivo played Glinda, not Elphaba, in a Nollywood style Wicked parody on SNL UK, with Ayoade Bamgboye as Elphaba and Hammed Animashaun as the Wizard.
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Sleepwalk Immersive reimagines the assassination of Julius Caesar in 1940s Chinatown, across four floors of Hoxton Hall for four weeks from February 2027.
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The Book Thief musical by Jodi Picoult plays the Lyric Hammersmith from 24 July to 28 August 2027, in a 2027 season with Rufus Norris and Conor McPherson.
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