Producers Playful Productions, the Royal Shakespeare Company and Elizabeth Williams today announce the West End premiere of Born With Teeth featuring Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who, The Importance of Being Earnest) as Christopher Marlowe and Edward Bluemel (Killing Eve, Sex Education) as William Shakespeare.
This thrilling new play by Liz Duffy Adams imagines the relationship between two literary icons at odds with their time.
Catfish and the Bottlemen have announced additional dates for their highly anticipated summer 2025 tour across the UK and Ireland. The newly added performances include major outdoor venues, promising unforgettable nights for fans.
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These new dates join the band’s previously announced stadium concerts.
Having sold out major venues globally—including a record-breaking performance at Liverpool’s Sefton Park, two sold-out nights at Cardiff Castle, and headlining appearances at Reading and Leeds Festival—Catfish and the Bottlemen continue to solidify their position as one of the UK’s leading live acts.
Tickets for all newly announced dates go on general sale at 10 AM BST, Friday, April 11, 2025, available via Ticketmaster.
Get ready for the ultimate action-packed experience, as Gladiators Live Tour makes its global debut in arenas across the UK for the very first time in 2025. Featuring the new stars of the UK TV series Gladiators, the live show will be a spectacular, high-octane two-hour show with all the fan-favourite events and the ultimate Eliminator. Gladiators Live will kick off its nationwide tour in Liverpool, Manchester and London this November, before heading to Birmingham in December for a celebration of the series’ enduring cultural legacy. Tickets will be available from Thursday 17 April via livenation.co.uk.
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David Ian for Crossroads Live in association with Barry and Fran Weissler are delighted to announce that West End leading man Dan Burton and West End and TV star Darren Day will return to share the role of Billy Flynn, alongside international recording artist and pop star Sinitta as Mama Morton, in the UK and Ireland tour of Chicago.
Dan Burton will play Billy Flynn in Bournemouth, Nottingham, Birmingham, Truro and Llandudno. Darren Day will play Billy Flynn in Wimbledon, Leicester, Wolverhampton, Hull, Eastbourne, Norwich, Blackpool, Woking, Sunderland, Crawley, Glasgow and Salford.
Kevin Clifton continues to perform as Billy Flynn in Canterbury and Bristol.
Sinitta will play Mama Morton in Bournemouth, Canterbury, Norwich, Woking, Crawley and Glasgow.
Brenda Edwards will continue to perform as Mama Morton in Nottingham, Birmingham, Cardiff, Bristol, Wimbledon, Leicester and Salford.
Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals and Jamie Lloyd for The Jamie Lloyd Company today announce Diego Andres Rodriguez as Che in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita. He joins the previously announced Rachel Zegler (Eva Perón), with full cast and creatives to be announced. The production, directed by Jamie Lloyd, opens at The London Palladium on Tuesday 1 July, with previews from 14 June, and runs until 6 September 2025.
Jamie Lloyd said today, “Before he even graduated, Diego made his professional debut as Artie in our production of Sunset Blvd. on Broadway, in which he also understudied and played the leading role, Joe Gillis. He is an incredible young actor and a fantastic vocalist. We’re so thrilled he will be making his West End debut in Tim and Andrew’s iconic musical.”
Producers Wessex Grove, Gavin Kalin Productions and Playful Productions are delighted to announce that Bryan Cranston will star as ‘Joe Keller’, Marianne Jean-Baptiste as ‘Kate Keller’ and Paapa Essiedu as ‘Chris Keller’ in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons. Directed by Ivo Van Hove, the production will run at Wyndham’s Theatre, a Delfont Mackintosh Theatre, in London’s West End for a strictly limited season between Friday 14 November 2025and Saturday 7 February 2026. Further casting to be announced soon. Tickets are now on sale here.
American businesswoman, fashion designer, art collector, activist and now author, Tina Knowles announced that founder and creative director of her eponymous brand, Stella McCartney will be joining her as the moderator for the London stop of her international book tour on Wednesday 4thJune 2025 at The Southbank Centre’s iconic Royal Festival Hall. The show will take place as part of Ms. Knowles live book tour, Matriarch: An Evening with Tina Knowles, Family & Friends.