The full cast and band for the London premiere of Hamlet Hail to the Thief have been confirmed ahead of the hit musical’s debut at the Barbican Theatre later this year.
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Barbican encore for critically acclaimed Death Note: The Musical
Following a sold-out, record-breaking season in the summer, manga musical Death Note: The Musical will return to London’s Barbican Theatre for a limited season from 23 March to 15 May 2027.
Jonathan Bailey withdraws from Sunday in the Park With George following Ariana Grande’s departure
Following the news in early August that Ariana Grande had withdrawn from next year’s eagerly awaited new production of Sunday in the Park With George at London’s Barbican Theatre, it has now been announced that Jonathan Bailey will also no longer appear in the production.
Death Note: The Musical – Barbican Theatre
Death Note: The Musical continues at the Barbican Theatre, London until 12 September 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ There is no denying that the result is a taut, compelling tale that is accessible to anyone unfamiliar with the source material.
London debut for Hamlet Hail to the Thief
Following sold-out runs at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Aviva Studios (home of Factory International), Hamlet Hail to the Thief will receive its London premiere at the Barbican Theatre later this year.
Cast for Barbican’s Death Note: The Musical
The full cast has been unveiled for the world premiere run of the new production of Manga musical Death Note: The Musical at London’s Barbican Theatre this summer.
High Society – Barbican Theatre and Touring
High Society was reviewed at the Barbican Theatre, London where it continues until 11 July 2026. The tour continues until 14 November 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This production is performed with enough pure unbridled, exuberant joy, to ensure that a swellegant, elegant time is had by all.
Freddie Fox to make genre debut in Barbican’s High Society
Freddie Fox will make his musical theatre debut in the highly anticipated new production of the classic Cole Porter musical High Society at London’s Barbican next month.
Barbican premiere for major new production of Manga musical Death Note: The Musical
A major new production of Manga musical Death Note: The Musical will receive its world premiere at London’s Barbican Theatre.
Good Night, Oscar – Barbican Theatre
Good Night, Oscar continues at the Barbican Theatre, London until 21 September 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ When Doug Wright’s words combine with Lisa Peterson’s sharp, intelligent direction and Sean Hayes’ phenomenal portrayal, it can be breathtaking.
Fiddler on the Roof – Barbican Theatre and Touring
Fiddler on the Roof continues at the Barbican Theatre, London until 19 July 2025. The production then tours from 24 July to 3 January 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A staggeringly beautiful revival of a musical that celebrates the human spirit.
Further casting for Barbican’s Good Night, Oscar
Ben Rappaport will join Tony and Emmy Award-winner Sean Hayes in the London transfer of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright’s Broadway hit Good Night, Oscar to London this summer.
First cast news for Barbican season of Fiddler on the Roof
Principal casting has been confirmed for this summer’s Barbican Theatre transfer of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s record equalling Olivier-nominated production of Fiddler on the Roof.
Barbican season and UK and Ireland tour for Regent’s Park Open Air’s hit Fiddler on the Roof
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s critically acclaimed and crowd-pleasing production of Fiddler on the Roof will transfer to London’s Barbican Theatre this summer ahead of a UK and Ireland tour.
Date for film release of hit production of Kiss Me, Kate
Captured live at the Barbican Theatre, the film of Bartlett Sher’s acclaimed production of Kiss Me, Kate will be released by Trafalgar Releasing into cinemas across the UK, the US, Australia and selected international territories from 17 November 2024.
Kiss Me, Kate – Barbican Theatre
Kiss Me, Kate continues at the Barbican Theatre, London until 14 September 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Not to be missed at the Barbican until 14 September, after which a West End transfer or a tour would be most welcome.
Charlie Stemp and Georgina Onuorah join cast of Barbican’s Kiss Me, Kate
Olivier Award nominee Charlie Stemp and rising star Georgina Onuorah are the latest additions to the cast of Cole Porter’s classic Kiss Me, Kate at the Barbican this summer.
Adrian Dunbar and Stephanie J Block to star in Barbican’s Kiss Me, Kate
Line of Duty’s Adrian Dunbar will make his musical theatre debut in a major new production of Cole Porter’s classic Kiss Me, Kate at the Barbican this summer.
A Strange Loop – Barbican Theatre
A Strange Loop continues at the Barbican Theatre until 9 September 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ By the time we emerge from its tangled hierarchy of layers, we may be returned from New York to the Barbican: back where we started – but we are changed. We, too, have been transformed by a strange loop.
Broadway’s Kyle Ramar Freeman to lead the West End cast of A Strange Loop
Kyle Ramar Freeman will make his West End debut in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning A Strange Loop at London’s Barbican Theatre this summer.
Barbican encore season for My Neighbour Totoro
The record-breaking stage version of Studio Ghibili’s multi award-winning Japanese animated film fantasy My Neighbour Totoro will play a limited encore run at the Barbican Theatre this autumn.
Broadway sensation A Strange Loop to open in London
The smash hit Broadway musical sensation A Strange Loop will transfer from New York to London this summer, running at the Barbican Theatre from 17 June to 9 September 2023 (press night is 28 June). Nominated for 11 Tony Awards and winner of every Best Musical award in New York, Michael R. Jackson’s critically acclaimed […]
Anything Goes – new all-star casting revealed
Kerry Ellis, Denis Lawson, Simon Callow and Bonnie Langford will be aboard the hit UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes when it cruises back into the Barbican this summer. Ellis (Wicked, We Will Rock You) will star as Reno Sweeney alongside Lawson (Mr Cinders, […]
Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2021
At the end of each year Musical Theatre Review news editor Angela Thomas normally puts together a round-up of all the shows that have received four and five star reviews during the last 12 months, but this year we thought a different approach might be more appropriate. For a start, MTR wants to congratulate all […]
Film Review: Anything Goes
Anything Goes is screened in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 28 November 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If you missed Kathleen Marshall’s phenomenally successful production of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes at the Barbican this year, then fear not: the cameras were in over a few nights to capture the […]
Barbican encore season for record-breaking Anything Goes
The hit UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes will cruise back into the Barbican Theatre next summer. A box office record breaker at the prestigious London venue the production which celebrated the highest-grossing week for a musical at the Barbican in its 39-year history […]
Anything Goes breaks Barbican’s box office records
The hit UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes smashed the Barbican Theatre’s box office record last week. With takings of £717,000, the critic and crowd-pleasing production celebrated the highest-grossing week for a musical at the Barbican in its 39-year history. Commenting on the response […]
Cinema screenings announced for hit production of Anything Goes
The hit production of Anything Goes, due to take its final bow on 6 November, will sail into over 450 cinema screens nationwide for two nights only on 28 November and 1 December in a live recording filmed at London’s Barbican Theatre. Presented by the Barbican and filmed live in London – during the show’s […]
Rachel York and Hadyn Gwynne to join cast of Anything Goes in London
Broadway star Rachel York and Tony and Olivier nominee Haydn Gwynne will join the cast of the critically-acclaimed UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of Anything Goes for its final weeks at the Barbican. York (City of Angels, Victor/Victoria) will reprise her US touring production performance as Reno Sweeney from 12 October with Gwyne […]
Broadway’s Sutton Foster to replace Megan Mullally in Barbican’s Anything Goes
Multi-award-winning Broadway star Sutton Foster will replace injury hit Megan Mullally in the much-anticipated UK re-working of award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes at the Barbican this summer. Foster (The Drowsy Chaperone, Thoroughly Modern Millie) will reprise her Tony Award-winning performance as Reno Sweeney and make her West […]
Anything Goes Barbican dates announced plus more casting news
The producers of the much-anticipated UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes have announced new dates and further casting for the show which will play a season at the Barbican before embarking on a UK tour. Starring Emmy and Screen Actors’ Guild winner Megan Mullally […]
Felicity Kendal and Gary Wilmot join the cast of Anything Goes
Felicity Kendal and Gary Wilmot are the latest star additions to the cast of the much-anticipated UK re-working of director Kathleen Marshall’s award-winning 2011 Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes. Evening Standard Theatre Award winner Kendal (Much Ado About Nothing, Lettice and Lovage) will make her West End musical […]
Barbican transfer of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s Evita cancelled
With London’s Barbican Theatre currently closed until the end of June due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, the summer transfer run of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s hit production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita has been cancelled. All ticket holders will be contacted with reference to refunds, but the venue has asked […]
Jesus Christ Superstar – Barbican Theatre
Jesus Christ Superstar continues at the Barbican Theatre, London until 24 August 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It may be reaching for the easy cliché, but “resurrection” is the word that comes to mind for the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Arguably the best of Tim […]
Barry Humphries’ Weimar Cabaret – Barbican Theatre
Barry Humphries’ Weimar Cabaret continues at the Barbican Theatre, London until 29 July 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Tucked away in the labyrinth that is the Barbican Centre is a gem of a production celebrating the period of creativity that flourished briefly in Weimar Republic Berlin between 1919 and 1933. Most […]
