The Jonathan Larson Project continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London until 22 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The musical Rent has become a perennial hit since its debut in the mid-1990s, with a new West End revival due to open in September. The show’s success is partly due to […]
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Natalie Kassanga completes the cast for the European premiere of The Jonathan Larson Project
West End actress Natalie Kassanga will complete the cast for the European premiere of The Jonathan Larson Project in London this summer.
Flyby – Southwark Playhouse Borough
Flyby – A New Musical continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough until 16 May 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ If you’re a fan of new musicals, this one would be worth a watch.
Children of the Night – Southwark Playhouse Borough
Children of the Night continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London until 4 April 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s wildly entertaining, and educational.
Beautiful Little Fool – Southwark Playhouse Borough
Beautiful Little Fool continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London until 28 February 2026. One can easily acknowledge the potential of this piece.
Special Feature: The world premiere production of Beautiful Little Fool at Southwark Playhouse Borough
Starring David Hunter, Lauren Ward and the show’s composer Hannah Corneau, the world premiere production of Beautiful Little Fool will run at Southwark Playhouse Borough from 15 January to 28 February 2026 (press night on 22 January).
Gwenda’s Garage – Southwark Playhouse Borough
Gwenda’s Garage continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London until 29 November 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Fresh off a well-received run at Sheffield Theatres’ Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse, Out of the Archive’s new musical Gwenda’s Garage roars into Southwark Playhouse. Devised by Nicky Hallett and Val Regan, and based on true […]
Brixton Calling – Southwark Playhouse Borough
Brixton Calling continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London until 16 August 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We are reliving the days of the grimy moshpit, over-amped guitars and haze that is part smoke effect and part weed.
The Frogs – Southwark Playhouse Borough
The Frogs continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London until 28 June 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ There’s a lot to enjoy in this Sondheim curio.
Radiant Boy – Southwark Playhouse Borough
Radiant Boy continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London until 14 June 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The whole piece has a melancholic air, like the sound of a folk tune on the winter wind. Like such song, it is both beautiful and terrifying.
Supersonic Man – Southwark Playhouse Borough
Supersonic Man continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough until 3 May 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ There are points at which Supersonic Man leans into those moments, and promises to lay bear the tumult of emotions on both sides.
KENREX – Southwark Playhouse Borough
KENREX continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London until 15 March 2025 Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It may even be the event of the year; any show over the next ten months will undoubtedly have the highest of bars to clear if it is to claim the title.
UK stage debut for Glee’s Kevin McHale in The Frogs
Glee favourite Kevin McHale will make his UK stage debut in a new production of Stephen Sondheim’s quirky musical comedy The Frogs at Southwark Playhouse Borough next summer.
[title of show] – Southwark Playhouse Borough
[title of show] continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London until 30 November. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A joyful exploration of the highs and lows of life as creatives in musical theatre.
Fun at the Beach Romp-Bomp-a-Lomp!! – Southwark Playhouse Borough
Fun at the Beach Romp-Bomp-a-Lomp!! continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London until 22 June 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ But when the hit rate for the jokes are this high, and the quality of the song parodies remain consistent, it’s a simple joke structure that keeps on giving. From its New York workshop origins to this world premiere full production, there is a whole lot of fun in Fun at the Beach Romp-Bomp-a-Lomp!!
Cable Street – Southwark Playhouse Borough
Cable Street continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London until 16 March 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Cable Street is arriving right on time and as it develops in future iterations, it will surely go on to secure an important place in the British musical theatre canon. This is an essential piece of new musical theatre writing.
Full cast for premiere of Cable Street
The full cast has been confirmed for the world premiere of new British musical Cable Street at The Large, Southwark Playhouse Borough early next year.
Newsfeed 16 November 2023: Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood at the Watermill, Police Cops: The Musical and more
The Watermill Theatre will host the world premiere of the new rock musical Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood early next year.
Police Cops: The Musical – Southwark Playhouse Borough
Police Cops: The Musical continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough until 14 October 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If you have an ear to the dirty, sticky ground of the UK comedy theatre scene, you may well be aware of Police Cops already. Writer-performers Zachary Hunt, Nathan Parkinson and Tom Roe have […]
New London production of How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Georgie Rankcom will return to Southwark Playhouse to direct a new production of the classic Broadway musical How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
