Amy Lennox and Rachel Tucker will take on the title roles in the world premiere of the musical based on Ridley Scott’s 1991 road movie Thelma & Louise at the Young Vic.
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Cast for Young Vic’s Passing Strange
Olivier Award winner Giles Terera, Rachel Adedeji and Keenan Munn-Francis will lead the cast of the European premiere of the multi-award-winning rock musical Passing Strange at the Young Vic.
untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play – Young Vic Theatre
untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play continues at the Young Vic Theatre, London until 4 November 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
New additions to the West End cast of Oklahoma!
The West End transfer of the Young Vic’s award-winning production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! will welcome three new cast members this month.
Full cast for West End transfer of award-winning Oklahoma!
Georgina Onuorah and Phillip Olagoke complete the cast for the eagerly anticipated West End transfer of the Young Vic’s Evening Standard award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s much-loved Oklahoma!.
Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2022
A selection of Musical Theatre Review critics were asked to choose their ‘show of the year’ although, as you can see, some struggled to pick just one.
WhatsOnStage Awards 2023 – the nominees
Daniel Fish’s innovative 2019 Tony Award-winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s much-loved Oklahoma! leads the musical theatre nominees for the 23rd WhatsOnStage Awards.
Oklahoma! wins top genre award at the 66th Evening Standard Awards
The Young Vic’s recent sold-out production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s much-loved Oklahoma! took home the title of Best Musical at the 66th Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
Mandela – Young Vic Theatre
Mandela continues at the Young Vic Theatre, London until 4 February 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Does Mandela translate to the musical theatre stage? It does, and at times powerfully so. Dramaturgically, creatively, it could do more, so I’m intrigued to see how the show might still yet evolve after this world premiere.
First casting news for West End transfer of Young Vic’s Oklahoma!
Arthur Darvill and Evening Standard Award-nominee Patrick Vaill are among a number of returning cast members who will feature in the eagerly anticipated West End transfer of the Young Vic’s recent sold-out production of Oklahoma!
West End transfer for Tony Award-winning production of Oklahoma!
Daniel Fish’s innovative 2019 Tony Award-winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s much-loved Oklahoma! will follow its successful Young Vic run with a West End transfer in early 2023. Presented by Eva Price, Sonia Friedman Productions and Michael Harrison in association with the Young Vic, the Bard SummerScape production of Oklahoma! will open at Wyndham’s Theatre […]
Broadway’s Michael Luwoye to star in Young Vic’s Mandela
Michael Luwoye (Hamilton) will take on the title role in the world premiere of Mandela at the Young Vic this autumn. The actor who played the title role in the Broadway and US touring production of Hamilton, will star as Nelson Mandela opposite Danielle Fiamanya (Frozen) as Winnie Mandela in the production which will debut […]
Mandela musical to debut at the Young Vic
The world premiere of a musical inspired by the story of Nelson Mandela will be the final production in the summer/autumn season at the Young Vic. Developed and presented in partnership with Nandi Mandela, Luvuyo Madasa and the Mandela family, Mandela will debut at the prestigious London venue from 28 November 2022 until 4 February […]
Complete cast announced for Oklahoma! at the Young Vic
The Young Vic has announced the complete cast for the UK premiere of Oklahoma!, Daniel Fish’s striking, Tony Award-winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical. Transferring direct from an acclaimed run on Broadway and a US tour, the production runs from 26 April to 25 June 2022 (press night is 5 May). Arthur Darvill […]
Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Oklahoma! to transfer to Young Vic
Daniel Fish’s innovative 2019 Tony Award-winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s much-loved Oklahoma! will transfer to the Young Vic next year. Announced as part of the prestigious London venue’s spring 2022 season, the winner of the Tony Award for Best Revival will arrive in the UK direct from its acclaimed Broadway run and successful US […]
Swingin’ the Dream – Royal Shakespeare Company.
Swingin’ the Dream, streamed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ If a jazz retelling of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream featuring incredible swing music opened at a theatre near you, you would go check it out, wouldn’t you? Especially if it combined popular hits such as ‘Ain’t […]
RSC to live-stream special one-off concert performance of Swingin’ the Dream
A special concert performance of work in progress Swingin’ the Dream will be among the Royal Shakespeare Company’s live-stream special events in January. To be streamed as part of the current Tales For Winter 2020/2021 programme, the new version of Gilbert Seldes and Erik Charell’s jazz-infused re-working of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is currently being […]
Black British Theatre Awards 2020 winners announced
Thriller Live beat off strong opposition from Hamilton and Tina – The Tina Turner Musical to claim the Best Musical Production Award at the 2020 Black British Theatre Awards during a special socially distanced event at London’s Young Vic Theatre which aired on Sky Arts as part of the channel’s new free-to-air line-up. Following on […]
Black British Theatre Awards 2020 to air on Sky Arts
Hamilton, Thriller Live and Tina – The Tina Turner Musical are in the running for the Best Musical Production Award at the 2020 Black British Theatre Awards in late October. Following on from last year’s inaugural live ceremony, the winner of the Best Musical category will be announced during a special socially distanced event at […]
Tree – Young Vic Theatre
Tree continues at the Young Vic Theatre, London until 24 August 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Idris Elba and Young Vic’s Kwame Kwei-Armah create new musical Tree for the Young Vic in 2019
Screen star Idris Elba will join forces with award-winning director and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah to create a major new musical which will premiere at the Young Vic next summer. Already tipped as one of the highlights of Kwei-Armah’s second year as artistic director of the Young Vic, Tree is inspired by Elba’s album ‘Mi Mandela’ […]
Twelfth Night – Young Vic
Twelfth Night continues at the Young Vic Theatre, London until 17 November 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Shakespeare has never been so accessible. This sparkling revamp of Twelfth Night fizzes away like a Berocca and injects vitality and much-needed zazz into the Bard’s ridiculous tale of gender-swapping, mistaken identity, and social […]
Young Vic’s Twelfth Night – full cast revealed
Full casting has been revealed for award-winning director and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub’s acclaimed re-working of Twelfth Night which will be set in London’s Notting Hill for its Young Vic run. Already tipped as one of the highlights of his first season as artistic director of the Young Vic, the show has been […]
Fun Home – Young Vic
Fun Home continues at the Young Vic, London until 1 September 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Arriving through the pearly gates of Broadway in 2015, and going on to win five Tony Awards, plus a Grammy for its original cast recording, the UK finally gets to share in the Fun Home fever at the […]
Musical reworking of Twelfth Night opens Kwame Kwei-Armah’s first season at Young Vic
Award-winning director and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah’s acclaimed re-working of Twelfth Night will be one of the highlights of his first season as artistic director of the Young Vic. Originally performed at The Public Theater in New York in 2016 and revisited this summer as part of the free Shakespeare in the Park Delacorte season, the […]
Fun Home at the Young Vic – cast includes Kaisa Hammarlund, Jenna Russell and Cherrelle Skeete
Multi award-winning musical Fun Home, the final production in David Lan’s 18-year tenure as artistic director at the Young Vic, will feature a cast that includes Kaisa Hammarlund (Alison, pictured), Eleanor Kane (Medium Alison), Jenna Russell (Helen), Ashley Samuels (Roy, Mark and Jeremy), Cherrelle Skeete (Joan) and Zubin Varla (Bruce, Alison’s father). Produced in association […]
‘We’re providing a new way of watching performed arts’ – Interview with Digital Theatre CEO Justin Cooke
Susan Elkin chats to JUSTIN COOKE, CEO of Digital Theatre. Digital Theatre offers access to films of live theatre, ballet, opera and classical concerts to individual subscribers and educational institutions. “Well of course what we do is different from live theatre but we believe we’re creating a new complementary art form,” says Justin Cooke. “We’d never […]
How to Win Against History – Young Vic, London
How to Win Against History continues at the Young Vic, London until 30 December. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Anyone expecting a West End style bio of Henry Paget, 5th Marquis of Anglesey may be disappointed. Succumb instead to the piece’s surreal originality, visual gags, musical invention and superlative performances. The […]
Kwame Kwei-Armah unveiled as Young Vic’s new artistic director
Award-winning director and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah will return to London to take up the post of artistic director of the Young Vic in February next year. The former Casualty actor, who is coming to the end of an acclaimed run in the US as artistic director of Baltimore Center Stage, will succeed David Lan who […]
Broadway musical Fun Home to open at Young Vic in June 2018
The Young Vic will host the UK premiere of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Fun Home, by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, from 18 June to 1 September 2018 (press night is 27 June). Fun Home, based on Alison Bechdel’s celebrated 2006 graphic novel, made its debut at The Public Theater, New York in October […]
The Scottsboro Boys has West End transfer to the Garrick
The Scottsboro Boys, Kander & Ebb’s award-winning and final musical, is to transfer to London’s West End for a strictly limited season following its highly acclaimed season at the Young Vic. The recipient of the prestigious Critics’ Circle Award for Best Musical, the production will preview at the Garrick Theatre from 4 October, ahead of a […]
The Scottsboro Boys is Best Musical at Critics’ Circle Awards
The Young Vic’s production of The Scottsboro Boys has been named as best musical at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2013. Young Vic artistic director David Lan and producer Catherine Schreiber received the Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical from reviewer Heather Neill at the ceremony, held at the Prince of Wales Theatre. The trophy […]
