Gina Beck and Michael Simkins will join the cast of Nicholas Hytner’s immersive production of *Guys & Dolls* at the Bridge Theatre this September.

Beck, who has starred in a number of hit West End musicals including *Matilda, The Sound of Music, Show Boat, Wicked, The Phantom of the Opera,* and *Les Misérables*, will play Sarah Brown, taking over the role from Celinde Schoenmaker. Michael Simkins (*John Gabriel Borkman, Backstairs Billy, The Unfriend, Fracked!, Yes, Prime Minister, Mamma Mia!*)...

Gina Beck and Michael Simkins to join 'Guys & Dolls' at Bridge Theatre

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Gina Beck has starred in *Matilda, The Sound of Music,* and *Wicked*, while Michael Simkins has appeared in *Backstairs Billy, The Unfriend,* and *Mamma Mia!*.

This really is the year of Jamie Lloyd. The prolific and boundlessly inventive director just enjoyed a sweep at the Olivier Awards for his astounding revival of *[Sunset Boulevard](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/sunset-boulevard-review-savoy-theatre)*, and the production is now heading to Broadway. Another of his shows is the hottest ticket in the West End: *[Romeo & Juliet](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/39325-romeo-and-juliet)*, led by *Spider-Man* actor Tom Holland.

That...

Learn more about Jamie Lloyd before seeing 'Romeo & Juliet' or 'Sunset Boulevard'

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Lloyd is a global force, with a Tom Holland-starring Shakespeare production in the West End and his award-winning musical revival transferring to Broadway.

*The Lehman Trilogy* will return to London’s West End for a third time this September. Performances will open at the Gillian Lynne Theatre on 24 September, running until 5 January, 2025.

Returning to the cast will be John Heffernan (*Nachtland, This Town, The Crown*) as Henry Lehman, Aaron Krohn (*Spamalot, Twelfth Night*) as Mayer Lehman, and Howard W. Overshown (*Richard III, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel*) as Emanuel Lehman. They will be joined by Cat Beveridge and Anyssa Neumann as principal...

'The Lehman Trilogy' to return to Gillian Lynne Theatre in the West End

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The show won Best Play, Best Director, Best Set Design, Best Lighting Design, and Best Actor at the Tony Awards in 2022, and returns to London this September.

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London Theatre Magazine online: June edition

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Immerse yourself in London's theatre world with our digital flip-through of the June edition of London Theatre Magazine, including interviews, reviews, and insights.

[*SIX the Musical*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/12201-six-the-musical-tickets) will hold open auditions for the 2025/26 West End cast. Auditions will be held in Salford on 19 June and London on 21 June.

Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss's hit musical, which won two Tony Awards in 2022 and was nominated for five Olivier Awards, tells the herstory of the six wives of Henry VIII. 

The musical debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018, before transferring to the West End's Arts Theatre in...

'SIX the Musical' to hold open auditions for 2025-26 West End cast

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Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss's hit musical won two Tony Awards in 2022 and was nominated for five Olivier Awards. It has extended its booking period to 4 May, 2025. 

The Royal Shakespeare Company will transfer two of its Stratford-upon-Avon shows to the Barbican in London this winter.

An adaptation of Hanif Kureishi's *The Buddha of Suburbia*, a co-production with Emma Rice's Wise Children, will open on 22 October and follows 17-year-old Karim, who is desperate to escape the suburbs in 1970s south London.

Emma Rice said, “I have truly loved making this show, and spending time immersed in Hanif’s laugh-out-loud funny, rude and anarchic world. His razor...

Emma Rice's 'The Buddha of Suburbia' transfers to the Barbican

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The second RSC show to transfer to the Barbican this winter is director Eleanor Rhode’s production of Shakespeare's *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*.

It seems like everyone already has an opinion about Jeremy O Harris’s *[Slave Play](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/40715-slave-play)*. That’s partly because it has sparked a spirited discussion around the programming of Black Out nights (performances aimed at Black-identifying audiences), and partly because of the subject matter of this incendiary show, which is designed to provoke a passionate response.

We definitely saw that when *Slave Play* premiered Off Broadway in 2018 and then on...

Everything you need to know about 'Slave Play'

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Jeremy O Harris's explosive, multi-Tony-nominated play about love, race, and trauma is coming to the Noël Coward Theatre in the West End this summer. 

James McArdle (*Mare of Easttown, The Tragedy of Macbeth*) and Bel Powley (*A Small Light, The Morning Show*) will star in a revival of Tom Stoppard’s comedy *The Real Thing* at the Old Vic in London this summer.

Directed by Max Webster (*Macbeth, Life of Pi*), the play follows actress Annie and playwright Henry, who have an affair, before marrying each other and repeating history.

Max Webster said: "*The Real Thing* has always been one of my favourite plays and it’s a great honour to be...

James McArdle and Bel Powley to star in 'The Real Thing' at the Old Vic

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Directed by Max Webster, *The Real Thing* follows actress Annie and playwright Henry, who have an affair, before marrying each other and repeating history.

Olivier Award winner John Dagleish will star in the title role in [*The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/29855-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button), which opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End on 10 October.

Dagleish, who won an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Ray Davies in *Sunny Afternoon* and starred in the live-action adaption of *The Little Mermaid*, will be joined by Matthew Burns, Jonathan Charles, Oonagh Cox,...

John Dagleish to star as Benjamin Button in West End musical

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Dagleish won an Olivier for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Ray Davies in *Sunny Afternoon* and starred in the live-action remake of *The Little Mermaid*.

The Kiln Theatre's new artistic director Amit Sharma has announced his inaugural season of work, which includes Roy Williams's adaptation of Sam Selvon’s *The Lonely Londoners* following its run at Jermyn Street Theatre. 

The season will begin on 19 September with the world premiere of Rob Drummond’s *Pins and Needles*, which is directed by Sharma. This new play explores the politics around vaccines and who chooses to trust in the institutions that produce them.

Drummond's play is followed by...

Kiln Theatre announces Amit Sharma's inaugural season

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The season will begin on 19 September with the world premiere of Rob Drummond’s vaccine drama *Pins and Needles*, which is directed by Sharma.

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