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Dearest gentle reader, it gives me great pleasure to impart to you the news that Jonathan Bailey, better known to *Bridgerton* fans as the 9th Viscount Bridgerton – or Anthony to his family – is taking to the stage in 2025 in a new production of *[Richard II](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/14375-richard-ii)* at London’s [Bridge Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/venues/the-bridge-theatre).

Bailey will play the title role in Nicholas Hytner’s Shakespeare production, which runs from...

Discover the 'Bridgerton' cast's theatre history

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As Jonathan Bailey, star of the hit Netflix romance series, prepares to play Richard II, learn all about Bridgerton cast's success on stage.

New casting has been announced for [*Back to the Future: The Musical*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/22396-back-to-the-future-the-musical-tickets) at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End. The musical has also extended performances through 27 July 2025.

Vasco Emauz will make his West End debut as teenager Marty McFly. He is joined by Orlando Gibbs (*Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play*) as George McFly, C.J. Borger (*Kristin Chenoweth: An Evening With Friends In Honor Of Todd Haimes*) as...

New cast announced for 'Back to the Future: The Musical' in the West End

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Vasco Emauz makes his West End debut as Marty McFly in Bob Gale, Alan Silvestri, and Glen Ballard's musical about a time-travelling teenager and an eccentric scientist.

Further casting has been revealed for James Macdonald's production of Samuel Beckett’s *Waiting for Godot* in the West End this autumm.

Joining the previously announced Lucian Msamati (*Game of Thrones, Amadeus*) as Estragon and Ben Whishaw (*James Bond, Paddington*) as Vladimir are Tom Edden (*Crazy For You, Cyrano De Bergerac*) as Lucky and Jonathan Slinger (*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Richard II, Richard III*) as Pozzo.

The creative team includes Rae Smith (set and costume design),...

Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati-led 'Waiting for Godot' announces further casting

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Samuel Beckett's play follows Vladimir and Estragon as they discuss a variety of subjects while waiting for the titular Godot, who never arrives.

Rock musical *Next to Normal* returns to the West End this summer for a limited season, following its sold-out run at the Donmar Warehouse last year. Caissie Levy, Jamie Parker, Jack Wolfe, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Jack Ofrecio, and Trevor Dion Nicholas reprise their acclaimed performances. 

Written by Tom Kitt (music) and Brian Yorkey (lyrics and book), the show tells the emotive story of a mother struggling with bipolar disorder. The Broadway production won three Tony Awards, including Best...

A complete guide to all the songs from 'Next to Normal'

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Ahead of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical's West End transfer, we take a look at the songs — including "I'm Alive" — that comprise the pulsating rock score.

Susan Wokoma and Oliver Johnstone will star in Tom Stoppard’s [*The Real Thing*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/41271-the-real-thing) at the Old Vic in London. Performances begin on 22 August.

They join previously announced cast members James McArdle (*Mare of Easttown, The Tragedy of Macbeth*) and Bel Powley (*A Small Light, The Morning Show*) in a production directed by Max Webster (*Macbeth, Life of Pi*).

The play follows actress Annie and playwright Henry, who have an affair, before...

Susan Wokoma and Oliver Johnstone to join 'The Real Thing' at the Old Vic

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James McArdle (*Mare of Easttown, The Tragedy of Macbeth*) and Bel Powley (*A Small Light, The Morning Show*) will also star in Tom Stoppard’s play.

Cirque du Soleil will return to the Royal Albert Hall next year with a production of *Corteo*. Performances will begin on 9 January.

*Corteo*, which means "procession" in Italian, will follow the clown Mauro as he imagines his own funeral playing out in a carnival atmosphere, with his fellow circus performers in attendance.

The Royal Albert Hall will be reconfigured to house this production, with a stage that splits the hall into two halves and each half of the audience facing the...

Cirque du Soleil's 'Corteo' to open at Royal Albert Hall in 2025

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Since its premiere in Montreal in 2005, *Corteo* has played to over 11 million spectators, in 22 countries, on four continents. It opens at the Royal Albert Hall next year.

A theatrical career was almost preordained for Kit Harington, who was named after nonconformist Elizabethan playwright Christopher “Kit” Marlowe. 

Best known for his performance as *Game of Thrones* heartthrob Jon Snow, Harington began his career in theatre and will shortly return to the West End in Jeremy O. Harris’s lauded *Slave Play*, which follows three interracial couples as they work on their relationships through a highly unusual type of therapy. 

Book [*Slave...

Learn more about Kit Harington's career ahead of 'Slave Play' in the West End

Photo credit: Kit Harington (Photo by Gage Skidmore on Flickr under CC 2.0)

Find out more about the *Game of Thrones* star's stage career as he returns to the West End in Jeremy O. Harris's controversial *Slave Play*.

Paapa Essiedu has been making waves ever since he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company right out of drama school, and in his varied career he has balanced classical drama with bold contemporary plays, and theatre work with some notable screen projects – including *Black Mirror, Gangs of New York*, and *I May Destroy You.*

Now he’s back on stage and tackling a blistering state-of-the-nation monologue in *[Death of England:...

Learn more about Paapa Essiedu before seeing him in 'Death of England: Delroy'

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The acclaimed stage and screen actor stars as Delroy in Clint Dyer and Roy Williams's state-of-the-nation drama at new West End venue @sohoplace.

“But, soft, what light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the sun”. Everyone has an opinion on *Romeo and Juliet* and what their story represents. Many of us will have studied it at school and have been able to relate to the way in which Shakespeare evokes the intensity of first love. 

The children of two prominent families of Verona who have been at war for years, Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight and marry in secret. Tragically, nothing goes according to...

David Tennant to Tom Holland: Celebrities on stage in 'Romeo and Juliet'

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As Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers play Shakespeare's tragic lovers in the West End, we take a look at other famous pairings from the past century.

BAFTA Award-winning actress Anne-Marie Duff has been announced as starring in a new production of Lillian Hellman’s [*The Little Foxes*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/39937-the-little-foxes) at the Young Vic in London. Performances begin on 2 December and Olivier Award winner  Lyndsey Turner directs.

Duff, who last performed at the Young Vic Theatre 17 years ago in *The Soldier's Fortune*, will lead the cast as Regina Giddens, in this play about a woman from Alabama who struggles for...

Anne-Marie Duff cast in 'The Little Foxes' at the Young Vic

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Anne-Marie Duff, who last performed at the Young Vic Theatre 17 years ago in *The Soldier's Fortune*, will lead the cast of *The Little Foxes* as Regina Giddens.

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