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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.

The complete cast has been announced for the UK premiere of *The Devil Wears Prada*, which will star Vanessa Williams and Matt Henry as Runway Magazine editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly and creative director Nigel. The musical opens at the Dominion Theatre on 24 October.

Joining them will be Georgie Buckland (*Shrek the Musical*) as Andy (played by Anne Hathaway in the 2006 film) and Amy Di Bartolomeo (*Six*) as Emily, who was played by Emily Blunt. James Darch (*Mamma Mia!*) will play...

Complete cast set for 'The Devil Wears Prada' in the West End

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*The Devil Wears Prada* has a score by Elton John and Shaina Taub and book by Kate Wetherhead, with direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell. 

James Graham's Olivier Award-winning play *Dear England* will return to the National Theatre for a 10-week run in March 2025, ahead of a four-week run at the Lowry in Salford.

The play, which tells the story of the England men's football team under manager Gareth Southgate, won Best New Play and Best Supporting Actor for Will Close at the Olivier Awards this year, following its premiere at the National Theatre in June 2023 and a West End run at the Prince Edward Theatre from October 2023 to...

James Graham's 'Dear England' to return to National Theatre in 2025

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*Dear England* won Best New Play and Best Supporting Actor for Will Close at the Olivier Awards this year, following a National Theatre premiere and West End run.

For the first time ever, audiences can see all three of Clint Dyer and Roy Williams’s acclaimed *Death of England* stage plays in one season in the West End. *Death of England: Michael, Delroy*, and *Closing Time* are playing in rep at London’s @sohoplace, and with a fantastic new cast.

Paapa Essiedu, Thomas Coombes, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, and Erin Doherty star in these blazingly brilliant state-of-the-nation dramas. The trio are interconnected, with overlapping characters, places, events, and...

Everything you need to know about the 'Death of England' plays

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Learn all about a major theatrical event: the first time ever that all three *Death of England* plays have been programmed together in the West End.

Director Bartlett Sher has built a reputation for reviving classic mid-century musicals such as *My Fair Lady, South Pacific*, and *The King and I*, which was staged earlier this year at the [Dominion Theatre](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatres/dominion-theatre), starring *Call the Midwife*’s Helen George. 

Now the Tony Award-winning director is turning his hand to Cole Porter’s musical *[Kiss Me, Kate](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/10471-kiss-me-kate)*, which follows a group of...

'Kiss Me, Kate' director Bartlett Sher on bringing the musical to the Barbican

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Sher is directing Broadway talent Stephanie J Block and *Line of Duty*’s Adrian Dunbar in this classic musical based on Shakespeare’s *The Taming of the Shrew.*

The Doctor will see you now! *Doctor Who* and *Broadchurch* star Jodie Whittaker will return to the stage for the first time in more than a decade with an adaptation of John Webster’s classic *The Duchess of Malfi*. The play will open at the Trafalgar Theatre in the West End for a strictly limited 11-week season on 5 October.

[*The Duchess*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/41170-the-duchess), adapted and directed by Zinnie Harris, follows a widowed duchess — played by Whittaker — who...

'Doctor Who' star Jodie Whittaker to return to the stage in 'The Duchess'

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The casting marks Whittaker's first time on the stage since 2012, in which she starred opposite Christopher Eccleston in *Antigone* at the National Theatre.

Consider yourself at home! A new production of Lionel Bart’s *Oliver!* will premiere at Chichester Festival Theatre this summer and transfer to the West End in December. Celebrated director/choreographer Matthew Bourne takes the helm.

*Oliver!* was the first musical theatre adaptation of a novel by Charles Dickens and remains, without a doubt, the most successful. Bart, who provided the music, lyrics, and book, was a self-taught songwriter who came from a Jewish family in Stepney, east London....

A complete guide to all the songs from 'Oliver!'

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As the Lionel Bart classic returns to London this winter, we take a look at the beloved score, including "Consider Yourself," "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two," and "As Long as He Needs Me." 

June is bustin’ out all over! West End summer musicals are already lighting up the city: shows like *Kiss Me, Kate*, starring Adrian Dunbar and Stephanie J Block, *Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder!,* and *Babies the Musical.*

It's also a great month for plays, with the Dominic West-led *A View from the Bridge*, which has transferred from Theatre Royal Bath, as well as the West End return of *People, Places & Things*, starring Denise Gough, who reprises the role of Emma. We are also eagerly...

Top theatre to see in London in June

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Find out the best shows to see in London in June 2024, from a new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe's *Starlight Express* to *Kiss Me, Kate.*

Kathryn Hunter, Toby Jones, Fiona Shaw, Meera Syal, and Rebecca Lucy Taylor (Self Esteem) will be the first artists to perform in the world premiere of [*ECHO (Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen)*](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/39933-echo-every-cold-hearted-oxygen), which opens at the Royal Court's Jerwood Theatre Downstairs in London on 13 July.

They are the first of 15 artists to take part in this new work from Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour (*White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, NASSIM*) and...

Kathryn Hunter, Toby Jones, Fiona Shaw and more to star in 'ECHO' at Royal Court

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They are the first of 15 artists to take part in this new work, which will see performers take to the stage unrehearsed and unprepared each night.

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