Latest West End Theatre News And Features

Pre-opening night buzz for the revival of classic Broadway musical A Chorus Line at the London Palladium has been electric.

The hotly-anticipated premiere of Peter Morgan's The Audience starring Helen Mirren (pictured) starts previews tonight at the Gielgud Theatre.

According to The Daily Mail, the Menier Chocolate Factory’s revival of Merrily We Roll Along will continue rolling for a good while yet.

Peter Sullivan (pictured), Deborah Findlay and Charlie Rowe (pictured) are joining the previously announced Henry Goodman in The Winslow Boy at the Old Vic Theatre. Directed by Lindsay Posner, it opens on 19 March with previews from 8 March.

The Chichester Festival Theatre production of Noel Coward’s comedy Private Lives transfers to the West End’s Gielgud Theatre on 22 June for a limited run until 21 September. The production stars Toby Stephens as Elyot Chase, Anna Chancellor as Amanda Prynne, Anna-Louise Plowman as Sibyl Chase and Anthony Calf as Victor Prynne.

The National Theatre’s award winning War Horse is now taking bookings through 14 February 2014 at the West End’s New London Theatre. A new cast will take over from 9 March.

Henry Goodman is to star in the Old Vic's upcoming revival of Terence Rattigan's classic drama The Winslow Boy, which opens on 19 March following previews from 8 March. 

National treasure and noted Oscar Wilde buff Stephen Fry will drag up to play Lady Bracknell in an upcoming West End production of Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest. The production is scheduled to open at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in Autumn 2014.