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🎭 LAST CHANCE! 🎭 Besties, you only have a few more days to catch Harrison David Rivers' intimate, romantic and gripping play, This Bitter Earth, which continues to play at @sohotheatre until 26 July. 📷 Tristram Kenton westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/review-th…

🎭 REVIEW 🎭 Following its world premiere in 2017, Girl from the North Country returns to @oldvictheatre for a strictly limited run. "Musically gorgeous but story-wise, lacking in grounding and emotional impact." 📷 Manuel Harlan westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/review-gi…

🎭 OFF BROADWAY NEWS 🎭 A buzzy quadrumvirate of cast members have been announced to star in the first New York revival of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which plays at @newworldstages from 7 November 2025 - 15 February 2026. westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/initial-c…

🎭 REVIEW 🎭 Currently playing at @RichmondTheatre as part of its tour, By Royal Appointment is a behind the scenes peek into the world of our most popular monarch. "[Anne] Reid is magnetic and subtle from start to finish." 📷 Nobby Clark westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/review-by…

🎭 REVIEW 🎭 See Shakespeare’s most mysterious play, The Winter's Tale, at @TheRSC this summer. "The modern costumes and setting just outside Tyneside connect the tale to us in its call for forgiveness, reconciliation and repentance." 📷 Marc Brenner westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/review-th…

🎭 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 🎭 @The_Globe has announced the cast and creative team of Troilus and Cressida, directed by Owen Horsely in his Globe directorial debut, which plays at the venue from 26 September-26 October. westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/casting-t…

🎭 PANTO CASTING 🎭 @NewWimbTheatre has announced the full line-up who will join the previously announced @AshleyBanjo & @Diversity_Tweet in this year’s pantomime Robin Hood from 6 December 2025 – 4 January 2026. westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/full-line…

🎭 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 🎭 @mayflower has announce casting for Noël & Gertie, ahead of its premiere at @MASTStudios from 19-27 September, prior to visiting Leicester and Blackpool. westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/casting-n…

🎭 REVIEW 🎭 Following record-breaking, sold-out shows in Manchester and Glasgow, @BurlesqueStage Wagon-Wheel-Watusi’s into the West End. “A bold reinvention.” 📸 Pamela Raith westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/review-bu…

Back at @RichmondTheatre and @TheRSC for By Royal Appointment and The Winter’s Tale respectively tonight, Besties 🎭 #reviewspending

🎭 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 🎭 Full casting has been announced for the tour extension of Anne-Marie Casey’s new stage adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s much loved novel Little Women, which recommences at @salisburyplay from 3-13 September. westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/full-cast…

🎭 CONCERT ANNOUNCED 🎭 A brand-new one-night musical theatre concert, Guts + Glitter, will light up @TheClaphamGrand on 31 August, with all profits supporting LGBTQIA+ youth charities akt, Not A Phase and Just Like Us. westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/west-end-…

🎭 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 🎭 Emily Lane will join the previously announced cast of the world premiere of Blessings, by acclaimed playwright Sarah Shelton, at @RiversideLondon from 30 September-26 October. westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/west-end-…

🎭 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 🎭 Casting has been announced for the UK premiere of Love Quirks: A New Musical, coming to London’s @TheOtherPalace from 18 September-12 October after a celebrated Off-Broadway run. westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/casting-l…

🎭 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 🎭 The @NationalTheatre has announced initial casting news for its highly anticipated national tour of @DearEnglandPlay, which will tour to 16 venues across England, opening at Theatre Royal Plymouth on 15 September. westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/initial-c…

It’s @BurlesqueStage, Besties! Happy to be back at the Savoy Theatre tonight for this one 🎭 #reviewpending

🎭 PANTO CASTING 🎭 @BristolHipp has announced further casting who will join Will Young in his panto debut as The Spirit of the Beans in Jack and the Beanstalk, which plays at the venue from 6 December 2025 - 4 January 2026. westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/further-c…

🎭 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 🎭 Full casting has been announced for a brand new production of Hugh Whitemore’s acclaimed play Breaking the Code, which opens at @RoyalDerngate on 11 Sept before visiting Barnstaple, Oxford, Peterborough, Liverpool and Manchester. westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/full-cast…

🎭 ARTWORK DROP 🎭 New artwork has been released for the UK premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's @ClarkstonPlay, which will play at @TrafTheatre from 17 Sept-22 Nov. Tickets go on sale at 10am tomorrow (22 July) via the link below... prf.hn/click/camref:1… #ad 📷 Emilio Madrid

🎭 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 🎭 The @NationalTheatre has announced full casting for The Land of the Living, a new play by former Artistic Director of the Young Vic, David Lan, which runs in the Dorfman theatre from 9 September-1 November. westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/full-cast…