David Nicholls' beloved novel had its world premiere stage adaptation at the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh earlier this year, and now the date has been set for the show’s London opening. Musical stars Jamie Muscato (Cabaret, The Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge! The Musical) and Sharon Rose (Sylvia, Hamilton) will reprise the lead roles of Dex and Em, respectively, while Olivier nominee Max Webster — known for recent West End successes including The Importance of Being Earnest and Macbeth — will direct. Bring tissues.

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It’s a big year for long-running show anniversaries: Wicked turns 20 in September, while The Mousetrap is currently celebrating a whopping 75 years in the West End. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s stirring The Phantom of the Opera about a tortured musical genius and his muse, the soprano Christine Daaé, is also celebrating a big birthday, clocking up 40 years in the West End this October. To mark the occasion, a returning cast will take to the stage including Jordan Donica, Beatrice Penny-Touré, Rhys Whitfield, and Sierra Boggess.

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He was most recently seen on stage in Ivo Van Hove’s production of Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, and now James Norton will play Shakespeare’s tragic prince, Hamlet. The production will be directed by Thomas Ostermeier, who recently directed Cate Blanchett in The Seagull at the Barbican.

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The search is over! The four child actors who will share the role of Billy Elliot in the West End have been named and include: Noah Mannion, Rafferty Smale, Spencer Collins, and William Gurney. They will each take to the stage when Elton John and Lee Hall’s musical returns to London in February 2027.

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I predict a riot! Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson has joined the cast of Grease: The Immersive Movie Musical, which returns to Evolution London this summer. He’s in good company, as the pipeline for musician to London stage performer is strong at the moment, with Busted’s Matt Willis recently completing his run as the Emcee in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club and McFly’s Harry Judd soon to star in High School Musical at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre.

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He wants to be in the room where it happens! London audiences are in for a treat as Leslie Odom, Jr is finally set to make his West End debut in the show that launched his career. He reprises the role of Aaron Burr in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre from 3 July for a strictly limited season. Want to find out how you can get tickets? Read more here.

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