Fifteen years after its critically-acclaimed stage premiere, Mary Poppins is flying back to its original West End home, the Prince Edward Theatre, when Disney’s Aladdin ends its run in August 2019. We can't wait to see Zizi Strallen & Charlie Stemp step in time!

It’s nearly 40 years since the classic movie was released, but the themes in 9 to 5 will strike a chord with a whole new audience when the musical version opens at London’s Savoy Theatre in January 2019. Are you looking forward to living the Dolly daydream?

The gang of four join the previously announced Adrian Lester, Jason Manford, Meow Meow, Clive Rowe & Joe Stilgoe in the much-anticipated semi-staged concert of the classic musical, directed by Stephen Mear and running for three performances from 19-20 October 2018.

The relationship between a mother and her teenage daughter can be sheer hell – especially if that daughter is a Greek goddess with a taste for the Underworld! At London’s Charing Cross Theatre from 1 October to 25 November 2018, Mythic turns the Greek story of Persephone on its head, with the gods as chart-topping rock stars, power-hungry politicians & professional VIPs.

It’s a mystery no longer, director Trevor Nunn has made his match and chosen actor and writer Andy Nyman to play the lead in his major revival of Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick and Joseph Stein’s classic Fiddler on the Roof, previewing from November 2018.

After a seven-month run at the Piccadilly Theatre, Drew McOnie’s staging of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical, starring Jonny Labey, Zizi Strallen and recent addition Matt Cardle, will play its final performance on Saturday 27 October.

By royal decree... and overwhelming popular demand, SIX The Musical has added three extra weeks to its limited season at the West End's Arts Theatre. Quintessential Queendom...

It’s a role Duncan James originally played in 2008 and now he is back in the courtroom (or Phoenix Theatre) joining Alexandra Burke, Josefina Gabrielle, Mazz Murray and Paul Rider in Chicago from 10 September 2018.

How many years has it been since Adrian Lester did a musical? How many other stellar #StageFaves can director-choreographer Stephen Mear pack into his mega concert staging of Broadway classic GUYS & DOLLS at London's Royal Albert Hall in October?

The Tony Award-nominated musical Waitress from Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson has its West End premiere at the Adelphi Theatre in February 2019, bringing an all-female creative team – a West End musical first – along in the process. So who do you see winning the bake off and scooping up that pie-making central role?

When Andrew Polec leaves the West End production of Bat Out of Hell – The Musical it will be Jordan Luke Gage playing the lead role of Strat full-time from 3 September 2018 & he is raring to go!

That’s right, a new song has been written into Heathers The Musical ahead of its West End debut at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in September 2018, along with changes to the script too. Oh, and did you want to know which new performers will be joining Carrie Hope Fletcher in the London cast? Then look no further…

Everyone's Talking About Jamie's John McCrea and Lucie Shorthouse, Tina The Musical's Adrienne Warren and The King and I's Kelli O'Hara compete with the likes of Bryan Cranston and Aidan Turner in the West End category, while eight up-and-coming StageFaves are nominated across the Best Actor and Best Actress in a Musical fields in The Stage's second annual Debut Awards. Who gets your vote?

Do you prefer Alexandra Burke as Roxie Hart or Rachel Marron? You could see her as both over the coming months. After her West End turn in Chicago, which she started this week, she'll return to The Bodyguard, launching a new tour in December. WATCH these great videos of her embracing her inner murderess...

It’s a festive treat for theatregoers who love a bit of tradition. The much-loved Bock and Harnick show Fiddler on the Roof, in a new staging by Trevor Nunn, opens at the Menier Chocolate Factory on 5 December 2018.

Amber Gray and Patrick Page originated the roles of Persephone and Hades in New York Theatre Workshop's premiere of Anais Mitchell's album-to-stage HADESTOWN musical and will now recreate them in the UK premiere at the National in November ahead of a 2019 Broadway premiere. Full cast, including Eva Noblezada and Andre De Shields, also announced...

We heard it through the grapevine... and we're not happy about it at all. MOTOWN will finish its three-year West End run in April next year when the Shaftesbury Theatre closes for major refurbishment. Ahead of that, a separate UK tour will launch this October...

Popular Bat Out of Hell star Andrew Polec, who plays the lead role of Strat, is leaving the West End production on 1 September 2018. More exciting news about the actor will be announced shortly and his replacement will be announced in the coming days. What do you think is next for Andrew?

Cast changes see Hayden Tee playing Miss Trunchbull alongside Rob Compton and Holly Dale Spencer as Mr and Mrs Wormwood in the RSC’s Matilda The Musical with Gina Beck continuing as Miss Honey. There are also two new Matildas joining the cast, but where have they got to?

Joining Tim Howar, who plays the title role in the London production of The Phantom of the Opera for an initial run from 3 September to 8 December 2018, are Kimberly Blake as Carlotta Giudicelli and Ross Dawes as Monsieur Firmin.