The dominant Donmar picked up four of the Evening Standard Theatre Awards this year, proving that small can also be powerful when it comes to theatre. Eight years after winning Most Promising Newcomer in the same awards, the gorgeous Chiwetel Ejiofor takes the Best Actor gong for his Othello, despite hot competition from David Calder's Lear and Kenneth Branagh's Ivanov. Margaret Tyzack and Penelope Wilton were named Best Actress jointly by the judges for......

It seems the London Palladium just can't get out of the habit. Currently occupied by the singing nuns and lively hills of The Sound of Music, today we hear Maria and co's residency at the Palladium will be followed by Sister Act The Musical next summer. Whoopi Goldberg herself, the original wimple-wearing, gangster-fooling, singing competition-winning Delores is producing the divine new musical alongside Stage Entertainment. New musicals derived from films haven't done all that......

Although only designed to run for 12 weeks, Eurovision spoof musical Eurobeat will end it's run early on November 1. Starring Les Dennis and Mel Giedroyc as the hosts, it was a glorious piss-take of the great contest that originally started at the Edinburgh Festival. But feeling more like a summer season show than an musical, it was unlikely to have had many returning guests. A very fun night out, we're hoping the script......

Famed musical theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has come up with a catchy tune or two in his time; annoyingly catchy, some of them. After attending his 'birthday' party (six months too late, as the man himself pointed out) in Hyde Park last night, we still have several of his bloody "Ohrwürme" swimming around in our grey matter. Beware! The Phantom of the Operaaaaaaaaah!. Ahem....

If you love Les Mis, Ruthie Henshall, and long epic musicals then be warned, there's just 7 performances of Parisian war musical Marguerite left. After 147 performances, the Theatre Royal Haymarket musical will close early on Saturday after disappointing summer ticket sales. Produced and written by Claude-Michel Schönberg, the hype surrounding this world premiere was huge, but ultimately failed to please. Nevertheless if you want to see the show, tickets are avaliable from £20 -......

La Cage Aux Folles wowed audiences when it opened at Menier Chocolate Factory last year, and now it's back with a transfer to the West End. Taking over from The Harder They Come at the Playhouse Theatre, previews run from October 20th with booking until January 10th. Douglas Hodge reprises the role of Albin and the show will transform the theatre with cabaret seating at the front of the stalls being put in place to......

We raved about Piaf when it opened at the Donmar Warehouse but unless you were super quick on the uptake or enjoy standing in a queue for ages at 9am, chances are you haven't seen it. Well fear not, if you're keen on Elena Roger's super intense performance of the French diva, the show has just announced a transfer to the Vaudeville Theatre on The Strand for 14 weeks starting 16 October with the......

When you get back from your audition for Showtime Challenge 3 on Saturday, what better way to extend the musical showbizzery than joining Sadlers Wells Dance Club's West End night? Even if you chicken out of trying out for the stage yourself this is a fabulous way to indulge your West End whimsy and learn routines from Chicago, West Side Story and the ultimate dancers' musical, A Chorus Line. Camp it up, honeys! Heels,......

The Dark Lord of Musical Theatre, funny faced "genius", Andrew Lloyd Webber, last night scooped a Classical Brit for Outstanding Achievement in Music. Andrew (as he likes to be called on his website), who was 60 this March, has been ubiquitous in the West End for 30 odd years. He was recently reinvented himself at Graham Norton's hands as 'The Lord' in his 3 BBC reality TV shows casting lead roles in revivals of......

Kevin Spacey today hijacked his own promo for new gambling film 21 to slam the BBC for giving certain West End musicals 13 weeks of free publicity disguised as reality TV shows. Whilst recognising that they helped promote West End theatre in general he's clearly got the hump that it's the camp musicals hogging the limelight and cashing in on ticket sales rather than the more serious plays running at theatres like his own......

The London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival is nearly here and to celebrate, we've got a pair of tickets to give away for the BFI IMAX's All Night Musicals on Saturday 29 March. The 70s themed line up of films gets incrementally camper, and the costumes get more outrageous, the later it gets. The recent Dreamgirls movie opens the bill, followed by 80s-tastic dance and drama spectacle, A Chorus Line (based on the 1970s......