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TheatreTok: The best trends of the month

Our monthly scroll through stage trends this spooky season

Alex Braybrooke

Alex Braybrooke

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4 November 2025

Keelan McAuley, Iván Fernández González, Tobias Turley, Layton Williams and The Muses (Brianna Ogunbawo, Candace Furbert, Malinda Parris, Sharlene Hector, Robyn Rose-Li)
Keelan McAuley, Iván Fernández González, Tobias Turley, Layton Williams and The Muses (Brianna Ogunbawo, Candace Furbert, Malinda Parris, Sharlene Hector, Robyn Rose-Li)

October on TheatreTok did not disappoint! The theatre community shared videos that felt like little tricks and treats for anyone scrolling through their feeds this spooky season. Here is our roundup of the best clips from the month.

Quick-fire Phantom

All the Phantom of the Opera, no interval. Robert Bosworth delivers a lightning-fast recap of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic in 90 seconds, and somehow it’s just as dramatic as the real thing.

@robert.bosworth.music

May I present: Phantom of the Opera in 90 Seconds #musicaltheatre #opera #broadway #phantomoftheopera #singers

♬ original sound – Robert Bosworth

They’re vicious and they’re hot

Learning the viral “Six Chick” dance from 13 Going on 30 the Musical, stage stars Keelan McAuley and Tobias Turley follow Iván Fernández González’s expert lead.

@kit.tock

should we post the RESULTS??? 🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻 @13 Going On 30 – The Musical #mydaddyownsayacht #13goingon30musical #13goingon30themusical #keelanmcauley #tobiasturley

♬ original sound – 13 Going On 30 – The Musical

And here they are, performing the full routine like the total pros they are.

@kit.tock

FINE … we did the thing … happy?! 🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻 @13 Going On 30 – The Musical #mydaddyownsayacht #13goingon30musical #13goingon30themusical #keelanmcauley #tobiasturley

♬ original sound – 13 Going On 30 – The Musical

The round table of 1800

Votes are counted, tension rises, and the Celebrity Traitors round table has never felt more like Hamilton’s “Election of 1800”. The line “If you had to choose” has never hit harder, especially with the season finale airing this Thursday, 6 November.

@tra1torsed1ts

hamilton x traitors i love you #traitors #celebtraitors #bbctraitors #traitorsedit #edit @Cat Burns

♬ original sound – star*ೃ༄

Spooky stage door surprised

@whatsonstage

Come with us as we go trick-or-treating around the West End this spooky season 👻 Head to our website for your chance to take home these theatre goodies! Happy Halloween 🎃 #WestEnd #Theatre #Musical #Hadestown #London @titaniquemusicalUK @Hadestown @Moulin Rouge! The Musical UK

♬ Halloween ・ cute horror song – PeriTune

This spooky season we stopped by the stage doors of Hadestown, Titanique, Moulin Rouge! and Ghost Stories for some trick or treating and the stars gave us the ultimate Halloween goodies which you can win here!

No tears… only trophies

Layton Williams casually reminding us who got the 2025 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Takeover Performance – as if we could forget his performance as the Emcee in the Cabaret!

@layton_williams

Replying to @WhatsOnStage Never bestie!!! 🏆 @WhatsOnStage x

♬ original sound – hails

Don’t Cry for Me… It’s Halloween

Channeling Rachel Zegler in Jamie Lloyds adaptation of Evita, this Halloween costume brings the iconic London Palladium balcony performance of “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” to your feed.

@zachcronin

Ate #evita

♬ original sound – Cathy Newman

The Muses own the stage, and that’s the Gospel Truth

The Muses (Brianna Ogunbawo, Candace Furbert, Malinda Parris, Sharlene Hector, Robyn Rose-Li) bring unstoppable energy to the West End production of Hercules with their performance of “The Gospel Truth”.

@whatsonstage

HERCULES: ORIGINAL LONDON CAST RECORDING IS OUT NOW! And that’s the “Gospel Truth”! #Hercules #GospelTruth #Musicals #WestEnd #TheMuses

♬ original sound – WhatsOnStage

Oz-tastic Birthday

@celesteiful

This is your sign to get your friends together and sing through your favorite musical for your birthday for FUN 💕💚 I only wish I had videos of everyone singing 😩 maybe we should go for round 2?? 🤩 @Wicked: For Good #wicked #birthdaygirl #birthday #elphaba #wickedthemusical

♬ original sound – Celeste

 

A birthday brought a group of friends together for a full Wicked sing-through. With Wicked: For Good heading to the big screen soon, this could be the ultimate pre-show celebration. The perfect excuse to plan your own Oz-inspired gathering.

Disney villains take to the stage

The West End cast of Hercules conjured up some Halloween magic with a medley of Disney villain numbers, led by Susan Egan, the original voice of Meg for a spook-tacular third act!

@whatsonstage

A huge West End medley to celebrate Halloween at Hercules – fearing a variety of Disney villains! Be prepared for some unfortunate souls to know best… about Gaston! #WestEnd #Hercules #Disney

♬ original sound – WhatsOnStage

A killer performance

Ahead of the world premiere of Paddington The Musical, we caught a glimpse of Victoria Hamilton-Barritt as the evil Millicent Clyde with a performance of “Pretty Little Dead Things” from the new production.

@whatsonstage

A taste of trouble! Victoria Hamilton-Barritt delivers a killer performance of “Pretty Little Dead Things” from Paddington The Musical! The world premiere is set to open in London next month 🐻🍊 #Paddington #PaddingtonTheMusical #Musical #Theatre #VictoriaHamiltonBarrett

♬ original sound – WhatsOnStage

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