UK Regional Theatre Newsroom

Experience the exhilarating performance of BURNOUT PARADISE by Pony Cam. Four performers, four treadmills, and a universe of possibilities in one of the most uproarious shows ever.

MERCURY THEATRE announces the departure of its Creative Director, Ryan McBryde. Stay updated on the latest news and future plans of the theatre.

See photos from inside the rehearsal room for Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White, written by award-winning American playwright Alice Childress.

Cast announced for CUTTING THE TIGHTROPE: THE DIVORCE OF POLITICS FROM ART.

Just The Tonic has announced a weekend extravaganza of laughter and celebration in honour of their 30th anniversary.

New production photos have been released from Theatre Royal Bath’s production of The Deep Blue Sea, Terence Rattigan’s 1950’s study of obsession and the destructive power of love, starring Tamsin Greig as Hester Collyer and Oliver Chris as Freddie.

The world premiere production of FANNY, a new comedy by Calum Finlay will play at The Watermill from Thursday 23 May to Saturday 15 June. Check out rehearsal photos here!

An all new video has been released from  the world premiere of  Fabulous Creatures at Arcola Theatre. Performances run May 22 - June 15.

Buckingham Palace has announced that His Majesty The King will retain patronage of the Royal Opera House and The Royal Opera.  

Am exploration of women pushed to the edge; the landmark Australian play The Bleeding Tree has announced its cast coming to Southwark Playhouse Borough this summer.

Landmark show creaks at the edges, but gets its share of laughs in this highly accomplished touring show

Battersea Arts Centre will welcome artists Jo Fong and George Orange for a three-week run of show The Rest of Our Lives this June.

Bernie Grant Arts Centre has announced its summer programme which includes a host of activities marking Windrush, a new exhibition of work from emerging and established artists exploring oral history and possibility, and its annual performing arts summer camp for 7-11 year olds.

Ageless Arts is a new production company created to support previously unpublished playwrights over the age of 50. The world premiere of their inaugural production, Porridge Boy takes place at Greenwich Theatre on the 23rd - 26th May.

Following on from the highly successful A Very, Very Bad Cinderella last year, Jodie Prenger (Coronation Street, I'd Do Anything), along with Bobby Delaney (Zog and the Flying Doctors; As You Like It), are back writing this year’s The Other Palace Studio Christmas show: Homo Alone! Which will play from 29 November 2024 until 5 January 2025.  

Sheffield Theatres announces Dame Julie Kenny DBE DL as Chair of their Board of Trustees.

The full cast and creative team have been announced for the upcoming premiere of a new stage adaptation of Kevin and Katie Tsang's best-selling book Sam Wu is NOT Afraid of Ghosts.

The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year competition – affectionately known as SSSSPOTY – was inaugurated in 2007, and in 2024 returns for its 16th year.

Famous for their combative encounters on Good Morning Britain, where they dissect discuss and disagree vehementally on the issues of the moment, frenemies Andrew and Kevin now go face-to-face live on the stage at Leicester Square Theatre for this rumble in the political jungle.

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, The Roald Dahl Story Company and Leeds Playhouse have released first look rehearsal photos for London run of new musical The Enormous Crocodile.

The celebrated production of C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which was loved by audiences and critics alike during its recent West End run, will embark on a major new tour of the UK & Ireland, opening at Leeds Playhouse this Autumn. 

HighTide has announced full casting for the first reading of Make Me to be performed as part of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival on 16 May. 

Featuring playful storytelling, original live music and friendly audience participation, Robyn Hood will open at Leeds Playhouse on 29-30 May before heading out on a Community Tour of schools and neighbourhood venues.

Pub garden theatre specialist Open Bar Theatre has returned for a spring season with a deft and slightly chaotic version of William Thackeray's Vanity Fair. Dealing with the fortunes of two young women, the story explores early 19th-century English society, specifically how money and ambition can define a person's fate. 

The strapline for Stephanie Ware’s WHOA MAMA! had me intrigued – a one woman comedy about a 40-something woman and her choice to remain childfree. There’s certainly no shortage of rhetoric on this subject, particularly on social media where the childfree “movement” has a real chokehold. But the concept of a clownish comedy that explores the “opinions, arguments and science” behind this choice felt like a fresh take.