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English National Opera has agreed to move its base out of London 'while continuing to own, manage and put on work at the London Coliseum.'

Tuppence Middleton has said it's 'very daunting' playing Elizabeth Taylor and that she has 'woken up bolt upright in the middle of the night' since rehearsals began for her latest play, The Motive and the Cue.

A powerful new verbatim play from the testimony of residents at the heart of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is coming to the National Theatre this summer. Grenfell: in the words of survivors, written by Gillian Slovo, will draw on conversations with some of the bereaved and survivors of the Grenfell Tower tragedy and the wider North Kensington community six years on.

The Young Vic Theatre is delighted to announce director Taio Lawson as the 2023 Genesis Fellow / Associate Director, a two-year programme for experienced directors and theatremakers to develop their craft in directing, programming and artistic planning, made possible with support from the Genesis Foundation.  

Norfolk & Norwich Festival  will run for 17 days from 12 May - 28 May 2023 with artists from around the world and the region presenting a huge variety of work and events throughout the city and around the county. Last year, the festival celebrated its 250th anniversary and is considered to be the oldest single-city arts Festival in the UK. 

Following on from the success of the inaugural BBC Comedy Festival in Newcastle in May 2022, Cardiff has been named the new BBC City of Comedy and will be playing host to the Comedy Festival from Wednesday 24 to Friday 26 May.

Trevor Nelson will present a night of music at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday 9 June to mark the 75th anniversary of Windrush and celebrate the impact of Caribbean culture on British life.

Now Onsale: Hamnet at the Garrick Theatre. When the plague steals 11-year-old Hamnet from his loving parents, Agnes and William, they must each confront their loss alone. And yet, out of the greatest suffering, something of extraordinary wonder is born.

It’s Sunita’s birthday and you’re invited to a surprise party at the Johals that leaves the whole family reeling. It’s not just the dhal that’s bubbling under the surface – the Johals have decades of unfinished business. 

Rehearsal images for The Motive and the Cue have been released. The show is directed by Sam Mendes and features a cast that includes Johnny Flynn, Mark Gatiss, Tuppence Middleton and Janie Dee.

London's V&A has announced details on the major new exhibition, DIVA. Opening in June, DIVA will be the first exhibition of its kind to celebrate the extraordinary power and creativity of iconic performers who have made their voices heard from the 19th century to today.

Unseen Unheard is based on the lived breast cancer experiences of women from Black Women Rising. Set in real time on a normal evening, six women gather to unravel their shared experiences of the abnormality that Black women experience through their diagnosis.

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre have announced MOREoutdoor events showcasing comedy, theatre, music and outdoor cinema for summer 2023.  

David Ian and Jonathan Church present the Leicester Curve and Sadler’s Wells production of 42nd Street. Show of the Week: Tickets from £18.

Running from 22 April 2023, the V&A's Performance Festival will 'explore and deconstruct musical theatre, with a wide range of special events taking place throughout the museum.'

Actor and writer Danny Lee Wynter has stepped down from his performance role in his debut play BLACK SUPERHERO at the Royal Court Theatre with immediate effect.

Sir Derek Jacobi has criticised the cost of ticket prices for theatre, saying that their exorbitance is making it an “elitist” pursuit. Theatre, he argued, should be open to all and “part of our blood and bones” instead.

Tickets from £15 for The Way Old Friends Do- new comedy about devotion, desire and dancing queens.

The stage production of the million-copy bestseller by Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life, has now opened at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Starring James Norton, Luke Thompson, Omari Douglas , Zach Wyatt, Elliot Cowan , Zubin Varla, Nathalie Armin and Emilio Doorgasingh, Ivo van Hove's production runs until 18 June. What did the critics think?

Opening in cinemas across the globe, audiences are invited to encore this ‘gloriously disruptive’ (The New York Times) production from Thursday 15 June.