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Meet the Cast of OEDIPUS, Now Playing on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Oct 30, 2025

The Olivier Award-winning Oedipus, an adaptation created and directed by Robert Icke, will begin performances on Broadway on Thursday, October 30, 2025. Meet the cast of Oedipus here!

STILL HERE Comes to London and Liverpool
by Stephi Wild - Aug 8, 2025

Rhys wants to be a boxer while his father wants to learn Welsh. Yasmin is living with her nan while her mother wants to be looking over the plains of Uganda. The children can't speak to their parents, and the parents don't understand how their children are feeling.

Steffan Alun Brings Debut Hour STAND UP to Edinburgh Fringe 2025
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 26, 2025

Welsh stand-up comedian Steffan Alun returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer with his long-awaited debut hour, Steffan Alun: Stand Up. The show runs 31 July – 25 August 2025 (except 13 August) at Hoot 4, Hoots @ The Apex, with performances nightly at 9:30 p.m.

Claire-Marie Hall Gives the Backstage Scoop at OPERATION MINCEMEAT
by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2025

Claire-Marie Hall, currently starring in Operation Mincemeat on Broadway, took us backstage at the Golden Theatre to share some of her backstage must-haves, pre-show rituals, and more!

The Arts Foundation Reveals 2025 Winners Of £115,000 Prizes
by Stephi Wild - Feb 18, 2025

The five winning fellows were revealed at an Awards Ceremony on Monday 17 February at Kings Place, London, featuring a welcome address from choreographer Siobhan Davies and a live performance from Daniel Casimir.

Meet the Cast of OPERATION MINCEMEAT, Now in Previews on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Feb 15, 2025

The acclaimed new musical Operation Mincemeat, which took the West End by storm in 2023, is coming to Broadway, starring the original London cast. Previews begin tonight, February 15, at the John Golden Theatre. Meet the cast here!

Full Cast and Creative Team Set For OPERATION MINCEMEAT
by Stephi Wild - Feb 3, 2025

Discover the full cast and creative team for Broadway's 'Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical,' premiering February 15 at the Golden Theatre. This award-winning show, directed by Robert Hastie, features original West End performers and a star-studded creative team. Learn more about its journey from London to New York.

JUAN SOLO’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURES IN SPACE! Will Embark on UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Dec 5, 2024

Juan Solo’s Excellent Adventures in Space! is the family friendly, hilariously funny stand up and  interactive sci-fi adventure show recommended for ages 5+ and touring the UK beginning in December.

Original London Cast of OPERATION MINCEMEAT Will Transfer to Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Nov 1, 2024

The original 2024 Olivier Award-winning cast of Operation Mincemeat will reprise their performances for the musical’s Broadway premiere this spring. Learn more about the cast of Operation Mincemeat here!

Ignacio Lopez Will Embark on UK Tour in 2025
by Stephi Wild - Sep 27, 2024

Ignacio Lopez will embark on his biggest ever tour, taking his new stand up show Señor Self-Destruct to 40 venues around the UK between January and May 2025.

Paines Plough Reveals 2024 Plans Marking 50 Years of the New Writing Company
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2024

In their 50th year as a ew writing company, this summer Paines Plough's portable pop-up theatre venue Roundabout will return to Summerhall at Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its tenth year as a touring venue. Learn more about the upcoming programming here!

Cast Set For PLAYING SHAKESPEARE WITH DEUTSCHE BANK: ROMEO AND JULIET
by Stephi Wild - Feb 2, 2024

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of this year’s Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank production, Romeo and Juliet.

Gentleman's Dub Club Releases New Album 'On A Mission'
by Michael Major - Jun 22, 2023

After a very successful collaboration with The Nextmen on the Pound for Pound album, GDC brought in The Nextmen's Bradford Ellis (a.k.a. Brad Baloo) to produce this one. The album also features guest appearances by Hollie Cook, Gardna, Josh Waters Rudge (of The Skints), Eva Lazarus, and Sara Lugo.

Simon Russell Beale to Appear at Shakespeare's Globe's MOVING STORIES, in Support of the UN Refugee Agency
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 25, 2023

On Sunday 25 June, Shakespeare’s Globe will host ‘Moving Stories’ in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in support of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The event will include sketches, short plays and songs examining the experiences of refugees, and responses to the crisis.

92NY Shares Acclaimed Performance of "Under Milk Wood" Starring Michael Sheen
by Stephi Wild - May 12, 2023

92NY’s Unterberg Poetry Center celebrates the ninth annual International Dylan Thomas Day (on May 14) by sharing video of an acclaimed 2014 performance of Thomas’ timeless “play for voices” - Under Milk Wood – starring actor Michael Sheen and an all-Welsh cast.  

Patricia Clarkson, Alex Lawther, Daryl McCormack, And Louisa Harland Join Brian Cox For LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT West End
by A.A. Cristi - May 9, 2023

The new West End production of Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical magnum opus Long Day's Journey into Night led by Emmy-winner Brian Cox has added Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects) and more to its cast.

DOG HAIR To Premiere at VAULT Festival 2023
by Stephi Wild - Jan 3, 2023

DOG HAIR, a brand new 3-hander by emerging working-class writer Phillip Jones for Seventh Sense Theatre, is premiering at VAULT Festival from the 3rd-5th February 2023.

Mike Bubbins Announces First Ever Solo UK Tour With THROWBACK
by Stephi Wild - Dec 13, 2022

Mike Bubbins will embark on his first ever solo stand up tour next year with brand new show Throwback. Opening in Maidenhead on 4th February he then heads to Cheltenham, Shrewsbury, Llanelli, Carmarthen, Leamington Spa, Northampton, Leicester, Portsmouth, Barry, Salford, Chorley, Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Newport, , Winchester, Birmingham, Treorchy, Rhyl, Milford Haven, Cardiff, Swindon and Port Talbot before concluding in London on 1st April.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Film Actress Ruth Madoc Passes Away at 79
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 11, 2022

According to various sources, Ruth Madoc, the actress best known for playing Fruma Sarah in the Fiddler on the Roof film, and Gladys Pugh in the BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi! passed away on Friday, December 9th after surgery she received for a fall earlier in the week. 

Sherman Theatre Presents TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 3, 2022

Sherman Theatre presents TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM from 26th November – 31st December 2022.