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Shakespeare's Globe Launches 2026 Climate Playwriting Prize
by Stephi Wild - Feb 26, 2026

Shakespeare's Globe, in collaboration with Climate Spring and Fern Culture, has launched the 2026 Climate Playwriting Prize to support playwrights addressing climate issues.

Video: THE LADY FROM THE SEA Trailer at the Bridge Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 13, 2025

London Theatre Company has released a trailer for The Lady from the Sea, written and directed by Simon Stone after Henrik Ibsen. The production, which is in collaboration with Wouter van Ransbeek, is now playing at the Bridge Theatre.

Peggy Ramsay Reveals Announces Recipients Of 2025 Playwrights '73 Award
by Stephi Wild - Feb 4, 2025

The Peggy Ramsay Foundation will take primary responsibility for funding the Playwrights ‘73 Award, which places 4 playwrights with 4 theatres around the UK for 18 months and funds them to write a new play.

Mindi Dickstein and Carmel Dean's New Musical MAIDEN VOYAGE Will Have Workshop at The Kiln Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 7, 2025

 New Works Provincetown and Shared Experience will present a workshop in London of the new musical Maiden Voyage with book and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein and Carmel Dean.

Review: A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL, Salisbury Playhouse
by Cheryl Markosky - May 1, 2024

What can be more cheering on a dreary, wet evening than seeing a jolly Alan Ayckbourn comedy?

Cast Set For Alan Ayckbourn's A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL at Salisbury Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Mar 20, 2024

The cast has been announced for Wiltshire Creative's upcoming production of Alan Ayckbourn's A Chorus of Disapproval, completing their 2024 spring season.

BLACKOUT SONGS Returns to Hampstead Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 26, 2023

 Hampstead Theatre has announced the return of Blackout Songs - Joe White's compassionate and unflinching new play about love, addiction and memory, directed by Guy Jones.

Photos: First Look at CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY �" THE MUSICAL at Leeds Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Nov 25, 2022

The spectacular new production of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY – THE MUSICAL, presented by Leeds Playhouse in association with Neal Street Productions & Playful Productions, opens this week. Check out photos here!

Review: BLACKOUT SONGS, Hampstead Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - Nov 12, 2022

A tender study into the blurred boundaries between desire and addiction

Review: O, ISLAND!, The Other Place, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
by Gary Naylor - Oct 13, 2022

Nina Segal's new play is hamstrung by an old set up.

Complete Cast Announced For Sonali Bhattacharyya's CHASING HARES at The Young Vic
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2022

The Young Vic today announces the complete cast and creative team for the world premiere of Chasing Hares, a new play by award-winning playwright Sonali Bhattacharyya (Two Billion Beats) and directed by Milli Bhatia (seven methods of killing kylie jenner). The play, set between the UK and West Bengal, considers the power of storytelling in the struggle for a fairer world.

Cast Announced For THE CLIMBERS at Theatre by the Lake
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2022

Casting has been announced for the World premiere of Carmen Nasr’s gripping new thriller, The Climbers, which opens at Theatre by the Lake this June.  

Full Cast Announced For Zoe Cooper's New Play THE FLOCK At Chichester's Minerva Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 23, 2021

The full company has been confirmed for the world premiere of Zoe Cooper's new play The Flock, which runs at Chichester Festival Theatre's Minerva Theatre from 6 – 28 August, with a press night on 12 August.

Chichester Festival Theatre Announces Complete 2021 Lineup
by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2021

Four new productions to follow South Pacific in Chichester’s Festival 2021 have today been announced by Artistic Director Daniel Evans and Executive Director Kathy Bourne.

Full Cast and Titles Announced For OUTSIDE �" the Second Installment of INSIDE/OUTSIDE
by Stephi Wild - Apr 6, 2021

Following the success of Inside, streamed last month and watched by audiences around the world, Orange Tree Theatre today announces the full cast and titles for Outside – the second instalment of Inside/Outside.

Orange Tree Theatre Announces Play Titles and Full Casting For INSIDE
by Stephi Wild - Mar 15, 2021

Orange Tree Theatre today announces the play titles and full cast for Inside – the first instalment of Inside/Outside, a collection of world premiere short plays by emerging and established writers.

Orange Tree Theatre Announces INSIDE/OUTSIDE �" A Collection Of Six World Première Plays
by Stephi Wild - Feb 22, 2021

The first three plays, written by Deborah Bruce, Joel Tan and Joe White, focus on the theme of Inside, and will be streamed live 25 – 27 March 2021. The final three plays by Sonali Bhattacharyya, Zoe Cooper and Kalungi Ssebandeke explore the theme of Outside, streamed live 15 – 17 April 2021.

Almeida Theatre Announces Socially Distanced Season of Three World Premieres for Christmas 2020 and Into 2021
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 30, 2020

Almeida Theatre has announced a socially distanced season of three world premieres for Christmas 2020 and into 2021.

LibraLibra Announce New EP HAIL MARY
by Kaitlin Milligan - Jun 1, 2020

With their neck-snapping rhythm section and adventurous beats; garage punk-infiltrated broken guitars; vocals that veer from searing emotional drama to camp self-parody; and frenetic experimentation entwined with pristine pop hooks – it is impossible to pin a genre on LibraLibra.

Casting Announced For New UK Tour Of HOLES
by Stephi Wild - Dec 20, 2019

The Children's Theatre Partnership (CTP) and Royal & Derngate, Northampton have announced the full cast of the Nottingham Playhouse production of a?oeHOLESa??, written by Louis Sachar and directed by Adam Penford.