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Soho Theatre ALL THE HAPPY THINGS Cast
by Emmy Rice - Mar 16, 2025

LJ Johnson (He Said She Said, Kiln Theatre) and Dejon Mullings (Ted Lasso series regular) are announced as joining Naomi Denny to complete the cast of All The Happy Things, as the production is confirmed for an Edinburgh Festival Fringe transfer.

JMK Trust Reveals Shortlist For 2024 JMK Award
by Stephi Wild - Apr 5, 2024

The JMK Trust today announces the eight shortlisted theatre directors, and the designers they partnered with, in the running for the 2024 JMK Award – Dipo Baruwa-Etti, Adam Karim, Zoe Murtagh, Josh Parr, Joanna Pidcock, Zoë Templeman-Young, Amelia Thornber and Sam Woof.

BILLIE THE KID Adds Performances at The Vaudeville Theatre: Watch Cast Members Sing 'Peaches'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 31, 2023

Due to overwhelming demand, the premiere of the major new British musical 'Billie the Kid' at Vaudeville Theatre has added more dates. Watch cast members sing 'Peaches' in a new video!

Full Cast Set For New Musical BILLIE THE KID at the Vaudeville Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2023

The full cast has been announced for new British musical ‘Billie the Kid’, with music and lyrics by Gez Mercer, book by Conway McDermott and Gez Mercer, directed by Kerry Kyriacos Michael. Find out who is starring in the musical here!

Photos: In Rehearsal With THE SIX OF CALAIS & RUTH By Pegasus Opera Staged At Susie Sainsbury Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 6, 2023

Pegasus Opera Company and Hagemann Rosenthal Associates presents a double bill The Six of Calais & Ruth at Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, NW1 5HT. The productions will be staged on Friday 21 April 7.30pm, Saturday 22 April 7.30pm, Sunday 23 April 2.30pm. See photos from inside rehearsal!

HOW TO BREAK OUT OF A DETENTION CENTRE Comes to BEZNĂ Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 16, 2023

Internalised racism, resistance & white guilt are explored in this compelling new production from BEZNĂ Theatre and Romanian theatre company Giuvlipen. The multilingual, form-bending work centres the near-invisible female experience in British immigration detention in the UK. 

Pegasus Opera Company And Hagemann Rosenthal Associates Present THE SIX OF CALAIS & RUTH, Starting 21 April
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 19, 2023

Pegasus Opera Company and Hagemann Rosenthal Associates presents a double bill The Six of Calais & Ruth at Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, NW1 5HT. The productions will be staged on Friday 21 April 7.30pm, Saturday 22 April 7.30pm, Sunday 23 April 2pm

Emma Dennis Edwards' FUNERAL FLOWERS Embarks on UK Tour
by Marissa Tomeo - Mar 26, 2022

After hugely successful runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 (winning a Fringe First), the Bunker Theatre and the Roundhouse, Emma Dennis-Edwards’ critically-acclaimed one woman show will tour the UK in a new production starring Sarel Madziya. The tour will visit York St John, the North Wall Oxford, Liverpool Everyman, Phoenix Exeter and Nottingham Playhouse. Funeral Flowers will also visit several prisons alongside an outreach programme exploring creative responses to the show from inmates. 

Photos: In Rehearsal With HAMLET Starring Cush Jumbo and Adrian Dunbar
by Marianka Swain - Sep 6, 2021

The Young Vic today releases rehearsal images for their much anticipated production of Hamlet, with Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, The Good Fight) making her YV debut as a new kind of Hamlet. She reunites with her long-time collaborator Greg Hersov, to bring us this tale of power, politics and desire.  

Full Cast and Creative Team Announced For HAMLET at Young Vic
by Stephi Wild - Aug 16, 2021

Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, The Good Fight) make her YV debut as a new kind of Hamlet, reuniting with her long-time collaborator Greg Hersov, to bring us this tale of power, politics and desire.  Get full information on the show including how to get tickets.

Thornhill Theatre Space Announces First Part of 2021 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 6, 2021

Thornhill Theatre Space announced the first part of their 2021 Season on New Year's Day rounding up a new season that includes events from around the world.