OffWestEnd Awards (Offies) Unveil 2026 Nominations
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 3, 2026
The OffWestEnd Awards (Offies) have revealed their 2026 nominations, highlighting the best in independent theatre. The awards showcase a range of emerging and established talent in the Off-West End scene.
Review: NOUGHTS & CROSSES, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
by Katie Kirkpatrick - Jul 9, 2025
Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses has long been something of a YA classic. Rather than dreaming up a sci-fi future, however, this story presents instead an uncanny alternate present – one where discrimination and racial violence are worse than ever, but it's Black people who are the privileged ones.
Review: THE HOUSE PARTY, Rose Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Mar 8, 2025
Sex, power, gender and class: August Strindberg's Miss Julie may have first been performed in 1889, but its themes live on. In Laura Lomas's vivid reimagining of the play, The House Party, a seemingly happy event becomes the chaotic centre for a night where misogyny and the insidious creep of social media has a devastating impact upon the lives of the teenagers involved.
Video: Highlights From THE NUTCRACKER at Polka Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 29, 2024
See video highlights from The Nutcracker, a co-production between Polka Theatre and Olivier award-winners Little Bulb (Wolf Witch Giant Fairy), in Polka's Main Theatre running through 26 January 2025. Tickets are on sale now.
Review Roundup: KENREX at Sheffield Theatres
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 7, 2024
Sheffield Theatres is presenting KENREX- part True Crime, part Western, with a foot stomping live Americana soundtrack, KENREX is devised by Jack Holden and Ed Stambollouian. See what the critics are saying...
Cast Set For THE NUTCRACKER at Polka Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 26, 2024
Polka Theatre announced the cast for their upcoming production of THE NUTCRACKER, featuring a mix of seasoned performers and fresh talent. The show will run from November 15 to December 30, 2024.
Creative Team Set for KENREX at Sheffield Theatres
by Stephi Wild - Sep 20, 2024
Sheffield Theatres has announced the full creative team behind the gripping, one-man thrill ride KENREX. Part True Crime, part Western, with a foot stomping live Americana soundtrack, KENREX is devised by Jack Holden and Ed Stambollouian; the creators of the Olivier-nominated Cruise.
Photos: THE HOT WING KING at the National Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jul 18, 2024
The National Theatre has released first look production photos for the UK premiere of Katori Hall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Hot Wing King. Check out the photos here!