Kwame Owusu

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced the initial casting for the new summer musical FANGIRLS. The musical will have its UK premiere at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre from 13 July – 24 August.

The Bush Theatre has announced a change to its Literary team along with the new members of its 2023 Emerging Writers Group (EWG).  This year's cohort will be Kaleya Baxe, Yasmine Dankwah, Aaron Kilercioglu, Lare Ofeyusi, Mwansa Phiri, Tanya Shamil.

Rehearsals begin for 'Dreaming and Drowning' at Bush Theatre. A WoLab production in association with Bush Theatre. Written and Directed by Kwame Owusu. Performed by Tienne Simon.

Rehearsal images have been released for the world premiere of Lyonesse by Penelope Skinner, directed by Ian Rickson and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions. This searingly funny and passionate new play stars Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James alongside James Corrigan, Doon Mackichan and Sara Powell.  It will run at Harold Pinter Theatre from 17 October – 23 December 2023. Check out the photos below.

Bush Theatre has announced productions for the first half of 2024. Learn more about the full season lineup and how to get tickets here!

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced details of the final 37 Plays selected for its nationwide playwriting search: an ambitious new initiative open to anybody from anywhere in the UK.

A new adaptation of Euripides' Greek tragedy The Bacchae by Katherine Soper (Evening Standard Award winner for Most Promising Playwright), directed by Kwame Owusu and commissioned for the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre's ground-breaking performance training programme, SPRINGBOARD, will run in the Studio from Thursday 20 -  Saturday 22 July 2023.

The team at the Bush Theatre, led by Artistic Director Lynette Linton and Executive Director Lauren Clancy are celebrating an unprecedented year of hit plays, community work, and industry awards for the venue's 50th anniversary year.

ETT (English Touring Theatre) has announced their new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and further programming for 2023.

Evolution Festival returns to the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in March 2023 for its seventh year, providing a platform and career launch pad for young theatre makers producing innovative work for stage and screen.

Lyric Theatre Hammersmith has announced its 2023 season! Learn more about the highlights here!

Production images have been released today for the world premiere of Mike Bartlett’s new comedy and irreverent satire Scandaltown directed by Artistic Director Rachel O’Riordan at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre ahead of opening night for press on Thursday 14 April. 

The first image has been released today of the full company of Scandaltown, a brand new comedy and irreverent satire by award-winning writer Mike Bartlett (BBC's Doctor Foster) directed by the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre's Artistic Director Rachel O'Riordan (Olivier Award winning Killology) who reunite following their critically acclaimed 2020 revival of Love, Love, Love.

Full casting is announced today for Scandaltown, a brand new comedy by Mike Bartlett (Doctor Foster, King Charles III) directed by the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre's Artistic Director Rachel O'Riordan.

Running With Lions is an intergenerational family drama about love, loss and hope: following three generations of women, it explores what it means to allow those we love to be themselves. The production stars Bridgerton’s Ruby Barker, alongside stars of stage and screen Wil Johnson, Nickcolia King-N’da, Suzette Llewellyn and Velile Tshabalala.

The Old Vic today announced the two new specially commissioned monologues for Queers, curated by Mark Gatiss, to mark Pride Month. I Threw It, written by Travis Alabanza and performed by Kim Tatum AKA Mzz Kimberley, and Bee, by Jade Anouka and performed by Pearl Mackie, will be directed by Sean Linnen. 

Gate Generations is the creative digital response to the theatre's extraordinary 40-year history from the venue's Young Associates.  It offers an unprecedented opportunity to glimpse into the Gate's celebrated archive with five intriguing vignettes inspired by some of its landmark productions. 

From the team who created the Gate's critically acclaimed production of Dear Elizabeth, Letters is a funny and often moving reflection on the global situation we find ourselves in.