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Photos: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK Rehearsals at Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 5, 2025

The beloved Lyric Hammersmith Theatre pantomime will return this festive season with Jack and the Beanstalk. You can now get a first look inside rehearsals.

Review: MISS SAIGON at Göteborgs Operan
by Christian Ranke - Oct 21, 2025

For decades, Miss Saigon has occupied contested terrain within the musical theater canon—championed by some as an essential work, scrutinized by others for perpetuating orientalist narratives and reductive stereotypes.

MIDSOMER MURDERS: THE KILLINGS AT BADGER'S DRIFT Comes to Storyhouse This Autumn
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2025

Catch Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger's Drift at Storyhouse this autumn! Discover the cast and thrilling plot details.

Additional Cast Joins MIDSOMER MURDERS UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Jun 24, 2025

Joining the previously announced Daniel Casey as Inspector Tom Barnaby, more casting has been announced for the world premiere of Guy Unsworth’s stage adaptation of Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift.

Review: MARIE & ROSETTA, Starring Beverley Knight
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 12, 2025

Beverley Knight starsBefore Elvis, Johnny Cash and Jimi Hendrix came Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the so-called 'godmother of rock ‘n’ roll’ who you have probably never heard of. Controversially Tharpe took her conservative gospel roots into the nightclubs, playing with Duke Ellington and selling millions of records in the USA and the UK during the 1930s and 40s, yet she ended her life in an unmarked grave. 

Photos: Beverly Knight and Ntombizodwa Ndlovu in MARIE AND ROSETTA
by Stephi Wild - May 9, 2025

All new production images have been released for the UK premiere of George Brant’s (Grounded) critically-acclaimed Marie and Rosetta. Check out the photos here!

Sergeant Troy Takes Over Role of DCI Barnaby in MIDSOMER MURDERS UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Apr 30, 2025

Daniel Casey, who created the role of Sergeant Troy in ITV's Midsomer Murders from 1997 to 2008, will now take on the role of Inspector Tom Barnaby in the world premiere of Guy Unsworth's stage adaptation of Midsomer Murders.

Full Cast Set For The World Premiere of LIBERATION at Royal Exchange Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 29, 2025

Liberation, a new play by poet and playwright Ntombizodwa Nyoni, directed by Monique Touko, will receive its World Premiere as part of Manchester International Festival 2025.

Full Cast Set for MARIE AND ROSETTA UK Premiere Starring Beverley Knight
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 20, 2025

The Rose Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre and ETT revealed the full cast and creative team for the UK premiere of George Brant’s Marie and Rosetta. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

MIDSOMER MURDERS: THE KILLINGS AT BADGERS DRIFT Comes To Glasgow's Theatre Royal Next Year
by Stephi Wild - Feb 28, 2025

For the first time ever, Inspector Barnaby and his trusty sidekick, Sergeant Troy, will take to the stage in Guy Unsworth’s adaptation of Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift. Learn more here!

MIDSOMER MURDERS: THE KILLINGS AT BADGER'S DRIFT Will Embark on UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Feb 24, 2025

For the first time ever, Inspector Barnaby and his trusty sidekick, Sergeant Troy, will take to the stage in Guy Unsworth's adaptation of Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger's Drift.

Cast Set For A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre 
by Stephi Wild - Feb 18, 2025

Casting has been announced for Birmingham Rep’s new production of A Thousand Splendid Suns, Ursula Rani Sarma’s play based on Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling spiritual sequel to The Kite Runner. 

Aisling Loftus Joins Dennis Kelly's GIRLS & BOYS At Nottingham Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 27, 2024

Nottingham Playhouse has announced Aisling Loftus (Sherwood, BBC; Mr Selfridge, ITV; Touched, Nottingham Playhouse) will star in the compelling lead role of Dennis Kelly’s gripping Girls & Boys.

Review Roundup: KING JAMES at Hampstead Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 25, 2024

See what the critics are saying about King James at Hampstead Theatre. Read the reviews for the production of the play by Rajiv Joseph and learn more!

Review Roundup: A TUPPERWARE OF ASHES at National Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 3, 2024

Meera Syal will perform in the world premiere of Tanika Gupta’s A Tupperware of Ashes in the Dorfman theatre through mid November. See what the critics are saying about the production and read the reviews !

Review: A TUPPERWARE OF ASHES, National Theatre
by Debbie Gilpin - Oct 3, 2024

'The tempest in my mind doth from my senses take all feeling else, save what beats there. Filial ingratitude!' Queenie Mukherjee has always been the Bengali matriarch to end all Bengali matriarchs, except recently her children have started to notice the odd slip: a burnt pan here, a wrong date there. She can’t see anything wrong, but reluctantly attends a doctor’s appointment anyway - and the resulting diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s proves even harder for her to accept. Only hallucinations of her late husband, Ameet, can provide her with some comfort.

FRANKENSTEIN Will Embark on UK Tour Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2024

Seán Aydon's acclaimed adaption of Mary Shelley's classic novel Frankenstein will begin a second UK theatre tour this autumn, opening at Portsmouth New Theatre Royal on 3 October.

Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Folketeatret
by Christian Ranke - Aug 31, 2024

Folketeateret’s new production of Jesus Christ Superstar set out to offer a fresh take on Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s beloved rock opera, but it felt more like a retread of concepts that had become borderline clichés. Most of the lead actors cannot handle Llloyd Webber's score amd the use of live autotune cheapens the experience. The ensemble (and the orhestra) are the only saving grace in this struggling reimagining.

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsal for WEDDING BAND: A LOVE/HATE STORY IN BLACK AND WHITE
by A.A. Cristi - May 10, 2024

See photos from inside the rehearsal room for Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White, written by award-winning American playwright Alice Childress.

A TUPPERWARE OF ASHES, THE OTHER PLACE, and More Set For the National Theatre's Autumn Season
by Stephi Wild - May 7, 2024

The National Theatre has announced two new productions for its South Bank stages this autumn: the world premiere of Tanika Gupta’s A Tupperware of Ashes in the Dorfman theatre, and a new play by Alexander Zeldin inspired by Antigone called The Other Place in the Lyttelton theatre.