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SH!T-FACED SHAKESPEARE is set to revive its inaugural production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM this summer at Leicester Square Theatre, followed by a UK tour.

It's no wonder that the Orange Tree Theatre is such a fan of Zoe Cooper. She received critical acclaim with both the beautifully touching Jess And Joe Forever in 2016 and the wonderfully perceptive Out Of Water in 2019 at the venue. There are many similaries here, with Cooper's deft handling of sexuality, friendship and social expectations, but this time taken from Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. Is it another hit? Not quite.

We begin the new year with a bang in theatreland. With nineties musicals, queer cowboys and new works bursting from every side, the future looks bright. Here are our top ten West End recommendations for January. Make sure you check back for all our news, reviews and features. Welcome to 2024!

Country star Jon Pardi celebrates the holiday season with upcoming TV appearances and a show at the NYC Beacon Theatre. Don't miss his performances on CMA Country Christmas, Fox & Friends All American Christmas Concert, and New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash. SiriusXM will also air Pardi's Christmas concert at Beacon Theatre.

T.3 - Viral Vocal Trio releases new EP 'OPTION UP' featuring Broadway special guests SHOSHANA BEAN, MORGAN JAMES, and AISHA JACKSON. Check it out now!

SNC Records, in partnership with Arts Music, a division of Warner Music Group, has released the third single from viral sensation T.3. Listen here!

SNC Records, in partnership with Arts Music, a division of Warner Music Group, is getting ready to release the second single from viral sensation T.3 – the dazzling vocal trio featuring Liam Fennecken, Jim Hogan and Brendan Jacob Smith.

SNC Records, in partnership with Arts Music, a division of Warner Music Group, will release the first single from viral sensation T.3 – the dazzling vocal trio featuring Liam Fennecken, Jim Hogan and Brendan Jacob Smith – to preview their upcoming EP Option Up.

Centenary Stage Company's NEXTStage Repertory kicks off their season with Six Rounds of Vengeance, a post-apocalyptic action-packed production featuring gunfights, martial arts, and comic book elements. Don't miss this thrilling show at Centenary University's Sitnik Theatre in Hackettstown, NJ. Get your tickets now!

Award-winning theatre artist Gregory Prest makes his playwriting debut this fall with the world premiere of Bremen Town. Bremen Town will premiere as part of the Next Stage Festival with six performances from October 19 to 29, 2023. Learn more about the play and how to purchase tickets here!

Native Earth Performing Arts has announced its 41st season with eight projects including an audio play, live theatre and dance, festivals and collaborations, and the second year of the Animikiig Creators Unit. 

Get ready for a heart-warming and enchanting experience as the much-loved children's book series Pumpkin Finds Her Kindness, debuts on stage this Saturday 12 August 2023 at the Centurion Theatre.

Award-winning comedian, musician, and viral internet sensation, Anesti Danelis returns from the deep dark web with his guitar, piano, and violin to present his highly anticipated new show Artificially Intelligent at the iconic Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (12 Alexander St) this June 3rd as part of their 2023 Queer Pride Festival. 

New dates have been added to the UK Tour at Derby Theatre (12-16 September), Bromley Churchill Theatre (21-23 September), Eastbourne Devonshire Park Theatre (26-30 September) and Liverpool Playhouse (10-14 October, the same week the Labour Party Conference is in Liverpool).

Circuit Playhouse, Inc. will offer a selection of courses taught by local professional theatre artists this spring. Under the direction of new Director of Theatre Education, Ty Lenderman, class offerings will range from acting, musical theatre singing and dancing technique, and technical theatre for Youth Theatre School (class offerings for students 5 to 17 years of age). 

The 2022 Mike Walsh Fellowships, amounting to $61,500, have recently been announced.  These five awards bring the total amount that Mike Walsh in the last 25 years has given to further the careers of up-and-coming theatre practitioners - from all areas of theatre - to just over $1,000,000.

Canada's longest-running new works festival is back for its 44th year this February. In a new four-day format, The Rhubarb Festival transforms Buddies into a hotbed of experimentation, exploring new possibilities in art-making and performance.

From Giles Terera as Othello at the National Theatre, to Daniel Craig as James Bond at the Royal Albert Hall, November has some real theatrical treats in store. There's also the first of the festive offerings, with a new opera at the London Coliseum based on a classic Christmas film and a much-loved revival of a Dickens' classic at The Old Vic.

Homotopia, the UK's longest running LGBTQIA arts and culture festival returns to Liverpool this November. With a packed programme of music, performance, visual art, spoken word, literature and more, the festival theme is Queer Joy is a Protest and showcases some of the finest queer talent in the country.