Young Vic

Jill Halfpenny Joins PRIVATE LIVES at The Royal Exchange Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 8, 2026

Olivier-winning stage and screen actor Jill Halfpenny will return to the Royal Exchange Theatre in Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES, playing the role of Amanda Prynne. Learn more here!

Fergus Head's WHITE ELEPHANTS to be Presented at Canal Café Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 7, 2026

Fergus Head's White Elephants will be presented at Canal Cafe Theatre. White Elephants is a nostalgic, melancholic look at communication, combining original music and drama to bring the atmosphere of small-town Spanish life to Maida Vale.

Nicole Scherzinger Joins Cast of LOVE LIFE Concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane This February
by Stephi Wild - Jan 7, 2026

Nicole Scherzinger has been added to the cast of Love Life: West End Unites Against Cancer, a major one-night-only concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in support of One For The Boys.

Ramin Gray To Return To the London Stage With Wilde's AN IDEAL HUSBAND at White Bear Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 22, 2025

Oscar Wilde's wittiest and most politically charged play, An Ideal Husband, will receive a bold contemporary reimagining from acclaimed director Ramin Gray (RSC, Royal Court, Young Vic), former Artistic Director of Actor's Touring Company who staged 15 world premieres at the Royal Court Theatre.

Janie Dee and Stefan Bednarczyk Will Perform COWARD & FRIENDS For One Night Only at The Menier Chocolate Factory
by Stephi Wild - Dec 22, 2025

With their production of Noël Coward's Fallen Angels currently running, the Menier Chocolate Factory have announced that Janie Dee will be staging a one-night-only performance of Coward & Friends with Stefan Bednarczyk.

David Henry Hwang's M. BUTTERFLY to be Presented at San Francisco Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 17, 2025

San Francisco Playhouse will present M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang.  Inspired by the trial of Bernard Boursicot, this drama reimagines Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly through the story of a French diplomat’s affair with a Chinese opera singer.

Review Roundup: BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO at the Young Vic
by Gillian Blum - Dec 14, 2025

BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO opened at the Young Vic this week, and runs through January 31 — here is what critics thought of the production in the United Kingdom.

Review: MUSEUM OF AUSTERITY, Young Vic
by Franco Milazzo - Dec 12, 2025

There are many museums dedicated to disaster, but only Britain could create one in which the exhibits are victims of its own fiscal policies. Museum of Austerity, revived at the Young Vic, is a cool, technologically-slick indictment, a moral subpoena served directly to your eyeballs through augmented-reality headsets. Grimmer than a midwinter funeral, the show is misnamed and flawed but serves as a salient reminder of how man’s inhumanity to man never ceases to beggar the imagination. 

EAT THE RICH (BUT MAYBE NOT ME MATES X) Will Tour Liverpool and Bristol
by Stephi Wild - Dec 12, 2025

Fresh from its Edinburgh Fringe debut Eat the Rich (but maybe not me mates x) will now transfer to Jade Frank’s home town at Liverpool Everyman and then continue on to Bristol Old Vic.

Review: BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO, Young Vic
by Franco Milazzo - Dec 10, 2025

Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo, arriving now at the Young Vic for its long-overdue European premiere, is ostensibly about the American occupation of Iraq. Really, though, Rajiv Joseph’s Pulitzer-nominated work is about two things: a gold-plated toilet seat stolen from Uday Hussein (son of Saddam and recreational rapist, torturer and murderer), and the sheer, unforgivable absurdity of existence.

Applications Open For the 2026 JMK Award at The Young Vic
by Stephi Wild - Dec 4, 2025

The Young Vic Theatre and JMK Trust have announced the return of the prestigious JMK Award to the Young Vic, as applications are now open. Learn more about how to apply here!

Ramin Karimloo, Diego Andrés Rodriguez, & More Join LOVE LIFE Benefit Concert
by Josh Sharpe - Dec 2, 2025

This February, the West End theatre community will come together for Love Life: West End Unites Against Cancer, a one-night-only concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in support of One For The Boys, the men’s health charity working to break the silence around male cancer. Ramin Karimloo, Tom Francis, Diego Andrés Rodríguez, and more will be in attendance.

Pearl Chanda, Juliet Cowan and More to Star in BROKEN GLASS at the Young Vic Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 28, 2025

The Young Vic Theatre has revealed the cast for Arthur Miller’s Olivier Award-winning Broken Glass, a thrilling psychological drama exploring marriage, passion, and female defiance.

Photos: Jordan Luke Gage, Ramin Karimloo and More in ROAM Concert Production
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 28, 2025

You can now get a first look at the concert production of ROAM, a new musical directed by Rupert Hands with choreography by Olivier Award winner James Cousins.

Initial Casting Set For THE MANNINGTREE WITCHES at Mercury Theatre Colchester
by Stephi Wild - Nov 24, 2025

Mercury Theatre Colchester has announced initial casting for the world premiere production of award-winning Mercury Playwright Ava Pickett’s new play The Manningtree Witches.

Olly Dobson and Ben Joyce Will Return to BACK TO THE FUTURE THE MUSICAL For One Night Only
by Stephi Wild - Nov 21, 2025

BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical's alumni cast Olly Dobson and Ben Joyce will make a special return to the production as ‘Marty McFly' to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the UK film release.

Anna Ziegler's EVENING ALL AFTERNOON Will Make World Première At The Donmar Warehouse
by Stephi Wild - Nov 20, 2025

Anna Ziegler's new play Evening All Afternoon will make its world première at the Donmar Warehouse next year. Diyan Zora, making her Donmar debut, directs Anastasia Hille and Erin Kellyman in this new play.

Photos: First Look At Punchdrunk Enrichment’s FIRESIDE TALES
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 19, 2025

First-look production photos have been released for FIRESIDE TALES, the world premiere interactive adventure from Punchdrunk Enrichment, running 6 December 2025 to 4 January 2026 in Wembley Park.

A GRAIN OF SAND Will Run at the Arcola Theatre Prior to UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Nov 19, 2025

A Grain of Sand, written and directed by Deputy Artistic Director Elias Matar (Olive Jar, Shubbak Festival) and performed by Sarah Agha (The Hardacres, Channel 5) will run at Arcola Theatre in London.