Ashley Zhangazha News

Full casting has been announced for the RSC's forthcoming production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, directed by Richard Eyre marking his first time directing in Stratford-upon-Avon.

National Youth Theatre recently held its BIG Night Out, a fundraising event with some of the biggest names and shows in the West End raising funds to support the next generation of talent.​ Check out photos here!

This summer will see the inaugural StoryFest held at the National Youth Theatre’s RIBA award-winning headquarters in North London. A month-long festival that demonstrates the NYT’s commitment to championing new work from emerging talent, many of whom are alumni of the NYT themselves. 

The multi-Tony Award®- winning musical MJ has now opened at the Prince Edward Theatre.

This slathered-in-schmaltz hagiography is like watching the Zone of Interest: you know the disturbing stuff is always just out of view.

Casting has been announced for the UK premiere production of MJ the Musical, which begins performances at the Prince Edward Theatre, London from Wednesday 6 March 2024. Find out who is joining the previously announced Myles Frost!

Actor, director and Guildhall School mentor, Ashley Zhangazha has been made a Fellow of Guildhall School of Music & Drama at this year’s Guildhall School graduation ceremony on Friday 3 November.

Nominees have been revealed for this year’s Ian Charleson Awards. The annual awards celebrate actors under 30 who have performed in a classical role, which is defined as a play written before 1918.

As celebrations continue for the 400th Anniversary of the First Folio across 2023, Shakespeare’s Globe will return to Westminster Abbey for the hugely popular Shakespeare in the Abbey for six special performances beginning this evening and running until Friday 31 March.

Join National Youth Theatre and some of Britain's leading voices for a world-first all-night West End youth takeover at the iconic Duke of York's Theatre on 10 February 2023. 

This spring, Guildhall School of Music & Drama presents a varied programme of events for the public to enjoy, including concerts, drama productions, opera and jazz.

In 2012 Paul Roseby, Artistic Director and CEO of National Youth Theatre (NYT), launched a new REP company that would provide intensive real-world experience each year to a group of young performers and creatives.

All new photos have been released from the launch of the WE. BLACK. WOMEN. exhibition at the Donmar Warehouse!

Life in the UK at the moment feels uncannily like we’re going through a ‘Worst of the 70s’ playlist: periods of no economic growth, food shortages, an increase in the cost of living, and rumblings over a referendum on Europe. There was also an attempt to kickstart the conversation about equality between the sexes, with the formation of the Women’s Liberation Movement. It’s little wonder, then, that this version of Measure for Measure seems so familiar – hint: it’s not just the perennially relevant themes of the play that hit home.

Images have been released of Measure for Measure currently showing in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe until the 15 January.

Shakespeare's Globe has announced the full cast of Measure for Measure, directed by Blanche McIntyre and designed by James Cotterill. Opening the Winter Season on the 19 November in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe.

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the full cast of Measure for Measure, directed by Blanche McIntyre and designed by James Cotterill. Opening the Winter Season on the 19 November in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe.

Joan Iyiola (Duchess of Malfi, RSC) and Ashley Zhangazha (Tina The Musical, West End) star in Changing Destiny. This epic new stage adaptation of the 4,000-year-old Egyptian poem about the Warrior King Sinuhe is written by Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri.

The live event will raise money for the OT Recovery Fund, supporting the company's return following the pandemic on Sunday 18 July at 6pm. Alongside the event, there will be two raffles. Audiences do not have to be attending the event to participate in the raffle.

The Young Vic has announced Joan Iyiola (Duchess of Malfi, RSC) and Ashley Zhangazha (Tina The Musical, West End) as the cast of Changing Destiny. This epic new stage adaptation of the 4,000-year-old Egyptian poem about the Warrior King Sinuhe is written by Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri.