Ben Weatherill News

Ian McKellen has once again spoken out about his dislike for trigger warnings being posted outside of theatres. Find out what he had to say here!

Ben Weatherill’s new comedy, Frank and Percy,  just opened at The Other Palace in London.  Check out what the critics had to say!

With phenomenal demand for tickets and most performances already sold out, producer Bill Kenwright has added two final weeks to the limited season of Ben Weatherill’s new comedy, Frank and Percy, at The Other Palace in London.  Learn more about the show and get tickets to the new performances here!

Bill Kenwright presents Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in the comedy hit of the Summer, Ben Weatherill’s Frank and Percy, under the Directorship of Sean Mathias.

Ben Weatherill’s new comedy, Frank and Percy, starring Ian McKellen (Percy) and Roger Allam (Frank) and directed by Sean Mathias, will have a limited London season at The Other Palace from Friday 8 September until Sunday 3 December.

Two men bond over a shared love of dogs and discover they have rather more in common than first appears.

Get a first look at photos of Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in the world premiere of Frank and Percy!

Check out photos of Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in rehearsal for Frank and Percy at Windsor Theatre Royal!

For New Theatre, presenting the Australian premiere of Ben Weatherill's warm and engaging love story marks an important step: it's the first time an actor living with disability has featured on our stage.

The season will comprise of two world premieres Frank and Percy by Ben Weatherill starring Ian McKellen and Roger Allam (Theatre Royal Windsor Friday 9 June – Saturday 22 July 2023 and Theatre Royal Bath Tuesday 25 July – Saturday 5 August 2023) and Alone Together by Simon Williams, with casting to be announced, (Friday 4 August 2023 – Saturday 19 August 2023).

A 'spiky and tender' story about relationships has earned a writer from Liverpool the Lancaster Playwriting Prize 2022, it was announced today (December 6). 

Originally scheduled as Curve’s annual New Work Festival, the team adjusted plans in response to feedback from local creatives who requested more time to develop their work, rather than a platform to present performances.

A playwriting competition which aims to encourage writing for the stage among underrepresented writers in the North West gets underway today (August 3).

In these uncertain times, HighTide, as an artist-led National Portfolio organisation, are committed to supporting artists and have already engaged with over 150 artists through their Lighthouse Programme.

The cast for the five monologues written for Love In The Time of Corona, as part of HighTide's Lighthouse Programme, have now been released.

The National Theatre has announced 15 productions of new plays and fresh adaptations by leading writers.

National Theatre has announced its listings for May - October 2019. Check out the full lineup below!

The Writers' Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) has announced the shortlist for its annual awards, to be presented by writer and actor Joanna Scanlan (The Thick of It, Getting On, Puppy Love) on Monday 14 January 2019 at the Royal College of Physicians in central London, in a special ceremony to mark the union's 60th anniversary.

The Bush Theatre has announced that Lynette Linton will become their new Artistic Director in January 2019.

The Bush Theatre today announce their 2019 season, the last programmed under the Artistic Directorship of Madani Younis who after seven years at the theatre will become Creative Director at the Southbank Centre in January 2019.