Matt Bardock will star as washed-up magician Bazza Cadabra in THE DISAPPEARING MAN, a new drama featuring live onstage magic, premiering at Queen's Theatre Hornchurch before touring to Blackpool, Guildford, and Peterborough.
Hadsan Mohamud, known for Dugsi Dayz, makes her playwriting debut with CRUSH, a British-Somali rom-com about two teens meeting in a clinic waiting room, running at Underbelly Bristo Square during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Acclaimed solo playwright and performer Liz Richardson brings her new play Local to London, opening at the Finborough Theatre for a strictly limited three week run.
Following acclaimed runs at London's Bush Theatre and in the West End, Benedict Lombe's Shifters makes its North American premiere at Cherry Lane Theatre.
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 15, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Deafinitely Theatre, Birmingham Rep, and Park Theatre announced the full cast and creative team for the UK tour of Mike Bartlett's BULL, performed entirely in British Sign Language with creative captions.
Linnea Berthelsen, known for her role as Kali Prasad in Netflix's Stranger Things, will make her UK stage debut in DARKLING, a solo play by Titas Halder, directed by Olivier Award-winner Matthew Xia for Actors Touring Company and Bush Theatre.
A queer romance-thriller mash-up sounds an ambitious undertaking, so one must applaud writer Eleanor Tindall and director Emily Aboud for giving it a go.
BIFA-nominated actor Lauryn Ajufo will play Tracey Gordon in Theatre503 and tiata fahodzi's revival of Michaela Coel's debut play, stepping into the role Coel originally performed herself.
Idris Elba, Little Simz, and Danai Gurira announced as producers for the North American premiere of SHIFTERS, Benedict Lombe's acclaimed romance, opening at New York's Cherry Lane Theatre following sold-out London runs.
Whether you are Team Black or Team Green, there is probably a stage veteran on your side.
Hackney Empire announced tickets on sale for THREADS, its 2026 Artist Development Programme production directed by Stef O'Driscoll, featuring a company of over 50 young artists aged 14–19 on the Hackney Empire main stage.
Sophie Okonedo will lead the cast of A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Lyndsey Turner.
Shakespeare's Globe has announced its upcoming winter lineup of shows.
Further artists have been announced for White Rabbit Red Rabbit in a celebratory 15th anniversary West End run, including Mel Giedroyc, Christopher Eccleston, and more.
Belgrade Theatre Coventry has revealed details of See It First 2026, its annual programme of new work in development, workshops, and artist-audience conversations, featuring works by Coventry-based artists and regional freelancers.
The play Shifters, which is soon headed to A24's Cherry Lane Theatre, will be adapted into a TV series.
Bush Theatre announced its first season under Artistic Director Taio Lawson, featuring new productions including DARKLING, THE BRIDGE, GLOBAL MAJORITY, and the return of INSANE ASYLUM SEEKERS to the main stage.
Totally Thames has revealed the first wave of programming for its 2026 festival, featuring large-scale public artworks, immersive performances, new writing and community events celebrating the River Thames.
Ty Fanning, Ami Okumura Jones, Kirsty Bushell, and Pippa Winslow are set to lead the West End return of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY at the Ambassadors Theatre for its fourth extension.
