Bush Theatre News

What a joy it is to see Olivier Award-winning The P Word returning to the Bush Theatre, along with original cast members Esh Alladi and Waleed Akhtar. A deeply moving, heartfelt and important play for our times.

A new production photo has been released for TENDER, the queer thriller-romance by Eleanor Tindall, which transfers to Bush Theatre's Holloway Theatre starring Francesca Amewudah-Rivers and Nadi Kemp-Sayfi.

Bush Theatre announced post-show discussions for THE P WORD featuring Shobna Gulati MBE, Zarah Sultana MP, Nikita Gill, and Dr Ranj Singh, alongside three ALT B events marking Refugee Week 2026.

Shakespeare's Globe announced the full cast for LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, directed by Indiana Lown-Collins in her Globe directorial debut, featuring flamenco dancers and a singer alongside a 14-member cast.

Mike Leigh's black comedy ABIGAIL'S PARTY, directed by Nadia Fall, will transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre following its Theatre Royal Stratford East run, with Tamzin Outhwaite and Kevin Bishop leading the cast.

Bush Theatre announced Krishnendu Majumdar as its new Chair of Trustees. The award-winning film and television producer and former BAFTA Chair succeeds Uzma Hasan, who served five years in the role.

MONARCHS ANONYMOUS will bring Charles II, Marie Antoinette, Henry VIII, Sophia Duleep Singh, and Mansa Musa to The Other Palace in a comedic farce set in a modern-day group therapy session.

All new production photos have been released from the West End premiere of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind which is currently in previews at @sohoplace theatre. Check out the photos here!

Acclaimed solo playwright and performer Liz will bring LOCAL to the Finborough Theatre for a limited run, exploring belonging and identity through memories of rural Cumbria, spanning decades from the early 1990s to now.

Cherry Lane Theatre will present the North American premier of Shifters, the new romance by Olivier Award-nominated writer Benedict Lombe. Learn more here!

CAMDENWALLA, a new play based on real testimony from Camden's Bangladeshi community, will run at Camden People's Theatre, following volunteers of the Camden Monitoring Project who organized against racist violence in 1990s North London.

The sold-out queer thriller-romance TENDER transfers to Bush Theatre's main Holloway Theatre, starring Francesca Amewudah-Rivers and Nadi Kemp-Sayfi, directed by Emily Aboud.

Sheyi Cole and Zakiyyah Dean will lead A TO B, a debut play by Tia-Renee Mullings, at Soho Theatre this summer. The Caribbean South London love story comes from double Olivier Award-nominated JFR Productions.

East Midlands theatre company New Perspectives announced 14 early- and mid-career artists for its New Associates programme, now in its seventh year, supporting artists in a historically underfunded region.

BYMT will present the world premiere of SEA CHANGE, a new musical by 2025 NMTA winners Elinor Peregrin and Will Jackson, at Birmingham Hippodrome. The folk-infused show blends Selkie folklore with modern coastal Britain.

Nassim Soleimanpour and Omar Elerian launched new theatre company There & Then, with WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT returning to London's Duchess Theatre featuring David Tennant, Riz Ahmed, Jodie Whittaker, and more.

Winter Park Playhouse and Barbara Chandler Productions will present United Groove: An Evening of Funk, Blues and Soul at the Winter Park Public Library's Edyth Bush Theatre, with free admission and seating limited to 90 guests.

Piers Black's play I'M NOT BEING FUNNY, about young parents facing a cancer diagnosis who turn to stand-up comedy, has extended its run at Bush Theatre due to box-office demand before transferring to Bristol Old Vic.

FLUSH, a comedy drama set in a London club bathroom, will run at Arcola Theatre, following a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run that earned a Fringe Theatre Award and 2025 Bitesize Award.

London theatre's biggest night returned for its 2026 ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall, where Nick Mohammed hosted the Olivier Awards. Check out a full list of winners here.