Elizabeth Newman News

Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced its Ensemble for its 2025 season which takes place this summer between May and September. Learn more about the ensemble here!

The Royal Exchange Theatre has announced it's upcoming season including Singin' In the Rain, directed by Raz Shaw. Learn more about the upcoming season here!

Sheffield Theatres has announced Elizabeth Newman’s inaugural season of shows as Artistic Director, with new productions running from autumn 2025 to summer 2026 in the Crucible Theatre and Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse.

Cambridge Arts Theatre has announced the appointment of a new Chair to its Property Management Trust, as well as the appointment of a new Chair and a team of Trustees to its Theatre Management Trust. 

The Sound of Music is the Pitlochry Festival Theatre's winter show and the final show to be directed by Elizabeth Newman in her role as artistic director of the theatre. 

The Women’s Prize for Playwriting, produced by Ellie Keel and Paines Plough, today announces its return for 2025. This year sees the largest ever prize fund for WPP with a first prize of £20,000.

To coincide with the 89th birthday of the much-loved Dame Julie Andrews DBE, Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced the full cast for its forthcoming production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic musical The Sound of Music.

Following an intensive three-month recruitment and selection process, Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced the appointment of actor, singer, writer, producer and director Alan Cumming as their new Artistic Director.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre has been chosen as one of just five venues across the UK to be awarded a prestigious writing commission for 2024. 

Sheffield Theatres has appointed Elizabeth Newman as the next Artistic Director. Learn more about Newman!

Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s outdoor Amphitheatre will once again to be the location for the return of Elizabeth Newman’s acclaimed 2023 adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. 

Love Letter to the Big Yin from the People of Scotland among shows in line for prestigious awards.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre will welcome back its award-winning production of the much-loved comedy Shirley Valentine this summer. 

Pitlochry Festival Theatre and OVO have announced the première of Scottish playwright Frances Poet’s exciting new stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s satirical study of society, money, and love - Sense and Sensibility. 

Pitlochry Festival Theatre and New Wolsey Theatre are heading back to the 1980s this summer to stage a spectacular new production of the explosive musical Footloose.  Learn more about the cast here!

Following the success of their podcast series, A Journey with Nan Shepherd, Firebrand Theatre Company and Pitlochry Festival Theatre will stage the world première of Nan Shepherd: Naked and Unashamed.

The SpongeBob Musical is heading to St. Anne Stages this March. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced its Ensemble for the 2024 season, which runs between May and late September this summer. Learn more about the ensemble here!

Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced that in 2024 it will be staging, for the first time, an exciting new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's beloved musical The Sound of Music.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced the cast of its forthcoming new production of Sunshine on Leith, Stephen Greenhorn’s much-loved musical featuring the songs from world-renowned Scottish band, The Proclaimers. Learn more about the show and find out who is starring here!