New dates have been announced as part of the 2026 UK Tour of The Boy at the Back of the Class. The tour will now also play at Southampton's Mayflower Studios, Edinburgh's Festival Theatre, Eastbourne's Devonshire Park Theatre, and more.
After successful runs in Sheffield and London, Kenrex is arriving at The Other Palace in December. The show, written by Jack Holden and Ed Stambollouian with music by John Patrick Elliott, tells the tale of Ken Rex McElroy, a criminal who faced the consequences of his actions at the hands of the townspeople of Skidmore, Missouri in 1981. Holden takes on all of the roles, with Elliott accompanying with live music on stage as well.
The National Theatre has revealed further information about productions in 2026. The season will feature the New York transfer of Hamlet, and more! See the full season here.
The acclaimed true crime thriller KENREX transfers to The Other Palace for a Christmas season, running 3 December 2025 – 1 February 2026. Starring Jack Holden and featuring live Americana music by John Patrick Elliott.
The Boy at the Back of the Class, a celebration of friendship, kindness and compassion, is back with a 2026 UK Tour. See the list of tour dates and locations here and learn more!
Young people across Wolverhampton will have the opportunity to watch a new theatre production in their school hall as the National Theatre brings a nationwide school touring production of THE LEFTBEHINDS directly into local schools.
Westway Music has partnered with Birmingham Hippodrome's New Musical Theatre Department to release the original cast EP for The Jingleclaw, the festive family musical tailored for children aged 3 and above.
The world premiere of KENREX will transfer from Sheffield Theatres' Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse to Southwark Playhouse Borough beginning in February 2025.
Sheffield Theatres is presenting KENREX- part True Crime, part Western, with a foot stomping live Americana soundtrack, KENREX is devised by Jack Holden and Ed Stambollouian. See what the critics are saying...
Seventy-five years on from the publication of George Orwell’s groundbreaking novel 1984, Theatre Royal Bath Productions’ new stage version by Ryan Craig and directed by Lindsay Posner, which will play Theatre Royal Brighton from Tue 29 October – Sat 2 November 2024, as part of a U.K tour.
Sheffield Theatres has announced the full creative team behind the gripping, one-man thrill ride KENREX. Part True Crime, part Western, with a foot stomping live Americana soundtrack, KENREX is devised by Jack Holden and Ed Stambollouian; the creators of the Olivier-nominated Cruise.
Seventy-five years on from the publication of George Orwell’s groundbreaking novel 1984, casting has been announced for Theatre Royal Bath Productions’ new stage version by Ryan Craig and directed by Lindsay Posner, which will play Theatre Royal Bath from 20 – 28 September 2024, followed by dates in Malvern, Poole, Guildford, Cambridge, Brighton, Richmond and Liverpool.
As delicate and fragile as one of the glass creatures that are collected, Tennesse Williams' beguiling story of memory, The Glass Menagerie combines themes of hope, rejection, disappointment and profound sadness.
Full casting and further creative team have been revealed for a new tour of Atri Banerjee's highly acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, first seen at Royal Exchange Theatre in late 2022.
Rose Theatre and Children’s Theatre Partnership have revealed full casting and further creative team for the world premiere stage adaptation of the multi award-winning and best-selling children’s book The Boy at the Back of the Class, based on the novel by Onjali Q. Raúf, adapted by Nick Ahad and directed by Monique Touko.
Directed by Roy Alexander Weise, the project is structurally disruptive but ultimately too meandering and overlong. A narrator (Rochelle Rose) lays the tropes bare with bitter observations. She amplifies the intentional faux pas, but the framework gets a bit stodgy by the second round of narrative repetition.
The English language premiere of Farewell Mister Haffman at Theatre Royal Bath’s intimate Ustinov studio is the most gripping, funny and startling play you’re likely to see this year.
The Almeida Theatre has announced the full cast for Carrie Cracknell’s production of Marina Carr’s Portia Coughlan.
The full cast for Kimber Lee's untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play directed by Royal Exchange Joint Artistic Director Roy Alexander Weise has been announced by Royal Exchange Theatre, Factory International on behalf of Manchester International Festival, Young Vic Theatre and Headlong.
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