Iqbal Khan News

The Lucille Lortel Theatre has announced new artistic programming that deepens the historic theater's impact on the Off-Broadway community and the field nationally. Learn more here!

The cast and creative team have been announced for New Wolsey Theatre and Salisbury Playhouse’s major new revival of Don’t Look Now, which will play New Wolsey Theatre from 9 - 25 October and Salisbury Playhouse from 29 October - 15 November.

Must-see new play based on Sathnam Sanghera's novel about a Sikh immigrant family and the tension between seeking success while trying to hold onto older traditional values.

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Birmingham Rep have announced cast and creatives for their upcoming co-production of Marriage Material which runs at Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Birmingham Rep.

Classics like Animal Farm are tough to stage, partly because they’re produced so often. To make a lasting impact, a production needs to bring something truly exciting and relevant to the table. Unfortunately, this production never fully justifies why this adaptation, and why now?

Graeae, the UK’s national theatre for Disabled people, is to host an inclusive New Writing Festival. The two day event will showcase the incredible diversity of storytelling within the Disabled writing community.

Shahid Iqbal Khan’s Olivier Award-nominated play 10 Nights is touring the UK and will come to Birmingham next month. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

Shahid Iqbal Khan’s Olivier Award-nominated play 10 Nights will embark on tour, which will open at Riverside Studios in January. Learn more about the upcoming tour here!

Joe Murphy has been announced as the new Artistic Director of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Learn more about Joe Murphy and the Birmingham Repertory Theatre here!

Details have been announced for the creative programme at Riverside Studios for this Christmas season, which includes five theatre productions, festive events and cinema.

2025 marks the 130th birthday of the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and the theatre has announced its new season of work that showcases the bold, original storytelling that has kept this Frank Matcham auditorium at the heart of West London and UK theatre for over a century.

Award-winning comedian Seann Walsh, Chris Harper (Call the Midwife, Coronation Street) and Aden Gillett (The Crown, The House of Elliot) will star in a brand-new production of Yasmina Reza's fiendishly clever and hilariously funny play ART.

The Royal Theatrical Support Trust (RTST) and the Octagon Theatre Bolton have announced that the 2024 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award Scheme is now open for entries.

The Lowry in Salford announces its Autumn/Winter 2024 Contemporary Theatre Season featuring innovative performances and dynamic storytelling. Discover the latest in contemporary theatre at The Lowry.

“Old friends in the morning, then wanting us dead in the afternoon”, says one of the men in Silence, repeating the line over and over. Decades after the event, he still can’t understand the speed at which hate and violence ignited in the wake of the 1947 Partition of India.

This year Paines Plough celebrates 50 years. The company has commissioned over 500 writers and developed and produced more than 400 plays since its inception in 1974. Learn more about the upcoming shows here!

Tara Theatre has announced the full cast for the UK tour of Silence. Iqbal Khan will direct Tia Dutt, Alexandra D’sa, Aaron Gill, Mamta Kash, Asif Khan, alongside Bhasker Patel who returns to the production.

Tara Theatre has announced that the late Abdul Shayek's production of Silence will tour the UK to Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, Curve Theatre Leicester, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and HOME, Manchester in Spring 2024.

The Royal Court Theatre announced the launch of Living Archive, their first ever standalone online archive. The digital archive holds information on every play which has ever been presented on the Royal Court stages from when it opened its doors in 1956 to the present day, totalling almost 2000 works by over 1000 writers. 

Phizzical Productions has announced the UK tour of Shahid Iqbal Khan's Olivier nominated play, 10 Nights! Audiences from four cities get to experience one man's spiritual journey of self-discovery after he decides to participate in Iʿtikāf - the Islamic practice  of a staying in a mosque and fasting for the last ten nights of Ramadan.