The Watermill Theatre in Newbury will present a season of productions including returns of THE WIPERS TIMES and JERUSALEM, a new CAROUSEL revival, and world premieres of ENIGMA and a BEAUTY AND THE BEAST adaptation.
Vineyard Theatre named Nigerian American playwright Onyekachi Iwu as the recipient of the 2026-2027 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, which includes a cash prize and yearlong residency.
Morna Young's After Party will return to Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, with a cast led by Alison Peebles and directed by Katie Posner for Paines Plough and the Traverse Theatre.
With biting wit and unexpected tenderness, After Party by award-winning Scottish playwright Morna Young is a bold, life-affirming story about a life-ending decision.
Paines Plough announced the lineup for COME TO WHERE I AM, a new writing showcase at Shedinburgh during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, featuring monologues by Uma Nada-Rajah, Hannah Lavery, and Linda McLean.
The Traverse Theatre, Paines Plough, and the Belgrade Theatre announced the full cast and creative team for AFTER PARTY, Morna Young's new play directed by Katie Posner, featuring a nine-member cast.
Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre announced TRAVFEST26, its annual August new writing festival, featuring world premieres including CATHY starring Elaine C.
Paines Plough has been awarded a £750,000 Creative Foundations Fund grant from Arts Council England to renovate ROUNDABOUT, its pop-up, in-the-round touring theatre, which has reached over 150,000 people across the UK since 2014.
Sapling by Georgina Duncan has won the Women’s Prize for Playwriting, selected from a record number of submissions.
Taking place on Saturday 7 March 2026 at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, the one-day event is a celebration of new writing, and an exploration of its future, with writers across the country.
The Women’s Prize for Playwriting - produced by Ellie Keel Productions and Paines Plough - today announces the five finalist scripts for its 2025 Award, selected from a record-breaking 1,275 submissions.
The trustees and chair of Stockroom, formerly Out of Joint, have announced the theatre company's formal closure.
The Women's Prize for Playwriting - produced by Ellie Keel Productions and Paines Plough - has announced the 41 longlisted scripts for its 2025 award, selected from a record-breaking 1,275 submissions.
New production images have been releasedfor Karis Kelly’s dark comedy Consumed, a co-production with Belgrade Theatre, Sheffield Theatres and the Women’s Prize for Playwriting.
Leeds Playhouse has revealed a medley of productions running from Autumn/Winter 2025-26 including a striking new production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Paines Plough has announced the full cast and creative team for Karis Kelly's dark comedy Consumed, a co-production with Belgrade Theatre, Sheffield Theatres and the Women's Prize for Playwriting, in association with the Lyric Theatre Belfast.
Paines Plough has announced the appointment of Claire Simpson who will take on the role of Executive Director in August this year, with Lilli Geissendorfer joining the company until then as Interim Executive Director.
Looking at the rise and fall of two powerful Chinese women through the vague lens of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House probably sounded good on paper.
Kiln Theatre in association with Paines Plough is presenting the upcoming world premiere of Shanghai Dolls by Amy Ng.
Kiln Theatre in association with Paines Plough has announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Shanghai Dolls by Amy Ng, directed by Joint Artistic Director of Paines Plough Katie Posner.
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