Louise Young News

Ideas of belonging, identity and journeys of many kinds underpin this year’s IF: Milton Keynes International Festival, showing how shared history can both bring us together and point to a different future.

Paulus 'The Cabaret Geek', the writer and performer of the current hit touring show Looking For Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood and an Ambassador for the charity Cabaret vs Cancer, is combining his two passions by organising his National Two Soups Day fundraiser on Thursday 20 April, which will be the seventh anniversary of Victoria Wood's death.  

Looking For Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood, a celebration of the music of the late comedy genius and national treasure, has extended its current tour to play throughout 2023. 

The Garden Theatre Festival is back in Bath for its third triumphant year. Tickets go on sale from 5pm on Thursday 30th March, with a 10% discount for the first 100 tickets for all shows until 10th April (Easter Monday) - so get your tickets now!

The second Edinburgh Fringe announcement for the Pleasance Theatre Trust is a whopper with returning award-winning acts, amazing newcomers, European sensations, shows with fun for all the family and political chatterings.

Adelaide Cabaret Festival has gone all out, with the biggest and brightest performers announced today, as Adelaide’s favourite winter festival gets set to sizzle when it celebrates Adelaide Festival Centre’s 50th Anniversary in June.

Following his acclaimed residency at the King's Head Theatre in summer 2022, Mark Farrelly (Howerd’s End) returns with his double bill of solo masterpieces Jarman and Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope at Wilton’s Music Hall this March.

Improv royalty Yes Queens are heading to King’s Head Theatre for a new residency, with tickets now on sale for all dates up to April.  Some of the best comedy-improvisers in the UK, the Yes Queens will star at London’s oldest pub theatre on the last Saturday of every month, for what promise to be stellar nights of raucous fun and ingenious invention. 

Looking For Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood, writer and performer Paulus's celebration of the music of the late comedy genius and national treasure, is extending its tour of theatres and cabaret venues, with shows now on sale until May 2023. 

Fane, the independent programmer of Crazy Coqs at Brasserie Zédel in Piccadilly, has announced that after six very happy years programming the venue, they will be passing on the programming baton at the end of 2022.

Cahoots Theatre Company presents the 2022/23 national tour of Looking For Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood, a nostalgic hour of entertainment celebrating the music of the late comedy genius and national treasure. 

The acclaimed Broadway Sings tribute series has announced the lineup for its next concert experience, Broadway Sings Beyoncé. On August 27 at 7:30pm, a cast of Broadway stars including Nkeki Obi-Melekwe (Tina), Nick Rashad Burroughs (Kinky Boots) and Samantha Williams (Caroline, Or Change), will belt out original arrangements of the hits of the pop superstar Beyoncé, accompanied by a 14-piece orchestra at the downtown music venue (le) Poisson Rouge.

Manchester's acclaimed new venue, Sonata Piano & Cabaret Lounge, will host an array of theatre and cabaret stars in the coming weeks, showcasing everything from classic cabaret repertoire to brand new immersive theatre.

What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITHOUT KATE BUSH at Assembly George Square Gardens?

Artistic Director Mark Ravenhill and the whole team at the King’s Head Theatre have announced details of BOYS! BOYS! BOYS!, the summer season of writer/performer plays running in rep from 2 August to 10 September.

Russell Lucas chats to BroadwayWorld about his unique perspective on theatre in the UK, his drive to write his new book, and the future of the term “theatremaker”.

Following the success of last summer’s spectacular event, Bath’s Garden Theatre Festival is back in Bath for the second year running. 

BWW reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top Cabaret highlights in the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme.

Following on from the success of its recent four day Pride Festival, Trafford is delighted to announce the line up for its annual ten day summer arts festival at its award-winning venue Waterside.

After sold-out shows in NYC last fall (and 2+ years after a star-studded week-long London residency) the award-winning, internationally acclaimed, completely improvised night of music and comedy returns to the Birdland Theater for one night only... and then moves on to London for two shows at The Crazy Coqs.