Matthew Dunster News

Ultimately, A Child of Science offers a vivid portrayal of the intersection between scientific pursuit and human longing. It’s a testament to the extraordinary efforts behind ordinary miracles. And how the path to creating life can be as intricate and moving as the lives it aims to bring into the world.

Lionsgate will return to the world of Panem with the major motion picture adaptation of the next book in the franchise, Suzanne Collins's highly anticipated Hunger Games novel Sunrise on the Reaping. The film will be released in theaters in North America beginning on November 20, 2026.

The cast of 2:22 A GHOST STORY visited Ordsall Hall, one of Salford's most haunted buildings, to mark the play's arrival in the region. Learn more about 2:22 A Ghost Story and see how to purchase tickets.

Orange Tree Theatre has announced the full cast for the UK première of Lucas Hnath’s Red Speedo directed by Matthew Dunster.

All new production photos have been released marking return of 2:22 - A Ghost Story to London’s West End. Donna Air will play Lauren and Joe McFadden will play Sam; Stacey Dooley will play Jenny, in her stage debut, and James Buckley reprises the role of Ben.

Tom Greaves will make his comedy debut with the one-man show FUDGEY at Assembly Festival 2024 during EdFringe.

With a month to go before the world premiere production of Gareth Farr’s new play A Child of Science, directed by Matthew Dunster, all new rehearsal photos have been released. Check out the photos here!

All new rehearsal photos have been released for the return of 2:22 - A Ghost Story to London’s West End later this month. Check out the photos here!

Lily Allen will star as Hedda Gabler, one of theatre’s most irresistible heroines, in a thrilling new version of Ibsen’s masterpiece which will open at Theatre Royal Bath’s Ustinov Studio from Friday 25 July – Saturday 23 August 2025. 

The final two cast members have been announced for the return of 2:22 - A Ghost Story to London's West End later this month. Donna Air will play Lauren and Joe McFadden will play Sam, joining Stacey Dooley as Jenny, in her stage debut, and James Buckley reprising the role of Ben.

Initial casting has been announced for the return of 2:22 - A Ghost Story to London’s West End. The cast will be led by Stacey Dooley and James Buckley.

2:22 - A Ghost Story will return to London's West End. Running for a strictly limited 10-week season at the Gielgud Theatre, where the second cast of the show performed in 2020/21.

Bristol Old Vic has announced the full cast for their world premiere production of Gareth Farr’s new play A Child of Science, telling the pioneering story of Robert Edwards, Patrick Steptoe and Jean Purdy’s creation of IVF, and the army of women whose bravery helped them achieve the impossible.

Orange Tree Theatre has announced Finn Cole, known for his roles in Peaky Blinders and Animal Kingdom, will make his professional stage debut playing Ray in the European première of Lucas Hnath's Red Speedo directed by Matthew Dunster.

All new production images have been released from the UK tour of Danny Robins’ thriller 2:22 - A Ghost Story. Check out the photos here!

Matthew Dunster’s production of The Homecoming promises a “refocusing” of Pinter’s 1965 classic. I’m not sure what that is supposed to mean, but in reality it translates to a plastic production defanged of its guttural animal instincts and brutal bite. If you squint, you can make out Pinter’s genius, it’s sabre sliced cross-section of gendered power dynamics is just about detectable through the smoky haze.

Production images have been released for Harold Pinter’s powerful masterpiece The Homecoming starring Jared Harris, Joe Cole, Lisa Diveney, Robert Emms, David Angland and Nicolas Tennant. See the first look photos here.

Photos have been released of Matthew Dunster's new version of Harold Pinter’s powerful masterpiece, The Homecoming at the Young Vic.

The new cast has been revealed for the UK tour of Danny Robins' edge-of-your-seat, supernatural thriller 2:22 - A Ghost Story. Find out who is starring in the show here!

The first-ever live stage adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ internationally acclaimed novel “The Hunger Games” and Lionsgate’s worldwide box office phenomenon THE HUNGER GAMES will make its debut in London in Autumn 2024.