Menier Chocolate Factory News

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Theatre Royal Bath Productions has released a first look at production photography for the UK tour and West End transfer of the critically acclaimed Theatre Royal Stratford East production of Abigail’s Party. Check out the photos!

Ticket sales to the West End revival of Sunday in the Park With George, starring Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey, have been delayed. As of June, performances are still slated to begin at the Barbican Centre in summer 2027.

West End star Lucie Jones will return to reprise the role of Jenna in the UK and Ireland tour of the smash hit romantic musical comedy WAITRESS, playing King's Theatre, Glasgow, Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield and Lowry, Salford..

The RSC and Factory International production blending Shakespeare's Hamlet with Radiohead's album, co-created by Thom Yorke, Steven Hoggett, and Christine Jones, will run at the Barbican Theatre following sold-out runs.

TRUNK SONGS, a new musical travelogue by Maria DiFabbio, follows a musician's solo drive through Appalachia, drawing parallels with trailblazing historical women. The show runs at Greenside, Riddle's Court.

THE PRODUCERS at London's Garrick Theatre will offer 100 tickets at £19.26 to mark Mel Brooks' upcoming 100th birthday, honoring his 1926 birth year, with Andy Nyman starring as Max Bialystock.

PUBLIC – THE MUSICAL is currently playing at Curve Theatre in Leicester. The production follows four strangers trapped inside a public toilet and features a cast led by Grace Towning, Matt Corner, Ivano Turco, and Cole Dennis. Check out photos from the production below.

There is exactly one joke in Peter Shaffer's 1965 farce: when the lights come on, the characters are in the dark. Everything else — the borrowed furniture, the hapless sculptor, the stern colonel, the ex-girlfriend arriving at the worst possible moment — is just escalation.

Mike Leigh's black comedy ABIGAIL'S PARTY, directed by Nadia Fall, will transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre following its Theatre Royal Stratford East run, with Tamzin Outhwaite and Kevin Bishop leading the cast.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 20, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

It's nearly twenty years since Daniel Radcliffe first tried to throw off the Harry Potter shackles in the 2007 version of Peter Shaffer’s 1973 play Equus. Now director Lindsay Posner has revived Shaffer's deeply traumatic story about the fluctuating relationship between a psychiatrist, Dr Dysart, and a teenage boy, Alan Strang. Featuring a remarkable cast and exquisite visuals, this is one not to be missed.

All new production photos have been released from Equus which is currently in previews at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Learn more about the show and check out the photos here!

Charlie Brooks and Joe McFadden will play Chris' parents in a new UK tour of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, opening at Birmingham Rep before touring nationally.

Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham are starring and executive producing Ride or Die, a new action comedy series. Take a look at new photos from the series, which will debut all eight episodes on July 15.

Cabaret-circus-champagne extravaganza Sabrage has been refreshed just in time to lift our hearts in this sorry hour. Wars continue in the Middle East despite claims of a “ceasefire”. Fuel and food prices are heading north for the summer. Fascism leers openly on both sides of the Atlantic. The thirteenth season of Love Island is launching in less than a month. These are desperate times which force one to look deep into one’s soul and quietly ask: what kind of world are we leaving to Cher?

The full cast has been announced for the UK tour of 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL, led by Jessica Martin as Roz and Tim Rogers as Hart, with the production marking Landmark Theatres' first in-house national tour.

Menier Chocolate Factory and Strut & Fret announced a new cast for SABRAGE, the circus-cabaret production at Lafayette London, with Jarnéia Richard-Noel and Alex Makardish joining returning cast members.

Lucille Lortel Theatre to host memorial for stage director Mark Brokaw. Featuring appearances by Douglas Carter Beane, Santino Fontana, Robyn Goodman, David Grimm, Kenneth Lonergan, Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Pinkleton, Amy Ryan, and Paula Vogel.

Stratford East announced full casting for THE HARDER THEY COME, the reggae musical adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks, returning for a new run with Natey Jones reprising his role as Ivan.