The National Arts Centre in Ottawa announced its upcoming season, featuring new NAC Orchestra Music Director John Storgårds, dance, theatre, and performances by Bruce Cockburn, Hilary Hahn, and Zadie Smith.
Sadler's Wells announced choreographer Hofesh Shechter as the next Guest Artistic Director of National Youth Dance Company, with auditions underway across England ahead of a new production premiering next year.
The Olivier Awards has revealed eligibility for the 2026 Awards. The 50th anniversary Olivier Awards will take place at the Royal Albert Hall, with highlights to be broadcast on BBC TV and radio.
The acclaimed dance production MÁM will make its UK debut at the Birmingham Hippodrome, showcasing a blend of traditional and contemporary dance.
Brighton Dome has announced its Spring 2026 programme across dance, theatre, music, comedy, and spoken word. The season features international touring productions, new work by Brighton-based artists, family programming, and performances across all three Brighton Dome venues.
There are two firsts on this nine-venue Dance Consortium tour - it is the first time the organisation has toured a company from Ireland and it is the first UK tour of Michael Keegan-Dolan’s Olivier Award-nominated MÁM.
SMU Meadows School of the Arts has revealed that the recipient of the 2026 Meadows Award is Brian Stokes Mitchell, known for his Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award-winning performances.
Dance Consortium, the membership organisation whose mission is to bring high-quality international dance to audiences across the UK and Ireland, has announced four new members.
When a night is all about the music, and the music isn't for you, things aren't going to go smoothly. A case in point is Marking Time at Sadler’s Wells. The triple bill uses and celebrates the work of composer Nico Muhly, and features choreography by Jules Cunningham, Maud Le Pladec and Michael Keegan-Dolan.
This November, Sadler's Wells will present a triple bill of three new commissions by Jules Cunningham, Michael Keegan-Dolan and Maud Le Pladec, created in response to music by composer Nico Muhly.
It's fair to say general consensus is never work with your family, yet Amit Noy is doing the exact opposite in his piece A Big Big Room Full of Everybody's Hope. Marseille-based performer and dance maker Noy makes his Sadler’s Wells choreographic debut with the UK premiere of A Big Big Room Full of Everybody’s Hope in the Lilian Baylis Studio this October. For this production, Noy brings together three generations of his own family to explore the memory that is held between bodies and how we process trauma.
This September, Sadler’s Wells will present a month of international dance, featuring UK premieres from Associate Artists Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Michael Keegan-Dolan, International Associate Company Acosta Danza, and a return from London City Ballet, alongside acclaimed productions at the Peacock Theatre, Sadler’s Wells East, and on the international stage.
A Big Big Room Full of Everybody's Hope will run October 2 and October 3 at Lilian Baylis Studio. The show runs 50 minutes with no intermission. Tickets are on sale now.
Choreographer and Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Michael Keegan-Dolan will come to Sadler's Wells East for the first time, alongside his company Teaċ Daṁsa, for the UK premiere of How to be a Dancer in Seventy-two Thousand Easy Lessons.
Sadler's Wells has announced the appointment of Aakash Odedra as a Sadler's Wells Associate Artist. Odedra is an internationally renowned dancer and choreographer.
Celebrating its sixth revival, David McVicar’s critically acclaimed production of Faust is a spectacular success with stunning sets and costumes, a magnificent cast, and some of Gounod’s greatest music.
Sadé and Kristina Alleyne, Co-Artistic Directors of the award-winning Alleyne Dance have been appointed as the next Guest Artistic Directors of National Youth Dance Company (NYDC) for 2025/26.
Australian Dance Theatre has announced the launch of the inaugural LOFT program, which will see an unprecedented suite of opportunities for independent dance makers in South Australia and beyond.
Teaċ Daṁsa return to Sadler’s Wells with Michael Keegan-Dolan's latest work: NOBODADDY (Tríd an bpoll gan bun). The title is a dark character that features in the poems of William Blake, but the blurb confirms that Dolan's reading is one of “an ode to the peacemakers and the bringers of good things” - so in that sense what's the point? As the two aspects appear to cancel each other out.
Choreographer and Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Michael Keegan-Dolan will bring back his company Teaċ Daṁsa to Sadler's Wells Theatre from Wednesday 27 November – Saturday 30 November.
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