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Book now for the final weeks of Cruise: tickets at £25, £35 and £45 as part of London Theatre Week.

Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino directs Colm Feore in the title role of Molière's delightful satire, The Miser, beginning previews in the Festival Theatre on Tuesday, August 9, in the year of Molière's 400th birthday.

Here are some of August's most eye-catching openings. Don't forget to check back for BroadwayWorld's reviews, interviews and features.

Get tickets from £18 for Cruise. Following rave reviews, the 2022 Olivier nominated play returns to the West End for a strictly limited run.

The audience's enthusiasm for the much anticipated Stratford Festival production of HAMLET swas palpable. The opening applause may have been for a return to the Festival Theatre, but the thunderous ovation at the end was for this fresh and brilliant production led by the luminous Amaka Umeh.

CRUISE is an urgent, moving and inspirational play written and performed by Jack Holden (Ten Per Cent, Amazon Prime Video; War Horse, National Theatre), directed by Bronagh Lagan (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, UK Tour; Little Women, Park Theatre), with original music composed and performed live by John Patrick Elliott (The Little Unsaid).

A royal family crisis unfolds on stage at the Festival Theatre as Hamlet begins its run today. Making Festival history is Amaka Umeh, the first Black actor to play Hamlet at Stratford.

Legit Married, an award-winning comedy web pilot co-written by Ahsan Ali, Lisa Jill Anderson, and Stephen Brown and directed by Chelsea Gonzalez, is an official selection of Dances With Films and will have its West Coast Premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatres (6925 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles) on June 18, 2022 at 3:45pm. Tickets start at $18 and can be purchased at www.danceswithfilms.com/legit-married/.

Legit Married, an award-winning comedy pilot co-written by Ahsan Ali, Lisa Jill Anderson, and Stephen Brown and directed by Chelsea Gonzalez, is an official selection of Big Apple Film Festival and will screen as part of the Episodic & Animation Program at SVA Theatre (333 W 23rd St, NYC) on May 25, 2022 at 8:30pm.

The imminent start of the 2022 Oregon Shakespeare Festival season—Artistic Director Nataki Garrett’s first full season—marks a celebratory return to repertory producing. The 2022 lineup features eight on-stage plays and musicals, from classic Shakespeare to works by some of today’s most exciting playwrights.

February marks a new beginning at the Stratford Festival with members of the 2022 acting company set to start rehearsals. Over the coming months, these dynamic artists will immerse themselves in 10 extraordinary productions and lead the Festival into the post-pandemic future.

From Jeff Whitty, the creator of Avenue Q, and the Scissor Sister's Jake Shears and John Garden comes ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S TALES OF THE CITY, THE MUSICAL based on Armistead Maupin's landmark series of novels about San Francisco in the 70s. The presentation is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the premiere musical staging at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater in 2011.

Aria Entertainment and Lambert Jackson have announced that the world premiere of CRUISE will open at the Duchess Theatre from 18 May – 13 June 2021. Written and performed by Jack Holden (War Horse, West End; Ink, Almeida Theatre), CRUISE is an urgent, moving and inspirational new play with live music and spoken word.

stream.theatre is adding even more shows to their platform through March and April including 4 exclusive digital premieres of major new productions. For drama fans, Shane Richie stars a new revival of Scaramouche Jones by Justin Butcher, which premieres on 26 March.

Written and performed by Jack Holden (War Horse, West End; Ink, Almeida Theatre), CRUISE  is an urgent, moving and inspirational new play with live music and spoken word.

In staging a refreshed version of Pride and Prejudice, the Rep has confidently made its case that well produced drama of classic works can continue to remain relevant in the context of contemporary times.

Today the h Foundation, the charitable arm of h Club London (formerly The Hospital Club) are proud to announce the return of their festive online auction. The auction, which runs for two weeks from midday on Thursday 28th November to midnight on Thursday 12th December, raises money to fund h Foundation's three flagship programmes which help support young creatives. All money raised will be match funded by the Paul G Allen Foundation.

Following the announcement of a brand-new, free Oasis exhibition, h Club London are pleased to announce full details of this highly anticipated event. Masterplan 25 a?" Michael Spencer Jones - Iconic & Unseen Photographs of OASIS coming to h Club London in celebration of the 25th anniversary year of Oasis' debut album Definitely Maybe.

With the new Tom Patterson Theatre taking shape on the banks of the Avon River, the Stratford Festival is thrilled to announce key casting as it builds the acting company for its monumental 2020 season.

Tomorrow (29th August 2019), marks 25 years since the release of Oasis' debut album, Definitely Maybe; the fastest selling debut album in British rock history. Ahead of this musical milestone, h Club London (formerly The Hospital Club) and The Archivist's Gallery are pleased to announce a brand-new free exhibition of Oasis photography coming to h Club London's gallery. The exhibition will include never-before-seen images, allowing visitors to immerse themselves in the album artwork and give them access to behind the scenes photography and memorabilia from throughout the band's career. Masterplan 25: The Oasis Photographs runs from Friday 22nd November 2019 a?" Sunday 12th January 2020. It is a completely free of charge, non-ticketed event. There will be a press/private view on Thursday 21st November 2019.