The Royal Court Theatre announced six winners of its Young Playwrights Award 2026, the first cohort since the programme expanded nationwide. The winning plays will be performed as rehearsed readings at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs and published by Nick Hern Books.
Nina Segal's SHOOTING HEDDA GABLER, directed by Zoë Hollyoak, comes to Sydney's Seymour Centre from Secret House, exploring celebrity culture and abuses of power through a reimagining of Ibsen's classic.
Rose Theatre announced FRANKENSTEIN, a new adaptation written and directed by Jeff James after Mary Shelley's classic novel, in a co-production with Leeds Playhouse as part of Tom Wright's inaugural season as Artistic Director.
Polka Theatre announced details of its 2026 Polka Playwriting Award, the only prize of its kind dedicated to original theatre for audiences aged 7–13, with submissions open and free online masterclasses planned.
The Royal Court Theatre has announced that two of their productions directed by Katie Mitchell will transfer to Berlin's Schaubühne in April 2026 as part of FIND, Europe's foremost international festival of contemporary theatre.
Have you ever wished to have the same auditory experience as a deer? Or maybe a cow? Now you can. Katie Mitchell partners with playwright Nina Segal and sonic artist Melanie Wilson to explore the world from the eyes – or, more accurately, ears – of the titular animals. It’s a crude reproduction of a day in their lives that de-centres humans from its narrative altogether. Cow | Deer is entirely wordless, unique in its genre and unlike anything you’ll see on a main stage. The leaflets handed out before the start encourage the audience to close their eyes and relax while they listen to “moments of a summer day in England”. You could do that, but you’d be missing all the fun of seeing live foley artistry.
The Royal Court Theatre has revealed the cast for Cow I Deer, a one-of-a-kind collaboration between Katie Mitchell, Nina Segal and Melanie Wilson. See who is starring and learn more!
The Royal Court Theatre will present six productions running from May to December, to complete Artistic Director David Byrne’s 2025 programme. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
The finalists for the OffWestEnd Awards (Offies) have been announced, as the UK’s foremost awards for independent theatre mark their 15th anniversary. Learn more here!
The Yard Theatre has announced the final production in its current home. Founder and Artistic Director Jay Miller will direct a new production of The Glass Menagerie, opening in February.
Following an extensive national open call-out, the Royal Court Theatre has today announced that Ishy Din (Approaching Empty) and Beth Flintoff (Henry I) will complete the team of Associate Playwrights at the Royal Court, announced earlier this year.
Cutting the Tightrope; a collection of short political plays in response to warnings that artists shouldn't be political will be performed at the Arcola Theatre from 26th November - 7th December 2024
Cast announced for CUTTING THE TIGHTROPE: THE DIVORCE OF POLITICS FROM ART.
David Byrne, Artistic Director of the Royal Court, has announced that Mike Bartlett (Love, Love, Love), Ryan Calais Cameron (For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy), Vinay Patel (An Adventure) and Nina Segal (Shooting Hedda Gabler) will join the Royal Court as Associate Playwrights, alongside Gillian Greer (Boy Parts) as Associate Playwright and Dramaturg who joined the organisation earlier in this year.
A series of rapid political responses, Cutting the Tightrope: the divorce of Politics from Art brings together award-winning playwrights with radically different voices to form an urgent response to the creeping repression of the arts.
Robert Hastie has announced his final season at Sheffield Theatres, as he steps down after eight years as Artistic Director. New productions will be running from summer 2024 to spring 2025 in the Crucible Theatre and Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse. Learn more about the season lineup here!
A modern adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's tragic story of Hedda Gabler, reframed to reflect the #MeToo movement sounds both intriguing and promising. Nina Segal's version captures the claustrophobia and anguish of the original, while setting it against a very modern framework, but it suffers from a lack of pace at times.
Rose Theatre has announced full casting for the premiere of Shooting Hedda Gabler, a Rose Original Production in association with The Norwegian Ibsen Company, a new play by Nina Segal after Henrik Ibsen, directed by Jeff James. Antonia Thomas plays the role of Hedda, with Christian Rubeck as Henrik, Avi Nash as Ejlert, joined by Anna Andresenas Berta, Matilda Bailes as Thea, and Joshua James as Jørgen. The Casting Director is Sam Jones CDG.
The Unicorn Theatre has announced Justin Audibert's final season at the venue before he takes up his new role as Artistic Director at Chichester Festival Theatre. Learn more about the lineup here!
For an eighty-year-old play about the perils of capitalism and human-nature born kicking and screaming amongst the political turmoil of Weimar Germany, it neither looks nor feels like it has aged a day.
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