Original Theatre News

Experience the unexpected with Cypherbird Projects' CABARET OF THE UNEXPECTED at the Denver Fringe Festival. Learn how to purchase tickets!

A filmed version of the recent stage show David Suchet - Poirot and More: A Retrospective, featuring the Emmy Award winning and multi Olivier Award nominated actor in conversation with journalist Geoffrey Wansell, will be available exclusively from Original Theatre’s digital streaming platform Original Online.  

Reading Rep Theatre and Original Theatre have announced the full creative team and released rehearsal photos of their upcoming new production of Micheál Mac Liammóir's renowned play, The Importance of Being Oscar.

The time is near for this year's Capital Fringe Festival, the annual celebration of theatre and freedom of expression. In 2024, the Capital Fringe Festival will feature entirely original theatre, dance, and unclassifiable productions with a total of 150 cast and crew members.

A filmed version of Torben Betts' ghostly stage thriller Murder in the Dark, starring TV and stage favourites Tom Chambers and Susie Blake, and directed by Philip Franks, will be available exclusively from Original Theatre's digital streaming platform Original Online.

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Associate Artistic Director Sean Holmes (The Comedy of Errors, Globe), with Ekow Quartey and Amalia Vitale as Benedick and Beatrice.

Underbelly, New Diorama Theatre and Concord Theatricals have announced this year’s winners for the hit-making Edinburgh Untapped Award - designed to support and discover theatre makers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Award-winning actor Max Bowden, best known for the roles of Ben Mitchell in EastEnders and Justin Fitzgerald in Waterloo Road, will star as Jack Firebrace in Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks's epic story of love and loss, when it returns to the stage in a brand-new production for 2024, marking the 30th anniversary of the international best-selling novel. 

Experience the UK premiere of TR Warszawa's PIECES OF A WOMAN at Battersea Arts Centre this May. Witness a riveting performance that explores the complexities of womanhood.

Adrian Lukis who starred in the renowned BBC TV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, returns to the role of Mr Wickham in the London premiere of Being Mr Wickham, presented by Original Theatre at Jermyn Street Theatre from Wednesday 5 June to Saturday 22 June 2024.

London Classic Theatre has announced the full cast for their UK tour of Joe Orton's farce What The Butler Saw. Learn more about the cast here!

Casting has been announced for Cassie and the Lights, coming to Southwark Playhouse Borough this spring. Learn more about who is starring in the show here!

Commissioned by Original Theatre in special arrangement with The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Reading Rep Theatre, the recent critically acclaimed production of Jekyll & Hyde will be available to stream exclusively on Original Online from 22 March 2024. 

From the writer and director behind the award-winning hit Netflix film adaptation: Kata Wéber and Kornél Mundruczó, Battersea Arts Centre and The Adam Mickiewicz Institute present the UK stage premiere of TR Warszawa's Pieces of a Woman.

Join New Art City Theatre's inaugural Playwrights Festival in April 2024. Celebrate the development of new theatrical works with four carefully selected plays from nationwide submissions.

Olney Theatre Center, an official state theatre of Maryland, has begun construction on the overhaul of its 1938 Original Theatre and announced that upon completion, the venue will be renamed the Bernard Family Theatre, in recognition of a $1 million gift from philanthropist Cathy Bernard.

Barnes' People, a selection of exquisitely crafted theatrical monologues written by Peter Barnes (The Ruling Class) and performed by four of the country's leading actors, returns to Original Online's digital theatre library from Friday 23 February 2024.

Watch the flash mob performance of 'Birdsong' at King's Cross station on Valentine's Day. Get a sneak peek behind the scenes and learn about the upcoming Autumn tour of the show.

Melissa Errico brings her grace and flair to Valentine's week with love songs and tales of NYC. Birdland's songbird and love birds meet for a sweet Valentine visit at the venue as Melissa Errico and her guest chanteuse, France's Isabelle Georges, raise their voices to please the crowd.

Reading Rep Theatre and Original Theatre have announced that they will bring Micheál Mac Liammóir’s renowned play, The Importance of Being Oscar, back to the stage with a new production running at Reading Rep Theatre from 23 May - 8 June.