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The National Theatre has released rehearsal images for Nina Raine and Moses Raine’s new version of Maxim Gorky’s Summerfolk, a razor-sharp portrait of class, privilege and denial.  Check out the photos here!

The National Theatre has announced full casting for Nina Raine and Moses Raine's new version of Maxim Gorky's Summerfolk, a razor-sharp portrait of class, privilege and denial. 

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios with a 14-piece orchestra and featuring Kerry Ellis, Peter Forbes, Claire Moore, Lauren Byrne, Lucie St. Louis and more, Clockwork Christmas is an eight-song concept album for a brand-new Christmas musical.

BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO opened at the Young Vic this week, and runs through January 31 — here is what critics thought of the production in the United Kingdom.

Former Donmar Warehouse artistic director Michael Longhurst swaps war for Italian football in a new, exuberant Royal Shakespeare Theatre adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. The latest in a line of theatrical fixtures – including James Graham's award-winning Dear England and Tyrell Williams' Red Pitch ­­– this tale of returning heroes, their WAGs, rivalries and romance is sure to pull in plenty of young viewers.

Churchill in Moscow is now playing at Orange Tree Theatre. The world premiere of Howard Brenton’s gripping drama dramatises the meetings between two unpredictable titans as history teeters on a knife-edge. Read the reviews!

In 1942 Moscow a top-secret meeting occured between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin as the Nazis rampaged through Europe and into the Soviet Union. This world premiere of Howard Brenton’s play imagines the attempts at diplomacy, political clashes and eye-watering amounts of drinking that may have occured as the two men thrashed out a deal to try to save the world.

All new production photos have been released for Churchill in Moscow at Orange Tree Theatre ahead of press night this evening. Check out the photos here!

Each Friday at midday a limited number of tickets will be made available to book online and through the Box Office for the week ahead. Learn more about how to get this deal here!

Orange Tree Theatre has announced full casting for the world première of Churchill in Moscow by Howard Brenton directed by OT Artistic Director Tom Littler.

See what the critics are saying about Coriolanus at the National Theatre. Read the reviews for the production, directed by National Theatre Associate Lyndsey Turner and starring David Oyelowo, and learn more about the show.

The National Theatre has released production photos for Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, directed by National Theatre Associate Lyndsey Turner (Under Milk Wood, The Crucible) and featuring David Oyelowo (Selma, Lawmen: Bass Reeves) in the titular role, ahead of Press Night on Tuesday 24 September.

The National Theatre has released a first look from the rehearsal room of its upcoming production of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus. Check out the photos here!

The National Theatre has announced the full cast for its upcoming production of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, directed by National Theatre Associate Lyndsey Turner (Under Milk Wood, The Crucible) and featuring David Oyelowo (Selma, Lawmen: Bass Reeves) in the titular role, as rehearsals begin on the South Bank.

The National Theatre has announced two new productions for its South Bank stages this autumn: the world premiere of Tanika Gupta’s A Tupperware of Ashes in the Dorfman theatre, and a new play by Alexander Zeldin inspired by Antigone called The Other Place in the Lyttelton theatre.

Taking your family to a production of Charles’ Dickens A Christmas Carol is almost as expected as taking them to your local pantomime with at least three major productions running this year alone. No stranger to reinterpreting classic works, Mark Gattis’ (Sherlock, Dracula, Dr Who) 2021 production returns to haunt the Alexandra Palace this festive season.

Mark Gatiss's acclaimed retelling of Dickens' winter ghost story returns to the hauntingly atmospheric Alexandra Palace with a brilliant new cast. Star of stage and screen Keith Allen (Shallow Grave, Robin Hood, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, The Pembrokeshire Murders, The Homecoming) will play the role of Scrooge with Peter Forbes (Follies) as Marley. 

The nights may be getting longer and darker, but the West End is bright with fabulous new productions this November.

Mark Gatiss' acclaimed retelling of Dickens' winter ghost story returns to the hauntingly atmospheric Alexandra Palace with a brilliant new cast. Star of stage and screen Keith Allen (Shallow Grave, Robin Hood, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, The Pembrokeshire Murders, The Homecoming) will play the role of Scrooge with Peter Forbes (Follies) as Marley.

The nominees for this year’s UK Theatre Awards have been announced. Among those with many nominees are Lyric Theatre Belfast, Sheffield Theatres, and more. Check out the full list of nominees here!