Peter Hall News

Fifty years after Sir Peter Hall turned Ronald Blythe's best-known work Akenfield into a film, his daughter Jenny Hall will be directing the landmark work on rural Suffolk as a stage production.

After their announcement in 2024, the RSC's Writers-in-Residence Zoe Cooper and Stewart Pringle have launched the first COHORT programme for playwrights. 

Foolish is a lightning bolt of a play - a fierce, addictive new drama that throws you headfirst into the chaos of a love story caught between desire and pressure.

The full cast has been announced for the upcoming revival production of Noël Coward's Private Lives, which will be directed by 2024 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award Winner Tanuja Amarasuriya.

The Royal Theatrical Support Trust (RTST) and Mercury Theatre, Colchester have announced that the 2025 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award Scheme is now open for entries.

Following the critically acclaimed and sold-out success of Sanaz Toossi’s Wish You Were Here, the Gate will stage David Finnigan’s formally inventive Scenes from the Climate Era at The Playground Theatre in Autumn.

It is without doubt that the plays that we attribute to Shakespeare are genius. They examine what it is to be a human and have survived centuries and multiple adaptations precisely because of this fact: love, jealousy, hatred and grief are all the same regardless of whether your father was a Duke from Verona or a Welsh coal miner. 

Amanda Fawcett Productions Ltd and Bristol Old Vic have announced that the cast for DELAY will star Jyuddah Jaymes in the lead role of LIN. Learn more here!

The Olivier Awards 2025 were held at the Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter. We have the full list of winners here!

Established in 1976, the Olivier Awards celebrate the world-class status of London theatre, and are Britain’s most prestigious stage honours. Leading the way this year is Tom Scutt's Fiddler on the Roof which matches Hamilton's record-breaking 13 nominations, represented in every acting and creative category.

The nominations have been announced for the Olivier Awards 2025. Among the nominees are Fiddler on the Roof, Giants, and The Years. Check out the full list of nominees here!

The Mercury Theatre in Colchester has announced plans for their 2025 season including Essex playwright Emma Jo Pallett's debut full-length play Flumps, a revival of Noël Coward's Private Lives.

The cast has been announced for the London première of Jean-Philippe Daguerre's Farewell Mister Haffmann adapted by Jeremy Sams. Learn more about the show here!

Julien's Auctions and Turner Classic Movies has concluded its year-end blockbuster event A WEEK OF HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS. Learn more about the sales here!

BroadwayWorld is sad to report that Timothy Lancaster West, CBE, stage and screen actor, has died at age 90. Read the full obituary for Timothy West here.

After its excellent recent revival at Stratford East, there is clearly still public and creative appetite for Mike Leigh's savage suburban comedy, Abigail's Party, now ending another national tour at the Rose Theatre in some style.

The North American tour of Shucked has officially launched, kicking off in Providence, RI in October 2024. Read the reviews so far for Shucked on tour here!

Jeffrey Horowitz, Founder of Theatre for a New Audience, having led and grown the not-for-profit organization since 1979, will retire on August 31, 2025, at the end of TFANA's just-announced season of Shakespeare alongside plays by classical and contemporary playwrights.

The cast has been announced for the UK tour of the stage adaptation of Floella Benjamin’s much-loved and award-winning book, Coming to England. This vibrant and energetic new play with music from Nicoll Entertainment and MAST Mayflower Studios tells Floella’s personal story of moving to England in the 1960s at the age of 10.

In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, the first London production since 1927 of Sidney Howard’s The Silver Cord will open at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 3 September 2024.