Kenneth Branagh has returned to Stratford-upon-Avon to tread the boards of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, where we last saw him 33 years ago as the Prince of Denmark directed by Adrian Noble. This time around, Branagh takes on Shakespeare’s swan song under Richard Eyre. He gets to tick Prospero off his Shakespearean to-do list, and we get to watch another project where the actor-director-writer-producer sticks out like a sore thumb. Eyre struggles to keep Branagh under control.
His Majesty King Charles III joined audiences at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon for a performance of The Tempest directed by Sir Richard Eyre and starring Sir Kenneth Branagh.
Jermyn Street Theatre has unveiled its 2026 Autumn season. The season opens with the UK premiere of Tony and Olivier-award winner Simon Stephens’ new play A Slow Fire.
Laura Linney will star in the world premiere of Montauk by David Hare and directed by Daniel Sullivan at Manhattan Theatre Club. The production will open on Broadway at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in Spring 2027.
Full casting has been announced for the RSC's forthcoming production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, directed by Richard Eyre marking his first time directing in Stratford-upon-Avon.
With Richard Eyre's new adaptation of August Strindberg's Dance of Death currently running at the venue, Orange Tree Theatre has announced further programming for 2026. Learn more here!
Orange Tree Theatre is presenting Richard Eyre’s new adaptation of August Strindberg’s Dance of Death. See what the critics are saying about the production in BroadwayWorld's review roundup!
Hatred, desolation and disappointment run deep through August Strindberg's Dance of Death. Marriage is a prison from which the only escape is death. With Valentine's Day rapidly approaching, director Richard Eyre's adaptation may remind you that your other half isn't quite so bad after all.
Orange Tree Theatre has released rehearsal photographs for two upcoming productions: Richard Eyre’s new adaptation of August Strindberg’s Dance of Death.
The Octagon Theatre, Bolton has announced that its Christmas show for 2026-27 will be Cinderella: A Fairy Tale, opening on Friday 20 November 2026. Learn more here!
Opera as a whole may be too reliant on museum pieces, on endless identikit revivals designed to secure bums on seats. But in the case of Richard Eyre’s 1994 La traviata, the old adage might be true: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Orange Tree Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for Richard Eyre’s new adaptation of August Strindberg’s Dance of Death, as well as Nicholas Wright’s Vincent in Brixton.
Kenneth Branagh and Helen Hunt will be starring in upcoming productions at The Royal Shakespeare Company. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!
British theatre icons Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, and Sir Derek Jacobi have joined forces in a new campaign film championing the ambitious redevelopment of The Arts Theatre Cambridge, one of the region’s most historic and influential cultural venues.
Lyn Paul will join the UK and Ireland tour of MARY POPPINS, as Bird Woman from Tuesday 18 November 2025. Lyn joins the company in Milton Keynes Theatre.
Orange Tree Theatre (OT) has unveiled its 2025–2026 season, marking a year of world premières, major revivals, and landmark reinterpretations of classic texts.
Laura Linney is set to star alongside Kevin Kline and Jon Tenney in American Classic, the upcoming half-hour theater-themed series from co-creators Michael Hoffman and Bob Martin.
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre has announced the cast and crew for its upcoming production of Relatively Speaking, by Alan Ayckbourn at the Bramble Arts Loft.
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.
