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MyAnna Buring and Patrick Kennedy lead the UK premiere of Sarah Ruhl's romantic comedy STAGE KISS at Hampstead Theatre, directed by Blanche McIntyre, running May 8 to June 13.

The OffWestEnd Awards (Offies) have revealed their 2026 nominations, highlighting the best in independent theatre. The awards showcase a range of emerging and established talent in the Off-West End scene.

San Francisco Opera's new production of Richard Wagner's PARSIFAL runs from October 25 through November 13 on the War Memorial Opera House stage, and the production released photos.

As part of San Francisco Opera's 103rd season, Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim conducts Richard Wagner’s Parsifal from October 25 through November 13.

For nearly half a century the Opera Theatre of St. Louis has been bringing quite glorious opera to our fair city.  It just opened its semicentennial season with a brilliant and lively production of Die Fledermaus, by Johann Strauss II. 

The company and band for Cry-Baby, The Musical played together for the first time at their Sitzprobe this week, as seen in a new video released by Arcola Theatre.

Arcola Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for its upcoming production of Cry-Baby, The Musical. The 17-strong cast is the largest ensemble for a production in the theatre’s history.

Eliane Astor-De Merode and Simon de Merode of Historalia Productions have announced the world premiere of Anne Boleyn the Musical, debuting at Hever Castle, Anne Boleyn’s childhood home. 

Check out photos from San Francisco Opera's production of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde here!

San Francisco Opera will present Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde) from October 19–November 5 under the baton of Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim who leads this monumental work for the first time.

Get a first look at LA Opera's production of Giuseppe Verdi's beloved romantic tragedy, La Traviata, starring soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen - now on stage through April 27th, 2024.

The full cast has been announced for the RSC's forthcoming production of Shakespeare's suburban comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor.  Directed by Blanche McIntyre, the show runs in repertoire in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon between 5 June – 7 September.  

The 2024–25 Season includes six mainstage opera productions along with concert presentations including a one-night-only performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, honoring the work's 200th anniversary and, in the summer of 2025, a special Pride Concert celebrating San Francisco's LGBTQIA+ community.

The final production of San Francisco Opera’s 2023 Fall Season marks the return Gaetano Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love (L’Elisir d’Amore) for a six-performance run at the War Memorial Opera House opening tonight, November 19. Check out production photos here!

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) 2022 production of All’s Well That Ends Well will be broadcast on Sky Arts (Freeview Channel 11) on Monday 3 July at 8pm.

1923 comes to Zorlu PSM this month. Performances run 24 April - 24 May, 2023. The four friends who disappeared during the school trip to the War of Independence Museum suddenly find themselves on the Bandırma Ferry, where Mustafa Kemal started the National Struggle.

Kurtuluş Savaşı Müzesi’ne yapılan okul gezisi sırasında ortadan kaybolan dört arkadaş, kendilerini bir anda Mustafa Kemal’in Millî Mücadele’yi başlattığı Bandırma Vapuru’nda bulurlar.

San Francisco Opera has announced details for the Company’s 101st season, which opens September 8, 2023. See production details, how to purchase tickets and more!

Check out photos from San Francisco Opera's La Traviata! San Francisco Opera presents Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata conducted by Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim in a new staging by director Shawna Lucey.

For one night only, San Francisco Opera invites audiences to experience the romance, drama and passion of Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata in a new and unforgettable way. The Traviata Encounter will immerse guests in the seductive world of the opera and one of the art form's greatest characters, Violetta Valéry, based on an actual person, Marie Duplessis, who was a courtesan in 19th-century Paris.