The Unicorn Theatre has revealed seven productions to mark 20 years on Tooley Street. This season includes five World Premieres: a landmark partnership with the National Theatre to engage children across the UK and more.
Unicorn Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company will present A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, featuring a newly announced cast. Learn more about the show here!
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has announced Drew McOnie's second season, opening with the world premiere of Sherlock Holmes, a new mystery by Joel Horwood. Learn more here!
At Theatre Royal Winchester this holiday season, Play to the Crowd is bringing one of the classic pantomimes, Puss in Boots, to life in a pawsome new production, written and directed by Robin Belfield. Audiences join Puss (Bekah Selina), who must not only battle the evil Fluella Frostbite (Emma Fenney) but also train a clumsy young boy named Colin (Liam Watson) to become the hero who will save the day.
The shortlist has been announced for the 2025 Black British Theatre Awards. The ceremony will take place next month at London's Piccadilly Theatre. Check out the full list here!
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is August 21, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
‘This is Illyria,’ bellows the sea captain conveying the shipwrecked Viola to shore, in what is surely one of Shakespeare’s most straightforward opening lines. In Robin Belfield’s new production, that triumphant declaration serves as an introduction not just to Twelfth Night’s fictional Balkan setting, but also to the rich visual universe Belfield has conjured up onstage.
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.
Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the cast of Twelfth Night or What You Will, directed by Robin Belfield (Princess Essex, 2024). Shakespeare’s tragicomedy runs from 8 August – 25 October in the Globe Theatre.
For the first time, the Royal Shakespeare Company is joining forces with the Unicorn Theatre on a new co-production of Shakespeare's riotous tale of mischief, magic and mayhem; A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Shakespeare’s Globe has announced its Summer Season, running from April – October 2025. Learn more about the full upcoming lineup here!
See what the critics are saying about Princess Essex, directed by Robin Belfield, written by and starring Anne Odeke at Shakespeare's Globe. Read the reviews and learn more about the production.
“Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside…” Anne Odeke’s play about the first woman of colour to enter a beauty pageant in the UK is a celebration of a bit of Essex’s history that has previously flown under the radar, as well as an interrogation of the effect of empire and patriarchy on the individual. That may sound heavy, but there is a deftness of touch that ensures the production is entertaining as well as thought-provoking.
Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of Princess Essex, directed by Robin Belfield (Twelfth Night, RSC), written by and starring Anne Odeke (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Globe).
Artistic Director Rachel Bagshaw has announced further plans for autumn and beyond at the Unicorn Theatre, the UK's leading theatre for young audiences.
Arts funding has never been more threatened at a time when it's never been more needed
Shakespeare’s Globe has announced its Summer Season, running from April – October 2024. Learn more about the full season here!
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) will perform an adrenaline-charged, 90-minute adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in school halls and theatres around the country this year. The 12-week tour across the English regions will perform in more areas this year thanks to a touring grant from Arts Council England.*
On Sunday 25 June, Shakespeare’s Globe will host ‘Moving Stories’ in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in support of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The event will include sketches, short plays and songs examining the experiences of refugees, and responses to the crisis.
In the week that the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new season opens in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Company today released further details of its 2022 activity including three new Shakespeare productions that speak directly to our world today, the launch of TikTok Tickets, plus details of how people can participate in 37 Plays: a nationwide search to write the stories of today co-created in partnership with the RSC’s network of 12 regional theatre partners, over 200 Associate Schools and freelance artists who together form the Royal Shakespeare Community.
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