Roly Botha News

Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu directs the UK premiere of Robert O'Hara's startlingly provocative and outrageously funny, Bootycandy, a whip-smart, high-octane, roller coaster ride about growing up black and gay.

The National Theatre is touring a new production, Shut Up, I'm Dreaming, created by physical ensemble theatre company The PappyShow to state secondary schools across the country from 9th January – 31st March 2023.  

Mark Ravenhill and the whole team at the King’s Head Theatre have announced details of the exciting new generation of theatre makers attached to the world premiere of his new play The Haunting of Susan A, which will run at the venue - London’s oldest pub theatre - from 1 – 26 June 2022 (Press Night: 6 June).

Against the backdrop of a tough London estate, as a drug dealing former lover prowls and the debt collector is at the door, two siblings come together to clear their cantankerous nan's council flat following her death. Tensions mount and old wounds that haven't quite healed open, yet the brother and sister's obvious affection for each other offers hope for the future.

The full cast for Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's time and gender shifting masterpiece Orlando has been announced today.

It was announced today that Taylor McClaine has been cast as the eponymous Orlando in acclaimed playwright, Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's time and gender shifting masterpiece to be staged at Jermyn Street Theatre this spring.

Tell Me Straight is a hilarious exploration of the world of modern dating: Grindr, miscommunication and awkward romps at the back of a cinema. Led by Paul Bradshaw, the play is a semi-autobiographical glimpse into one man's search for love in London.

Milk and Gall exposes the messy reality of new motherhood in the shadow of one of the most divisive moments in modern American history. It is a theatrically dazzling, surreal and funny new play about the overnight birth of two screaming tyrants, and the shattered identity left in their wake.

Following a highly acclaimed digital launch in 2020, SNOWFLAKE will premiere in a semi staged concert production as part of the Lowry’s REWRITES festival, produced by MPTheatricals in association with Grey Area Theatre. Check out a first look at the show in rehearsals, photographed by Danny Kaan.

DEM Productions presents the live stream premiere of  Brother by Robin Simões da Silva and Annabel Mutale Reed. Directed by Tom Jackson Greaves. 

In celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month, MPTheatricals present an evening exploring queer history through a series of brand new songs.

New British LGBTQ+ Musical The Phase by Zoe Morris & Meg McGrady releases a video of their song The Sex Talk.

MTPRIDE is collaborating with ALP Musicals to present SIGNAL x MTPRIDE, a concert of queer artist driven new musical theatre.

MTPRIDE begins tonight with an evening of reimagined Musical Theatre in queered.

Miles and Mory, two naïve young men who think they have nothing to lose, join the British Army. They come back home tour after tour feeling less than themselves. Miles is especially suffering as his crippling bouts of PTSD start corroding his relationship with his girlfriend Tena and his approach to civilian life.

When Strangers in Between played at the King's Head Theatre in 2016, this marked Roly Botha's first professional role in theatre. Two years later, Roly makes his West End debut in the show's transfer to the Trafalgar Studios. Catching up backstage, Roly shares how he got here, audience reactions, and how the show resonates with him personally.

STRANGERS IN BETWEEN tells the story of Shane, a timid 16 year-old who has fled his rural hometown for the glitz and glamour of Sydney's King's Cross, in order to escape his troubled past and attempt to establish an urban family. This coming-of-age, dark comedy looks at the importance of friendship and the highs and lows of growing up gay in modern Australia.

The King's Head Theatre, following on from the exciting news that the company will be moving in 2018 to a purpose built, permanent space in the heart of Islington Square, is delighted to announce that they and Joe C Brown will present the West End transfers of their sell-out productions of Puccini's La boh me and Tommy Murphy's Strangers in Between.

After a smash-hit critically acclaimed run at The King's Head Theatre in 2016, Strangers In Between, the award-winning Australian play written by Tommy Murphy, is back by popular demand returning to kick off the 2017 season from 10 January to 04 February. And what better way to celebrate all things Aussie on January 26th than going to see this beautiful piece of Australian theatre?

After a smash-hit critically acclaimed run at The King's Head Theatre in 2016, Strangers In Between, the award-winning Australian play written by Tommy Murphy, is back by popular demand returning to kick off the 2017 season from 10 January to 4 February, with press night on 11 January.