Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 14, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
The 2026 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced the Judging Panel for the 48th Annual Award. The Winner of the 2026 Prize will be announced on February 26 in a special invitation-only celebration at London's Royal Court Theatre.
Oscar Wilde's wittiest and most politically charged play, An Ideal Husband, will receive a bold contemporary reimagining from acclaimed director Ramin Gray (RSC, Royal Court, Young Vic), former Artistic Director of Actor's Touring Company who staged 15 world premieres at the Royal Court Theatre.
With their production of Noël Coward's Fallen Angels currently running, the Menier Chocolate Factory have announced that Janie Dee will be staging a one-night-only performance of Coward & Friends with Stefan Bednarczyk.
2025 was a stellar year from theatre, but now the New Year has rolled in, we can put away the festive decorations, throw out the last bit of leftover turkey and look forward to an even better twelve months of theatrical goodies.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee stand-up Glenn Moore's debut special, Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, Glenn I'm Sixty Moore, will land on Sky Comedy and streaming service NOW.
This month will see the release of star of Taskmaster series 20 Ania Magliano's debut stand-up special on Sky Comedy as well as on streaming service NOW. Learn more about her upcoming events here.
Full cast and creative team have been announced for the world-premiere of Guess How Much I Love You? by Luke Norris, the first production in the Royal Court Theatre's 70th Anniversary Season.
Collective Arts Community Trust has announced the return of Collective Fringe, an artist led festival that platforms emerging and upcoming creatives. Learn more here!
The Royal Court Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for the World Premiere of Jack Nicholls' debut play The Shitheads. Learn more here!
The Silence of the Lambs will make its world stage play premiere in 2026. Television writer and playwright Gina Gionfriddo will bringThomas Harris' gripping literary masterpiece to the stage in a new modern adaptation directed by Nikolai Foster.
The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has revealed this year's finalists for the prestigious international playwriting award- the largest and oldest award recognising women+ writers for plays of outstanding quality written for the English-speaking theatre.
Community choirs and performers from all around the Liverpool city region and Halton have been working hard with Jay McWinen over the past few months for a collaborative festive concert which celebrates diversity, culture, age, ethnicity, ability or disability coming together as one to show how our region of the Northwest of England can example community inclusion through the art of group singing.
Anna Ziegler's new play Evening All Afternoon will make its world première at the Donmar Warehouse next year. Diyan Zora, making her Donmar debut, directs Anastasia Hille and Erin Kellyman in this new play.
The RSC has announced Pamela Carter, James Fritz, Natasha Gordon, Karim Khan, Laura Lomas and Vinay Patel as the six playwrights taking part in its 2026 COHORT programme.
Selina Cartmell, Artistic Director of the Royal Exchange Theatre, has announced that Emma Baggott and Katie Greenall will join the company as Associate Directors in 2026-2027.
Corrib Theatre will present the world premiere of Stilt, a new play by writer and director Joy Nesbitt, running November 13–December 7, 2025, at the Historic Alberta House in Portland.
The new play by Luke Hereford will make its world premiere at Pleasance Theatre, London in a production directed by Izzy Rabey and co-produced by Porter's Theatre, Cardiff, where the play will also run.
Roundabout Theatre Company has announced that screen and UK stage star Luke Evans will lead the cast and make his Broadway debut in the role of “Frank-N-Furter” in the upcoming production of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 29, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
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