Simon Russell Beale News

A star-studded line-up of performers will take you on a journey through a year of poetry at Allie Esiri's 365 Poems for Life, a special event for The Royal Court Theatre, as part of the Chelsea Arts Festival.

With Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale hitting theaters next week, new 'Ascot' character posters have just been released, featuring new looks at characters such as Lord and Lady Grantham, Carson, Mrs. Hughes, Lady Mary, and more, including the return of Paul Giamatti's Harold. Check them out here!

Due to ill health, Simon Russell Beale has departed the previously announced RSC / Hampstead Theatre production of Titus Andronicus. John Hodgkinson will step in.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is August 6, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours

Full casting has been announced for the acclaimed RSC production of Titus Andronicus which transfers to Hampstead Theatre for a strictly limited London run.

Character posters have just been released for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, featuring new looks at fan-favorite characters such as Lady Mary, Isobel, Carson and Mrs. Hughes, Bates and Anna, Mrs. Patmore, and more. Check them out here!

Director Jonathan Munby's spectacular production of Wendy & Peter Pan will play the Barbican Theatre this autumn. Learn more about the full upcoming season here!

Focus Features has just debuted the official trailer for the third and final entry in the global hit franchise, titled Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. Watch it now!

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Titus Andronicus will transfer to Hampstead Theatre later this year for a limited run. Learn more about the show here!

Downton Abbey is coming to an end. Focus Features has just debuted the official teaser trailer for the third and final entry in the global hit franchise, titled Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. Watch it now!

Confronting surveillance, misinformation, and authoritarianism in the modern age, this fresh adaptation of Orwell's 1984 fuses puppetry and storytelling with original music and a shape-shifting set. F

In a pitch-perfect production by Max Webster, the RSC nails the futility of violence which resonates with audiences today.

Focus Features has debuted the teaser poster for the third and final Downton Abbey film. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale will be released in theaters globally on September 12, 2025.

Wigmore Hall has revealed its 125th Anniversary Season (2025/26). With nearly 600 concerts and events from 9 September 2025 to 31 July 2026, it is the largest and most diverse classical music programme in the UK.

Full casting has been announced for the RSC's forthcoming production of William Shakespeare's bloodiest of tragedies, Titus Andronicus, directed by Max Webster, which runs in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

The full canon of Shakespeare's plays performed and recorded by the Royal Shakespeare Company is now available to stream in one place for the first time on Marquee TV. Learn more!

Elizabeth Debicki, Kate Fleetwood, David Ajala, and Mirren Mack join Ewan McGregor to complete the cast of My Master Builder - a new play by American playwright and screenwriter Lila Raicek.

Details have been announced for the RSC's Summer 2025 season and upcoming festive family show, The BFG. Learn more about the full season lineup and how to get tickets here!

Don’t be fooled. It’s midwinter and a rotund man with a big white beard is centre stage. But this is no schmultz-fest panto. It’s Simon Russell Beale as A.E Housman in Blanche Mcintyre’s sober new production of Tom Stoppard’s portrait of the artist as an old man, The Invention Of Love.

Grand dame Sian Phillips stealing the show, Adam Cooper giving an unexpected twirl and smaller theatre spaces punching above their weight. These are some of BroadwayWorld reviewer Cheryl Markosky's favourite theatre moments of 2024.