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Assembly Festival has secured its future at the Assembly Rooms until 2032 as the 44th edition of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe closed on August 25, 2025. More than 470,000 tickets were issued for 240 shows featuring nearly 1,900 artists, with productions earning major awards including Fringe Firsts, comedy accolades, and theatre prizes.
The National Theatre has announced full casting for the West End transfer of its production of The Importance of Being Earnest as rehearsals get underway. Learn more here!
Watford Palace Theatre has unveiled the opening of five newly developed creative spaces. Learn more about the changes to the theatre and see how to attend upcoming performances.
Harris Center for The Arts will present entertainment legend Rita Rudner in September. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets to the upcoming performance here!
Starter for Ten will return to Bristol Old Vic from 10 September to 11 October before playing Birmingham Rep from 22 October to 1 November. A new EP, Bristol Mixtape, featuring tracks from the 2024 production, is now streaming.
Following a sold-out West End season, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith are taking the critically acclaimed Inside No.9 Stage / Fright to theatres around the UK this autumn, with the tour arriving in Milton Keynes Theatre from Tue 9 – Sat 13 Sep.
The National Theatre has announced further casting for the West End transfer of its critically acclaimed production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Learn more here!
Letters Live, the literary event which celebrates the enduring power of written correspondence, is set to return to the Royal Albert Hall in November. Learn more here!
Letters Live will return to New York City for a highly anticipated three-night run at The Town Hall. Each evening will present an entirely unique and unforgettable lineup of surprise celebrity readers. Learn more.
Queer Theatre has announced Adèle Anderson as their newest patron. The Olivier award-nominated actress and singer joins an esteemed panel of benefactors, that includes Sir Stephen Fry, to support Queer Theatre's outstanding mission of enriching the LGBTQIA+ theatre community.
New arts company Sage & Jester has announced a programme of events to run in conjunction with their groundbreaking immersive show, STOREHOUSE. Learn more here!
If you wander down to the junction of ventriloquism and improv, there’s a chance you’ll meet Nina Conti standing there with her new show.
Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of this year’s Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank production, Macbeth, directed by Lucy Cuthbertson (Director of Education, Shakespeare’s Globe) in the Globe Theatre.
Hope Mill Theatre has announced that Ted Lasso alum Charlie Hiscock will be making his stage debut as Cosme McMoon, alongside Wendi Peters, in the first major UK revival of hit comedy GLORIOUS! The True Story of The Worst Singer in the World.
The annual New Year Honours list will honor a number of notable names for their services to the British performing arts.
With Tom Littler's production of Twelfth Night currently in performances, Orange Tree Theatre has announced a special Shakespearean Under the Orange Tree fundraiser celebrating Twelfth Night.
Queer Theatre UK has announcedtheir new Patron, Stephen Fry. He joins current Patrons, playwright Martin Sherman (Bent, Mrs Henderson Presents, Rose) and actor Annette Badland (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Doctor Who, Ted Lasso).
Experience RAVE NEW WORLD: ACID HOUSE CABARET at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Sandi Toksvig, the internationally renowned and much-loved comedian, broadcaster, writer and campaigner, has announced One Night Only, a new live theatrical comedy extravaganza, for two nights only on Wednesday 13 and and Thursday 14 November 2024 at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London’s West End.
To celebrate its 150th anniversary, the Criterion Theatre will host a special gala performance on 24 June 2024 at the historic venue in the heart of London’s West End. Directed by Michael Fentiman, the gala will be hosted by Stephen Fry, celebrating the theatre’s rich history featuring songs, sketches and scenes from the last 150 years.
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