Catherine Russell, known for Holby City and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, will play Patricia Highsmith in Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds' in-house production of Joanna Murray-Smith's psychological thriller SWITZERLAND.
After premiering at the Royal Court Theatre, the Olivier Award-nominated Blue Mist will embark on a National tour this June and July. Learn more about the upcoming show here!
Olly Alexander and Iz Hesketh will join Vanessa Williams and Matt Henry in a UK reading of Stan Zimmerman's suicide awareness play, RIGHT BEFORE I GO, at London's Soho Theatre.
Theatro Technis and London Play Productions will present the world premiere of The Ophiolite by Philip de Voni, which is set to be performed at Theatro Technis.
Ipswich playwright Martha Loader has been awarded the 2025 George Devine Award for her play The Town, which confronts how an act of societal transgression impacts the lives of those orbiting it.
The George Devine Award has revealed its 2025 Shortlist of four playwrights. Formed in 1966 in memory of the Royal Court’s founding Artistic Director George Devine, the Award is recognised as one of the most prestigious in new writing.
There can be a tendancy to eye-roll at the prospect of a new interpretation of a classic play. However, Tanika Gupta's new take on Ibsen's Hedda Gabler at the Orange Tree is a genuinely innovative and fascinating take on the tale of the destructive nature of manipulation and the complexities of marriage.
The Gate Theatre and Woven Voices have announced José Socrates Delos Reyes as the 2025 winner of the Woven Voices Prize for Playwriting for his new work In the Remains, an epic and deeply human drama exploring the aftermath of the 2017 Siege of Marawi in the Philippines.
Orange Tree Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for the 250th Anniversary production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s comic classic The Rivals.
The Gate Theatre and Woven Voices have announced the judging panel for The Woven Voices Prize for Playwriting in association with the Gate. Learn more here!
With Chiara Atik’s Poor Clare having come to a close and Strindberg’s Creditors preparing to take to the stage, Orange Tree Theatre has announced the full cast for Tanika Gupta’s Hedda.
Orange Tree Theatre (OT) has unveiled its 2025–2026 season, marking a year of world premières, major revivals, and landmark reinterpretations of classic texts.
From 8 July, audiences worldwide can watch Tanika Gupta's (A Doll's House, Lyric Hammersmith) new play, A Tupperware of Ashes on National Theatre at Home, joining over 90 productions already on the platform.
Meera Syal will perform in the world premiere of Tanika Gupta’s A Tupperware of Ashes in the Dorfman theatre through mid November. See what the critics are saying about the production and read the reviews !
'The tempest in my mind doth from my senses take all feeling else, save what beats there. Filial ingratitude!' Queenie Mukherjee has always been the Bengali matriarch to end all Bengali matriarchs, except recently her children have started to notice the odd slip: a burnt pan here, a wrong date there. She can’t see anything wrong, but reluctantly attends a doctor’s appointment anyway - and the resulting diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s proves even harder for her to accept. Only hallucinations of her late husband, Ameet, can provide her with some comfort.
With Abigail's Party directed by Nadia Fall beginning previews this week, launching Stratford East's 140th anniversary season, the theatre has announced new shows and events for this milestone year, and Fall's final season as the theatre's Artistic Director.
The Edgerton Foundation has revealed the first round of recipients for the 2024-25 New Play Awards, supporting the development of new theatrical works across the country. Learn more about the recipients and the award.
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for Olivier Award-winning classic Our Country's Good, written by Timberlake Wertenbaker, and directed by Artistic Director Rachel O'Riordan.
Matthew Bourne's New Adventures, in partnership with Farnham Maltings, has revealed the return of Doorstep Duets, touring to communities across the South-East this summer from 13 August to 10 September 2024.
Discover Lin Coghlan's new play FLOCK, exploring the true care experience, presented by Playing ON from October to November 2024.
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