The Gate Theatre News

The Royal Exchange Theatre has announced that Selina Cartmell has been appointed as its Creative Director. Selina will take up her new role in August 2024 and her first programme will begin in 2026 for the theatre’s 50th anniversary year.

All new photos have been released of Robert Sheehan as Withnail and Adonis Siddique as Marwood in Withnail at I at Birmingham Rep. Check out the photos here!

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of Richard III, directed by Elle While. Performances run 9 May – 3 August. Learn more about the cast here!

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Associate Artistic Director Sean Holmes (The Comedy of Errors, Globe), with Ekow Quartey and Amalia Vitale as Benedick and Beatrice.

The full cast and creative team have been announced for Withnail and I at Birmingham Rep, working alongside the previously announced Robert Sheehan as Withnail, Adonis Siddique as Marwood and Malcolm Sinclair as Uncle Monty.

Scarborough Theatre Trust, the board which runs the town’s Stephen Joseph Theatre, has a new chair and deputy chair. Learn more about the new appointments here!

Orange Tree Theatre has announced 10 new artistic associates, marking the first cohort under the leadership of Artistic Director Tom Littler.

Julie Hesmondhalgh will join the cast of the world premiere of James Graham's new play Punch, directed by Adam Penford and opening at Nottingham Playhouse on 4 May.

Life With Oscar comes to the Arcola Theatre in April. In a frenetic on-stage exorcism, actor and filmmaker Nick Cohen relives his rollercoaster journey from South London to Sunset Boulevard. Performances run 2 – 20 April.

Amas Musical Theatre will celebrate its 55th Anniversary at its annual Gala Benefit Concert on Monday, May 13, 2024 at Baruch Performing Arts Center.

The Theatre World Awards Board of Directors has announced two of the individuals to be honored at 78th Annual Theatre World Awards to be held on Monday evening, June 10, 2024 beginning at 7:00 p.m.

The Yard Theatre's HOTTER Project makes a triumphant return with a new trailer for their 5* production. Explore the latest updates here.

Deafinitely Theatre, Birmingham Rep and Lyric Hammersmith Theatre have announced the full cast for the world première of The Promise written by Deafinitely Theatre's Artistic Director Paula Garfield and Melissa Mostyn. The Promise is a new play also directed by Garfield in the company's renowned highly visual style combining British Sign Language and Spoken English.

The Yard Theatre will host a special 'Black Out' night for the play 'Samuel Takes A Break,' which is nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Writing Prize. The Black Out Night will be held on 28 February at 7.30pm.

Five new Artistic Associates will join Synergy Theatre Project from February 2024.

All new rehearsal photos have been released from the UK tour of Wish You Weren't Here, a new comedy from Theatre Centre’s Resident Writer, Katie Redford. Check out the photos here!

'Get the scoop on the cast and creative team for 'Samuel Takes a Break' at The Yard Theatre. This genre-bending play explores the legacy of slavery in Ghana and beyond, written by Rhianna Ilube and directed by Olivier award winner Anthony-Simpson Pike.'

Award-winning and critically acclaimed director Atri Banerjee returns to the Royal Exchange Theatre with Phoebe Eclair-Powell's original new drama, SHED: EXPLODED VIEW, a delicately woven play about violence, love, and loss.

St. Ann’s Warehouse is presenting the U.S. premiere of the Almeida Theatre production ofThe Hunt, a blistering thriller catapulting audiences into some of today’s thorniest questions surrounding mob justice and forgiveness.

The Met celebrates the new year with a new production of Bizet's Carmen by acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell, opening on Sunday, December 31, at 6:30PM. In her highly anticipated Met debut, Cracknell reinvigorates the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that moves the action to modern day and explores themes that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries.