The National Theatre News

Queen's Theatre Hornchurch will reopen its doors to the public on Monday 17 May 2021 (subject to the Government's Roadmap). 

Hartford Stage announced today the complete lineup for the company's Virtual Gala. The streaming event, set to premiere on Saturday, April 10 at 8pm EDT, will be hosted by John-Andrew Morrison (A Christmas Carol) and will feature an exclusive 30-minute concert by Americana duo The Bacon Brothers (Michael and Kevin Bacon) & more.

Shakespeare's Globe is preparing to reopen its outdoor theatre on 19 May 2021. Provided the conditions are met for Step 3 of the Government's roadmap for cultural reopening, the Globe will be welcoming audiences in for socially distanced performances, having closed on 18 March 2020.

Benny Sato Ambush, most recently from Boston, MA where he formerly served as Senior Distinguished Producing Director in Residence at Emerson College, will begin work with Venice Theatre as Artistic Director in late July of this year.

Tony Award-winning producer Eva Price and the streaming platform Stellar have announced that Titanique – the new musical send-up of the blockbuster film Titanic, featuring the songs of pop icon Céline Dion – will give global audiences a virtual concert preview of the show before it hits the New York City mainstage.

Today (March 22) in live streaming: CFT is Celebrating Sondheim, BKLYN is back, Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards, and more!

This week, Through our Women in Theatre Through the Decades features, we are be highlighting the impact of women in theatre such as Sutton Foster, Kelli O'Hara, Kathleen Marshall, Lynn Nottage and more!

Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director Kip Williams has unveiled  'Act Two', eleven shows to complete STC's 2021 season that he says will be a “celebration of the new Wharf theatres and a collection of stories that bring us together to laugh and connect following a year of isolation'

Virginia Stage Company's Public Works VA and ODU Rep Theatre present Do You Know Me? a streaming exploration of outsiderness. Actors share personal stories and poetry with the support of co-directors Patrick Mullins and Priya Vashist.

Fictionhouse has announced the appointment of Emily McLaughlin as Head of Development.

BBC Radio Play and Open Conversation will shine light on Modern Britain through Giles Terera's startling exploration of a watershed moment in the campaign to abolish the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Sir Ian McKellen will join a company of talented actors for runs in Hamlet and Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard in 2021 at Theatre Royal Windsor.

The 2021 National Theatre School of Canada's (NTS) Gascon-Thomas Awards ceremony will be presented online this Friday, March 19, at 6 P.M.

Cosmos has been announced for the New Stage of the National Theatre, premiering on March 18 at 20:00.

An original film for television by the National Theatre, Great Performances: Romeo & Juliet premieres Friday, April 23 at 9 p.m. on PBS, pbs.org/gperf and the PBS Video app.

Ralph Fiennes will create a brand-new stage adaptation of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets this summer. Announced this week as Britain marks a year since regional theatres were forced to close, this world premiere production will welcome audiences back to live theatre when it re-opens the Theatre Royal Bath.

STC's Home, I'm Darling will finally hit the stage next month after its 2020 season was cancelled due to COVID-19, and the production will be able to welcome full audiences after the Sydney Opera House was approved to return to 100 per cent capacity. 

The Marlowe in Canterbury has announced that Maria Aberg's PROJEKT EUROPA will become a Resident Company at the theatre, creating and premiering work in the heart of Kent.

Orange Tree Theatre today announces the play titles and full cast for Inside – the first instalment of Inside/Outside, a collection of world premiere short plays by emerging and established writers.

Last week, we acknowledged the forthcoming birthday of Andrew Lloyd Webber via a look back at five defining London stagings of his work. This time, we offer the same tribute to Stephen Sondheim, with whom Lloyd Webber, 18 years Sondheim's junior, shares a birthdate of March 22: on that day, the great man turns 91.