The BBC New Comedy Awards are back and heading to Coventry, where the first rounds of the competition will be filmed this September. Award-winning comedian, actor and writer Amy Gledhill will serve as the Head Judge.
Somerset House will host stand-up comedy for the first time with LAUGHTERAMA, a new five-day festival featuring Josh Widdicombe, Dara Ó Briain, Sara Pascoe, Ross Noble, and more across seven open-air shows.
You can now get a first look at Tom Allen in the Olivier Award Winning Titanique. Tom has joined the cast in the role of Ruth. The hit production is currently playing at the Criterion Theatre.
Olivier Award Winning Titanique has extended booking to Sunday 30 August 2026 at the Criterion Theatre due to phenomenal demand. Learn more about the show here!
Comedian Tom Allen will join the cast of the Olivier Award Winning Titanique for 6 weeks this spring from Wednesday 4 March to Sunday 12 April 2026. Learn more here!
The Group Rep will stage Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play OUR TOWN under the direction of Mareli Mitchel-Shields. The production will highlight themes of community, family, and daily life in early 20th-century America.
Tickets are now on sale for this summer's 6th annual Collingwood Music Festival, returning from July 9th to 18th with a lineup of unforgettable world-class performances!
Disney’s THE LION KING celebrated 25 triumphant years in the West End’s Lyceum Theatre on the afternoon of Sunday, 20 October with a special gala performance attended by the original creatives of the show including Julie Taymor, Lebo M, Richard Hudson, Irene Mecchi, Roger Allers and Donald Holder. Check out photos from the event here!
Following a smash hit debut hour at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which earned her an ISH Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination for Best Newcomer, Berks Nest have announced that star of QI and House Of Games, Kemah Bob will embark upon her first ever tour across the UK with critically acclaimed show Miss Fortunate.
Thurrock’s first ever Pride event will take place this Saturday 8 June starting at 9.30am with a Pride Celebration Walk commencing at Purfleet Station, joined by the wider community to walk along the river front and Gray’s High Street.
One year ago, Waterfront Productions presented The Pitch at a theatre in Hollywood. The show was a commercial and critical success. Now, The Pitch is back, in a new production with a mostly new cast (eight of the show's twelve actors are new to the play), and The Pitch is moving to the odyssey Theatre, convenient in particular to westside audiences with free parking onsite.
Milton Keynes Theatre has announced its spring 2024 season! The theatre looks forward to a list of musicals, featuring a mix of returning titles and brand-new shows that are transferring from the West End, and more. Learn more about the lineup here!
Theatre Collingwood announces their exciting collection of productions and events for their 40th anniversary year in 2024.
Fresh from a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe, multi award-winning comedian and wannabe “Daddy” Sam Lake embarks on his first UK tour, bringing Aspiring DILF to cities from Edinburgh to Brighton, Newcastle to Bristol and more, culminating with a run at the prestigious Soho Theatre.
Comedy Works has announced that Chad & JT will perform at Comedy Works Downtown in Larimer Square.
This week, Tom Allen is treading the boards at the West End’s Criterion Theatre as the narrator in Bleak Expectations. Tom returns to Bleak Expectations having played the role of Pip in the original BBC Radio 4 series. Check out a first look at Tom in the role in the photo here!
This week, Hugh Dennis is treading the boards at the West End's Criterion Theatre as the narrator in Bleak Expectations. Check out the photo here!
BWW caught up with Louise Young to chat about bringing Feral to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Comedian and actor Hugh Dennis will join the cast of Caroline Leslie’s production of Mark Evans’ Bleak Expectations as the Guest Narrator for one week only from 11-16 July at London’s Criterion Theatre.
BWW reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top picks of comedy acts making their festival debut.
