Tom Brennan News

Tom Brennan and The North Wall will present OVERTONE, a new non-linear play about love, memory and power dynamics, at the Edinburgh Fringe, marking the company's third world premiere at the festival.

Pleasance Theatre Trust has added 95 new shows to its Edinburgh Fringe programme, featuring Tim Vine, Alex Edelman, and Flo & Joan among the highlights spanning comedy, theatre, and new writing.

Production photos have been released for the world premiere and national tour of Party Season ahead of its opening night at Royal & Derngate, Northampton. 

Royal & Derngate, Northampton have announced the full cast and creative team for Party Season, The Wardrobe Ensemble's newest play. Learn more about the show here!

Tobacco Factory Theatres in Bristol will present Rapunzel – A Hairy Tale, a new festive production by writer Sharon Clark and director Tom Brennan, running from November 27, 2025, through January 17, 2026.

FRIGID Nightcap will return to Under St. Marks Theatre with 'Lost & Found,' the latest edition of the East Village's most eclectic late-night variety show. This installment delves into themes of loss, discovery, and the unexpected paths in between.

FRIGID New York is set to present its latest installment of FRIGID Nightcap, the East Village's weirdest and wildest late-night variety show. On Friday, October 25th at 10:30pm, Under St. Marks Theatre will transform into a haunted playground for 'Macabre Masquerade,' a Halloween-themed extravaganza.

This November, Crossroads Comedy Theater will bring a lineup of Philly’s best comedians and improvisers to Plays & Players Theatre. From the sharp-witted debates of Electoral Dysfunction to the adrenaline-packed twists of An Improvised Political Thriller and the edu-taining Study Hall, this weekend promises something for everyone.

Theatre Philadelphia has announced the return of Philly Theatre Week featuring performances, readings, workshops, pre-sales and special events from April 4 to April 14, 2024. Learn more about the full lineup here!

The Unicorn is a multifaceted, sombre look at trauma and addiction laced with deliberately unwitting humour and a penchant for benign shock. Sam Potter writes an intense, eloquent, and exciting play in both themes and delivery.

Get a first look inside the rehearsal room for THE UNICORN at the Arcola Theatre! The Arcola transfer of Sam Potter's award-nominated play The Unicorn opens 7th June. Check out rehearsal photos here!

The Wardrobe Ensemble, The Old Vic and Royal & Derngate, Northampton have announced that their critically-acclaimed production of MOG THE FORGETFUL CAT will play Edinburgh's McEwan Hall from 3-27 August as part of the Underbelly programme at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Tom Brennan directs Alice Lamb in Sam Potter's provocative and unflinching play The Unicorn, about one woman's obsessive sexual behaviour, as she tries to find the balance between her insatiable sexual drive and what she thinks society expects of her.  But what need is she really trying to fill?

The Wardrobe Ensemble, The Old Vic and Royal & Derngate, Northampton have announced full casting for MOG THE FORGETFUL CAT, which will play Bristol, Leicester, Cambridge, Salford, Birmingham, Worthing, Coventry, Exeter, Newbury and at The Old Vic, London from 14 February until 29 July 2023 as part of a UK tour, with further venues still to be announced.

Following a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, THE UNICORN returns for an extensive UK Tour, including runs at London's Arcola Theatre, North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford; Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch; The Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead; Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Harlow Playhouse; The Hat Factory, Luton; and VAULT Festival (Studio).

Arcola Theatre has announced their programming into 2023. Opening the season in Studio 1 is Under the Black Rock, starring Harry Potter's Evanna Lynch. Learn more about the full season here!

The Wardrobe Ensemble have today announced further tour dates for their stage adaptation of Judith Kerr's beloved stories about Mog the Forgetful Cat. In addition to the previously announced venues: The Old Vic, Bristol Old Vic, Curve Leicester, Lowry Salford, Belgrade Theatre Coventry and Exeter Northcott, the first ever stage adaptation of Mog will also play Birmingham Rep Theatre and Worthing Theatres in 2023, with further tour dates still to be announced.

France's support of the nascent United States in 1778 is one of the great diplomatic triumphs of history, credited to the ambassadorial team of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. An exciting backstory to this miracle of statecraft is the platonic affair between Franklin and the flamboyant, beautiful Madame Brillon (Anne-Louise Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy).

OffWestEnd has announced 86 finalists for its Offies awards 2022. The Offies recognise and celebrate the excellence, innovation and ingenuity of independent, fringe and alternative theatres across London, helping to raise their profiles and rewarding the new talent that they nurture, which is essential for the future of the theatre industry.

Bristol Old Vic and the Wardrobe Ensemble today released images from inside (and outside) the rehearsal room for their Christmas adventure, Robin Hood: Legend of the Forgotten Forest.