Wanamaker News

Following a world premiere film adaptation in 2021 and a successful 2022-23 national tour, Folger Theatre, in association with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, announces the return of Where We Belong, written and performed by Madeline Sayet and directed by Mei Ann Teo. Where We Belong is on stage at Folger Theatre February 15 – March 10, 2024.

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced its Summer Season, running from April – October 2024. Learn more about the full season here!

Stage, film and TV star Joseph Marcell will head the cast of Seán Aydon's new production of The School For Scandal, which begins a major UK tour this spring.

Go inside Cirque du Soleil's 40th-anniversary celebrations last night at London's Royal Albert Hall with the European Premiere of Alegría – In A New Light, a creative revival of its iconic 1994 production that will run until 3 March 2024.

English Touring Opera (ETO) presents new productions of Puccini's Manon Lescaut and Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress for its Spring 2024 tour.

Cirque du Soleil officially launched its 40th anniversary celebrations at London's Royal Albert Hall with the European Premiere of Alegría – In A New Light, a creative revival of its iconic 1994 production that will run until 3 March 2024.

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of The Duchess of Malfi, directed by Rachel Bagshaw. Find out who is starring in the production here!

Don't miss the U.S. premiere of 'Bacon' at SoHo Playhouse! This award-winning play explores masculinity, sexuality, and power through the eyes of two troubled teenagers. Get your tickets now for this limited engagement Off-Broadway production.

Philly has always done Christmas big. The Gimbels and Lit Brothers windows. The Wanamaker organ and light show. Jason Kelce Christmas music, from the Eagles to you. And now, following Kelce's releasing of annual Christmas songs, our own No Name Pops and dynamic conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez present a big, even huge, on-stage Christmas extravaganza at Verizon Hall. 

If the idea of spending time with your family over the festive season is one that makes you queasy, spare a thought for the Alvings. They have enough skeletons in the closet to populate a graveyard.

The team at Newbury's The Watermill Theatre have announced that the first show of 2024 will be the world premiere the new rock musical Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood, co-produced with Metta Theatre, playing 2 February to 16 March.

The nights may be getting longer and darker, but the West End is bright with fabulous new productions this November.

Shakepeare's Globe has released rehearsal room photos of the upcoming production of Ibsen's Ghosts.

Shawna Hamic (Orange is the New Black, 1776 on Broadway) will lead the cast of the critically-acclaimed musical parody Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch at Birmingham Hippodrome from Thursday 11 to Saturday 13 April 2024 opposite Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK star River Medway as Ariel.

RED BULL THEATER will present THE INN AT LYDDA featuring Amir Arison, Alfredo Narciso, Jay O. Sanders, and more in their Revelation Readings series.

The stars were out in force to celebrate the opening night of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends at the Gielgud Theatre. Check out the photos below!

Apple TV+ will premiere “Criminal Record,” its eight-episode crime thriller starring Academy Award winner Peter Capaldi (“Doctor Who,” “The Thick of It”), and Laurence Olivier Award and Critics Choice Award nominee Cush Jumbo (“The Good Wife,” “The Good Fight,” “The Beast Must Die”) as detectives in a tug of war over a high-profile murder case.

Stockroom has revealed the opening production at Collective Theatre in London, INFLUENCE starring Kit Young. Learn more about the upcoming play and find out how to get tickets here!

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of Ghosts, the opening show of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse 10th Anniversary Season. Find out who is starring in the production here!

Victoria Blunt will perform a public understudy performance of Chekhov’s VANYA adapted by Simon Stephens at the Duke of York’s Theatre on 6 October at 3pm. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here!