Yvonne Arnaud News

When a glamorous Hollywood starlet is stabbed on-set, there's only one man fit for the job of solving the crime: Detective Stan Shakespeare. Following its premiere at Theatre Royal Bath in August 2021, award-winning company New Old Friends return to touring with the latest instalment of their ever-popular Crimes… series.

Dallas legend Patrick Duffy (The Man from Atlantis; Step by Step) and Linda Purl (Happy Days; Homeland) fly in from Hollywood to star alongside Gray O' Brien (Peak Practice; Coronation Street), leading the cast in this new production of the classic Broadway thriller. Find out the full schedule and how to get tickets.

Future Spotlight Productions in collaboration with KidZania London today announced that Cinderella will be available Stream.Theatre from 17 December until 10 January 2022. Filmed in the immersive city of KidZania, Cinderella is a festive production for all ages, featuring a West End cast, audience interaction and much-loved pantomime characters.

 This winter, The Hope Theatre – the acclaimed 50 seat pub theatre in the heart of Islington - will present the world stage premiere of 21 Round For Christmas by Matthew Ballantyne and Toby Hampton.

Celebrated Australian performer Barry Humphries AO, CBE will take British audiences on a revelatory trip through his colourful life and theatrical career when he tours the UK in April & May 2022 with Barry Humphries: The Man Behind the Mask.

Casting is announced for the UK tour of Two Cigarettes in the Dark, a brand new play by Stephen Wyatt, directed by Alan Strachan, designed by Simon Higlett and produced by Jonathan Church Theatre Productions and Cambridge Arts Theatre.

Olivier Award winner Sara Crowe (Private Lives, Aldwych Theatre; Calendar Girls the Musical, UK Tour and West End; Four Weddings and a Funeral), Eastern Eye Award winner Rina Fatania (Waking/Walking, Kiln Theatre; Dead Dog in a Suitcase, UK and International tour), Judy Flynn (The Brittas Empire, BBC; Dinnerladies, BBC), and Abigail Thaw (Endeavour, ITV) have been cast in Yvonne Arnaud’s production of Sheila’s Island by Tim Firth (Calendar Girls, Kinky Boots, The Band). 

Frantic Assembly, in association with TEA films, have announced a week of streamed performances of I Think We Are Alone by Sally Abbott (The Coroner; Vera), the tour of which was cut short in March 2020 by the global pandemic.

Swipe Right Theatre today announce re-scheduled dates for the UK tour of Scream Phone. Due to a cast member testing positive for Covid-19, the UK tour of Scream Phone will now begin at Old Joint Stock, Birmingham on 5-6 November 2021 before touring to Guildford, Bristol, Bath, Leighton Buzzard, Cambridge and Brighton, concluding at Soho Theatre on 17-18 December 2021.

Joining the previously announced Kirsty Besterman (Constance Wicksteed), Jasper Britton (Arthur Wicksteed), Matthew Cottle (Canon Throbbing), Ria Jones (Mrs Swabb), Thomas Josling (Dennis Wicksteed), Caroline Langrishe (Lady Rumpers), Catherine Russell (Muriel Wicksteed) and Abdul Salis (Mr Shanks), are Katie Bernstein (Felicity Rumpers), Kelvin O'Mard (Mr Purdue) and Dan Starkey (Sir Percy).

This Autumn, be part of a live theatrical treasure hunt with Percy the Park Keeper as you help him get his animal friends ready for winter.  Forest school meets puppetry, world-class theatrical storytelling and clue-based adventure in this unique, non-stop 60-minute experience, designed especially for Chiswick House and Gardens.

Following breaking box office records in Bath, Richmond, Chichester and Cambridge, Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Moss Empires are delighted to announce further tour dates for The Nigel Havers Theatre Company production of Noel Coward’s gloriously entertaining PRIVATE LIVES. 

Following the success of Pickled! in 2019, Tori Scott returns to the UK with her brand new show Welcome to the After Party! Produced by Robin Rayner & James Quaife for New Frame Productions, the show will tour to London, Guildford, Cambridge and Tunbridge Wells this Autumn with Musical Director Ben Papworth.

Just opened!  Don't miss Michael McManus's brilliantly witty radio theatre play MAGGIE & TED at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford this week, running until Saturday 16th October.  Stars Martin Jarvis as 'Ted' Heath and Clare Bloomer as Margaret Thatcher. 

The UK Tour of Flinch will open at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford on Saturday 6th November, before heading to Bristol, Bradford, Scarborough, and Leicester. It will then return to London, at the Pleasance Theatre, for a limited run.  

This winter, The Hope Theatre – the acclaimed 50 seat pub theatre in the heart of Islington - will present the world stage premiere of 21 Round For Christmas by Matthew Ballantyne and Toby Hampton.

Swipe Right Theatre today announce full cast for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 musical hit Scream Phone by Natasha Granger and Kerrie Thomason. Alexandra Lewis (Stacey) re-joins the original cast and previously announced Granger (Melody) and Thomason (Janice).

“Maggie” Thatcher (Clare Bloomer) and “Ted” Heath (Martin Jarvis) strolled through Westminster earlier this week ahead of their appearance in Michael McManus’s smash hit radio theatre play “Maggie & Ted”.  

Today Paines Plough and Soho Theatre have released new production images for Ifeyinwa Frederick’s SESSIONS, directed by Philip Morris. 

Swipe Right Theatre today announce the UK tour of Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 musical hit Scream Phone written and performed by Natasha Granger (Melody) and Kerrie Thomason (Janice) with further cast to be announced.