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Bullying, sexism, corruption, initiation ordeals and debauched behaviour. No, it’s not another government inquiry into the antics of the elite, but Opera Holland Park kicking off the 2023 season by way of a new and thought-provoking production of Rigoletto.

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical ‘the best musical in decades - a Hamilton and Book of Mormon love child’ garnering fifty-eight five star reviews, has extended its West End run again by a further five weeks until 23 September.

Atlanta theatre has a little something for everyone this summer! From world premieres to family-friendly favorites, take a step into Atlanta theatres this summer.

Operation Mincemeat is a victory for the underdog, in themes as well as in reality. Relatable characters with vibrant backgrounds, regardless of their size, go on a Frankensteinian journey to divert the Nazi battalion to Sardinia. From songs about wanting to be a maggot to heart-wrenching glimpses into tragic love stories, it’s as eclectic as it is entertaining. Rhythmic pop music, a contemporary musical theatre sound, the odd rap segue, and a tune that would feel at home at Berghain for good measure (“Das Übermensch”) are the foundation of this life-affirming, riotous history lesson.

As we wait to throw off our thermals and the sun to show its face, London has some theatrical treats to tickle your tastebuds this May.

Exquisite Corpse Company will welcome playwrights Aliyah Curry, Ashley Lauren Rogers, Phillip Gregory Burke, Nelson Diaz-Marcano, Madison Wetzell, and Kaela Mei-Shing to the 2023 Writers Lab.

Northern Kentucky University's School of the Arts is excited to announce its upcoming 2023-24 Theatre and Dance season. With the Fine Arts Center set to undergo major renovations to its theatre spaces, SOTA is taking its productions on tour to various locations, including the NKU Digitorium and The Carnegie, offering theatergoers the chance to experience these shows like never before.

Following three weeks of sold-out previews, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, has extended its West End premiere run by six weeks until 19th August. The show follows thirty-three hugely successful years of The Woman In Black at the Fortune Theatre.

Northern Stage has announced its 2023/24 Season, offering four main stage productions in the Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts, plus vibrant outdoor concerts, visionary education programming, engaging developmental work, and much more! This season is one that will bring to life intimate, personal stories that speak to the world and our infinite universe and embrace life and what makes us human. 

Nat Faxon, Chrissy Teigen, Tina Fey, Sam Richardson, Dana Carvey and Phil LaMarr will star in Mulligan, the new animated Netflix series from Robert Carlock and Sam Means, the minds behind 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Daniel Radcliffe, Ayo Edebiri, Ronny Chieng and Kevin Michael Richardson will serve as guest stars. 

Justine Clarke is astounding as the PM 570 in JULIA. Writer, Johanna Murray- Smith has eloquently constructed a superb Play that explores Gillard’s journey as the first female Prime Minister in the heavily misogynistic Australian political environment.

The full Original London Cast Recording of the critically acclaimed  Operation Mincemeat – A New Musical will be released on Friday, 12th May 2023.  Listen to the first track from the album here!

De Graaf & Cornelissen Entertainment bring us the legendary musical of musicals back on stage. And thank heavens they did. The story of Les Misérables based on Victor Hugo's novel, has it all. Set in early 19th century France, it has a clear conflict, displays human suffering and strive in the widest sense of the word and a perfect ending.

Following five sold-out development runs at the New Diorama Theatre in 2019 and Southwark Playhouse in 2020, 2021 & 2022, plus an extended Riverside Studios run last summer, the full cast and creative team for the West End premiere of Operation Mincemeat - a new musical, has been announced.

Lucky Stiff is a frolicking musical romcom full of hilarious hijinx in which English shoe salesman Harry Witherspoon agrees to take his dead uncle's corpse on vacation to Monte Carlo in hopes of winning his inheritance - which it turns out was embezzled from his uncle's girlfriend's husband. The musical farce, written by the Tony-award-winning writing team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty and directed by Moonlight Theatre founder Kathy Brombacher, offers audiences a wonderful sense of escapism.

The producers of Operation Mincemeat have announced that David Cumming, Claire-Marie Hall, Natasha Hodgson, Jak Malone and Zöe Roberts, the 2023 Off-West End 'Best Musical Production' award winning cast (Southwark Playhouse/ Riverside Studios), are returning for the West End transfer.

An unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything—what more could go wrong?  Plenty, and you’ll have a grand time finding out, in the uproarious The Play That Goes Wrong, which begins a 4-week run Thursday, February 16, following its initial run at WaterTower Theatre.

Palo Alto Players invites you to opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. With an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can't play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is sure to bring down the house!

After sold-out development runs at the New Diorama Theatre in 2019 and Southwark Playhouse in 2020, 2021 & 2022, plus an extended Riverside Studios run this summer, Operation Mincemeat transfers to the West End's Fortune Theatre for previews starting on the 29th March, followed by an 8-week run beginning on the 9th May 2023.

What did our critic think of SWEENEY TODD-THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at Seacoast Repertory Theatre?

Disney Channel's 'Calling All The Monsters' and Disney Junior's 'Trick or Treats' programming events will serve as the premiere destination for Halloween-themed content, including 'Under Wraps 2' and new Halloween-themed 'Raven's Home,' 'BUNK'D,' 'The Villains of Valley View,' 'Eureka!,' ''Mickey Mouse Funhouse' and 'Firebuds' episodes.

This October, dare to enter the HOUSE OF THE EXQUISITE CORPSE, a horror peep-show puppet-theater anthology.

From Oct. 1-31, viewers can celebrate Halloween at home with haunting movies, including fan favorites “Ghostbusters” (1984), “Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride,” “Halloweentown,” “Maleficent“ and “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.” Films new to the lineup this year include Academy Award® winner “Get Out,” “Halloween” (2018) and “A Quiet Place.”

What did our critic think of LUCKY STIFF at The Barnstormers?

From Mischief, Broadway masters of comedy, comes the smash hit farce. Welcome to opening night of a university drama society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show—an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything, including their lines.