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Ava Della Pietra, known for her role in SCHOOL OF ROCK, won the Music/Song Award at the 17th Annual New Media Film Festival in Los Angeles for her musical short 2 Can Play, directed by Azzie Scott. Learn more here.

Olivier Award-winning choreographer and theatre director, Dame Arlene Phillips, received the Freedom of the City of London in recognition of her outstanding contribution to dance and support for charitable causes.

Rising Waters Collective and Theatre Off Jackson announced the North American premiere of disPLACE, a chamber opera about gentrification and belonging, performed in Seattle's International District.

Comedian Sarah Roberts, named in Rolling Stone's Rising Stars of 2024, will bring SCARY MOVIE 7 to Edinburgh's Monkey Barrel 2, blending horror and absurdism to explore loneliness, social media, and human connection.

Nick Bagnall, an Associate Artist at Shakespeare's Globe with over 30 years of experience, has been appointed Creative Director at Oldham Coliseum Theatre, joining Guest Curator Julie Hesmondhalgh as the theatre plans its reopening.

Lincoln Center Theater has announced the complete cast and creative team for The Whoopi Monologues, a reimagining of Whoopi Goldberg’s iconic show. Written by Whoopi Goldberg and directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Whitney White.

Here comes the General! Tony Award-nominated, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning performer Christopher Jackson will make a return to Broadway this fall, reprising his Tony-nominated role as George Washington in Hamilton.

Four new shows have been announced for October at Plymouth’s Spire Center - Big Yellow Taxi, Adam Exra Group, Bywater Call and Greg Piccolo and Heavy Juice.

One of the UK’s most exciting and innovative theatre-makers, Luke Sheppard received the 2026 Olivier Award for Best Director for the celebrated Paddington the Musical and has been announced at the Patron for BYMT, celebrating both his achievements and his longstanding connection to the organization.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre is set to welcome actor/singer, AEA and MAC Member, genderqueer performing artist, Earl Grey (they/them) to the stage for their debut cabaret show, I Am Me – On Purpose!  Grey will perform three shows beginning in the Fall under the direction of Michael Kirk Lane with musical direction by Yasuhiko Fukuoka.

After playing to sold out houses and critical acclaim in New York, Stephen Cole’s one-man musical comic odyssey Camelton - telling the true story of his experience writing a musical for the Emir of Qatar - will plays its UK premiere run at the Gilded Balloon Teviot.

Starcatchers, Scotland's arts and early years organisation, will present FLOAT at Edinburgh Fringe, a three-hour immersive sensory experience for babies aged birth to 12 months and their caregivers, inspired by the healing properties of water.

Channing and Westhead have created an artistic collaboration and a unique legacy for themselves, exploring the intricate layers of Samuel Beckett's 50-minute masterpiece and Krapp's solitary world

Following its award-winning New York run, Jerry Topitzer brings his acclaimed one-man show Once Upon a Wall Street to the UK, with a special London performance at the Drayton Arms Theatre and a month-long run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August.

Producer Adrian Grant has announced the full cast for I’M EVERY WOMAN – THE CHAKA KHAN MUSICAL. The show will open at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre for a limited season. The musical made its premiere earlier this year with performances at Hackney Empire, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne.

The Shaftesbury Theatre, the largest independent theatre in the West End has announced that the theatre will be renamed the Judi Dench Theatre in honour of Dame Judi Dench. The renaming, set to take place in the winter, celebrates Dame Judi’s unparalleled contribution to British theatre.

The Theater Center has announced nthat Lauren C. Taylor will make her Off-Broadway debut in the company of Friends! The Unauthorized Musical Parody at The Jerry Orbach Theater. She joins the cast in the role of Rachel. 

A new behind-the-scenes video from THE GILDED AGE Season 3 features cast and crew discussing the design and collaboration behind two elaborate ball sequences. Seasons 1-3 are streaming on Max.

Original Theatre and Reading Rep Theatre will present Micheál Mac Liammóir's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING OSCAR at Darlington Hippodrome for a limited three-night run.

DEATH NOTE: THE MUSICAL has announced the full company for its reimagined London production, opening at the Barbican Theatre for a strictly limited six-week season this July. Tickets are on sale now.

Tickets for the World Premiere of The Traitors - Acts of Betrayal are now on sale. Plus, the production has released a brand new trailer. Check out the video here!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is  June 16, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: 

GOODBYE DANDELION, written and performed by siblings Maddie Rice and Marcus Rice, will have its world premiere at Underbelly during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as the inaugural recipient of the Underbelly Futures Fund Award.

Solo performance 3.2.1 HOLD ME ON STAGE will premiere at Edinburgh Fringe Festival at theSpaceUK @ Surgeons' Hall, following Daphne Bell, a character trapped in a claw machine exploring themes of invisibility and the desire to be chosen.

Omega Ensemble will present INNER LANDSCAPES across four Australian cities, featuring the world premiere of Paul Stanhope's Clarinet Concerto and the Australian premiere of Grammy winner Jessie Montgomery's 'Rounds.'