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Since the 2010s, grooming gangs have remained a recurring feature of the British news cycle. Yet despite investigations, inquiries and prosecutions, the issue remains unresolved. There often seems to be a collective reluctance to engage with the reality of what these experiences mean for the survivors who live through them.

The Flint Institute of Music appointed Dr. Kwamise Taylor as Interim Director of the Flint School of Performing Arts as longtime director Davin Pierson Torre retires after a 50-year career, with a national search underway for a permanent director.

Five new principal cast members announced for HADESTOWN at London's Lyric Theatre, including The Wanted's Nathan Sykes as Orpheus and Olivier Award-winner Danielle de Niese as Persephone.

Harriet Walter leads a full cast including returning and new performers in the RSC and KPPL Productions touring revival of JULIUS CAESAR, directed by Phyllida Lloyd, visiting schools across England.

Dance Umbrella announced that Eshu at the Crossroads, a family show blending dance, puppetry, and Yorubic storytelling, will tour across London venues as part of its annual international dance festival.

Woodbridge Community Players will present 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the classic film featuring music and lyrics by Dolly Parton. Learn more here!

Tony ® Award-winning stage and screen legend Betty Buckley today releases her new live album, Enough, via Palmetto Records. Recorded during her acclaimed 2025 residency at Joe's Pub in 2025, the 13-track collection is now available on all major streaming and digital platforms

New Jersey Repertory Company will present the world premiere of A Change of Position, by Jeffrey Sweet, based on characters created by Michael Kosarowich, and directed by James Glossman.

Guggenheim Fellow Sasha Ivanochko's seminal Canadian contemporary dance work Heaven will return to The Theatre Centre in Toronto with a new cast for a limited six-performance run.

We caught up with Elle showrunners Laura Kittrell and Caroline Dries, who offered insights into the writing process, creating backstory for the beloved character of Elle Woods and landing on a tone for the prequel series.

Les Misérables is written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre, The Pirate Queen) and is based on the novel by Victor Hugo. It has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, additional material by James Fenton and adaptation by Trevor Nunn and John Caird. The classic story asks one of the most profound questions of theatre: What would you do if you were granted a second chance at life?

THE SECRET GARDEN at MacHaydn Theatre is a force of nature. Get tickets to the final week of its run.

HoneyVic Productions revealed the lineup for its Acts of Breaking Silence Playwriting for Social Change Festival, featuring four original short plays tackling reparations, mental health, and systemic silence at the American Theatre of Actors in NYC.

Great Barrington Public Theater will stage iBoss, a world premiere play by Thomas Kee, using Random Actor, a real-time interactive design tool co-created by director Clay Hopper, marking its first use in a professional production.

The 2026 headliners for The New York Comedy Festival include Ben Bankas, Mojo Brookzz, Comic Relief x The Moth, Dropout, Adam Friedland, Gayme Show! Starring Matt Rogers and Dave Mizzoni, Ilana Glazer, Jess Hilarious, Jordan Jensen, Jordan Klepper, Marc Maron, Joanne McNally, Ms. Pat, Sarah Sherman & Patti Harrison, Daniel Sloss, Ziwe and more.

43rd street was lined with thousands young performers this weekend, all hoping to be the next stars of Spring Awakening. The new Off-Broadway revival of the beloved musical held open call auditions. Watch videos from inside!

Matchbook Fest 2026 is a brand-new five-week summer festival. The festival provides artists with the opportunity to develop, test, and share ideas in front of a live audience at Off-Broadway venue Greenwich House Theater.

Trainspotting the Musical has shared a casting update for the role of Renton. The previously announced Robbie Scott is stepping down from the role due to an injury he sustained during rehearsals.

A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical officially closed its First National Tour in Kansas City. The production posted a video of the final 'Sweet Caroline', with Nick Fradiani as Neil Diamond, on their social media. Check out the video here.

What begins as a reunion among six young friends after a Birthright trip to Israel in 2006 becomes, over the span of 18 years, an exploration of identity, fracturing communities, and the struggle to stay connected across difference. Against a backdrop of political upheaval, the influence of social media on discourse, and profound generational change, their relationships become a battleground for competing histories, beliefs, and uncomfortable emotional truths.

Following a sell-out run last year, multi-award-winning lyricist Don Black will return to the West  End with the most ambitious incarnation of From The Heart yet - a celebration of new songs and  much-loved favourites.

Pam Tanowitz Dance returns to the Barbican Theatre for the UK premiere of PASTORAL, a collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw and visual artist Sarah Crowner, reimagining Beethoven's Symphony No. 6.

Spencer J. Vigil's Trans and Disabled-led musical LOUD & WITH FEELING, directed by Jules Dameron, will run Off-Broadway at AMT Theater as part of Circle Theatre Festival, featuring Obie Award winner Dickie Drew Hearts.

“Politics have no place in theatre,” says a person who has no idea that some of the first-ever plays from Ancient Greece were political. From Antigone by Sophocles to Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, there has been no shortage of bold theatre spreading a message.

‘We are the Tigers’ is a pop-rock musical with hints of more mainstream favourites such as ‘Heathers’ and ‘Mean Girls’. The all-female cast (bar one) delivers the witty script with a natural cadence that allows the audience to follow the fast-paced story and multiple comedic lines with ease.