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The Contemporary American Theater Festival announced full casts and creative teams for its 2026 mainstage season at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, W. Va., featuring five new plays, including four world premieres.

West End LIVE announced its full schedule and presenters for its free musical theatre festival in Trafalgar Square, with over 50 West End performances including HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL, JERSEY BOYS, and INTO THE WOODS.

West End stars Charlie Burn and Ashley Gilmour will lead the cast of JANE EYRE A MUSICAL at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, marking the show's UK premiere in a new staging co-directed by Olivier and Tony Award-winner John Caird.

Guild Festival Theatre will present Brontë: The World Without, written by Jordi Mand and directed by Helen Juvonen, at the Greek Theatre in Guild Park & Gardens in Scarborough, ON, as part of its 15th season.

Broadway actress Gina Ferrall, whose stage credits included Mamma Mia!, She Loves Me, Beauty and the Beast, and Les Misérables, has died following a battle with uterine sarcoma.

Gretna Theatre and the Fulton Theatre will present the American premiere of MURDER AT ACKERTON MANOR, a comedy whodunit inspired by Agatha Christie, featuring three actors playing a sprawling cast of suspects.

Bristol Old Vic announced the creative team for its Christmas production of CINDERELLA: A FAIRYTALE, the Olivier Award-nominated adaptation returning to its hometown. Director Lisa Gregan leads the team for the brand-new staging.

Theatre Caddis, double Fringe First winners, will bring their comedy JANE EYRE CONVENTION to London venues in Clapham and Islington, before heading to Edinburgh Fringe.

Bristol Old Vic, in association with ETT, has announced the full creative team for the world premiere stage adaptation of Max Porter's novel LANNY, with direction by Nancy Medina and writing by Bea Roberts.

Theatre Caddis, double Fringe First winners, will present JANE EYRE CONVENTION at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a comedy set at a fictional Jane Eyre fan convention featuring farce, bonnets, and literary squabbles.

For the first time in The London Palladium's history, audiences can stand on stage during JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, with tickets priced at £25 available now.

Storyhouse in Chester will stage a co-production of JANE EYRE, directed by 2025 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award winner Lily Dyble, in association with Mercury Theatre, Rose Theatre Kingston, and Northern Stage.

The complete cast for JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at The London Palladium has been announced, led by Sam Ryder as Jesus alongside Tyrone Huntley as Judas, with six performers rotating as King Herod.

Julie Benko will join the Princeton Festival for its AMERICAN FANFARE concert. The Broadway performer will appear with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. The event is part of the festival’s summer lineup.

The Contemporary Theater Company has released photos of its production of The Moors, a gothic absurdist play by acclaimed playwright Jen Silverman, running May 1 through May 28 at The Contemporary Theater Company in Wakefield, Rhode Island.

Anne Hathaway recently reflected on her early experiences in theater, highlighting the Tony Award-winning Paper Mill Playhouse as a key part of her introduction to acting. Watch the video below.

In Jen Silverman’s The Moors, the slightly deranged love child of the Brontës, Waiting For Godot, and Six, Emilie the governess (Blessing Adedijo) arrives at a manor amidst the titular plains to find that nothing is quite as she expected. Branwell, her supposed employer and warmhearted correspondent, is nowhere to be found, nor is the child she expects to teach.

Barbara will come to Aarhus Teater next month. Sigrid Johannesen sheds new light on one of the very great classics of Nordic literature that takes you into a passionate drama of ruthless freedom and the power of the victorious.

Tilles Center and LIU's Post Theatre Company have revealed the full cast for Feels Like The First Time, a new musical inspired by the band Foreigner, FOREIGNER, running in Long Island, directed by Tony-nominated Adam Pascal.

A brand new production of Jane Eyre, based on Sally Cookson, Mike Akers and the original company's adaptation of the Charlotte Brontë novel, will come to the Mercury Theatre Colchester in September.

The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced full casting for Lindsay Posner's major revival of Peter Shaffer's Equus, in its co-production with Theatre Royal Bath Productions.

Following its world premiere, THE LAST BLACK MESSIAH, written by actor and playwright Emeka Agada, will transfer to the Jack Studio Theatre for a limited run from 28 April -16 May 2026.

Stag & Lion Theatre Company will present Shakespeare's tragic love story ROMEO AND JULIET, starting performances on March 12. Learn more about the show here!

Jane Eyre, a musical by John Caird and Paul Gordon based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë, will receive its UK Premiere at Southwark Playhouse Elephant for a strictly limited season.

Based on the well-loved book by renowned author Julia Donaldson with illustrations by Axel Scheffler, perennial festive favourite Stick Man will simultaneously play in two UK cities this winter season.