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.
Ensemble Shakespeare Company stages Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at The Flea Theater in Tribeca, featuring guest artists Mark Dacascos and Pedro Garza in a full-text production set in modern antiquity. Check out photos here!
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company will bring back its acclaimed production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol to Boston's Cutler Majestic Theatre this December.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater celebrated the company's 40th Anniversary with the Revel in Ruby Gala. The evening raised $1.3 million, honoring four decades of powerful theatermaking and fueling the artistry, education, and community engagement.
Forced Entertainment announced a return to UK stages with two works: the UK premiere of COLD SWEAT, featuring AI-generated voices and live lip-syncing, and a northern England tour of SELECTED WORKS: TABLE TOP SHAKESPEARE.
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival will present ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA at Redwood City's Red Morton Park, marking the company's first-ever staging of the play in its 44 years of free outdoor performances.
The Atlanta Shakespeare Company announced its 2026-2027 season at The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse in Atlanta, featuring MEASURE FOR MEASURE, MACBETH, THE TURN OF THE SCREW, OTHELLO, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, and ROMEO AND JULIET.
Shakespeare's Globe announced the cast for AS YOU LIKE IT, co-directed by Sean Holmes and Charlie Josephine, who also stars as Orlando. Lola Shalam leads as Rosalind in the Globe Theatre production.
Tom Dugan's The Curse of the Banshee, completing his Jersey Pub Trilogy, will receive its world premiere at Dugan's Backyard Playhouse in Woodland Hills, produced by JP Hubbell for Alliance Repertory Company.
SummerWorks Performance Festival will present 35 projects across Toronto, featuring artists from 10 countries under the theme Fight | Flight, including world premieres, site-engaged performances, and works in development.
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival will present ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA at Cupertino's Memorial Park Amphitheater, marking the company's first-ever staging of the play in its 44 years of Free Shakespeare in the Park.
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.
Shakespeare by the Sea announced its 29th admission-free summer season, featuring a modern-verse translation of MACBETH adapted and directed by Stephanie Coltrin, touring parks throughout Southern California and expected to reach an estimated 10,000 audience members.
Shakespeare's Globe announced the cast for A WORLD ELSEWHERE, a new show inspired by Shakespeare's tales, directed by Lucy Cuthbertson and co-written by Kerry Frampton and Ben Hales, running at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
Modern Classic Theatre will present MY OWN PRIVATE SHAKESPEARE, written and performed by Justin Hay and directed by Mona Zaidi, at the Toronto Fringe Festival, running at Soulpepper Theatre's Kevin & Roger Garland Cabaret.
Ensemble Shakespeare Company will present Julius Caesar at The Flea Theater in Tribeca, NYC, in a contemporary staging that examines political ambition, moral conviction, and civil discourse giving way to violence.
Shakespeare's Globe announced the full cast for LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, directed by Indiana Lown-Collins in her Globe directorial debut, featuring flamenco dancers and a singer alongside a 14-member cast.
Chattanooga Theatre Centre announced its 2026–2027 season, themed 'Stories That Shape Us,' featuring eight productions including COME FROM AWAY and WEST SIDE STORY, plus a staged reading of THE COST OF JUSTICE.
Joy Nesbitt's multi-award-nominated play Julius Caesar VARIETY SHOW will make its UK premiere at Summerhall's Red Lecture Theatre during Edinburgh Festival Fringe, exploring identity and representation through a darkly comic Shakespeare audition set against the 2023 Dublin riot.
Irish theatremaker Martha Knight's gig-theatre show THE KING OF ALL BIRDS will make its UK premiere at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, after winning awards at Dublin Fringe Festival and touring Ireland and Canada.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company announced its 2026–2027 season, the first curated by incoming Artistic Director Reggie D. White, featuring five world-premiere plays by five playwrights making their Woolly Mammoth debuts.
SNAZZY, a new play about the founding of the Snazaroo face-painting brand, will premiere at LATEA Theater as part of the New York Theatre Festival in July 2026, directed by Chloe Champken and written by Joe Staton.
Simon Russell Beale will return to the Barbican to narrate Greg Doran's production of Shakespeare's great poem Venus & Adonis, animated by a team of world-class puppeteers.
Home of boundary-pushing performance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, arts charity and year-round cultural hub Summerhall Arts has announced 36 more shows of the 2026 instalment of its renowned festival programme.
York Theatre Royal will present the world premiere of THE PSYCHIC, a new thriller by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, starting previews on 29 April 2026 and running until 23 May 2026.
