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Firebird Theatre will present a Learning Disabled-led production of Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST at Bristol Old Vic, narrated by BAFTA winner George Webster, featuring a cast of eleven performers spanning three decades of the company's history.

Unicorn Theatre released its Creative Schools Programme Impact Report, showing the effect of arts education partnerships on children and teachers, amid data showing only 9% of primary schools have dedicated drama teachers.

Soul Quest Records co-founder Max Sinàl teams with South African poet and singer-songwriter Sio on 'Counting Stars,' a stripped-back deep house single built around swinging drums, warm Rhodes chords and Sio's spoken word performance.

Kettering's Lighthouse Theatre announced the cast for its festive pantomime PETER PAN, featuring Samuel Wright of the Wicked! movie as Captain Hook and Evan Taylor Benyacar of Starlight Express in the title role.

Isobel McArthur’s Olivier Award Winning PRIDE AND PREJUDICE *SORT OF is a fantastically irreverent retelling of Jane Austen’s famous novel of manners.

Finally, prog gets its Prom. The BBC's heart is unarguably in the right place in handing the genre's back catalogue to their Concert Orchestra, in tribute to a 'pioneering, British-driven movement' rendered, as the billing has it, 'on an orchestral scale'. And yet the result falls a fair way short of the ambition.

Talawa Theatre Company appointed six new trustees as it marks its 40th anniversary, bringing expertise in technology, accessibility, communications, and the arts to help shape the future of Black British theatre.

Sheffield Theatres announced the full acting company for its autumn Shakespeare season, with Ian McDiarmid leading KING LEAR and Mathew Horne starring in TWELFTH NIGHT at the Crucible Theatre.

Mirvish Productions will present the Canadian premiere of PRIMA FACIE by Suzie Miller at Toronto's CAA Theatre, starring Bethany Jillard and directed by Seana McKenna.

THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE THE MUSICAL, produced by The Roald Dahl Story Company, will return to London for a 4-week run at Lyric Hammersmith following a 15-venue UK tour.

Philip Stokes' new thriller THIS IS NOT AMERICA will have its world premiere at The Pleasance Courtyard during the Edinburgh Fringe, performed by Jack Stokes and produced by Richard Jordan Productions, 412, and Lawrence Batley Theatre.

Carla Mendonça, known for Coronation Street and My Parents are Aliens, will join Rufus Hound and Susie Blake in the UK and Ireland tour of Torben Betts' comedy thriller THE OTHER SIDE OF MURDER.

Bristol Old Vic announced the full cast for its Christmas production CINDERELLA: A FAIRYTALE, led by Joëlle Brabban alongside Joseph Langdon and Bristol performer Dionne Draper, with local and UK-wide talent.

Sario Solomon, Jason Leigh Winter, Ross Chisari, and Diana Vickers will star in DEEP-HEAT RIVALRY, a porno panto parody on ice written by Olivier nominee Trevor Ashley and Phil Scott, at The Other Palace Studio.

Experience Theatre Project announced its 2026-2027 season, themed Echoes & Illusions, featuring seven productions including AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, GEORGE ORWELL'S 1984, and FLANAGAN'S WAKE at its Aloha, Oregon home.

The Blank Theatre announced casting for week three of its 34th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, featuring three plays by playwrights aged 15–19 performed at the Skylight Theatre in Los Feliz.

BBC Radio 2 host Vernon Kay will return to pantomime in SLEEPING BEAUTY at Churchill Theatre Bromley, reprising his comedy role of Billy after winning Best Newcomer at the UK Pantomime Awards on his 2023 debut.

Griffin Theatre Company will present LACUNA by Eric Jiang, a new work following a jobless young woman hired by a Chinese underworld goddess to erase memories, at Downstairs Theatre, Belvoir St Theatre.

The Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough will host a free screening of THE PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY BRIEFING, backed by Chris Packham, followed by a community discussion on climate and nature risks.

Penny Wolhuter will lead IMMORTAL, a one-woman drama written by Peter Terry and directed by Sharon Spiegel-Wagner, telling the true story of a survivor of the 1911 Blaaukrantz river bridge collapse at The Drama Factory in Strand, South Africa.

Theatre Works and Aperture Productions will present Savages, Patricia Cornelius's play about masculinity and violence, directed by Kitan Petkovski with an ensemble of women and non-binary actors at St Kilda's Theatre Works.

Wonder Lane Entertainment announced a Family Access Initiative for SEASON SQUAD, releasing 1,000 tickets at $20 for its Sydney run. The 60-minute pop musical features music from the team behind Disney's Descendants and Netflix's Spirit Rangers.

An all new trailer has been released for Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, the stage adaptation of the classic novel,  at Westport Country Playhouse. The video was created by Rory Duffy. Check out the video here!

Tom Alper's new play ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER, about a divorced son who moves in with his aging mother, will receive a free staged reading at Santa Monica Playhouse, featuring a cast of four.

Playwright Petrina Ampeire's new one-act PLAN B, directed by Kenneth Keng, follows three international friends forced to compete for a single visa, exploring immigration, ambition, and sacrifice at The Chain Theatre in New York City.