Pentabus and Rural Media opened applications for National Young Writers 2026, a free online course for writers aged 18-30 to create micro plays for digital platforms, with finished films released across both organisations' channels.
CHICAGO the musical is set to embark on a 2027 UK and Ireland tour. The tour will open at New Wimbledon Theatre in February. Learn more about the tour here.
Corn Exchange Newbury's newly restored Old Library will open its doors to live performance for the first time, with a season featuring Seann Walsh, Ruby Wax, DINOSAUR WORLD LIVE, and Adam Garcia's EMERALD STORM.
All new photos have been released as Paddy Bever starring as Henry Creel in Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End. The production is running until 27 December. Check out the photos here.
Milk + Mallet Theatre Company will present I DREAMT YOU DIFFERENTLY, a two-hander about ambition and father-daughter relationships, featuring original music, at Camden People's Theatre in London.
Producers of HOT MESS at The Other Palace announced a series of post-show panel events and a workshop curated by Pollinate, exploring musical theatre, climate, and cultural change for ticket holders.
Buxton Opera House and Buxton Civic Association will present OUTDOOR OPERA HOUSE, a free, pay-what-you-can open-air festival at Grin Low Woods and Poole's Cavern featuring workshops, performances, and a new piece by the BOH Creates Senior Young Company.
Sadler's Wells announced a world premiere of THE LOVE BOOK, choreographed by Jade Hackett and set to the music of Omar Lyefook, alongside Martha Graham Dance Company's centenary return and Rambert's IT'S A SIN London premiere.
Summerseat Players has launched a call-out for emerging Northwest playwrights to submit work for its inaugural New Writing Festival, taking place at Theatre Royal Ramsbottom.
Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson will play Teen Angel in Secret Cinema's GREASE: THE IMMERSIVE MOVIE MUSICAL, returning to Evolution London in Battersea Park for a limited run this summer.
Jack Shalloo and Sooz Kempner lead the cast of GRAYSON THE MUSICAL, a new musical comedy inspired by the life of Sir Grayson Perry, directed by Sean Foley at Soho Theatre Walthamstow.
Underbelly announced its comedy line-up featuring over 90 shows, cementing its place as one of the Edinburgh Fringe's largest comedy venues. Learn more here!
Melting Pot will present the West End premiere of ONE DAY: THE MUSICAL at the Garrick Theatre, with Jamie Muscato and Sharon Rose reprising their roles as Dex and Em from the world premiere production.
Strictly Come Dancing Glitterball winners Dianne Buswell and Vito Coppola announced a spring 2027 UK tour, BACK IN BUSINESS, featuring Latin and ballroom choreography across major theatres.
Belgrade Theatre Coventry will present a summer programme including a Refugee Week Family Day featuring installations by Midlands artists with lived experience of displacement, youth showcases, and new work in development.
Jonny Hawkins (writer and performer) and Nell Ranney’s (director) TRUCK DRIVER is an incredible new Australian work that centres on the men that keep Australia moving, the owner-drivers of freight trucks.
MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN : The inaugural edition of MAJ hailed as the “Japanese Grammy Awards”—marked a groundbreaking moment in the nation’s music history. (Click here to read Review: Music Awards Japan, the Japanese Grammy's Launch with Unprecedented Scale and Spirit) Jointly launched by five major Japanese music industry organizations, the award aims to celebrate the diversity and future of music culture from Japan to the world, establishing itself as one of the largest international music awards in Asia.
Blurb: The Garden of Dreams Foundation has announced The Roommates Show: Live from Manhattan to Benefit the Garden of Dreams Foundation, featuring Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, and Matt Hillman.
Curio Theatre Company announced its 2026/27 season in Philadelphia, featuring NOSFERATU with live score, an interactive Anansi fable, a new adaptation of A FLEA IN HER EAR, and José Rivera's MARISOL.
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.
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra will present UNDER THE CANOPY, featuring classical accordionist James Crabb, with performances in Melbourne, Ballarat and Werribee. The program includes works by Rameau, C.P.E. Bach, Gubitsch and Australian composer Aaron Wyatt.
Genderqueer performing artist Earl Grey will bring their debut cabaret show, I AM ME – ON PURPOSE, to the Laurie Beechman Theatre, directed by Michael Kirk Lane with musical direction by Yasuhiko Fukuoka.
A.D. Players will present JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at the George Theater in Houston this summer, featuring the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice score, open to all ages.
State Theatre New Jersey announced the return of its Free Summer Movie Series, featuring screenings of A MINECRAFT MOVIE, LILO AND STITCH, ZOOTOPIA 2, and more at the historic New Brunswick venue. Registration is required at STNJ.org.
Oasis, San Francisco's SoMa queer performance venue, announced a re-opening with a 'Grand Reveal' celebration, marking its transition to a nonprofit arts organization under founder D'Arcy Drollinger and new Executive Director Greg Sottolano.
