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Director Liesel Badorrek brings Tennessee Williams’ career-defining debut work to the Ensemble stage with a bold, multifaceted production. With a fresh and inventive eye, she breathes exuberant life into this classic, eliciting richly layered performances full of subtlety and emotional depth from every cast member.

Australian masters of variety extravaganzas Strut & Fret return to the UK with their unashamedly adult and savagely sexy new show Sabrage. Just don’t forget the first rule of cabaret.

Turning one of the world’s most famous children’s works into a lively stage adventure populated with quirky characters and illustrated by marvellous sights sounds like a money-making machine. So how does this production get it so wrong?

Perth & Kinross Percussion Ensemble has been announced as the 2025 winners of Scottish Young Musicians Ensemble of the Year, which was open to ensembles playing any genre or grouping of instruments.

Let’s hope that we don’t have to wait too long for another visit.

The New Vic will produce a rare stage adaptation of an iconic British film this April when they bring Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death, to life on their in-the-round stage.

One of those little nuggets of pure gold that can be found in the Adelaide Fringe.

Belvoir will present the Australian premiere of Song of First Desire by the inimitable Andrew Bovell, which captivated Spanish audiences in 2023. Learn more about the show here!

Robert Carsen's vision is as uncompromising as ever, but the world has changed in three short years

Theatre Uncut and Grace Dickson Productions will present Playfight, Julia Grogan’s exploration of sexuality, female adolescence, and identity in a three-city tour. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Intimate, clever staging enhances a tearjerker of a show

A powerful, provocative, outrageous and very funny, new Australian play will make its full season premiere just in time for summer and Sydney Mardi gras. GOD’S COWBOY will have its world premiere at El Rocco in Darlinghurst next month.

As Long As We Are Breathing combines physical theatre and music with audio and video to depict the extraordinary journey of Miriam Freedman who, after surviving the Holocaust, managed to find her way to forgiveness.

Casting has been announced for Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s worldwide cult phenomenon Ghost Stories, which is set to embark on its first full UK national tour opening at Churchill Theatre, Bromley.

Be sure to get tickets to this world premiere.

Despite mince pies being spotted in supermarkets since September, for many, Christmas in London doesn't really begin until Jack Thorne's adaptation of A Christmas Carol opens at The Old Vic theatre.

Alfred Enoch, Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Joshua James, Samantha Spiro, Marisha Wallace and Lia Williams will join the charity gala performance, A Marvellous Party, at London's Prince of Wales Theatre on Sunday 17 November 2024.

The New Vic announced its 2025 Spring Season, featuring a new stage adaptation of the classic British film A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, promising a fresh theatrical experience for audiences.

The world premiere of The Forsyte Saga Parts 1 'Irene' and Part 2 'Fleur' has been devised by Ashley Cook for Troupe Theatre, in association with Park Theatre, featuring a superbly talented cast of nine in a genuinely epic and stylish period production. Read our review!

The New Vic Theatre announced the cast for its upcoming production of THE THREE MUSKETEERS, running from November 15, 2024, to January 25, 2025, promising a fresh take on the classic adventure.

The landmark National Theatre and Neal Street production of The Lehman Trilogy, directed by Academy Award, Tony Award, and Golden Globe winner Sam Mendes, has returned to the Gillian Lynne Theatre for a strictly limited encore season this autumn. Hailed by The New York Times as 'a genuinely epic production', The Lehman Trilogy is a sweeping story of a family spanning generations and a company that changed the world.

Sensory Cinders; the West End’s first production for audiences labelled with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD), has announced its full casting. 

English National Opera (ENO) will present Verdi’s Rigoletto as it makes a welcome return to the London Coliseum.  A revival of one of the world’s most loved productions, directed by the godfather of the genre, Jonathan Miller. Jealousy, betrayal and seduction pervade, making it a favourite of audiences worldwide. 

As an ensemble, the cast performs with great enthusiasm and precision. Read our critic's take.

Queer Theatre UK has announcedtheir new Patron, Stephen Fry. He joins current Patrons, playwright Martin Sherman (Bent, Mrs Henderson Presents, Rose) and actor Annette Badland (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Doctor Who, Ted Lasso).