The Centre

THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY Tour to Return Feb 2027
by Rachel Stone - Sep 15, 2026

THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY will launch a North American tour February 7, 2027 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, visiting more than 50 U.S. and Canadian cities. The production includes stops at Los Angeles' Pantages Theatre April 30–May 2 and Toronto's CAA Theatre May 11–23.

DOWN TO CHANCE to Tour South East England Venues
by Stephi Wild - Sep 14, 2026

Based on the 1964 Great Alaskan Earthquake, DOWN TO CHANCE follows radio reporter Genie Chance as she broadcasts live during a crisis. The two-person play, written by and starring Ellie Jay Cooper alongside Robert Merriam, will visit 14 venues across South East England.

Photos: SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA to Play Four Nights at Ullevi Stadium
by Rachel Stone - Sep 10, 2026

SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA announced four nights at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, marking the electronic trio's only European live shows. The announcement follows their sold-out concert at the venue in August.

THE SNOW QUEEN to Open at Aberdeen Arts Centre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 10, 2026

Aberdeen Arts Centre revealed the cast for its festive pantomime THE SNOW QUEEN, led by Philip Napier as Dame Rita Rizza alongside returning stars Megan Wright, Hannah Buyers, Xander Gordon, and Sarah Ord. Over 95% of the cast hails from the north east.

Katie Dauson Releases Country Rock Love Ballad FRESH SUGAR
by Rachel Stone - Sep 9, 2026

Richmond Hill, Ontario musician Katie Dauson released the country rock ballad FRESH SUGAR, written on her father's birthday and recorded at Cleveland Sound Lab in Vaughan.

Gate Theatre Will Close After Nearly Fifty Years
by Stephi Wild - Sep 9, 2026

The London theatre company will end operations following years of funding challenges, including the loss of its Arts Council England subsidy and rising production costs.

Rainbow City Taxis Pledges £30K to Save Aberdeen Arts Centre Campaign
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 8, 2026

A Scottish taxi firm has committed £30,000 over three years to Aberdeen Arts Centre's fundraising drive, which aims to secure the venue's future and support community and touring arts programming.

Photos: POWWOW PEOPLE Documentary to Screen in New York and Los Angeles
by Rachel Stone - Sep 8, 2026

Sky Hopinka's documentary POWWOW PEOPLE will screen at BAM in New York and Vidiots in Los Angeles, presented by COUSIN, capturing a contemporary Native gathering.

JOY OF JOYS Film by Jonathan Glazer to Make UK Premiere at BFI Festival
by Rachel Stone - Sep 8, 2026

Jonathan Glazer's short film, made during the recording of War Child's HELP(2) album, will have its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival following a world premiere in New York.

Review: Stratford Festival's THE KING JAMES BIBLE PLAY is Captivating
by Lauren Gienow - Sep 7, 2026

The World Premiere of Playwright Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman’s THE KING JAMES BIBLE PLAY recently opened at the Stratford Festival’s Studio Theatre. Directed by Nina Lee Aquino, this exciting new play imagines the process of a group of male scholars in the 1600’s translating the King James Bible, as well as the process of a group of female Artists in the present day, in turn imagining the aforementioned process of translating the King James Bible. As one character states in the play, “History has as much to do with imagination as anything else” and this play explores how our imaginations and our personal experiences inevitably bleed into how we interpret the world around us, including our work.

SOPHIE'S SURPRISE CHRISTMAS PARTY To Have Limited Engagement Residency At Underbelly Soho
by Marissa Faith Curley - Sep 5, 2026

Underbelly and Three Legged Race Productions have announced the return of their long-awaited festive production Sophie’s Surprise Christmas Party, set to take residency at Underbelly Soho for a strictly limited run this Christmas.

Review: LES MISÉRABLES at Folketeateret
by Christian Ranke - Sep 4, 2026

Scenekvelder’s new Les Misérables trusts the score without treating it as a museum piece. Dark, modern and deeply felt, it finds new images for the story while remaining faithful to the form that gives it power. Les Misérables is so familiar that a new production can easily become either a careful reproduction or an argument with its own material. Guy Unsworth’s staging for Scenekvelder finds the more rewarding path between them. It honours the images and emotions audiences bring to the theatre, yet places them in a visual world with a force and logic of its own. The result feels timeless because it understands the past rather than trying to escape it.

New Binaural Musical AUDIO GUIDE Sets First Industry Presentation at Southwark Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 3, 2026

ILOVESTAGE UK Ltd is developing AUDIO GUIDE, an original musical performed with headphones and binaural sound, featuring one onstage performer and an invisible cast of voices.

Julie Hesmondhalgh to Launch 'Pay It Forward' Campaign for MACBETH at Oldham Coliseum
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2026

Actor Julie Hesmondhalgh has started a fundraising campaign so local residents can attend Oldham Coliseum Theatre's new production of Macbeth for free or at reduced cost.

Review: ART at Baxter Flipside
by Kim R2 - Sep 3, 2026

Marthinus Basson's ART turns a blank canvas into a friendship-ending grenade. Van der Walt, Pretorius and Binge are superb. Hilarious, precise, and unexpectedly cutting.

THE CURE FOR CANCER by Gabriel Graves to Have World Premiere in Dublin
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2026

Gabriel Graves' darkly comic play, which won the Argentores National From Text to Stage Award, will premiere at Project Arts Centre with a cast including Kate Finegan and James Ireland.

THE PLEASURES OF FANNY Murder Mystery Musical to Open at Brick Lane Music Hall
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2026

Brick Lane Music Hall will stage THE PLEASURES OF FANNY, a murder mystery musical featuring the Silvertown Lovies Amateur Group, paired with dinner, lunch or afternoon tea.

Christopher Wheeldon Receives RAD's Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2026

Her Majesty The Queen presented choreographer Christopher Wheeldon with the Royal Academy of Dance's highest honor during a visit to the organization's London headquarters.

ALCATRAZZ Releases STAND AND WAIT YOUR TURN Video from PRIOR CONVICTIONS
by Rachel Stone - Sep 2, 2026

ALCATRAZZ released a video for the song STAND AND WAIT YOUR TURN, taken from the album PRIOR CONVICTIONS, featuring vocalist Giles Lavery and tour footage from the band's recent dates.

Book Review: SEETHING LANE, by Jack Jewers, Moonflower Books
by Louise Penn - Sep 2, 2026

Jewers returns to Samuel Pepys as a subject of fiction following his debut novel, The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys (2022). At the start of Seething Lane, Pepys is again looking for signs of corruption in and outside of the Court, but when violent death raises its head, he realises it is folly to trust anyone.