(05/21/2021) - Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre’s first in-house production of 2021 is Alan Ayckbourn’s The Girl Next Door. The 85th play by the prolific dramatist, it is currently in rehearsals, directed by the author, and can be seen at the SJT from Friday 4 June to Saturday 3 July.
(05/20/2021) - The play, which is based on a true story, follows twenty-something Masha as she becomes embroiled in the world of data and deceit as a member of Russia’s disinformation campaigns during the EU referendum.
(05/19/2021) - The Festival sets out to promote quality artistry, showcasing new musicals to UK audiences with a view to elevating them to full production, and giving audiences an insight into the process of creating new work and the art of collaboration.
(05/08/2021) - For the first time since theatres closed on 16 March 2020, Kiln Theatre will re-open to share live performance with audiences with a season of work including the world première of Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me by Amy Trigg.
(04/30/2021) - Original Theatre Company and Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds will present Adrian Lukis in Being Mr Wickham, livestreaming tonight, April 30, and tomorrow, May 1.
(04/26/2021) - Yasmin Joseph’s J’Ouvert broadcasts on BBC Four this evening as part of the BBC’s Lights Up season, ahead of opening at the Harold Pinter Theatre as part of Sonia Friedman Productions RE:EMERGE season, which also includes Amy Berryman’s Walden and Joseph Charlton’s Anna X.
(04/08/2021) - The film will be available to watch from 15 April – 25 April at Stream.Theatre before the show reopens the Duchess Theatre in the West End from 18 May – 13 June.
(03/12/2021) - All new photos have been released of the cast of Ben Brown’s new political drama, A SPLINTER OF ICE, in rehearsals. The play will be filmed on stage at the Cheltenham Everyman Theatre and released online from 15 April to 31 July 2021.
(03/12/2021) - Originally presented at Lincoln Center the new musical threads Contreras’ musical theatre and pop catalogue into a theatrical setting, exploring the universal search for clarity and empowerment through different kinds of relationships.
(03/02/2021) - From the creative team behind the award-winning What a Carve Up!, the contemporary take follows influencer Dorian Gray as he makes a deal for his social star never to fade.
(02/15/2021) - ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’, by Richard Hough and Ben Morales Frost, directed by Charlotte Westenra (‘The Wicker Husband’, Watermill) explores the extraordinary world of a sorcerer and his rebellious daughter, as she discovers the explosive possibilities of her newfound magical powers.
(12/20/2020) - Sian Clifford (best known and BAFTA-winning, Emmy and Critics Choice Award nominated as Claire, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s uptight sister Claire in the global phenomenon ‘Fleabag’) and Nikesh Patel (‘Foaly’ in ’Artemis Fowl’, directed by Kenneth Branagh) are to star in the global online premiere of ‘Good Grief’ by Lorien Haynes.
(12/18/2020) - Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker at The REP will be streamed live from The Birmingham Repertory Theatre this evening, Friday 18th December, from 7.30pm. This magical Christmas production will then be available to view as a video-on-demand recording from Saturday 19th to Thursday 24th December.
(12/10/2020) - Final casting is today announced for the world premiere of ‘Snow White in the Seven Months of Lockdown’, a new online panto featuring interactive viewers-choice-moments.
(12/08/2020) - The Barn Theatre have revealed a first look at their reimagined one-man production of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan starring Waylon Jacobs (Hamilton, Memphis, The Last Five Years), is running in Cirencester until 3 January 2021.
(12/08/2020) - Murder can be such a Drag…! This brand new killer comedy, Death Drop, currently running at the Garrick Theatre until 17 January 2021 is an historic West End first. Starring RuPaul’s Drag Race superstars Courtney Act and Monét X Change, along with a full drag cast in this new hilarious murder mystery - this show is like nothing you’ve seen on the West End stage ever before!
(12/08/2020) - This Christmas, Greenwich Theatre reopens with Russ Tunney’s thrilling festive adaptation of Joan Aiken's classic children's novel, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. This fun-filled socially distanced adventure is accompanied by an online and interactive experience, Sir Willoughby’s Challenge, for those unable to attend the live performance.
(12/07/2020) - David Mamet’s provocative drama Oleanna, directed by Lucy Bailey stars Rosie Sheehy and Jonathan Slinger and is running at Theatre Royal Bath’s Ustinov Studio from 3 December to 22 December and again from 4 January to 16 January 2021. Reduced capacity at the Ustinov Studio will allow for an audience of 60 persons per performance.
(12/04/2020) - The Turbine Theatres reopens its doors with its first ever adult pantomime, Cinderella: The Socially Distanced Ball. This hilarious panto has been written by Jodie Prenger and Neil Hurst, and is being directed by Lizzy Connolly.
(12/01/2020) - New rehearsal images have been released for the production The Comeback which will begin performances at the Noel Coward Theatre on December 8th.
(11/16/2020) - Production photography was released today for Hedda. Bristol Old Vic Theatre School's latest graduates production taking place through lockdown.
(11/09/2020) - International Roots launched their new initiative Ripples to create a global collage of hopes, challenges and the things that matter to people the most.
(10/29/2020) - James Quaife Productions announced the world première of Paul Harvard’s debut play GHBoy - opening at the Charing Cross Theatre on 10 November 2020, with previews from 4 November, and runs until 28 November.
(10/20/2020) - BETRAYAL, Harold Pinter’s mesmerising masterpiece of relationships and adultery, is directed by Jonathan Church and stars Nancy Carroll, Joseph Millson, Edward Bennett and Christopher Bianchi.
(10/15/2020) - LONE FLYER – THE LAST FLIGHT OF AMY JOHNSON comes to Newbury’s The Watermill Theatre – the second in the autumn season of work featuring shows with smaller cast sizes, reduced capacity inside the auditorium and socially distanced seating.
(10/08/2020) - Last night Birmingham Hippodrome hosted a preview evening for the UK premiere of Van Gogh Alive. Created by Grande Exhibitions, Van Gogh Alive is a digital art experience using stunning projections, classical music and scent gives you the unique opportunity to step on to the Hippodrome’s main stage and truly venture into Van Gogh’s world.
(09/14/2020) - Production photos have been released for BoxLess Theatre, the Barn Theatre and Take Two Theatricals’ production of Private Peaceful. The production, which marked the first live indoor performances since March at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester, runs until 27 September.
(09/03/2020) - The first week of the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival drawing to an end, and another weekend of outdoor live performance and installation is gearing up!
(08/28/2020) - Told by an Idiot are bringing their international hit family show Get Happy to outdoor audiences at the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, part of On Your Doorstep Programme.
(08/28/2020) - The Greenwich+Docklands International Festival opens today with Luke Jerram’s In Memoriam. As the festival celebrates its 25th anniversary, we're taking a look back at some highlights from festivals past.
(08/22/2020) - Owl & Pussycat Theatre Company presents Dreaming of Sexual Healing, Sort Of... written by Theo Salter, directed by Anna Rak, video editing by Jami Burrows, starring Ashley Ford, Adam Dorsey, Christine Lane, Sean Dillingham and Spencer Irwin, premiered this weekend at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival virtual series, Online@theSpaceUK.
(08/19/2020) - The Barn Theatre in Cirencester and Piers Cottee-Jones have released rehearsal photos for their new outdoor production of the Kander & Ebb musical revue The World Goes ‘Round.
(08/02/2020) - While the theatre remains closed, Northern Stage is taking the show on the road this summer with a pop up music programme for residents on the Byker estate in Newcastle.
(07/20/2020) - With uncertainty still surrounding the support of freelancers in the theatre industry photographer Ali Wright has curated My Latest Role; a series of environment portraits of self-employed creatives who became key workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
(03/16/2020) - When a glamorous Hollywood starlet is stabbed on-set in a fatal mix-up of props, there's only one man fit for the job of solving the crime: Stan Shakespeare.
