The latest news on live theatre across the UK — regional productions, touring shows, and local openings.
Ten years ago, we introduced the world to a two-foot puppet made of cloth at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe.
DESPERATE SCOUSEWIVES: LILY'S STORY will embark on its first UK nationwide tour, with Benidorm star Crissy Rock heading the all-female cast across 18 venues.
A Bluthner baby grand once owned by theatre producer Binkie Beaumont and played by Noël Coward and Ivor Novello features in Reading Rep Theatre's production of PRIVATE LIVES, on loan from the family of composer Ted Dicks.
Menagerie Theatre's ALBATROSS, written by Bruntwood Prize winner Martha Loader, will tour the UK before a London run at Omnibus Theatre, following a glaciologist and her mother navigating secrets against a climate crisis backdrop.
Australian acrobatic company Headfirst Acrobats will present GODZ and ALL STAR CIRCUS at Brighton Fringe's Spiegelgardens, ahead of a return engagement at London's Sadler's Wells.
Claybody Theatre received £150,000 from Arts Council England's Creative Foundations Fund for upgrades to The Dipping House, a found space venue on Stoke-on-Trent's former Spode Factory Site.
Joe Pasquale will return to Dartford's newly refurbished Orchard Theatre to star in CINDERELLA, produced by Imagine Theatre.
Cahoots NI and Buxton Opera House announced the full cast and creative team for the world premiere of THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE, a family production blending live magic, puppetry, and original music, with a New York engagement to follow.
London's Arcola Theatre will present the GRIMEBORN OPERA FESTIVAL, featuring productions exploring migrant worker exploitation, climate activism, and political violence alongside new stagings of Handel's GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO and RINALDO.
K-pop group ENHYPEN has unveiled the venue and ticketing details for their upcoming world tour, ENHYPEN WORLD TOUR ‘BLOOD SAGA’ in Latin America, the United States, the UK & Europe.
Principal casting has been announced for the forthcoming Grand Finale of Boublil and Schönberg’s LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA CONCERT SPECTACULAR, in New York, London, Dublin, and Birmingham.
Eastern Angles Theatre Company announced the cast for IT COMES IN WAVES, a new comedy drama by James McDermott exploring grief and loss, starring Ben Nealon, Meg Artherton, and Erin Geraghty.
Goodwood Art Foundation has announced the world premiere of Imagined, Eternal.
Northern Ballet announced a triple-bill programme, THREE SHORT BALLETS, featuring works by Tiler Peck, Mthuthuzeli November, and Hans van Manen, coming to Leeds and London this autumn.
The Watermill Theatre announced a world premiere stage adaptation of Reverend Richard Coles' mystery novel MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG, adapted by Paul Hart and Shaun McKenna.
Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre received £2.
East London Shakespeare Festival will tour A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM to 23 parks and open spaces across east London and Kent, marking the company's biggest tour to date.
This summer, indie icon Rough Trade will take over the Southbank Centre for a weekend-long celebration of 50 years in the business as one of Britain's most influential independent music institutions.
After a successful premiere at Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 2025, Fragments of Us returns, developed into a full-length work which will tour outdoor spaces across the UK.
Pitlochry Festival Theatre will stage LEAR, Finn den Hertog's adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy, with Maureen Beattie in the title role and Forbes Masson as Gloucester.
Paines Plough has been awarded a £750,000 Creative Foundations Fund grant from Arts Council England to renovate ROUNDABOUT, its pop-up, in-the-round touring theatre, which has reached over 150,000 people across the UK since 2014.
THE CHOIR OF MAN will run at Milton Keynes Theatre, bringing its pub-set choral show to Buckinghamshire for a limited five-night engagement.
David Arnold will headline a one-night-only James Bond concert in London’s West End.
Since launching last fall, BroadwayWorld My Shows has been the place where theatre fans log every production they've seen, rate performances, write reviews, and document their theatre experiences.
The RSPB's Night of Nature will return at Harrogate's Royal Hall, hosted by Kate Humble and headlined by vocal group G4, combining live music with wildlife footage to celebrate UK species and habitats.
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! The Brindley Theatre (3/03-3/03) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And it''s Goodnight from Me! BEAM (5/15-5/15) |
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Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert - The Film With Live Orchestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (12/02-12/02) |
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Disney''s Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert The Brighton Centre (12/13-12/13) |
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical Liverpool Empire Theatre (7/02-8/08) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Northcott Theatre (5/01-5/01) |
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Disney Princess - The Concert Wales Millennium Centre (4/18-4/18) |
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Trainspotting The Musical Sheffield City Hall Oval Hall (10/26-10/31) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry (6/03-6/03) |
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Disney Princess - The Concert New Theatre Peterborough (3/24-3/24) |
