The latest news on live theatre across the UK — regional productions, touring shows, and local openings.
The Coronet Theatre will present two poetry events featuring actor Simon McBurney performing Basil Bunting's Briggflatts and a Poetry Club reading with Tishani Doshi, Asmaa Azaizeh, and Isabelle Baafi.
ThickSkin's ghost story IT WALKS AROUND THE HOUSE AT NIGHT will tour the UK this autumn, with George Naylor reprising his role as Joe in the comedy-horror production supported by Queen's Theatre Hornchurch.
Mohit Mathur's one-man show DIAL 1 FOR UK, about migration, identity, and belonging, will present at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre as part of its second UK tour, before heading to Canada.
Cornershop Chronicles will come to Peckham Fringe in May.
TRANSIENT AND TRIFLING, a kinky cabaret-theatre show, will present four performances at St Augustine's Arts and Events Centre during Brighton Fringe, featuring an all-queer cast performing burlesque, bondage, and pole dance.
A corrupt lot steeped in scandal puppeteers the economy.
Rehearsal images are released for the world premiere of Kohlhaas, the opening event of the 60th Edition of Brighton Festival and its first ever original theatre production, directed by Omar Elerian.
Woolwich Works marks Pride 2026 with a vibrant programme of live performance celebrating queer creativity, identity and expression - from boundary-pushing circus and cabaret to sharp, joyful stand-up comedy.
Acclaimed new country musical Under the Mersey Moon is set to make its Liverpool debut when it comes to the Epstein Theatre this autumn.
English National Opera (ENO) will present Du Yun’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Angel’s Bone at the London Coliseum in October, following its UK premiere in Greater Manchester in May.
You can now get a first look at production photos for the world premiere of Driftwood at The Other Place.
Australian guitarist Taj Farrant will launch his debut album tour, Chapter One, with a series of UK performances in 2026.
The Metropolitan Opera announced the Met Orchestra's European Festival Tour, led by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, with stops at the BBC Proms, Lucerne Festival, and Philharmonie de Paris.
Battersea Arts Centre will present BLOOM 2026, featuring five productions spanning absurdist theatre, immersive performance, and puppetry, all developed and supported by BAC.
Regal Entertainments Ltd announced a new UK tour of RITA, SUE & BOB TOO!, visiting 11 venues across Britain.
Corn Exchange Newbury's 101 Outdoor Arts announced a series of free outdoor performances, including BLOCK, featuring acrobats with large stackable blocks, and WATCHFUL, an outdoor theatre piece exploring a long-term relationship across time.
Acosta Danza Yunior will present NEXT GENERATION at Sadler's Wells East, a mixed bill featuring works by Susana Pous, Juliano Nunes, Didy Veldman, and Kit Holder, performed by recent graduates of the Acosta Dance Academy in Havana.
CADEL: LUNGS ON LEGS, the solo show about Australian cycling legend Cadel Evans, will present its London premiere at Riverside Studios.
Leeds Playhouse has appointed three new trustees to its Board.
Pivot Point Circus will present DARLING at the Brighton Fringe Spiegeltent, combining aerial acrobatics, physical theatre, and comedy.
Performances are underway for the new stage adaptation of James M.
After six weeks of voting, BroadwayWorld readers have crowned Newsies the Ultimate Best Movie Musical in the 2026 edition of BroadwayWorld's Annual Bracket.
Norwich Theatre will present a tour of 3 Migrant Women, a production created and performed by artists with lived experience of displacement, opening at Theatre503 London before touring to venues around the UK.
The Young Company at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre will present WOYZECK, Georg Büchner's unfinished masterpiece, directed by the SJT's Head of Creative Engagement, Rob Salmon.
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La La Land in Concert (12A) The Royal Albert Hall (12/31-12/31) |
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Meet the Kids Greenwich Theatre (8/21-8/22) |
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone™ In Concert (PG) Royal Albert Hall (9/25-9/27) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Gordon Craig Theatre (6/04-6/04) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! The Castle Theatre (5/28-5/28) |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel - Stokenham/ Kingsbridge - theatre period drama Stokenham Village Hall (7/11-10/11) |
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Disney Princess: the Concert Waterfront Hall Auditorium (4/20-4/20) |
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New Love Madlenianum (12/16-12/01) |
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Murder Trial Tonight V - Death in the Family Scarborough Spa Grand Hall (4/23-4/23) |
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The Little Mermaid Greenwich Theatre (8/07-8/23) |
