The latest news on live theatre across the UK — regional productions, touring shows, and local openings.
Senbla and SEGA announced Sonic Live In Concert, a new concert experience celebrating 35 years of the franchise, with US and UK premieres featuring a live orchestra, rock musicians, and vocalists performing music from across the Sonic universe.
Hay Festival, the world-renowned literature festival, will host a star-studded celebration of the spoken word with Speaking Up for Success: A Spoken Word Gala on the main Global Stage
The BBC New Comedy Awards are back and heading to Coventry, where the first rounds of the competition will be filmed this September.
New Wolsey Theatre revealed its autumn season, headlined by a co-production of Calendar Girls The Musical, alongside gig-theatre, new drama adaptations, and the return of its Rock'n'Roll Panto with Cinderella.
The Legend of Korra in Concert, a new live-to-picture orchestral experience that brings the animated series to life on stage, is coming to the UK in 2027.
Ahead of English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2026, Artistic Director Aaron S.
Darlington Hippodrome announced its upcoming summer season brochure, featuring theatre, live entertainment, family shows, and star appearances at the North East venue.
Red is a dazzling and richly entertaining musical revue which celebrates the flame haired icons who have shaped stage and screen history, whilst simultaneously showcasing the extraordinary talents of its creator and performer, Amber Topaz.
The full cast for the UK and Ireland tour of MRS.
Strictly alumni Janette Manrara announced as a guest star on Nikita Kuzmin's UK tour SUPERNOVA, joining Karen Hauer and Nadiya Bychkova for select dates at venues across England.
Tales From Acorn Wood at artsdepot is a warm, engaging and visually playful introduction to theatre for young audiences, bringing Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s much loved stories delightfully to life through puppetry, songs and audience participation.
Richard O'Brien's cult classic musical will play Storyhouse in Chester as part of a national tour, with Stephen Webb leading the cast as Dr Frank-N-Furter alongside Jackie Clune, James Bisp, and Haley Flaherty.
The Mill At Sonning announced the cast for SHEAR MADNESS, Paul Portner's record-breaking comedy whodunit directed by Sally Hughes, featuring Rosaleen Burton, Daniel Cane, Gwithian Evans, Jonathan Markwood, Natalie Ogle, and Paul O'Neill.
Black Bat Productions announced the world premiere of ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK, a new play by Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller exploring medically assisted dying, directed by Mimi Harlow Robinson at The Glitch in Waterloo.
Former Prime Minister Jim Hacker and former Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey are reunited in poignant and nostalgic fashion in Jonathan Lynn's I'm Sorry, Prime Minister, the final chapter for two characters so beloved from the TV series that made them British institutions.
Emma Tadmor's PLASTERS, described as 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf for the new-text generation,' will run at Theatre503 in London, directed by and starring Max Schmitt, with support from LAMDA.
Historian Jack Jewers' debut novel Seething Lane follows Samuel Pepys through a murder mystery set in Restoration London, weaving in the history of Theatre Royal Drury Lane and the influence of King Charles II's mistresses on the city.
Stage One announced partners for its 2026/27 Producer Placement Scheme, offering emerging producers paid year-long placements at London and regional theatres, including Sonia Friedman Productions and Sheffield Theatres.
Culture Warrington and Golden Square's award-winning rooftop Sky Garden has received £20,000 from the National Lottery Community Fund to expand wildlife habitats, grow community produce, and host free family events.
Catherine Russell, known for Holby City and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, will play Patricia Highsmith in Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds' in-house production of Joanna Murray-Smith's psychological thriller SWITZERLAND.
VAULT Creative Arts will present Highlight, a preview festival at The Glitch in Waterloo showcasing theatre, comedy, and live performance bound for the Edinburgh Fringe, with tickets starting from £4.
Before I’m Dead follows seventeen-year-old Zara as she records her own eulogy before a terminal brain tumour takes away her voice.
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Senbla will present THE BEST OF TUBULAR BELLS I, II & III on a UK autumn tour, featuring Robin Smith leading a live group through Tubular Bells I in full, plus extended sections of II and III and hit single Moonlight Shadow.
Aakash Odedra Company's acclaimed solo work SONGS OF THE BULBUL, co-created with Kathak choreographer Rani Khanam, will tour four UK venues, opening at Oxford Playhouse before heading to Sadler's Wells East in London.
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Two MR P''s In a Podcast Live - Let That Be a Lesson... Wycombe Swan Theatre (10/31-10/31) |
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The Little Mermaid Greenwich Theatre (8/07-8/23) |
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Drag Bingo UK: '80s Edition Venue16 (10/24-10/24) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry (6/03-6/03) |
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The Extraordinary Life of a Rat Racer theSpace @ Niddry St. (8/17-8/22) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! The Brindley Theatre (3/03-3/03) |
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical Liverpool Empire Theatre (7/02-8/08) |
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Fascinating Aida Scarborough Spa Theatre (2/20-2/20) |
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Introductions Grand Lodge Lower Theatre (8/07-8/30) |
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Steve Steinman''s BAT - Bat Out of Hell 50th Anniversary Tour Vaillant Live, Derby (11/04-11/04) |
