The latest news on live theatre across the UK — regional productions, touring shows, and local openings.
BASSLINE SYMPHONY®, the symphonic bassline event created by Bradford-born producer Tanya Vital, will return to Bradford Live featuring DJs TS7, DJ Q and Jamie Duggan performing alongside the Opera North Orchestra.
Buxton Opera House has revealed its 2026 festive production for younger audiences will be a new staging of The Princess and The Frog, written by Robin Kingsland.
Jackie Mitchell stars as Doris Daydream in THE DORIS SHOW at Guildford Fringe Festival, tracing Doris Day's life, marriages, and music, including Que Sera Sera and Secret Love, with singalong opportunities.
Jane Asher and Samantha Womack will lead the UK tour of BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT, Daisy Goodwin's debut play, directed by Anthony Banks, visiting Cambridge Arts Theatre and several other venues.
Yarnbird Arts will tour FOOTY FAIRY TALES, a family show for ages 4–11, across Staffordshire, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Merseyside and Lancashire, combining football and fairy tales with live music.
OVO will present a 1920s-styled open-air production of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at the Roman Theatre in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
Blau Produções and Suzanna Rosenthal Productions will present ONE MILLION WORDS at Edinburgh Fringe's Pleasance Dome, marking the UK premiere of Ivo Müller's solo show inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet.
Globe Road Theatre will present the inaugural New America Theatre Festival of London, featuring seven plays by American playwrights performed by London-based directors and cast at The Reliance in Shoreditch.
Marc Shaiman's iconic soundtrack for the 1993 rom-com will be performed live by a full orchestra at London's Eventim Apollo, with the film screening simultaneously on a large HD screen.
Welsh actress Kimberley Nixon takes BABY BRAIN, a five-star one-woman dark comedy about postpartum psychosis, on a six-city UK tour, culminating in a ten-night run at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Joss Arnott Dance announced a UK and international tour for MEET THE HATTER, a dance and multimedia production inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with stops including London's Sadler's Wells and venues across the US and Canada.
The Victoria Wood sitcom dinnerladies will return more than a quarter of a century after it was first screened on BBC One.
The Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough is staging the first-ever in-the-round production of CALENDAR GIRLS THE MUSICAL, directed by Artistic Director Paul Robinson, with a cast of twelve actors plus local young performers.
Original Theatre and Theatr Clwyd announced further casting for THE OTHER SIDE OF MURDER, Torben Betts' new comedy thriller starring Rufus Hound as a TV medium and Susie Blake, set for a UK and Ireland tour.
The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles will present LOVE ACROSS THE POND, a series of benefit concerts at The Actors' Church in London's Covent Garden, marking the chorus's first-ever UK performances in its 47-year history.
It is 75 years since Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd first appeared on stage: a collaboration between himself and novelist EM Forster to adapt Herman Melville’s novella.
Victoria Wood's sitcom DINNERLADIES is set for a brand-new stage adaptation touring the UK, commissioned by the Wood estate.
Mollie Gallagher, Oliver Farnworth, and Sam Jackson join John Partridge in the world stage play premiere of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, touring the UK and Ireland.
Drag Race UK star Bimini is set to host ACID'S REIGN AFTER DARK, a one-night-only late-night event at Pleasance London, as part of London Pride celebrations.
Comedian Joe Lycett will perform his new stand-up tour, DO YOU REALLY LYCETT? IS IT, IS IT WICKED? WE'RE LOVIN' IT, LOVIN' IT, LOVIN' IT, WE'RE LOVIN' IT LYCETT, at Bradford Live for two nights.
New rehearsal photos have been released from the European premiere of Dog Man: The Musical as the company prepare to embark on a major UK tour.
PIA, choreographed by Katya Bourvis and produced by Tala Lee-Turton, will receive its world premiere at Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican, featuring a 17-piece brass band performing Hannah Peel's Mary Casio: Journey To Cassiopeia.
Recently, we had the chance to speak with both Karimloo and Meow Meow about bringing Sweeney Todd to Birmingham Rep.
Punchdrunk Enrichment announced the appointment of Randel Bryan as its new Chair, marking a leadership transition for the education and community arm of the immersive theatre company.
DIASPORA CALLING! has completed its UK debut lineup, adding Erykah Badu, Giggs, Fireboy DML, and Dave Chappelle as host alongside headliner Ms.
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The Beast The Great Hall - Cardiff University Students' Union (9/11-9/11) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! The Alexandra (5/23-5/23) |
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Blue | Glas The Roses Theatre (11/05-11/05) |
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Thorneland Upstairs at the Gatehouse (8/27-8/28) |
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Disney''s Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert The Brighton Centre (12/13-12/13) |
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The Go-Between Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds (9/11-9/11) |
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Trainspotting the Musical Wales Millennium Centre (1/25-1/30) |
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Disney''s Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert - Film with Live Orchestra Symphony Hall (12/08-12/08) |
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The Go-Between Sheringham Little Theatre (9/14-9/14) |
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Cyrano de Bergerac Norden Farm Centre (6/13-9/05) |
