The latest news on live theatre across the UK — regional productions, touring shows, and local openings.
Holland America Line and RWS Global launched four new productions aboard Oosterdam, including a Rolling Stone rock show featuring music from The Eagles, Janis Joplin, Van Halen, and Fleetwood Mac.
Oldham Coliseum Theatre will stage Shakespeare's Macbeth inside Liquid & Envy nightclub, marking Creative Director Nick Bagnall's debut production, set in a late-1970s world of gangsters and shifting power.
Jordan Li-Smith and Ayesha Patel's comedy show celebrating Disney Parks fandom will run at The Other Palace, featuring a live band and rotating special guests across performances.
Bernadette Bangura will join the UK and Ireland tour of WAITRESS as Becky, replacing Sandra Marvin.
Written and performed by Scott Robinson, this solo show imagines the final hours of Edgar Allan Poe's life, blending poetry, psychological drama and music.
Mercury Musical Developments and Musical Theatre Network announced 22 pitching days across 14 UK cities to find musicals for BEAM2027, held at Royal & Derngate, Northampton.
Fundamentally Dance will present THE BROWN SUITE, a new narrative dance theatre work by duo BlacBrik, on a 12-venue UK tour.
Fierce Festival announced its 2026 programme, featuring UK premieres from Faye Driscoll, Steven Cohen, Dana Michel, Ligia Lewis, and Ewa Dziarnowska, among others, at venues across Birmingham.
Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre has appointed freelance lighting designer Jane Lalljee as its latest Associate Artist.
Applications are now open for BEAM2027, with writers invited to pitch new musicals at events across the UK for a chance to be featured in the country's leading showcase of new musical theatre.
Kenneth Branagh triumphs as rags to riches Lopakhin in Laura Wade's fresh rendering of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.
Brown Sauce and Tara Theatre announced the third edition of The Comedy Lab, offering aspiring South Asian comedians a free workshop and a chance to perform in a ticketed showcase alongside a headline act.
Musician Jack Campey has launched Fourth Wall Bookshop, believed to be the UK's first specialist online bookshop devoted exclusively to books about film and theatre, including plays, screenplays, biographies, and craft titles.
Matt Bardock will star as washed-up magician Bazza Cadabra in THE DISAPPEARING MAN, a new drama featuring live onstage magic, premiering at Queen's Theatre Hornchurch before touring to Blackpool, Guildford, and Peterborough.
The world premiere stage adaptation of Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, adapted by Stef Smith and directed by Martin Constantine, has announced its full cast for a UK tour.
Nigel Havers, and Rob Rinder are among the special guests joining Ben Miller, Lucy Foley, and host Amanda Ross on the BETWEEN THE COVERS LIVE! Celebrating Agatha Christie UK tour.
Private Peaceful will return to the stage with fresh energy and timeless power for a UK tour.
Birmingham Royal Ballet announced the revival of Sir Peter Wright and Galina Samsova's SWAN LAKE, with principal casting confirmed for performances at Birmingham Hippodrome and London's Sadler's Wells Theatre.
Nicholas Bailey and Susan Penhaligon will star as Major Metcalf and Mrs Boyle in the 75th anniversary UK tour of Agatha Christie's THE MOUSETRAP, the world's longest-running play.
Michelle Wolf announced as headliner for the closing night of LAUGHTERAMA at Manchester's Castlefield Bowl, joining a bill that includes Jack Dee, Stewart Lee, Chris McCausland, Sara Pascoe, and more across five nights of open-air comedy.
Miss Frisky and her live band bring audience-driven musical chaos to London's Underbelly Boulevard, with the crowd choosing songs and genres each night for a show with no setlist and no two performances alike.
ROLEPLAY, an unflinching new play about sex, power, and the economics of attention will transfer to Soho Theatre from 22 October – 21 November following its world premiere at Edinburgh Fringe this summer.
He's Behind You! will return to Charing Cross Theatre with another fairytale strictly for adults.
Jerry Topitzer's award-winning one-man show, Once Upon a Wall Street is heading to London's Drayton Arms Theatre, blending comedy and personal storytelling about life on Wall Street.
The National Children's Choir of Great Britain will perform at the University of Birmingham's Aston Webb Great Hall and offer a free lunchtime recital at St John's Church, Bromsgrove, before older members embark on a Sweden tour.
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What Happens in the Dark Niddry Upper & Lower @ theSpaceUK (8/07-8/28) |
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Trainspotting The Musical Blackpool Opera House (12/14-12/19) |
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Scrooge Cirque Extravaganza Vaillant Live, Derby (12/15-12/15) |
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Blue | Glas The Courtyard (9/29-9/29) |
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Killing Swine Upstairs at the Gatehouse (8/07-8/08) |
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Reuben Solo: Someone in This Crowd Will Betray Me [Revenge Edition] Manchester Fairfield Social Club (9/10-9/11) |
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La La Land in Concert (12A) The Royal Albert Hall (12/31-12/31) |
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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! Scarborough Spa Suncourt (4/18-4/18) |
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Fascinating Aida Scarborough Spa Theatre (2/20-2/20) |
