The latest news on live theatre across the UK — regional productions, touring shows, and local openings.
Liza Goddard will play Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in a stage adaptation of The Mirror Crack'd by Rachel Wagstaff, running at the Mill at Sonning with a cast led by Sara Crowe and Annie Wensak.
Cassa Pancho's company will mark its 25th anniversary with a double bill pairing Mthuthuzeli November's Ingoma with Hope Boykin's new UK commission at Sadler's Wells Theatre.
Fuel and Touring Together have announced casting for the world premiere of Inua Ellams' Once Upon a Time in Sokoto, a family drama set to tour venues across the UK.
OVO will stage a 1960s-inspired adaptation of Shakespeare's As You Like It at the open-air Roman Theatre of Verulamium in St Albans, marking the production's 10th anniversary.
David Threlfall will star as King Lear alongside Nadine Shah at the Royal Exchange Theatre, in a production adapted and directed by Matthew Dunster marking part of the venue's 50th anniversary season.
The Emma Rice Company has announced full casting for Rice's adaptation of Tristan & Yseult, which will embark on a UK tour, with previews at Theatre Royal Bath.
Congregational: An Alternative Choral Mass For The Nightclub, a new performance by Fatt Butcher, will embark on tour in 2026/27.
A new company of queens will take over the UK and international tour of SIX, opening at Edinburgh Festival Theatre before dates across the UK, Ireland and Luxembourg.
Siobhán Redmond and Forbes Masson will lead a production of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, part of Alan Cumming's inaugural season as artistic director.
Tall Stories' stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's picture book will embark on a national UK tour, including a holiday season residency at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End.
BBC Four will present a season of British and Irish theatre productions.
Storyhouse in Chester will host a screening of the Welsh drama ON THE SEA followed by a Q&A with director Helen Walsh and cast member Celyn Jones, hosted by Empire's Jordan King.
A private London workshop of Spells of the Sea, a new family musical with book by Guinevere Govea and Anna Pickett and music and lyrics by Guinevere Govea, will take place in July.
Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage, inspired by the hit film, will once again come to life in this live show.
Tovah Zafrin will present a farewell cabaret performance at London's Crazy Coqs, marking the end of her time in England with music, poetry, and dance.
Luke Jerram's seven-metre Earth artwork GAIA will be suspended above the stage at the Royal Festival Hall for a weekend of orchestral and choral performances by the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Carbon Theatre will tour Bright Places, a play inspired by writer RAE MAINWARING's own experience of being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 23, across the UK.
On Your Bike Baffo!, a new family show for ages 3–8, will embark on UK tour beginning in September.
Without Walls announced 10 artists and companies selected for its Blueprint R&D programme, supporting ambitious new outdoor touring work spanning theatre, dance, circus, puppetry, and more across the UK.
The company of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will be led by Alex Keenan as 'Chris Boone', a role alternated by Imi Price, the first women to portray Chris Boone.
Tremendous wit and energy drive an accomplished show created in no time at all!
The Dorset Opera Festival finds the perfect setting for Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.
Nottingham Playhouse, Theatr Clwyd, and Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds have been named finalists for the UK's Most Welcoming Theatre Award, with the winner to be announced at the UK Theatre Awards ceremony in London.
Shakespeare North Playhouse announced the ensemble and creative team for its upcoming candlelit production of MACBETH, directed by Ben Crystal, with live improvised music performed by Semay Wu.
Birmingham Royal Ballet announced new dancers joining the company for the upcoming season, including promotions from BRB2 and international recruits, while SWAN LAKE is set to play Birmingham Hippodrome and Sadler's Wells.
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Disney Princess - The Concert Wales Millennium Centre (4/18-4/18) |
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Sins Experience O2 Guildhall Southampton (11/13-11/13) |
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We'll Always Have Paris The White Bear (9/15-10/03) |
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The Go-Between Seckford Theatre (8/26-8/26) |
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Bring Your Own Baby Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall (9/30-9/30) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! Ipswich Regent Theatre (4/28-4/28) |
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Love You to Amsemsam and Back Upstairs at the Gatehouse (8/04-8/06) |
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Trainspotting The Musical Sunderland Empire (2/22-2/27) |
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Trainspotting The Musical: Arches Bar Champagne Experience Sheffield City Hall Oval Hall (10/30-10/31) |
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Steve Steinman''s Bat! Bat Out of Hell 50th Anniversary Tour The SSE Arena, Belfast (10/22-10/22) |
