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18 drama school students from across the UK have been awarded Laurence Olivier bursaries, administered by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT), to help them complete their training.

The National Ballet of Canada will present the UK premiere of Frontiers: Choreographers   of Canada at Sadler’s Wells on Wednesday 2 – Sunday 6 October 2024.

Drag Artiste and Cabaret Performer Gracie Lou is set to bring her one woman cabaret showICONS to The Other Palace Studio on Sunday 14th July for one performance only with musical direction by Michael England.

After enduring what he thought was sciatica during the last Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Matt Forde (Spitting Image, HIGNFY, British Scandal) was diagnosed with cancer.

Oily Cart is sending a new sensory show through the post this summer.

The full cast has been announced for Mad Cow, the debut musical from Quaestio Productions, which will premiere at Canterbury's Garlinge Theatre this July.

New understudies Tilly La Belle Yengo and Joe Kelly join Sam Tutty and Dujonna Gift in the critically-acclaimed new British musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) which is now playing at the Criterion Theatre until 31 August.

St Helens Theatre Royal is launching a search for the next Snow White.

Young actors will debut THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW, TODAY, a new play exploring political themes, on the eve of the General Election.

 Rosaleen Cox's MERCURIAL will make its world premiere at Riverside Studios as part of the Bitesize Festival, running 11-19 July 2024.

UK Productions and BH Live have announced casting for this year's enchanting pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which will play at Fairfield Halls in the Ashcroft Theatre from 13 December 2024 – 05 January 2025, with a press performance on Sunday 15 December at 3pm.

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, London's award-winning annual outdoor festival of free theatre and performing arts taking place from 23 August to 8 September 2024, has revealed its full programme and an opening night event.

Little Angel Theatre has announced new commissions, revivals and the continuation of an ambitious touring programme of work for its Autumn 2024/25 season.

Ahead of opening night this evening, all new production photos have been released from I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire, opening at Southwark Playhouse tonight and running until 10 August.

Wilton's Music Hall announces its Autumn 2024 Season featuring a diverse lineup of theatre and music performances with stars like Anton Lesser, Rupert Everett, and Tim Key.

Nearly 12,000 people attended the inaugural Nevill Holt Festival, celebrating a successful launch with 75% of attendees being first-timers.

The Stables Theatre and Arts Centre will showcase THE LAST FIVE YEARS by Jason Robert Brown in June 2024.

Olivier award nominated playwright Isley Lynn will facilitate Outside Edge Theatre Company's summer intermediate script writing group, Write Two.

The iconic musical GREASE, directed by Nikolai Foster & choreographed by Arlene Phillips, comes to Milton Keynes Theatre in August.

Actor Max Bowden, who will star as Jack Firebrace in the forthcoming tour of Sebastian Faulks’s epic First World War story of love and loss Birdsong, and folk musician James Findlay, have recorded their version of the traditional folk song I Would That All The Wars They Were Over with the relea

An all new trailer has been released for Dorian: The Musical at Southwark Playhouse Borough.

Marking their eighth year of residency at London’s Leicester Square Theatre, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare is reviving their inaugural production at the venue, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, opening on 10 July until 7 September, before heading off on a UK tour.

An inspiring exhibition commemorating the legendary athlete Eric Liddell will be unveiled at the Scottish Parliament this summer, marking the centenary of Liddell's iconic Olympic gold medal victory in Paris in 1924.

Festive family entertainment will return to the Malthouse Theatre in Canterbury this Christmas with Peter Pan, making pantomime history with Captain Hook as the production's Pantomime Dame, featuring the return of legendary Malthouse Dame, Joseph Gardner Hodges, as Dame Captain Fanny Hook.

Barons Court Theatre will present the England Premiere of the 29x Award-Winning, Internationally Acclaimed play HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr.