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Soho Theatre and Damsel Productions, the theatre company championing untold women’s stories, announces the premiere of award-winning writer Iman Qureshi’s latest play, The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs.

The Southbank Centre's Imagine Children's Festival returns 9 - 20 February 2022 to provide the very best in children's theatre, comedy, family parties, hands-on activities, music, literature, dance, immersive experiences, relaxed mindfulness sessions and full-on fun for children and their grownups i

The autobiographical play about growing up in 1980’s Zimbabwe following independence opens at Brixton House on 17 February, with previews from 15 February, and runs until 6 March.

A 'spiky and tender' story about relationships has earned a writer from Liverpool the Lancaster Playwriting Prize 2022, it was announced today (December 6).

Fisayo Akinade, Rakie Ayola, Tadhg Murphy and Ria Zmitrowicz have been cast in The Glow written by Alistair McDowall and directed by the Royal Court Theatre's Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone.

Aladdin, this year's traditional family pantomime, at Theatre Royal Winchester is now on and once again it's a hit with the audiences.

Josh Berry, stand-up, impressionist and author of the No 1 Bestselling 'Staggering Hubris' ends his sold-out UK tour at The Clapham Grand on the 7th July 2022.

Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre has announced more new shows for the spring of 2022, including a stage version of the classic Gothic tale Frankenstein; a one-woman comedy full of Yorkshire grit; a personal take on the rise and fall of Robert Mugabe; a show based on the story of jazz singer and

Following critically acclaimed performances in October 2021, Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet returns for a second run in the new year, with performances beginning on Monday 10 January 2022.

With just over 100 days until the opening, Punchdrunk have today released more tickets for their brand new show The Burnt City.

Sixteen years since it was first founded, and ten years since its co-founding Artistic Directors sought political asylum in the UK, the internationally acclaimed Belarus Free Theatre (BFT) has been forced to move its entire ensemble out of Belarus.

The Luke Westlake Scholarship supports a working-class student through their last year of study and first year entering the industry as a performer.

Alongside online video gaming and immersive theatre experience Interrobang?! Digital, immersive trailblazers Gideon Reeling announce a new free-to-play local audio experience to run alongside the show.

It's been 45 years since Jinkx Monsoon (winner of Season Five of 'RuPaul's Drag Race') and Major Scales have set foot on stage together.

The Owl and the Nightingale will be performed as a reading at the Royal Court Theatre Jerwood Theatre Downstairs on Monday 13 December 2021 at 4pm.

On the day that Nottingham Playhouse opens Beauty and the Beast, the theatre can reveal that its 2022 pantomime will be Aladdin.

Musical theatre writing duo Gina Georgio and James Beeny of Toy Soldier Productions are thrilled to announce their latest project, LADY M.

Theatre Royal Stratford East has announced the full cast for this year’s pantomime, Red Riding Hood, directed by Robert Shaw Cameron.

The Old Fire Station, a pioneering partnership between a professional arts centre and homeless charity Crisis, today announces that Ellen Robertson will step in to perform the role of Helen in the world première of Mike Bartlett's, Mrs Delgado.

Today the RSC announced the death of Sir Antony Sher, Honorary Associate Artist and husband of Artistic Director, Gregory Doran.

Promising to be all you could ever wish for in a pantomime, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre has announced today that next year's magical panto will be ALADDIN – a magic carpet ride for the whole family full of fabulous fun and spectacular staging!

Plain Heroines and Park Theatre present The 4th Country, a look into life in modern Northern Ireland and who should tell its stories, written by Kate Reid and directed by Gabriella Bird, 12 January – 5 February, Park Theatre, Park90.

Nicholas Hytner’s production of Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage continues at The Bridge Theatre to 26 February 2022.

English Touring Theatre today announces that Peter Holland joins the company as Producer, having most recently worked as the producer at Frantic Assembly.

Orange Tree Theatre today announces a week-long extension of Terence Rattigan's While The Sun Shines, directed by OT Artistic Director Paul Miller.