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The Shubert Organization and Trafalgar Entertainment have announced a 50:50 Joint Venture partnership for the ownership and operation of the new flagship, state of the art, 1,575 seat Olympia Theatre.

West End star and viral creator Maddie Grace Jepson is bringing her new tour Maddie Grace Jepson: Live On Tour across the UK in 2026.

ENO's award-winning production of Handel's classic love quadrangle, Partenope, will return to the London Coliseum stage this November, starring former Harewood Artist Nardus Williams as the eponymous arch socialite.

The latest comedy from John Godber will come to Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre next month.

EastEnders actor Matthew James Morrison will star opposite Wendi Peters in the 20th anniversary UK tour of Peter Quilter’s Olivier-nominated comedy Glorious!, opening in February 2026.

West End star Ben Forster has released a new single, ‘The Winner Takes It All,' the first from his brand new studio album Musicals Greatest Hits.

Yoyo Chan will present When I Was Backpacking Across Western Europe.

Bristol Old Vic has outlined a season of partnerships and visiting work for Spring 2026 with productions on general sale from 10am Fri 24 Oct.

CBeebies Megastar Justin Fletcher announces his first live theatre tour since 2022 as he prepares to travel the UK with his brand-new rock-tastic live theatre show Justin Time To Rock.

Trafalgar Entertainment Trust will present its first London based community theatre project ‘Beginners Please' - staging a production of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet next month.

Ayr Gaiety Theatre's 2025 pantomime, Aladdie - a Scottish spin on the traditional Aladdin story, rooted very much in Ayrshire - will feature a host of both new talent and returning favourites.

After performing as Atticus Finch in the West End production of To Kill A Mockingbird, Richard Coyle returns to the role, this time on a tour of the UK and Ireland.

Direct from a run at the Edinburgh Festival and a Welsh tour, Mr Jones, a new play about the Aberfan disaster, will open at the Finborough Theatre for a four-week limited run in London!

Birmingham's iconic Old Rep Theatre will host the launch of Bernard Shaw and the British Regional Repertory Movement, an exciting new book by Dr.

After a two-day celebration in 2023 at Brixton House, The Sierra Leone Arts & Culture Festival (SLACfest) will return to South London for a three-day extravaganza to close Theatre Peckham’s Young, Gifted, and Black programme.

Hampstead Theatre has announced the full cast for its upcoming production of Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink.

Full casting has been announced for the immersive, site-specific revival of Jim Cartwright's festive play, A Christmas Fair, produced by Oldham Coliseum Theatre in association with Not Too Tame.

Family audiences are in for a swashbuckling adventure this Christmas when Peter Pan flies into Port Sunlight.

Returning to The King's Head Theatre in March 2026 comes the leading play-writing duo Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky with In The Print, a politically charged thriller about 'The Battle of Wapping.

Singer/song writer and performer Beverley Knight MBE will reprise her Olivier Award-winning role as Emmeline Pankhurst, alongside Sharon Rose as Sylvia in a UK tour culminating in a run at the Royal Albert Hall this Autumn.

Unicorn Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?, adapted from Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen’s picture book.

Rehearsal photos have been released for This Little Earth, the debut full-length play by Jessica Norman.

Fresh from yet another run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, top stand up comedian Hal Cruttenden has been entertaining audiences around the country on the first leg of his UK tour this Autumn.

From the Olivier nominated duo behind the hugely celebrated critically acclaimed West End hit Eric & Little Ern, comes Eric and Ern starring Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens.

The 2025 pantomime at Beacon Arts Centre will be Sleeping Beauty - written by panto stalwart Alan McHugh and directed by the award-winning Tony Cownie.