UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 42

Four years on from its premiere at the Noel Coward Theatre, 2:22 A Ghost Story continues to unsettle audiences across the UK and internationally.

Irish playwright and storyteller David Gilna will return home with two special year-end performances of his new show Did I Ever Tell Ya in Dublin and Liverpool.

Fixing - a show by Matt Miller and Peader Kirk about family breakups and trying to make things better, learning car maintenance and choosing the right shade of lipstick to do it in - is heading on tour this Autumn.

Orange Tree Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for the 250th Anniversary production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s comic classic The Rivals.

In the first of a brand-new series presented by Fundamentally Dance, MATTHEW BALL takes to the stage at the intimate Susie Sainsbury Theatre for a one-hour special:  ‘AN EVENING WITH MATTHEW BALL’.

Experience Steven Spielberg's beloved HOOK in Concert at London's Eventim Apollo on December 20, 2025, featuring John Williams' iconic score.

Oscar-nominated actor Stephen Rea will narrate Ocean Child at the Irish Cultural Centre this November - the flagship event in the Irish Cultural Centre's 30th anniversary programme.

Following well-received, sold out concerts at the West End's Theatre Royal Drury Lane in March 2024, the new musical Wild About You will return to London to present during the New Show Spotlight at Musical Con 2025.

Fiery Angel, led by Edward Snape and Marilyn Eardley, will celebrate the company's 25th Anniversary with a fund-raising cabaret at the Bloomsbury Ballroom to launch and raise money for the new charity.

Bradford Live will celebrate the holiday season with Jingle Bell Jukebox (December 5–20) and Bradford’s Big NYE Party featuring The Limelight Orchestra (December 31).

Vangeline will bring MAN WOMAN, a new duet set to premiere in New York City in Spring 2026, to the Stephen A.

The Dukes will continue to deliver true festive magic through their legendary Christmas shows and this year is no different with The Snow Queen.

Pentatonix has announced two UK arena live dates for 2026.

Inspired by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve’s original 18th-century fairy tale and newly adapted by award-winning writer Theresa Heskins, this enchanting production promises to be bigger, bolder, and more magical than ever before.

A spectacular firelit concert suitable for all the family will be bringing wow factor to Queens Gardens this October half term.

Tony-nominated Broadway star Ann Hampton Callaway will return to Crazy Coqs with her brand-new show, The Best of Ann Hampton Callaway.

New country musical Under the Mersey Moon will return to the Floral Pavilion in the New Year – and producers have announced the talented cast of actors and musicians who will entertain audiences.

Oxford Playhouse has announced a bold new production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which will be staged as part of its spring 2026 season and directed by Playhouse Artistic Director, Mike Tweddle.

This Christmas, Storyhouse will return to the heart of festive tradition with a magical new production of Beauty and the Beast.

Renowned political comedian Mark Thomas enters the brave new world of a liberal prison experiment in a new show at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre this month.

West End and UK theatres will dim their lights on October 7, 2025, to honor Dame Patricia Routledge, who has died at 96.

Outside Edge Theatre Company and Nick Hern Books will present the return of Script Club, following a successful first season in 2024-2025.

One of the best-loved novels of all time is coming to the Storyhouse stage this month in a masterful new adaptation that breathes new life into the story.

Glamorous and mythic, the Mitford sisters often feel like untouchable figures of the past, central to the tumultuous politics of the interwar period and yet forgotten amidst the rollcall of far more significant names.

Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage has launched the UK’s first MA in Black British Dance and Performance, accredited by Northern School of Contemporary Dance.