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Canterbury’s Malthouse Theatre will celebrate five years of pantomime magic this festive season presenting, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, with casting announced.

This December, Theatre Peckham is inviting audiences to step into a world turned upside down with a bold new reimagining of Alice in Wonderland, written by Geoff Aymer.

Lemon Difficult Studios, the company behind the critically acclaimed ‘The Locksmith’s Dream’ and ‘The Key of Dreams’, has revealed its 2025/26 calendar of immersive, open-world experiences, including a second season of ‘The Key of Dreams’.

OftheJackel have announced that brand new show Countess Dracula, a radical re-interpretation of Bram Stoker’s gothic classic, will premiere at Camden People’s Theatre.

All of the festive season fans are invited to join the celebration which will be taking place at the 'out of the mainstream' theatre and a favorite place of Londoners!

Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Award nominee, Ian Smith (Live at The Apollo, Have I Got News For You, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown) has extended the UK tour of his acclaimed new show, Foot Spa Half Empty.

Mia Hull will direct Bailey Edwards' new play Play Dead , a queer, darkly comic modern myth about love, loss, and the brutal ways heartbreak consumes us.

Sit or Kneel is a sharply observed, darkly funny coming-of-age story about identity, expectation, and finding your place in a world that wasn’t built for you.

Lisa Spirling has announced her first season as Artistic Director and Co-CEO of Stratford East, alongside new Executive Director Hanna Streeter and Associate Artistic Director Jade Lewis.

Hampstead Theatre has announced the nine playwrights who will join its acclaimed INSPIRE programme for 2025/6 now led by Tony and Olivier Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens.

Sadler's Wells has announced the cast for Ebony Scrooge as well as the creatives behind the production.

The Stephen Joseph Theatre has announced its first production for next year, alongside four new visiting shows.

Hope Mill Theatre will launch Hope Mill Theatre Arts, which will offer a BA Honours degree in Musical Theatre Performance.

Twelve emerging designers are announced as recipients of the Linbury Prize for Stage Design 2025.

The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here)) will be heading to London's King's Head Theatre as one of the highlights of the venue's festive season.

English National Opera's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's nautical love triangle-themed opera HMS Pinafore will return to the London Coliseum this winter with a major guest star headlining the cast: comedian, actor and presenter Mel Giedroyc.

Theatr Clwyd will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a spring 2026 season featuring Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood, a glitter-filled Twelfth Night directed by Juliette Manon, and the world premiere of Emily White’s climate drama Atlantis.

Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage will be touring the UK and Ireland from summer 2026, opening at Milton Keynes Theatre beginning in August 2026.

3 hearts canvas and Izzy Carney have announced the cast for Jessica Norman’s debut play This Little Earth.

Full casting has been confirmed for the New Vic Theatre's adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.

The Southbank Centre and TikTok have announced the launch of Crescendo, a pioneering new accelerator programme aimed at spotlighting emerging classical music content creators in the UK, bringing the genre to new, digital-first audiences.

Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds: The Immersive Experience has officially entered the history books as a Guinness World Record holder for the longest theatrical run of a musical immersive theatre production.

Audiences are invited to step into the magical forest of Newburyshire and join two of history’s most famous heroes, Robin Hood and Maid Marian, as they face the evil Sheriff of Newburyshire.

NYC singer/pianist Eric Yves Garcia will return to Crazy Coqs at Brasserie Zédel in London with a rousing new solo show this week.

Jim Caruso’s Cast Party has quickly established itself as a phenomenon in London, driven by the sharp wit of host Caruso and the remarkable musicianship of Billy Stritch.