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Applications have opened for Pentabus and Rural Media's National Young Writers 2025, a free online course designed to launch the next generation of rural writing talent.

Two new shows have been added to the 2025 programme at the Stephen Joseph Theatre.

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced cast and creatives for their upcoming production of Ghosts which runs at the venue in April and May.

Following sold-out shows around the world, multi award-winning magician Ben Hart will return to the UK with a brand-new mind-bending theatrical experience.

The inaugural year of the Southbank Centre's new multi-artform festival, Multitudes, redefines the orchestral experience with an innovative, bold programme that pushes the boundaries of how classical music is presented in the 21st century.

The UK Pantomime Association has announced a new sponsorship partnership with Trafalgar Entertainment and ATG Entertainment (ATGE).

How many ways can you re-tell Jane Austen? Isobel McArthur continues to prove it is more than possible to stage a show bursting with silliness, satire and the sharpest wit without losing the essence of Austen's beloved work.

All 440 seats in Lowry's Quays Theatre have been renovated and refurbished thanks to a significant Biffa Award grant.

A hilarious new musical, Death on the Throne, will make its London debut this March at Upstairs at the Gatehouse.

Garry Starr is back! Following sell-out seasons in 2018, 2022 and 2024, the multi-award-winning, sartorially shy comic wunderkind returns with his acclaimed anarchic masterclass: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins.

Following critically acclaimed seasons in London and Edinburgh, Paul Merton and Suki Webster, two of the UK’s leading improvisers, have announced that they will be taking their new show around the UK from this Autumn.

The world premiere of Nancy Netherwood’s Radiant Boy will debut at Southwark Playhouse Borough – following its inclusion in the RSC’s 37 Plays competition in 2023.

Wandsworth is embarking on a year-long celebration of culture, creativity, and community, as they officially launch their tenure as The Mayor's London Borough of Culture 2025.

Francesca Moody Productions and Bristol Old Vic announced the creative team for their new expanded co-production of hit Edinburgh Fringe musical How To Win Against History.

Full cast and creative team have been announced for the upcoming world premiere of Hamlet Hail to the Thief opening at Aviva Studios, home of Factory International, Manchester .

Wilton's Music Hall has announced its Summer 2025 season, presenting a programme of performances that celebrate the rich artistic heritage of this historic venue.

The Mercury Theatre in Colchester has announced plans for their 2025 season including Essex playwright Emma Jo Pallett's debut full-length play Flumps, a revival of Noël Coward's Private Lives.

York Theatre Royal has announced the world premiere of Debbie Isitt's Military Wives The Musical.

For the first time ever, Inspector Barnaby and his trusty sidekick, Sergeant Troy, will take to the stage in Guy Unsworth's adaptation of Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger's Drift.

ArtsEd has announced the appointment of Louise Jackson as Principal from July 2025.

Theatres Trust, the national public advisory and advocacy body for theatres, has announced that Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has  reappointed Dave Moutrey as Chair for a further three-year term.

MAMMA MIA! will embark on a new UK tour from 24 October 2025 and has announced additional dates and venues.

Cardboard Citizens is delighted has announced the appointment of Anna Williams as Chair of its Board of Trustees, succeeding Prue Skene CBE who has Chaired the award-winning arts and social justice charity since 2016.

Reimagining Simon Stephens' 2015 play a decade later, Katharine Farmer's new direction of Heisenberg reinterprets the story of identity and loneliness as a queer female relationship.

Award-winning theatre company Box Tale Soup will present a new adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre in April.