UK THEATRE NEWSROOM

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: THE MUSICAL has extended its West End run at the Dominion Theatre.

The Royal Albert Hall’s flagship musical talent competition Future Makers is returning for 2026 to help launch the careers of the next generation of British musicians, offering young artists the chance to play in front of 5,000 people.

The Orange Tree Theatre has commenced a significant development project, marked by a groundbreaking ceremony featuring actors Roger Allam, Niamh Cusack, Emma Fielding, and Freddie Fox.

Vicky Featherstone has been named first president of Stage Directors UK.

West End LIVE will return to Trafalgar Square on Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 June, with a packed line-up of top West End shows yet to be announced.

In the much-cited 2014 book The Body Keeps the Score, the Dutch psychotherapist Bessel van der Kolk wrote of how the human body can be undone and rewired by traumatic experiences.

Australian adaptation of the original story, not the film, packs a punch

Theatr Clwyd has announced the cast for its upcoming production of Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT, set to open on April 29, 2026.

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has revealed further details for its 2026 Sunday events series.

The London premiere staged concert of Joey Contreras' In Pieces has added a fourth and final performance at The Other Palace on Tuesday 31 March at 11am due to demand with all tickets throughout the house priced at £35.

New production photos have been released for Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at His Majesty’s Theatre.

All new production photos have been released from I'M EVERY WOMAN - THE CHAKA KHAN MUSICAL.

All new rehearsal photos have been released for the UK and Ireland tour of the smash hit romantic musical comedy WAITRESS, which opens at the New Wimbledon Theatre from Saturday 28 March 2026.

Disney's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL starring Tobias Turley, Leonor Correia, Caitlin Tipping and Luke Bayer as Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay and Ryan respectively, will extend its run at Lowry, Salford.

Enjoy an egg-citing seasonal adventure this Spring at ‘The Paddington Bear Experience' at County Hall on London's South Bank with an Easter Special Ticket.

Known for her evocative, folk-infused sound, Manic Street Creature sees Memon take the reins as writer and composer as well as performer, bringing her distinctive voice to a personal story of second-hand trauma.

The best of Irish playwriting lands at the Barbican in an exciting project.

Christy Lefteri’s 2019 bestseller The Beekeeper of Aleppo is both a powerful and poetic story about the refugee experience.

A new report by the Society of London Theatre & UK Theatre shows that while demand for live performance has never been higher, the financial model behind producing theatre is under growing pressure.

A workshop of a new musical ‘I Dream' will have its UK premiere at The Other Palace.

A new play written and directed by Quentin Tarantino is in development.

The Royal Albert Hall will celebrate the legacy of legendary film composer John Williams this October with a definitive one-off show starring the London Symphony Orchestra.

Sarah McGuinness is best known for her work producing whimsical indie documentaries about the standup comedian Eddie Izzard; in her one-woman show, though, there are only passing references to this.

In spite of being one of the most difficult genres to stage, horror theatre is having its moment.

Park Theatre’s latest double bill presents two recent works from an emerging writer, both centring average queer London lives, and the lengths we’ll go to to present the versions of ourselves we want the world to see.