UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 116

The new 2024 cast recording from the London company of Oliver! is now available on digital.

Michael Sheen will fund new theatre company, the Welsh National Theatre, which has officially launched in the wake of the folding of the National Theatre Wales.

Matt Forde will return to the West End with his Political Party podcast, 18 months after his last show featuring Mhairi Black.

Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts are getting a foothold in London’s East End.

When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian love with the eleven-time Oscar®-winning film Titanic, you get Titaníque, New York’s most award-winning splash hit that turns one of the greatest love stories of all time into a hysterical musical fantasia.

What started as one-night showing in Los Angeles, after docking on Broadway, in Canada and Australia, Titaníque has now sailed into London.

Stage and screen stage Bonnie Langford took to social media to share a touching tribute to her mother, Babette, who recently passed away.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat favourite Jason Donovan will return to Southampton's Mayflower Theatre this spring.

Mother and daughter Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter will appear onstage together for the first time as Mrs Kitty Warren and Vivie Warren in a new production of George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs.

 Hadley Fraser will release a new album ‘Things That Come and Go' next month.

The Old Vic has announced the full cast of Conor McPherson’s new play The Brightening Air.

In 2024 I was Carne Deputy Director at Jermyn Street Theatre.

 New Works Provincetown and Shared Experience will present a workshop in London of the new musical Maiden Voyage with book and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein and Carmel Dean.

The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School has announced that it will no longer be accepting applications for its undergraduate degree programmes and will not be admitting any new undergraduate students from September 2025.

Theatre Royal Brighton and Empire Street Productions have announced Brighton's first-ever Pay What You Can Lottery for the highly anticipated production of ELEKTRA, starring Brie Larson.

CLUELESS, The Musical has announced its full cast and creative team, beginning performances at London’s Trafalgar Theatre next month.

The Jamie Lloyd Company has announced the full cast for William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

All new photos and video footage have been released of Jonathan Bailey and the company of Richard II on their first day of rehearsals.

Titanique, the hit off-Broadway musical, has finally docked in London.

Matilda the Musical is getting ready to bring its revolting children on tour through the UK and Ireland.

Ariana DeBose has revealed that she is in talks to star as Eva Peron in Evita in a revival at the London Palladium, directed by Jamie Lloyd.

Watch a video from The Pirates of Penzance with Ellie Laugharne as Mabel, George Curnow as Frederic, Sioned Gwen Davies as Ruth, Jonathan Eyers as Pirate King, as Barry Clark as Major General and Benjamin Bevan as Sergeant.

The National Theatre has announced full casting for Bush Theatre Artistic Director Lynette Linton's revival of award-winning Guyana-born British writer Michael Abbensetts' Alterations.

The full company has been set for the world premiere of Anna Mackmin's new play, Backstroke – joining the previously announced Tamsin Greig and Celia Imrie are Lucy Briers, Anita Reynolds and Georgina Rich.

The World's Greatest Stage Musicals will return this Spring, arriving in over 500 cinemas nationwide—a must-see for theatre lovers of all kinds.