UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 125

Seven years after it closed on Broadway in 2017, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 is finally arriving in London at the Donmar Warehouse in December.

Award-winning Spanish theatre company Yllana and Toom Pak will present the UK premiere of TRASH! at the Peacock Theatre, Sadler's Wells' home in the West End in February 2025.

Now at its second run and presented in an updated version, Cutting the Tightrope puts together a list of brilliant playwrights (Hassan Abdulrazzak, Mojisola Adebayo, Phil Arditti, Sonali Bhattacharyya, Nina Bowers, Roxy Cook, Ed Edwards, Afsaneh Gray, Dawn King, Ahmed Masoud, Joel Samuels, Sami Abu

Ewan McGregor will return to the London stage for the first time in 17 years to star in My Master Builder, a new play by American playwright and screenwriter Lila Raicek.

New theatrical licensing agency Theatre Global has opened its doors today, fully financed by leading UK production company Simon Friend Entertainment, and led by a former Concord Theatricals Vice President Steven Greenhalgh.

Sarah Tipple brings the comedic opera to life with gloriously ridiculous period costumes, an outstanding cast and an abstract set that mirrors the plot’s absurdism with precision.

Voting is now open for the 2024 BroadwayWorld UK / West End Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favourites.

With a new Princess Aurora ready to take the stage, Sleeping Beauty, written by JoJo Panto Scripts will run at Campus West in Welwyn Garden City from Monday 9th December to 5th January 2025.

A film that’s all one shot of one colour may not sound like much, but Derek Jarman’s Blue is a rich, intricate tapestry, and a landmark piece of queer filmmaking.

Currently playing to sold-out houses at London’s Apollo Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue, John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers – The Play will embark on a major theatre tour for 2025 and 2026.

I’m covered in glitter and surrounded by the kind of costumes that would give Ru Paul’s Drag Race a run for its money.

An all new video has been released featuring Lauren Ward and Rebecca-Jo Roberts performing 'Fly' from Stalled the Musical.

As rehearsals get underway, Jamie Wilson Productions has announced the full cast for the revival of The Watermill Theatre's production of the Broadway and West End hit musical Calamity Jane.

Tickets are available from £35 for The Curious Cast of Benjamin Button at the Ambassador's Theatre.

Tickets are available now from £37.

On Sunday 01 December 2024, a special gala performance of The Devil Wears Prada, a new musical, was presented on World AIDS Day, at the Dominion Theatre, in support of the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

Comedy Club 4 Kids Christmas Cracker Show at The Arts Depot is a family comedy show aimed at inclusive comedy, without the rude bits and swearing, for children aged 6+.

Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!! begins in quite the spooky manner, with Kent-Walters slowly making his way around the stage, shrouded in darkness, creepily whispering, “Here comes Frankie .

On 20 March 2022 at 4:59 PM, Paul Foot’s life changed forever while he was driving on the outskirts of Lancaster, and we’re about to find out why.

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is an adaptation of the first book in the hit series by Rick Riordan, which follows Percy Jackson, a young boy who discovers that he is a demi-god, the son of Poseidon, and that he must stop a war between the gods by finding and returning Zeus’s maste

Recently, we had the chance to speak with Amy Di Bartolomeo, who plays Emily Charlton, Miranda’s first assistant.

Stratford East has released first-look production images for this year’s pantomime, PINOCCHIO, playing until 04 January 2025.

Expendable, written by Emteaz Hussain, all takes place in a family kitchen.

Superb performances from a cast entirely at ease with themselves and their director make this show a must-see

Watch the trailer for King James by Rajiv Joseph, running now at Hampstead Theatre in the video here! Directed by Alice Hamilton, the production stars Ényì Okoronkwo and Sam Mitchell.