UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 15

NT Live's filmed screening of Hamlet, featuring Hiran Abeysekera (Olivier award-winner for Life of Pi) in the title role, will be released in UK cinemas on January 22 and soon after around the world.

The Playground Theatre will present the world premiere of Alba Arikha's debut play, SPANISH ORANGES, starring former James Bond actress Maryam d'Abo.

Global Creatures, Producer of Moulin Rouge! The Musical has announced the return of their popular Get Technical! Behind the Curtain of Moulin Rouge! The Musical.

Following a five-star run at the 2025 Colchester Fringe Festival, Fish Outta Water is heading to the Canal Café Theatre in London for one night only this February.

DRACULA, starring Cynthia Erivo, adapted and directed by visionary theatre-maker Kip Williams, is headed to the West End.

New cast members will join the the West End production of Boublil and Schönberg’s musical sensation Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre.

Denise Gough and Rosa Salazar also excel in unexpectedly deeply moving stage version of the much-loved movie

The physical comedy production Fish Bowl will make its West End debut at Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre in London.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express will extend its award-winning run at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre for the final time.

Walking down an ominous red-lit corridor and being asked to put on over-ear headphones isn’t your typical start to a night at the theatre – but then A Ghost in Your Ear isn’t your typical play.

Wicked: For Good, Hamnet, Blue Moon, and more have made the longlist for the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards, which includes the films that will advance to the nominating stage of voting.

The cast and creative team has been revealed for the Barn Theatre's Built By Barn World Premiere of Men Behaving Badly: The Play.

Chloe Petts: Big Naturals might take its name from one of the things comedian Chloe Petts loves the most (it is quite unfair how early a show has to have a title, isn’t it?), but it’s more about the life of Petts, less about one of her favourite things - but more on that later.

Darlington Hippodrome has announced that an incredible £8,840.

Fuel has announced the appointment of Rakie Ayola, Selina Ocean, and Jenny Waldman CBE as new Trustees.

Sam Morrison’s solo show SUGAR DADDY will return to London in 2026 with a new staging directed by Amrou Al-Kadhi.

Olivier-winning stage and screen actor Jill Halfpenny will return to the Royal Exchange Theatre in Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES, playing the role of Amanda Prynne.

A second extension has been announced for the West End premiere of Paranormal Activity, which is now booking through to Saturday 25 April 2026.

In January 2025, Gyles Brandreth and an all-star cast joined together for a special celebration of Twelfth Night, all in support of the Orange Tree Theatre's Shakespeare in Schools projects.

There are many times you catch yourself, as a parent, doing things you never thought you would do - worse, that you would scoff at if reported by others.

The Royal Albert Hall's Classical Coffee Mornings series is set to return this month, offering audiences the chance to hear exceptional young musicians at the early stages of their careers.

Major new musical, Sea Witch will receive its world premiere at London's prestigious Theatre Royal Drury Lane with special performances on Sunday 1 March 2026 at 3pm and 7.

Lyle Kessler’s Orphans was first performed in 1983, but you wouldn’t know that from this production.

Marisha Wallace has joined the cast of the Once On This Island concert in London as Erzulie! The one-night-only concert production of Once On This Island will be performed at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Nicole Scherzinger has been added to the cast of Love Life: West End Unites Against Cancer, a major one-night-only concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in support of One For The Boys.