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Looking back over 2025, it appears I sat in a dark room and wrote barely legible thoughts into a notebook on about 150-odd occasions.

The National Theatre's Head of Technical Qualifications Kath Geraghty will receive the honour of Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the New Years 2026 Honours List.

After performances for audiences since 2018, Musicality will return to London’s Crazy Coqs on March 14, 2026, bringing together a group of West End performers for a concert evening of musical theatre.

Emma D’Souza, Executive Director of Audience and Commercial at the Society of London Theatre & UK Theatre, and former UK Theatre Joint President Jon Gilchrist have been awarded MBEs in the King’s New Year Honours List for services to British theatre.

What did our critic think of A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES at Vimeo?

Watch the production trailer video for Orange Tree Theatre's THE RIVALS, running through January 24, 2026, starring Zoe Brough, Kit Young, Robert Bathurst, Patricia Hodge, and more.

An all new trailer has been released for the UK premiere of the hit cult musical RIDE THE CYCLONE which opened at the Southwark Playhouse Elephant in November Check out the video here!

You can now watch the finale of the 2025 Royal Variety Performance, which featured a company of over 400 performing 'One Day More' from Les Miserables!

West End favourite Caroline Sheen brings warmth, charm, and seasonal sparkle to TCUK Carols & Stars with her joyful performance of the holiday classic Walking in a Winter Wonderland.

Belle and her feathered friend Pigeon, along with the fabulous dame, Mrs Ringer, the flamboyant Jacques Le Plop and many other hilarious characters must work together to save the Beast from the spell… can Belle see beyond the Beast’s fearsome face? And can Pigeon save the day without getting in

It’s been thirty years since David Benson took Edinburgh Fringe by storm with his debut solo show, Think No Evil of Us: My Life with Kenneth Williams.

Already Perfect is a searing and uplifting new musical by Tony Award winner Levi Kreis, set to be presented at the King's Head Theatre.

Theatre is, of course, a window on another world, often glitzier and brighter than our own, sometimes a reflection that can comfort or discomfit us and sometimes a portal into what it is to be human at all.

​​​​​​​Operation Ouch: Quest for the Jurassic Fart! arrives at the Royal Festival Hall with all the confidence and chaos audiences have come to expect from television’s favourite medical mischief makers.

All new production photos have been released for the World Premiere of the play HIGH NOON, starring Billy Crudup and Denise Gough.

Star tenor Jonas Kafumann has revealed that he has no plans to sing opera ever again in Great Britain.

You can now check out artwork for Beautiful Little Fool, featuring David Hunter, Lauren Ward, and Hannah Corneau, now playing in the UK at Southwark Playhouse.

There is a particular kind of contemporary British play that believes proximity to the dinner table equals profundity.

All new photos have been released from rehearsals for Sir Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia at The Old Vic.

Pinocchio at the Globe Theatre is a radiant and heartfelt triumph which transforms a much loved story into a richly imaginative new musical.

Operation Ouch has never been afraid of diving into the strange, messy and marvellously human parts of science.

Cynthia Erivo will receive the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation at the 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards on Sunday, 1 February 2026.

Full casting has been announced for the West End production of William Nicholson's beloved and deeply moving play SHADOWLANDS, directed by Rachel Kavanaugh.

With their production of Noël Coward's Fallen Angels currently running, the Menier Chocolate Factory have announced that Janie Dee will be staging a one-night-only performance of Coward & Friends with Stefan Bednarczyk.

Broadway and television star Daniel Breaker will play Hermes in the West End production of Hadestown from 29 December 2025.