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The cast has been announced for the premiere of Transgression at the White Bear Theatre.

Suffolk County Council's 100% arts funding cut threatens cultural identity and economic growth.

The cult classic rock ‘n’ roll musical Little Shop of Horrors is returning to UK theatres with a brand-new co-production for spring 2024.

Following a totally sold out extended season at Brighton Fringe 2023, The Foundry Group have announced the London debut of Who Is No.

Ambassador Theatre Group has announced a new production arm led by ATG Creative Learning in collaboration with ATG Productions, created to inspire the next generation of Theatregoers.

The official cast album from the critically acclaimed new British musical, based on the Sunday Times best-selling memoir by Henry Fraser, has gone straight to the top of the soundtrack charts.

For the first time in eight years, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning comedy, THE 39 STEPS, is to tour the UK this year.

The way composer and lyricist Nick Butcher and lyricist Tom Ling have approached setting Henry’s story within the musical theatre realm makes for an incredibly exciting journey as a listener.

STIMMICANTO by Paggy Gacheva comes to Barons Court Theatre this month! Performances run 30 January  – 4 February 2024 7:30pm & 5:00 pm.

The US company behind a proposed huge Las Vegas-style Sphere entertainment venue in east London has withdrawn its plans.

Orange Tree Theatre (OT) with co-producers Octagon Theatre Bolton, Stephen Joseph Theatre Scarborough and Theatre by the Lake Keswick today announces the full cast for Zoe Cooper’s playful reimagining of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey.

A show about puppets and sex? There are some obvious gags here, not least are their relationships based on “no strings”? Thankfully, Blind Summit artistic director Mark Down and his co-director and co-writer Ben Keaton eschew the corny and porny in this series of emotive vignettes.

An appeal has been launched for people to check their homes for a missing opera score by Gilbert and Sullivan.

The West End production of Mrs.

Olivier Award-winner Samantha Spiro has joined the production of The Most Precious of Goods following the withdrawal of Allan Corduner who is recovering from pneumonia.

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) will perform an adrenaline-charged, 90-minute adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in school halls and theatres around the country this year.

Edinburgh Fringe smash-hit Cowboys and Lesbians will be transferring to Park Theatre! Learn more about the production here!

Southbank Sinfonia at St John’s Smith Square have announced their Spring/Summer 2024 season, with highlights including one-off event concerts, as well as a series of exciting concerts by its own orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia.

The Hodgson’s had no idea what a poltergeist was when, in the summer of 1977, furniture and toys started moving of their own accord.

Legendary London based choir, The Kingdom Choir, have added a further show as part of their 30th anniversary celebrations.

A workshop is in the works for an adaptation of Maid Marian and Her Merry Men A New Musical* (*sort of), based on Tony Robinson’s hit BBC TV series.

Full casting has been announced for the West End transfer of Sheffield Theatres’ Standing at the Sky’s Edge.

Thanks to some nifty “mixed reality” technology from Tin Drum, Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto is brought back to some semblance of life in Kagami.

Combining well-known classical repertoire and original contemporary styles of inclusive movement, this gala brings together disabled and non-disabled dancers to tell a moving and inspiring story of unity, resilience and the transformative power of art.

Following a successful first series in 2021, Talawa Stories is returning to BBC Radio 4 with three fresh, powerful audio dramas in 2024, presented by Talawa, the UK’s outstanding Black theatre company.