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Cult musical Operation Mincemeat will hold open auditions in London and Manchester this month.

Actor Johnny Flynn managed to buy Richard Burton's copy of the rehearsal diaires for The Motive and the Cue for just £3.

Ambition, power and political unrest explode onto the stage in The Merchant of Venice 1936, direct from the RSC.

The Royal Shakespeare Company cancelled performances of The Box of Delights and The Fair Maid of the West due to flood risks in Stratford-upon-Avon.

The cast has been announced for the cult favourite song cycle Songs for a New World.

Following their recent expansion to the United Kingdom in October 2023, Broadway Licensing Global has announced two new hires who will spearhead the brand’s recently opened London office.

From the producers of smash-hit Heathers the Musical…Boxing Day Sale: Tickets From £25 for Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical

Show Of The Month: Tickets From £25 for Back To The Future: The Musical.

The Other Palace & Turbine Theatre have announced that MTFestUK 2024 will be showcasing eight new musicals over a two week period, 30 January – 11 February, across both The Other Palace Studio and The Turbine Theatre.

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An extraordinary true story about an ordinary family.

We begin the new year with a bang in theatreland.

What a year! I pulled out my notebook over a hundred times and came away, more often not, with a happy heart.

King Charles has released the annual New Year Honours List, which features many notable members of the theatre community.

The multi award-winning musical phenomenon SIX is reigning over Theatre Royal Brighton this Christmas.

Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey, Ever Decreasing Circles) and Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast, Nine Perfect Strangers) star in Marcelo Dos Santos’ hilarious new comedy Backstairs Billy, directed by Tony and Olivier award-winning director Michael Grandage.

The pure joy of theatre is its ability to constantly renew and surprise.

Featuring music by Justin Hurwitz and elegant lyrics by Broadway babies Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, it stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as its star-crossed lovers.

“Opera often gets this kicking which it doesn’t deserve in my view,”  says Richard Davidson-Houston, the boss of Glyndebourne Opera.

Boxing Day Sale: Tickets from £25 for Sister Act! Based on the beloved film, this story of music, mishaps and nuns on the run is a joyous and uplifting tale of finding your voice and singing out, with your sisters by your side.

Following the smash hit run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023, the critically acclaimed and multi award winning REWIND will premier in London at New Diorama Theatre from 30th Jan to 10th Feb 2024.

Kiln Theatre is presenting the new British musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York).

Running the Room isn’t a bible nor a manifesto.

According to Index Digital, the UK is the second most artistic country in Europe, with the Netherlands coming in at first place.

The script of 1979 first came to me in 2019 and if I’m honest, despite loving the play, I wanted to run a mile from anything political at that time.