UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 258

For a limited time this Christmas, audiences will get to enjoy the very adult pantomime, The Nuctcracker at the Turbine Theatre.

Dartford Borough Council (DBC) and Trafalgar Theatres are set to construct and open a state-of-the art temporary theatre venue in Dartford, following new concerns over RAAC concrete in The Orchard Theatre's roof forced closure of venue in September.

Mark Gatiss' acclaimed retelling of Dickens' winter ghost story returns to the hauntingly atmospheric Alexandra Palace with a brilliant new cast.

Fusing theatre, sport and technology - and taking immersive experiences in a whole new direction - Rumble in the Jungle Rematch launched in London this September and has now extended its run through to 9th December.

All new production footage has been released for The Book Thief.

Foley artists don’t often get moments to shine - step forward Athens based dancer and choreographer Ioanna Paraskevopoulou with her work MOS presented by Dance Umbrella.

New rehearsal photos have been released of Mark Gatiss’ adaptation of A Christmas Carol, directed by Nottingham Playhouse’s Artistic Director Adam Penfold and starring Keith Allen as Scrooge.

Three boys meet at Chunkyz to gossip, swap stories, and grow up against the backdrop of a society that’s not made for Muslim men.

Mears’s production demonstrates a keen feel for drama and a genuinely brilliant reading of Verdi’s opera; when juxtaposed with a musical interpretation as potent as this, it’s a production not likely to be forgotten.

Tomáš Vaněk, a Czech musical singer and actor known for his leading performances in musicals and stage productions such as The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Tick, Tick.

It may be old enough to collect its state pension, but this classic play still has much to say about life as it's lived today

Dear England, the National Theatre’s critically acclaimed, smash-hit production has now opened in the West End.

The digital theatre website Original Theatre Online has added David Morley's acclaimed drama A Cold Supper Behind Harrods to its productions available for members to stream online.

The Playground Theatre is to hold a season of handpicked solo plays straight from this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

The Royal Opera House has announced that Giant, a new opera from visionary composer Sarah Angliss, poet Ross Sutherland and director Sarah Fahie will transfer to the Linbury Theatre in spring 2024.

Song of Songs premiered in 2022 and now has its London opening at the Barbican Centre.

Sadler's Wells presents the first public sharing of new work by the 2023/24 Young Associates BLUE MAKWANA, Elisabeth Mulenga, Maiya Leeke and Roseann & Sula in the Lilian Baylis Studio this November.

Following a smash-hit run at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which included a nomination for Best Comedy Show, Janine Harouni is heading off on her first ever UK tour with her brand new show Man’oushe.

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National Theatre's The Ocean at the End of the Lane officially opened at the Noël Coward Theatre  on October 11.

A brand new adaptation of Bruce Robinson’s 1987 British tragi-comedy film, Withnail and I, will be directed by the double Olivier Award-winning Artistic Director of Birmingham Rep, Sean Foley and designed by Alice Power.

Fresh off the campaign trail of the Edinburgh Fringe, the UK's favourite politician is now turning her attention to her constituents across the UK; hope is not totally lost for British politics as Rosie Holt takes her hit show That's Politainment! to venues spanning the length and breadth of the c

Based on Neil Gaiman’s short 2013 novel, this seemingly simple story is of a man who revisits his childhood where he discovers friendship for the first time and copes with the aftermath of his mother’s death.

Killian Donnelly will return to LES MISÉRABLES as Jean Valjean in the production at the Sondheim Theatre.

Stratford East has announced Nathan Kiley (he/him) as the dame, Milky Linda, completing the cast for this year's pantomime, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK.