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The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced that Christina Bianco returns to the Menier Chocolate Factory stage with her acclaimed one-woman show In Divine Company for eleven performances only from 11 to 20 May.

Clive Rowe will return to direct and star in this year's pantomime Aladdin.

Casting has been announced for the fifth West End  transfer of Danny Robins' edge-of-your-seat, supernatural thriller 2:22 - A Ghost Story, which will move from the Lyric to the Apollo, just next door!

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced casting for the UK première of critically acclaimed smash hit comedy School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh one of America's most exciting writers.

BroadwayWorld UK spoke with Robert Hastie about what it's been like to be involved with Operation Mincemeat, how he became a director, and what it's like to direct both Shakespeare and musicals!

Now Onsale: Hamnet at the Garrick Theatre.

Carlos Acosta celebrates his 50th birthday by returning to dance at the Royal Opera House this July with Carlos at 50.

The world premiere staged reading of Belly of the Beast by Saana Sze, winner of the 2022 ETPEP Award, plays for one night at the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre on Saturday, 15 April 2023 at 7.

English National Opera has agreed to move its base out of London 'while continuing to own, manage and put on work at the London Coliseum.

Supporting an extraordinary six shows with £50,000 direct investment at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the 2023 Charlie Hartill winners have been announced by the Pleasance Theatre Trust.

Tuppence Middleton has said it's 'very daunting' playing Elizabeth Taylor and that she has 'woken up bolt upright in the middle of the night' since rehearsals began for her latest play, The Motive and the Cue.

Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial brings a social media nightmare to a shocking and amusing reality.

After a pivotal takeover for their winter edition at the mighty Printworks, queer eruption BODY MOVEMENTS FESTIVAL is back for its third summer edition that will take place on Saturday 29th July 2023 across Hackney Wick's warren of indoor and outdoor venues.

Metal Rabbit productions has announced the cast for the world premiere of 'The Misandrist' a penetrating new play by Lisa Carroll (writer of the 'intoxicating to watch' êêêêê BroadwayWorld; Cuckoo, Soho Theatre) which runs at the Arcola Theatre from 10th May – 10th  June 2023.

Artistic Director, Stella Powell-Jones and Executive Producer, David Doyle announced their first full season at Jermyn Street Theatre.

A powerful new verbatim play from the testimony of residents at the heart of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is coming to the National Theatre this summer.

The Young Vic Theatre is delighted to announce director Taio Lawson as the 2023 Genesis Fellow / Associate Director, a two-year programme for experienced directors and theatremakers to develop their craft in directing, programming and artistic planning, made possible with support from the Gene

Following on from the success of the inaugural BBC Comedy Festival in Newcastle in May 2022, Cardiff has been named the new BBC City of Comedy and will be playing host to the Comedy Festival from Wednesday 24 to Friday 26 May.

Trevor Nelson will present a night of music at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday 9 June to mark the 75th anniversary of Windrush and celebrate the impact of Caribbean culture on British life.

Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial is now playing at the Ambassadors Theatre through 20 May 2023.

After captivating audiences during its sold-out runs at Park Theatre, Manchester Jewish Museum and Radlett Centre, the triple Offie-nominated Pickle returns to London for a limited run at Soho Upstairs this July.

New Earth Theatre and Storyhouse, in association with Arcola Theatre, present the world première production of WORTH, a new darkly comic drama exploring immigration and family secrets from Chinese Canadian writer, Joanne Lau.

The debut play from actor and comedian Sophie Craig, I Love You, Now What?, opens at Pleasance Theatre, London, 25 - 29 April, starring Sophie Craig, (The Bay - ITV, The Adventures of Maid Marion - Signature Entertainment), Sean McLevy (Julius Caesar - Brighton Shakespeare Company) and Andy Umerah (

Comedians and podcast hosts Ed Gamble and James Acaster have announced the first ever live tour of their critically acclaimed podcast, Off Menu.

Rehearsal images for The Motive and the Cue have been released.