UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 388

After sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, the interactive roleplaying comedy game show Character Building Experience is coming to London, with dates at the Museum of Comedy on 26 January and 23 February and the Vault Festival on 28 January, 11 & 25 February and 11 March.

Leading trade associations Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre have announced their support for the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA), a new organisation being formed to prevent and tackle bullying and harassment in the theatre sector and across the wider creati

Islington's King's Head Theatre has announced The Takeover, where four guest Artistic Directors have been given the opportunity to curate and programme their own seasons’ from the end of March to August 2023.

In Spring 2023 The Coronet Theatre brings a season laced with dance and movement from across the globe.

Backed by an extensive PR campaign that can probably be seen from outer space, George Takei’s Allegiance has finally landed in London.

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the Summer Season, running from April – October 2023.

An extraordinary, powerful, moving multimedia work that gives voice to Rosemary Kennedy, denied it for over 60 years.

Get tickets from £18 for James Graham's Best Of Enemies.

A fundraising campaign has been launched to raise money for performer Adam Pearce, who suffered a stroke after coming off stage in December.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Her Majesty’s Theatre has announced Jon Robyns as ‘The Phantom’, Holly-Anne Hull as ‘Christine Daae’, having been the production’s alternate Christine Daaé since 2021, and Paige Blankson who joins the production as alternate ‘Christine Daaé’.

I​​​​​​​n a frank and honest depiction of self-harm based on personal experience, writer and performer Aoife Kennan celebrates survival, healing and the importance of friendship in a show filled with heart and humour.

Somewhere in there is an interesting play waiting to escape and see the light of day.

After a long, hard run of Nutcracker, both London’s premier ballet companies are providing somewhat of a Tchiakovsky exhibition with English National Ballet offering Swan Lake and now the Royal Ballet giving one of their signature works, The Sleeping Beauty, an extended run until June.

See photos from 'George Takei's ALLEGIANCE' VIP Gala Night at London's Charing Cross Theatre.

Due to popular demand - new tickets have been released for the 2023 Manchester residency of Faulty Towers The Dining Experience, the critically acclaimed international immersive phenomenon currently celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary.

Following the December announcement of the fifth cast for 2:22 A Ghost Story, new photos have been released from rehearsals and a new group photo ahead of the first preview on 21 January.

Madonna has announced Madonna: The Celebration Tour, in an iconic video with a wink to her groundbreaking film Truth or Dare.

English National Opera has secured funding from Arts Council England, allowing them to remain in London for another year.

The House of Lords Communications Committee has released a report, At risk: our creative future, warning that “Government complacency risks undermining the UK’s creative industries in the face of increased international competition and rapid technological change.

Attic Theatre Company in partnership with Tramshed and in association with Theatre Peckham and Bernie Grant Arts Centre will be presenting the world premiere of Roy Williams' new play 'ALL ROADS'.

Rehearsal images for Phaedra are released today, as writer-director Simon Stone (Yerma, Young Vic) makes his National Theatre debut reimagining Seneca’s famous tragedy in this striking new play.

Based on the real events of Ahmaud “Maud” Arbery's tragic murder in Georgia that was deemed a 'modern day lynching' by his family lawyers, Maud follows the subsequent trial of the three white defendants which led to Georgia passing its first ever hate-crimes law.

The new cast taking My Brother’s Keeper to Theatre503’s stage this winter has been announced.

Bloody Mary: Live! runs from Tuesday 24th to Sunday 29th January and is a gleefully vicious stand-up special in which Teen Queen Mary Tudor takes to the mic to rehab her so-called ‘bloody’ image.

Full casting for the farewell tour of the production of Rock of Ages, starring Coronation Street star Kevin Kennedy as Dennis Dupree, opening at Peterborough New Theatre on Wednesday 1 February 2023.