UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 400

Last night was the media night for To Kill a Mockingbird at the Gielgud Theatre, featuring the new cast starring Matthew Modine.

Two more celebrities have been announced to join the scintillating line-up for next year’s hotly-anticipated Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour: singer, actor and presenter Molly Rainford and wildlife cameraman and Countryfile presenter Hamza Yassin.

The Orange Tree Theatre has announced their production of Tom Kempinski’s 1980 drama Duet For One.

It's always a hard task to 'put a spin' on a story as traditional and well known as Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

Following two sold-out shows at The O2 in successive years, triple BAFTA winning British comedian Mo Gilligan is taking The Black British Takeover on tour.

Kiln Theatre has announced a two-week extension for Zadie Smith's critically acclaimed smash-hit The Wife of Willesden due to public demand – now running at Kiln Theatre until Saturday 11 February 2023.

A new production of Willy Russell's classic comedy SHIRLEY VALENTINE, starring Sheridan Smith and directed by Matthew Dunster, is coming to London's Duke of York's Theatre from Friday 17 February 2023 for 12 Weeks.

Bristol Old Vic's record-breaking A Christmas Carol is being made available for free to audiences around the world from 16 Dec, in partnership with the world's largest digital platform, YouTube.

It's a clever, engaging format.

The Almeida theatre has cancelled the first week of performances December 12-16.

Read the reviews for Kerry Jackson, which is now playing at the National Theatre.

Let me start this review with a confession - I’m an American who had never seen a panto before last night, and I had no idea what to expect from Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

See photos of the UK and Ireland tour of MOTHER GOOSE starring Ian McKellen and John Bishop.

According to a new study by GoDaddy and the Society of Independent Theatres, three quarters of independent theatres – those with fewer than 300 seats – say their ticket sales have still not returned to pre-Covid levels.

An on-stage sitcom unable to find its feet.

The Genesis Foundation has announced the launch of a free training and mentoring programme for global majority applicants who are from socially and economically challenging backgrounds who want to pursue a career in theatre as a designer.

All in all, the piece is promising at this stage, but it could be so much more.

Bedford Park Concerts have announced that their Proms Spectacular concert will be a ‘West End’ style Proms for 2023.

Simon Russell Beale and Eben Figueiredo return to the Bridge Theatre in Nicholas Hytner’s production of A Christmas Carol for four weeks only, and are joined by Lyndsey Marshal.

As fine a Christmas show as you'll see in a beautiful venue and at a price that won't blow the budget (well, not too much)

Exclusive 24 Hour Presale for Crazy For You, starring Charlie Stemp.

Sir Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty debuted in 2012 to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of Bourne’s New Adventures company.

The renowned Mercato Metropolitano and the facilities at its various sites have been converted into operational filming studios for television and movie productions and will open its doors to studios, streamers, networks and content creators looking to take advantage of London's hottest venues in th

Royal Opera House has announced its must see productions for Spring 2023.

Another triumphant vindication of a uniquely thoroughgoing philosophy at Chickenshed