UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 435

This October, the Royal Opera House is delighted to announce that its new production of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, staged by the acclaimed Canadian director Robert Carsen, will be broadcast live from Covent Garden on Wednesday 12 October 2022, reaching over 1,000 cinemas in 34 countries around the

Suzann McLean, CEO and Artistic Director of Theatre Peckham has been named Arts and Media Senior Leader of the Year at the ninth Black British Business Awards.

What did the critics think of Lucinda Coxon's new version of John Gabriel Borkman, starring Simon Russell Beale and directed by Nicholas Hytner?

A UK and Ireland Tour has been announced for the pantomime MOTHER GOOSE.

The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced the full casting for the world première of Terry Johnson's The Sex Party – Johnson directs Will Barton (Tim), Amanda Donohoe (Magdalena), Lisa Dwan (Gilly), John Hopkins (Jake), Timothy Hutton (Jeff), Jason Merrells (Alex), Pooya Mohseni (Lucy), Molly Os

Fantastic savings on Disney's Frozen The Musical.

In the first of three new ENO productions this autumn, Christof Loy’s UK Premiere of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet’s new production is an insightful version that is also subtly updated.

If you're looking for some dinner-cabaret, this show really is a no-brainer.

Conor Ó'Cuinn's Looking For Fun? will play the King's Head Theatre 11 - 15 October 2022.

Simon Russell Beale takes on the disgraced mogul, Nicholas Hytner directs.

The weather might be cooling, but the West End is heating up.

Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo’s critically-acclaimed ‘Only An Octave Apart’, a theatrically musical evening coalescing wildly divergent genres and voices, is getting its UK premiere at historic Wilton’s Music Hall - the only surviving Grand Music Hall in the world.

The Donmar Warehouse is presenting the European première of David Yazbek and Itamar Moses' multi-Tony award-winning musical The Band's Visit, directed in a new production by Donmar Warehouse Artistic Director Michael Longhurst.

A new adaptation of Coppélia this winter combines enchanting animation and live action dance in a modern take on the much-loved ballet.

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An all new video has been released for 'We Will  Be Loved Anyway' from the Original Cast Recording of My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?)

All new photos have been released from Gary Owen’s Iphigenia in Splott, starring Sophie Melville with direction from Rachel O’Riordan, which opens at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre tonight and runs until 22 October.

What began with an encounter between director Josephine Barton and Kurdish Iranian musician Marouf Majidi in 2017 in Helsinki has culminated in a converted factory space in Newham and Dido’s Bar, a story of immigrants fleeing war and persecution and finding love in foreign lands.

The Royal Shakespeare Company has released rehearsal photos for the global stage premiere of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro, which will begin previews at the Barbican next week.

Presale: Ain't Too Proud coming to the Prince Edward Theatre in March 2023.

Set in an imaginary lunatic asylum, Mad Women in My Attic! is the cabaret brainchild of Italian performer and Royal Academy of Music alumna, Monica Salvi.

About Bill productions will present a three-night run of About Bill at The Other Palace – The one woman show starring Kim Ismay, running from 7-9 October 2022.

A a sample of a number of tracks from the concept Album of A World Divided will be released exactly six months prior to the opening and will be available to download from 17 October.

Brazilian choreographer Bruno Beltrão brings his new work by Grupo de Rua to Sadler's Wells Theatre on Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 November.

Award-winning Scottish comedian Hannah Fairweather (writer on Mock The Week and The Now Show and ranked in the top 5 for Dave's Joke of the Fringe) is the Taylor Swift of comedy, joking about everyone who has wronged her in the past.