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The Ink Factory and Second Half Productions will present the Chichester Festival Theatre production of John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold on a major UK tour in 2026.

Newbury’s Watermill Theatre has revealed details of the first productions of 2026, as well as the second year of the theatre’s Artist Development Programme, Elemental.

For one night only this Halloween at Disney’s Hercules, Hades will take over Theatre Royal Drury Lane’s front of house with a trail of music, mayhem, photo opportunities before curtain-up;.

Initial casting and full tour dates have been revealed for the 2026/2027 UK and Ireland tour of the award-winning MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL.

The full cast and creative team have been announced for SAPPHO: The Poetess at The Other Palace, beginning performances this month.

The Tony Award-winning smash hit comedy OH, MARY! will premiere in London at the Trafalgar Theatre This December! The West End premiere will see Mason Alexander Park star as Mary Todd Lincoln.

English National Ballet’s season opener, R:Evolution offers up a varied set of challenges for the company, taking us back to the 1940s with George Balanchine and Martha Graham, to the present day with William Forsythe and David Dawson.

Why has the arrival of Tilly Norwood, a virtual actor apparently on the cusp of actual agent representation, caused outrage and panic among screen veterans but barely a murmur from their theatrical confrères? Julian Spooner’s take on the controversial Mistero Buffo offers one explanation why.

Narrative ballet is hard, so anyone willing to go there deserves a medal regardless of the outcome.

King’s Head Theatre has announced its Spring 2026 season, running January–August.

The Entertainment Providers return with Sinderella, London’s raunchiest adult pantomime, playing at Scala from December 19, 2025 – January 11, 2026.

Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical has extended its run at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre through February 7, 2026.

You can now get a first look at Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie’s sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining of Hamlet at The National Theatre.

You can now get a look at photos from gala night of 13 Going on 30 the Musical at the Manchester Opera House.

Young Voices International, the world’s largest youth music education organization, will mark its 30th anniversary with a WICKED Worldwide Singalong, streaming live from London’s most iconic arena, The O2.

The multi-award-winning comedy sensation Garry Starr: Classic Penguins is set for the West End as it takes up residence at Arts Theatre for a limited run this November.

For the first time in its storied 87-year history, Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Our Town, an American classic with universal themes of love, life, and death, will be staged by a full company of Welsh actors and creative team.

THE CHOIR OF MAN, the Olivier award-nominated international hit musical, have announced an inaugural UK Tour for 2026.

An all new trailer has been released for the new British musical Starter for Ten following its return to Bristol Old Vic, followed by a run at Birmingham Rep from 22 October – 1 November.

Theatre Royal Plymouth has announced a bold new production of FAME THE MUSICAL.

Polka Theatre has announced details of additional shows coming to Polka in 2026.

When I was researching This Little Earth, I stumbled across an essay by social psychologist Serge Moscovici, in which he likens ‘the conspiracy mentality’ (the belief in conspiracy theory) to theatrical performance.

No one could accuse Max Webster's flamboyant production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest of being subtle.

A dangerously erotic production, Maxim Didenko’s Salomé dazzles with a decadent set by Galya Solodovnikova, uncanny music by Louis Lebée, and excellent performances by the lead cast.

Lee Krasner has now received her flowers, with major retrospectives at the Barbican among other European galleries in recent years, but it wasn’t always that way.