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The musical selection has been announced for this year's MTFestUK 2021.

Hundreds of National Lottery players will have the chance to go to their local panto for free this Christmas as a thank you for raising £30 million each week for Good Causes across the UK, helping support projects at the forefront of the coronavirus pandemic.

Celebrating the very best of pantomime, with comedy in abundance and big show-stopping numbers, this star-filled extravaganza will play to a socially distanced audience for three weeks only.

The Comeback centres on two comedic double acts - both played by Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen - who are trying to revive their careers.

Written and performed by Francesca Forristal & Jordan Paul Clarke, Public Domain takes words spoken and typed on the internet in the past year to build a unique portrait of the digital world that is every bit as mesmerising as it is terrifying.

It’s December and Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker is back on stage, it’s almost like 2020 didn’t happen, and for two magical hours, that's how it will feel.

Perth Theatre sadly can’t have audiences along to its annual pantomime this year but they have come up with a fun alternative show via Zoom.

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An all-drag murder mystery thriller live in the West End feels like the most 2020 thing ever.

Moving into the Sondheim Theatre for a limited run, Les Misérables – The Staged Concert brings the barricades back to the West End.

Tom Hayden Millward (@WestEndReporter) had a chat with The Pin Duo, made up of Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen.

​If you’re looking for a festive theatrical feast, this December then look no further than the Turbine Theatre’s rather wonderful production of Cinderella: A Socially Distanced Ball.

Over £165m in emergency loans have been given to eleven of the UK’s biggest arts organizations hit hard by the health crisis.

The Show Must Go Online has announced the livestreamed production of New York Times Bestselling author Ian Doescher's William Shakespeare's A Christmas Carol.

Lee Mead is known for his roles in Wicked, Casualty, Holby City, Joseph and more.

The Theatre Artists Fund has announced that it is looking to support freelancers who would not have been eligible to apply in the recent round of funding (through which just over £2m was distributed) but who are now in financial need due to their anticipated work being in a part of the country th

With the exciting news that Sunset Boulevard in Concert will be streamed into living rooms across the globe, Danny Mac (Joe Gillis) and Molly Lynch (Betty Schaefer) returned to Curve ahead of rehearsals to check out the amazing new auditorium, and give a sneak peek of what to expect from the concert

It is refreshing to see the Almeida come back with something a little different: a play with songs about loss and connection.

When Rosie is confined and cornered into a flooding toilet cubicle, she is determined to rescue herself from the situation for once.

Ivano Turco has joined the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of Cinderella, opening on the West End next year!

Carly Paoli is a Classical Brit-nominated soprano.

Hampstead Theatre are reopening their doors after an exceptionally difficult year with their long-delayed production of Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre and The Macrobert Arts Centre have collaborated to bring audiences a fun Christmas show to enjoy at home called The Magic of Christmas.

Can a controversial production that was staged nearly 30 years ago still feel relevant today? The answer is a resounding yes.

Just eighteen hours after the end of the UK’s current lockdown, Bill Kenwright presented MARTIN SHAW and JENNY SEAGROVE in A.