UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 60

Recently, we had the chance to speak with Leonard about taking on the role of Pierre Peters.

International music artist Nicola Roberts from the BRIT Award-winning group Girls Aloud, will join the West End production of multi award-winning Hadestown in the role of Persephone.

Unusual and unflinching, Dear Young Monster delves into the parallels between the creation of Frankenstein’s Monster as a ‘man-made man’ and the experience of a trans coming of age.

It’s no secret that the British theatre industry has been going through a tough period recently.

It’s not often that villains are the stars of children’s shows, but Freckle Productions’ adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s The Baddies gleefully flips the script.

There’s a make-or-break moment towards the end of The Publicist, where Julia Pilkington’s titular PR professional stands trapped on a phone call between two rails of clothing, a TV producer and former friend berating her on one side, her client trying to severe their professional relationship on

Sheffield Theatres and the Royal Exchange Theatre will present Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa, directed by Elizabeth Newman, at the Crucible Theatre September 13–October 4, 2025, before transferring to Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre October 10–November 8.

The National Theatre has announced full casting for Hamlet, directed by newly appointed Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge), with Olivier Award winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) in the title role.

Fuel will present The 419, a new poetry and photography exhibition by award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams (Three Sisters, Half God of Rainfall) and acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Oluwamuyiwa “Logor” Logo, at Somerset House’s West Wing Gallery from 8–14 September 2025.

Manchester will take centre stage at Barcelona’s La Mercè 2025 as the festival’s official Guest City, in a landmark partnership curated by Manchester-based international outdoor arts organisation XTRAX in collaboration with Without Walls.

Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Raison will lead the cast of David Hare’s Grace Pervades at Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Producers have announced the full cast for the first UK tour of The Talented Mr Ripley, opening at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, on September 4, 2025, with an official opening night on September 10.

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Foolish is a lightning bolt of a play - a fierce, addictive new drama that throws you headfirst into the chaos of a love story caught between desire and pressure.

From the moment the curtain raises and smoke billows away to reveal a barely lit stage, it’s clear that Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby isn’t interested in gently inviting you in and asking how you take your tea.

Two joints, both alike in dignity: Monty’s Tacos and Caps Bar.

The Pitchfork Disney will mark the fifth collaboration between myself and Philip Ridley, including our production of Leaves of Glass, and Copper Beeches - a world premiere of Phil’s newest play.

If grief is the price we pay for love, then Every Brilliant Thing is the receipt lovingly crumpled and stuffed into a back pocket.

When two old friends meet at a haunt from their youth they relive their exciting teenage years in the poptastic seventies.

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Recent anthropology graduate and feisty redhead Joanie Little is stuck working as a barista, studying the 'creatures' (customers) as if she were Jane Goodall, bushwhacking through the jungle to study chimpanzees! In her 'coffeeshop jungle,' hilarity ensues, with jazzy tunes, co-worker showdowns and

Orange is the New Black’s Julie Lake and songwriter Annie Macleod join forces in Forget-Me-Not, a true story of motherhood, lost love and hauntings set to original music and heart-exploding harmonies.

In memory of the life and legacy of Olivia Newton-John, Secret Cinema and TodayTix will honour the third anniversary of her passing by making a donation of £4,000 to Breast Cancer Now.

You can now get a first look at photos of Grease: The Immersive Movie Musical.

Starter for Ten will return to Bristol Old Vic from 10 September to 11 October before playing Birmingham Rep from 22 October to 1 November.