London

The knife of dawn / A new dark age

Hannah Kendall, Missy Mazzoli, Katie Mitchell, Anna Thorvaldsdottir.

Nine Lives

Zodwa Nyoni

Alston Nash: A Visual History of the Richard Alston Dance Company

Richard Alston, Martin Lawrance, Chris Nash

A Brief History of Struggle

Dipo Baruwa-Etti and Calle Fuhr

4/4

Handel, Barber, Britten, H K Gruber

The Royal Ballet: Back on Stage

Quarter Life Crisis

Yolanda Mercy

The New Tomorrow

Various Artists

The Theatre Channel Episode One

Nights in the Garden of Spain & Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet

Alan Bennett

Playing Sandwiches & A Lady of Letters

Alan Bennett

Hofesh Shechter's Untitled

Choreography, music and direction by Hofesh Shechter

Emerging Dancer 2020

An Evening With An Immigrant

Inua Ellams

Renaissance

Charles Ward

846 Live

Nathaniel Martello-White, Nathan Powell, Sumerah Srivastav, Selina Thompson

Pippin

Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Roger O Hirson

The Shrine / Bed Among the Lentils

Alan Bennett

C-o-n-t-a-c-t

Eric Chantelauze, from an original idea by Gabrielle Jourdain, English transl...

Beat the Devil

David Hare

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet

Matthew Bourne, music by Sergei Prokofiev

Fanny and Stella

Book and lyrics by Glenn Chandler, music by Charles Miller

Good Dog

Arinzé Kene, adapted by Natalie Ibu

Her and Her

Jade Anouka with music by Grace Savage

Come from Away

Book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein

Hamilton

Book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, inspired on Alexander Hamilton ...

Leopoldstadt

Tom Stoppard

The Play That Goes Wrong

Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields

The Seven Streams of the River Ota

Robert Lepage and Ex Machina

Kunene and the King

John Kani

Les Misérables

Book by Alan Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel by Victo...

Matilda the Musical

Based on the novel by Roald Dahl, book by Dennis Kelly, music and lyrics by T...

On Blueberry Hill

Sebastian Barry

The Welkin

Lucy Kirkwood

Worst Witch wins Olivier for Northampton theatre

26 October 2020

Royal and Derngate’s Made in Northampton co-production of The Worst Witch scooped the award for best family show at the 2020 Olivier Awards.

Arcola's outside advantage

25 October 2020

London's Arcola Theatre creates outside performance space in time for Christmas.

Sadler's Wells, ENB and Rambert receive funding

25 October 2020

Three dance companies have been awarded critical Cultural Recovery grants.

Halloween horrors north and south

24 October 2020

Circus of Horrors is back in Blackpool this week and at London Clapham Grand on Friday the 13th.

Ravel’s L’Enfant as Virtual Opera

24 October 2020

The Virtual Opera Project premières with a film version of Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges in collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

ENO to perform Adams's El Niño at Coliseum

23 October 2020

English National Opera will perform John Adams's El Niño for two concert performances at the London Coliseum.

ROH opens for live ballet and opera

23 October 2020

The Royal Opera House is to open for 'socially distanced' live performances with a repertory of favourites from The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera.

One Dance and Guest promote mental wellbeing in dance

23 October 2020

One Dance UK has teamed up with Rick Guest on Invisible Threads Part 1, part of a new programme to promote mental wellbeing in the dance sector.

Birmingham REP welcomes back live performances

23 October 2020

Birmingham REP has become the first major venue in the city to host a live performance: the world première of Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Lazuli Sky.

Greenwich's new podcast of dance artist interviews

21 October 2020

Greenwich Dance has launched a new podcast for dance professionals, Talking Moves, in which Melanie Precious interviews dance artists about their creative practice, experience and ideas.

Tracing Movement support for freelance dancers

21 October 2020

Tracing Movement, led by choreographer Stuart Winter, offers support and development to professional dancers not currently able to train or perform due to COVID-19.

ENB School partners with bbodance

20 October 2020

English National Ballet School has formed a new partnership with bbodance as it returns to face-to-face training.

Barbican new theatre from November

17 October 2020

New theatre from The Barbican starts with The Ghost Light in The Theatre and We Cover the Universe on Zoom, an interactive, sensory show for the under-fives.

Brian Conley is Scrooge this Christmas

17 October 2020

Brian Conley will star as Scrooge in a staged concert of Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens and Mike Ockrent's A Christmas Carol at the Dominion Theatre in London.

ENB's Nutcracker Delights at Coliseum for Christmas

13 October 2020

English National Ballet returns to the London Coliseum with Nutcracker Delights this Christmas and Reunion: An Evening with English National Ballet at Sadler’s Wells in November.

The Little Match Girl at Sadler's Wells for Christmas

9 October 2020

The Little Match Girl, directed and choreographed by Arthur Pita, will return to Sadler’s Wells main stage this Christmas, following five festive seasons at the Lilian Baylis Studio.

ENB Dance for Parkinson's programme goes digital

9 October 2020

English National Ballet is moving the next term of its engagement programme Dance for Parkinson’s online this autumn.

Sadler’s Wells 'socially distanced' autumn season

8 October 2020

The Sadler’s Wells season of live dance and digital content for autumn 2020 includes performances for 'socially distanced' audiences and online.

Top ballet companies stream from around the world

8 October 2020

World Ballet Day returns on 29 October 2020 for a global celebration.

RSC jobs under threat as two Stratford theatres remain closed

7 October 2020

More than 150 jobs are at risk at the Royal Shakespeare Company as two of its Stratford theatres, the Swan and The Other Place, will remain closed until 2022.

Dance Umbrella goes digital

4 October 2020

2020 marks the 42nd year of Dance Umbrella and Emma Gladstone’s 7th and final year as Artistic Director and Chief Executive.

Dancing Times magazine celebrates 110 years

30 September 2020

Dancing Times, the world’s oldest dance magazine, celebrates 110 years this October.

Royal Ballet back on stage

26 September 2020

The Royal Ballet is returning to the stage for a special live-streamed celebration performance.

Shechter's new short film Untitled online

24 September 2020

Hofesh Shechter Company has created a new short ten-minute film, Untitled, performed by Rachel Fallon.

Royal Opera House Pocket Photobook

22 September 2020

A compact photo guide to the Royal Opera House, home to The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, is on sale now.

ENB names production studio after donor

19 September 2020

English National Ballet has named the main studio in its new home at London City Island the Holloway Production Studio in recognition of a substantial donation from Charles Holloway.

Coliseum to reopen with ENO Mozart Requiem

19 September 2020

English National Opera will reopen the London Coliseum to 'socially distanced' audiences for special performances of Mozart’s Requiem.

October re-opening for Nimax London theatres

13 September 2020

Nimax Theatres is to open all six of its West End venues from 22 October, observing 'social distancing' and government guidelines.

Choreographic challenge from NYB

11 September 2020

A new choreographic challenge for autumn from National Youth Ballet invites young dancers to explore how it feels to re-emerge and engage with the world around them as lockdown eases.

Rambert to perform live from Southbank studios

11 September 2020

Rambert's new première from Wim Vandekeybus, Draw From Within, will be streamed live from Rambert's studios in September.

Sadler’s Wells autumn programme digital and live

10 September 2020

In autumn, Sadler’s Wells will present a new digital season and the first live performances at the venue since lockdown.

Book collaboration between choreographer Alston and photographer Nash

10 September 2020

Alston Nash, a limited-edition book of photographs of Richard Alston Dance Company taken over 25 years by dance photographer Chris Nash, is on sale now.

Royal Opera House opens its doors

4 September 2020

Royal Opera House is to reopen for the first time in six months as part of Open House London.

ENB launches new on-demand video platform

2 September 2020

English National Ballet is to launch its new ENB at Home video-on-demand platform with a digital season of short works for camera.

New Perspectives to stream Lars von Trier comedy drama

1 September 2020

Josie Lawrence is to play the title character in a streamed version of the cult Lars von Trier film, The Boss of it All, which has been adapted by Nottinghamshire theatre company New Perspectives.

Durante is new Artistic Director of ENB School

1 September 2020

Viviana Durante will become Artistic Director of English National Ballet School for the 2020–21 academic year, following her appointment as Director of Dance in August 2019.

Catch Me at Greenwich + Docklands

28 August 2020

Catch Me is a dance-circus outdoor performance at Greenwich + Docklands International Festival presented by Upswing and directed by AD Vicki Amedume.

ROH online autumn opera and ballet concerts

28 August 2020

The Royal Opera House is to make two evenings of opera and ballet live from Covent Garden available to view online.

NYDC dancers back in Sadler’s Wells

25 August 2020

The National Youth Dance Company 2019/20 cohort and Guest Artistic Director Russell Maliphant will reunite at Sadler’s Wells to complete their year, culminating in a set of private COVID-secure 'sharings' for friends and family.

Chinese Arts Now updates Augmented Chinatown app

25 August 2020

Chinese Arts Now is to launch a new version of its app Augmented Chinatown 2.0, a live immersive audio tour through Chinatown with augmented reality visuals and miniature dramas.

Bourne's Red Shoes cinema release rescheduled

20 August 2020

The postponed cinema release of Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes has now been rescheduled for September 2020.

Newcastle musical première reschedules to 2021

18 August 2020

The première of the new musical The Drifters Girl at Newcastle Theatre Royal has been rescheduled to late 2021.

Doctor Who becomes immersive in London

18 August 2020

A new "immersive theatrical event" from Immersive Everywhere will transport audiences across space and time in Doctor Who: Time Fractures.

National to resume distanced live performances

17 August 2020

London's National Theatre plans to reopen the Olivier Theatre with a new one-person play, Death of England: Delroy, by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams, performed by Giles Terera, in late October.

Autumn & Christmas cancellations at Sadler's Wells

14 August 2020

The current period of closure has been extended until January 2021 at Sadler's Wells Theatre, Lilian Baylis Studio and Peacock Theatre.

Sadler’s Wells in consultation process with staff

13 August 2020

Sadler’s Wells has entered a consultation process with its staff on "proposed organisational change and efficiency measures" which could see 26% of its workforce made redundant.

15 Heroines and 2 Becketts

9 August 2020

Jermyn Street Theatre has put fifteen new commissions and a sell-out Beckett Double Bill online.

Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer at the Barbican

8 August 2020

This autumn, Barbican Art Gallery stages the first major exhibition on dancer and choreographer Michael Clark.

Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet on DVD

8 August 2020

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet will be released on DVD and Blu-ray following the release of download and streaming versions.

Mark Gatiss’s Christmas Carol adaptation off until 2021

6 August 2020

Nottingham Playhouse and producer Eleanor Lloyd have announced that Mark Gatiss’s new adaptation of A Christmas Carol—A Ghost Story has been postponed until 2021 due to government guidelines restricting the reopening of theatres.

VAULT Festival skips a year

2 August 2020

Due to the risks associated with COVID-19, VAULT Festival will not go ahead as planned next year.

Sadler's Wells cancels further performances

30 July 2020

Sadler's Wells and Peacock Theatres have extended their cancellation of performances across until 10 November 2020.

Whodunnit or Didn’t

2 October 2020

Philip Fisher compares and contrasts the entertainment industry's responses to coronavirus in London and New York.

Favourite theatres on death row and an extra-terrestrial solution

11 September 2020

Philip Fisher highlights the plight of the Finborough Theatre in London and some of Edinburgh's finest, while remaining cynical about the government's Moonshine project.

Black Lives Matter on stage

1 July 2020

Keith McKenna revisits some of the plays performed in recent years that are linked in various ways to the Black Lives Matter protests.

First Glimmers of Hope

6 June 2020

Philip Fisher explores some prospective opportunities to see live theatre later in the year.

A Great Night Out: Burn This—an unforgettable production with a personal prologue

30 April 2020

Philip Fisher remembers a night out in a Portakabin with John Malkovich and Juliet Stevenson.