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Unite for Ukraine

Director Viviana Durante

Central School of Ballet, Elmhurst Ballet School, English National Ballet School, Northern Ballet School, Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, The Royal Ballet School

Sadler's Wells

15 May 2022

Wild Tango

Choreographer and artistic director Germán Cornejo

Germán Cornejo’s Dance Company

Peacock Theatre

12–21 May 2022

Jarman

Mark Farrelly

Jack Studio Theatre

10–14 May 2022

Casanova

Choreography Kenneth Tindall, music Kerry Muzzey

Northern Ballet

Sadler’s Wells

10–14 May 2022

Love Child

Written by Daniel Jenkins and Robert Stanton

Drayton Arms

10–21 May 2022

Tom Felton as Sam, Sam Swainsbury as Ben, Mandip Gill as Jenny and Beatriz Romilly as Lauren

2:22 A Ghost Story

Danny Robins

Runaway Entertainment

Criterion Theatre

7 May–4 September 2022

Stanley Morgan as Acton, Douggie McMeekin as '91 Frayne, Shannon Tarbet as '77 Jude and Jasmine Blackborrow as '91 Jude

The Breach

Naomi Wallace

Hampstead Theatre

6 May–4 June 2022

Age of Rage

Adapted by Koen Tachelet and Ivo van Hove after Euripides and Aeschylus

International Theatre Amsterdam, Holland Festival, Bl!ndman, La Villette Paris; Barbican London

Barbican Theatre

5–8 May 2022

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare

Globe Theatre

3 May–10 September 2022

Maite Jauregui as the woman & Danny Horn as the man

We’ll Dance on the Ash of the Apocalypse

Melissa-Kelly Franklin

Bluestocking Productions & Women’s Writes in association with Park Theatre

Park 90

3–7 May 2022

Remembering The Oscars

Aljaž Skorjanec & Janette Manrara

Peacock Theatre

2–7 May 2022

Orlando

Virginia Woolf, adapted by Sarah Ruhl

Jermyn Street Theatre

28 April–28 May 2022

The company with Patrick Vaill as Jud, Arthur Darvill as Curly and Anoushka Lucas as Laurey

Oklahoma!

Music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on t...

The Bard SummerScape production presented by the Young Vic in association with Eva Price, Sonia Friedman Productions, Michael Harrison

Young Vic Theatre

27 April–25 June 2022

The End of the Night

Ben Brown

Park Theatre and Original Theatre

Park 200

27 April–28 May 2022

Claire Rushbrook as Maggie and Daniel Ryan as Gary

Middle

David Eldridge

National Theatre

National Theatre (Dorfman Theatre)

27 April–18 June 2022

Shake The City

Millie Gaston

Rachael Halliwell

Greenwich Theatre

26–28 April 2022

Matthew Tennyson as Lyons, Vinnie Heaven as Easton and Hubert Burton as Harrison

The Misfortune Of The English

Pamela Carter

Orange Tree Theatre

25 April–28 May 2022

Marianela Nuñez and Matthew Ball, A Month in the Country

Scènes de Ballet, A Month in the Country, Rhapsody

Frederick Ashton

The Royal Ballet

Royal Opera House

23 April–2 May 2022

Sybil: The Moment Has Gone / Waiting for the Sibyl

Concept and director William Kentridge, choral composer Nhlanhla Mahlangu, co...

Barbican Theatre

22–24 April 2022

Lucy Phelps as Beatrice and Ralph David as Benedick

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Globe

22 April–23 October 2022

The Burnt City

Punchdrunk in collaboration with the company

Punchdrunk

One Cartridge Place, Woolwich, London SE18 6ZR

21 April–4 December 2022

How It Is (Part 2)

Samuel Beckett

Gare St Lazare Ireland

The Coronet Theatre

20 April–7 May 2022

Paco Peña Solera

Director Jude Kelly

Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company

Sadler's Wells

20–24 April 2022

Sebastian Calver as Sidney Harry Fox and Amanda Bailey as Rosaline Fox

Sidney’s Fox’s Crime

Glenn Chandler

Boys of the Empire

Above the Stag Theatre

20 April–7 May 2022

Kemi Awoderu ((Pea)), Mark Rylance (Byron), Ed Kear, (Davey) Charlotte O’Leary (Tanya) and Mackenzie Crook (Ginger)

Jerusalem

Jez Butterworth

Sonia Friedman Productions and Royal Court Theatre

Apollo Theatre

16 April–7 August 2022

Prima Facie

Suzie Miller

Empire Street Productions

Harold Pinter Theatre

15 April–18 June 2022

Marys Seacole

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Donmar Warehouse

15 April–4 June 2022

Maureen Brathwaite as Hilde, the Baroness, Omar Ebrahim as the Baron, Andee-Louise Hypolite as Gossip, Bethan Langford as Maria Theresia von Paradis and Chandrika Gopalakrishnan (interpreter)

The Paradis Files

Music by Errollyn Wallen, libretto by Nicola Werenowska, Selina Mills, origin...

Graeae Theatre Company in partnership with BBC Concert Orchestra and Curve Theatre

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre

13–14 April 2022

The Handmaid’s Tale

Music Poul Ruders, libretto Paul Bentley based on the novel by Margaret Atwood

English National Opera

London Coliseum

8–14 April 2022

Scandaltown

Mike Bartlett

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in association with Fictional Company

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre

8 April–14 May 2022

Wolf Cub

Ché Walker

Hampstead Theatre

Hampstead Theatre Downstairs

8 April–7 May 2022

Diversity Connected 2022 Tour

Creator, director and choreographer Ashley Banjo, musical compositions Fraser...

Diversity

London Palladium

7–10 April 2022

Nicola Walker as Miss Moffat and Iwan Davies as Morgan Evans

The Corn is Green

Emlyn Williams

National Theatre

National Theatre (Lyttelton Theatre)

7 April–11 June 2022

One Penny Opera

The Tiger Lillies

Soho Theatre

7–23 April 2022

Martha Watson Allpress as Hannah, Ethan Moorhouse as Max and Hannah Khalique-Brown as Alice

I Know I Know I Know

Flora Wilson Brown

Donotalight in association with Harlow Playhouse Trust

Southwark Playhouse

6–16 April 2022

Marco Young (Dan Austin), Rosanna Suppa (Jared Astin) and Jacob Lovick (Clint Ewell)

Another America

Bill Rosenfield

Oli Sones, Emma Halstead and Park Theatre

Park Theatre (Park 90)

6–30 April 2022

SAD

Victoria Willing

Omnibus Theatre

5–30 April 2022

A Good Time Was Had By All

Sam Smithson

Not Quite Ready Productions

The Hope Theatre

5–23 April 2022

Alex Young as Cora Hoover Hooper and the company

Anyone Can Whistle

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents

The Grey Area Theatre Company and Alex Conder

Southwark Playhouse

1 April–7 May 2022

English National Dancers in Playlist (EP)

The Forsythe Evening: Blake Works 1 / Playlist (EP)

Choreography William Forsythe

English National Ballet

Sadler's Wells

31 March–10 April 2022

40 Years of Phoenix: Signal / Harmonica Breakdown / Family / Pave Up Paradise / Heart of Chaos

Choreography Henry Oguike, Jane Dudley, Danial Shapiro & Joanie Smith, Ben Du...

Phoenix Dance Company

Peacock Theatre

29–30 March 2022

The 47th

Mike Bartlett

Old Vic, Sonia Friedman Productions and Annapurna Theatre

Old Vic Theatre

29 March–28 May 2022

Traplord

Ivan Michael Blackstock

Sadler’s Wells x 180 Studios co-production with The Factory and ALTRUVIOLET

180 Studios, The Strand

28 March–16 April 2022

Nicholle Cherrie as Roo and Nathan Queeley-Dennis as Orion

Black Love

Book and lyrics by Chinonyerem Odimba, music by Ben and Max Ringham

Kiln Theatre, Paines Plough and tiara fahodzi

Kiln Theatre

28 March–23 April 2022

Rebecca Bernice Amissah and T'Shan Williams as Gospel Choir, Claes Bang as Andre, Terique Jarrett as Franklin and Keisha Atwell as Gospel Choir.

"Daddy" A Melodrama

Jeremy O Harris

Almeida Theatre

26 March–5 April 2022

Amaka Okafor as Louise and Nick Blood as Mark

After the End

Dennis Kelly

Stratford East

Theatre Royal Stratford East

25–26 March 2022

José Alves and Cira Robinson in Say It Loud

Ballet Black Double Bill: Say It Loud / Black Sun

Cassa Pancho, Gregory Maqoma, music by Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asanté, Jon Batiste,...

Ballet Black

Barbican Theatre

24–27 March 2022

Alexandra Galbreath as Megan and Robert Lindsay as Prof Richard Myers

The Fever Syndrome

Alexis Zegerman

Hampstead Theatre

24 March–30 April 2022

The company performing in a school on tour

Hamlet

William Shakespeare, adapted for young audiences by Jude Christian

National Theatre

National Theatre (Dorfman Theatre)

22 March–6 April 2022

Dance for Ukraine

Inspiration in Motion

London Coliseum

19 March 2022

Natasha Byrne as Gertrude Stein and Alyssa Simon as Alice B Toklas

The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein

Edward Einhorn

Jermyn Street Theatre

17 March–16 April 2022

The Human Voice

Jean Cocteau, adapted and directed by Ivo Van Hove

Sonia Friedman Productions

Harold Pinter Theatre

17 March–9 April 2022

Straight Line Crazy

David Hare

Bridge Theatre

16 March–18 June 2022

Michael Fox as Jim, Eric Underwood as Albert, Aliyah Odoffin as Francine, Andrew Langtree as Karl and Katie Matsell as Betsy

Clybourne Park

Bruce Norris

Trish Wadley Productions and David Adkin in association with Park Theatre

Park Theatre (Park 200)

16 March–23 April 2022

Lo (Gabrielle De Saumarez) and Charlie (Edward Watchman)

Fridge

Emma Zadow

The Hope Theatre

15 March–2 April 2022

Così fan tutte

Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto Lorenzo Da Ponte

English National Opera

London Coliseum

14–22 March 2022

Anna Francolini as Martha, Jonah Rzeskiewicz as Ludwig and Michael Shaeffer as Otto

Tom Fool

Franz Xaver Kroetz

Orange Tree Theatre

12 March–16 April 2022

Joe Darke, Leonie Spilsbury and Jasmine Chiu

Wild

Created by How It Ended, based on the book by Emily Hughes

Unicorn Theatre in association with How It Ended

Unicorn Theatre (Clore Theatre)

11 March–17 April 2022

The Washing Line

Script reworked by Dave Carey and Bethany Hamlin from the Chickenshed devised...

Chickenshed

Rayne Theatre Chickenshed

10–26 March 2022

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee, adapted by Aaron Sorkin

Gielgud Theatre

10 March–19 November 2022

Dogs of Europe

Devised by Nicolai Khalezin and Natalia Kaliada from a novel by Alhierd Bacha...

Belarus Free Theatre

Barbican Centre

10–12 March 2022

Dance

Lucinda Childs & Phillip Glass

Lyon Opera Ballet

Sadler's Wells

9–10 March 2022

Spinks (Sarah Ridgeway), Emma (Genevieve Gauntn), Swanson (Lizzy Mcinnerny) and Myers (Clive Brill)

Ghosts of the Titanic

Ron Hutchinson

Brill Productions in association with Park Theatre

Park Theatre

9 March–2 April 2022

Passion Fruit

Dior Clarke and Stephanie Martin

The Pappy Show and New Diorama

New Diorama Theatre

8–19 March 2022

Gulliver's Travels

Lulu Raczka, inspired by the book by Jonathan Swift and devised with the company

Unicorn Theatre

Unicorn Theatre (Weston Theatre)

6 March–16 April 2022

Jade Anouka as W and Jonathan Bailey as John

Cock

Mike Bartlett

Elliott & Harper Productions

Ambassadors Theatre

5 March–4 June 2022

English National Ballet School Mixed Bill

Choreography Juan Eymar / Joseph Toonga / Le Wang / Mauro de Candia

English National Ballet School

Sadler’s Wells Lilian Baylis Studio

4 March 2022

Theo Jamieson (piano), Paul Moylan (Double Bass), Matthew White, Alfie Friedman, Maria Friedman, Ian McLarnon and Desmonda Cathabel

Maria Friedman & Friends Legacy

Music by Marvin Hamlisch, Michel Legrand and Stephen Sondheim

Menier Chocolate Factory in association with Sonia Friedman Productions

Menier Chocolate Factory

3 March–17 April 2022

Corey Montague-Sholay as Mark and William Robinson as Darren

Bacon

Sophie Swithinbank

Izzy Hayden for Salt Lick Productions Limited in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre

Finborough Theatre

1 March–2 April 2022

Moreno

Pravin Wilkins

Theatre 503

1–26 March 2022

Don Giovanni

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto Emanuel Schikaneder

Royal Opera House

Released 25 February 2022

Eleanor Duval and Jonathan Goddard in Folk Tales

Phantoms - A Triple Bill

Mark Bruce

Mark Bruce Company

Wilton's Music Hall

24 February–25 March 2022

Bloody Difficult Women

Tim Walker

Riverside Studios

24 February–2 April 2022

When We Dead Awaken

Henrik Ibsen, adapted and directed by Kjetil Bang-Hansen

The Norwegian Ibsen Company

The Coronet Theatre

24 February–2 April 2022

Leemore Marrett Jr as Gilbert and Leonie Elliott as Hortense

Small Island

Adapted by Helen Edmundson from the novel by Andrea Levy

National Theatre

Olivier Theatre (National Theatre)

24 February–30 April 2022

Francesca Carpanini as Ruth and Sam Frenchum as Nick

The Woods

David Mamet

Danielle Tarento

Southwark Playhouse

24 February–26 March 2022

Valentina Formenti, Hannes Langolf and Nina-Morgane Madelaine

A Tale of Two Cities

Director Ben Duke, devised by Ben Duke and the Company

Lost Dog

The Place

23 February–5 March 2022

Richard II

William Shakespeare

We Are Animate

Jack Studio Theatre

22 February–5 March 2022

Ashna Rabheru as Sofia, Jonathan McGuinness as Tim, Ragevan Vasan as Sam, Paul Keating as Daniel and Martina Laird as Rita

The Animal Kingdom

Ruby Thomas

Hampstead Downstairs / Celia Atkin

Hampstead Theatre

21 February–2 April 2022

The Cunning Little Vixen

Music and libretto Leoš Janáček

English National Opera

London Coliseum

20 February–1 March 2022

The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare

Globe Theatre

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe

18 February–9 April 2022

News

1,000 young people in climate emergency performance

15 May 2022

Young people from Lewisham and Trinity Laban will perform in a large-scale music and dance performance, Hope 4 Justice.

Flamenco Festival returns to Sadler's Wells

15 May 2022

Flamenco Festival will return for the first time since 2019 with eight dance and four music events across two weeks.

The cast of Tom, Dick and Harry: top row (from left): Andrius Gaučas, Andrew Pollard, Sam Craig, Perry Moore, Michael Hugo. Bottom row: David Fairs, Dominic Thorburn, Eddy Westbury, Nicholas Richardson

Casting for war play at Staffordshire theatre

13 May 2022

Tom, Dick and Harry, from the true story of an escape from a World War II POW camp, will première at the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Amici Dance Theatre at the Lyric

13 May 2022

Amici Dance Theatre will bring together international artists for One World at Lyric Hammersmith.

Greenwich + Docklands International Festival 2022

13 May 2022

25 premières and a "spectacular" opening event in this free festival of outdoor arts and theatre.

Rudolf Nureyev in Le Corsaire curtain call

Nureyev gala celebration

13 May 2022

Nureyev Legend and Legacy will be at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in September 2022.

Rose re-born in Manchester & London

8 May 2022

Rose, starring Dame Maureen Lipman, is live on stage at Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester and Park Theatre in London this year.

Isaac Hernandez, Natalia Osipova and Jason Kittelberger in Carmen

Osipova is new Carmen

4 May 2022

Natalia Osipova, Principal of The Royal Ballet, is to star in a new version of Carmen, choreographed and directed by Didy Veldman.

Next Generation dance festival at Linbury

4 May 2022

The Royal Ballet's Next Generation Festival of emerging artists from junior companies and dance schools from around the world is at the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House.

Ursula dives into her past

30 April 2022

Fat Rascal Theatre and Wildpark Entertainment stage parody musical Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch.

Rob Jones is new Sadler's Wells Associate

30 April 2022

Sadler’s Wells has appointed Rob Jones to the new role of Associate Artistic Director from August 2022.

Phil Davis (Scrooge), Brigid Zengeni (Mrs Trowell) and Vivien Parry (Lady Tibshelf) in the 2017 RSC production of A Christmas Carol

RSC to première Totoro and revive Christmas Carol

28 April 2022

The Royal Shakespeare Company's winter 2022 programme includes an adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro and David Edgar’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

An advanced level ballet class in English National Ballet’s studios at the Mulryan Centre for Dance in East London

Take dance classes with ENB

25 April 2022

After a two-year hiatus, English National Ballet’s in-person classes are resuming at the Company’s east London home.

“Extraordinary contribution to the RSC”: Gregory Doran

Doran to step down as RSC artistic director

22 April 2022

Gregory Doran is to step down as artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, a role he has filled for the past ten years.

ENBS students Jamie Constance and Valeria Garcia

Unite for Ukraine London dance gala

20 April 2022

Six of the UK's top dance schools will perform together in support of young people in Ukraine at Sadler’s Wells.

Tamara Rojo, Justine Simons and Sadiq Khan

ENB search for new Artistic Director

16 April 2022

English National Ballet has launched an international search for a new Artistic Director to succeed Tamara Rojo.

ENB Emerging Dancer live-stream

16 April 2022

English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer competition will be broadcast live on YouTube from the Mulryan Centre for Dance.

Protein dance workshops for refugees

9 April 2022

Protein is running a three-week project at The Place Theatre in London, working with a group of asylum seeker and refugee participants.

Opera singer's appeal for Ukraine

9 April 2022

Ukrainian baritone Yuriy Yurchuk, Royal Opera House Principal Artist, has appealed for support for Ukraine at fundraising events across the UK.

Sadler’s Wells open call for Young Associates

9 April 2022

Sadler’s Wells has announced the opening of recruitment for The Young Associates Programme for 2023–2024.

Bourne's Car Man at Albert Hall

7 April 2022

Matthew Bourne's New Adventures has announced the casting for The Car Man at the Royal Albert Hall in June 2022.

West End stars turn out for Ukraine

5 April 2022

West End stars will join together for a musical fundraising night, West End for Ukraine, at the Charing Cross Theatre.

ALRA closes—Bruford offers to take on students

4 April 2022

The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts has closed due to financial difficulties, but students may complete their studies with Rose Bruford College.

Royal Court In Solidarity with Ukraine

29 March 2022

In Solidarity is a day of play readings and a live stream at the Royal Court Theatre in partnership with the Ukrainian Theater of Playwrights and The Guardian.

Jekyll and Hyde for Derby and Hornchurch

26 March 2022

Derby Theatre and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch are to join forces to stage a new adaptation by Neil Bartlett of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde.

Balletboyz Deluxe return to live performance

25 March 2022

BalletBoyz will return to live performance with the in-person London première of Deluxe plus a UK tour.

Greenwich Dance relocates to Thamesmead

23 March 2022

Greenwich Dance has announced plans to move to a new state-of-the-art building in Thamesmead, South East London.

Artists of The Royal Ballet in Flight Pattern

Royal Opera House concerts and stream for Ukraine

23 March 2022

Royal Opera House has unveiled fundraising initiatives in support of the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

Elmhurst Ballet Company - Amy Jones and Ben Lythgoe in Elite Syncopations

Elmhurst's Immerse in Birmingham and London

23 March 2022

Elmhurst Ballet Company's Immerse is an evening of dance and film featuring 16 final year students of Elmhurst Ballet School, the associate school of Birmingham Royal Ballet.

West End beckons: Horrible Histories - Terrible Tudors

Terrible Tudors to get West End première

18 March 2022

Birmingham Stage Company's Horrible Histories—Terrible Tudors will make its West End debut at the Garrick Theatre in summer 2022.

05Fest: Inua Ellams five of the best

12 March 2022

Barber Shop Chronicles writer Inua Ellams has assembled a five-date festival for Lewisham Borough of Culture.

Alina Cojocaru and Ivan Putrov in Don Quixote

Dance for Ukraine at Coliseum

11 March 2022

International Stars come together for Dance for Ukraine Gala at the London Coliseum.

Old Friends celebrate Sondheim

6 March 2022

Old Friends, a gala evening celebrating the work of Stephen Sondheim, will take place at the Sondheim Theatre.

Marco Marsciari and Sumina Sasaki in Draft Works

Royal Ballet Draft Works and Toonga's Born to Manifest

18 February 2022

Spring Draft Work is The Royal Ballet’s longstanding choreographic platform where new short works are presented in various stages of development.

St Pancras International Roof and Sir John Betjeman statue

ROH celebrates IWD with Lost and Found

18 February 2022

Lost and Found is seven micro-operas inspired by tales of travelling and train connections for International Women’s Day performed live at St. Pancras Station.

Christopher Bruce is Rambert School Patron

18 February 2022

Choreographer Christopher Bruce CBE is to be a new Patron of Rambert School following the death of former Patron Sir Robert Cohan last year.

Features

Carrie Hope Fletcher as Cinderella, Laura Baldwin as Adele, Victora Hamilton-Barritt as The Stepmother and Georgina Castle as Marie

Midnight Comes Early for Cinderella

6 May 2022

The closure of two major London shows is worrying for an ailing industry, while the insensitivity shown towards some Cinderella performers is an unnecessary embarrassment.

Hiran Abeysekera (Pi) Tom Larkin (Tiger Head) - Life Of Pi (2021)

The Olivier Awards – Views from My Seat

17 April 2022

For the first time, Sandra Giorgetti got the chance to attend the Olivier Awards, ticking off an item from her bucket list.

Naming Theatres

1 April 2022

As Broadway launches its James Earl Jones Theatre, we ponder theatre naming conventions and lack of diversity in London.

Comedy Tonight

18 March 2022

After two years of incessant bad news, why is the West End almost completely bereft of comedies?

Kit Harington’s Henry V Fails to Reach Agincourt

18 February 2022

Philip Fisher reports on another high-profile postponement and ponders the way forward.