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McCabe signs up for Mozart comic opera at Buxton

11 May 2025

Richard McCabe will take the title role in Mozart's comic opera The Impresario at Buxton International Festival.

British Muslim Engagement with Theatre

8 May 2025

A PhD candidate researching British Muslim Communities' Engagement with Theatre is looking for participants to share their experiences.

New musical to have Birmingham previews

8 May 2025

Birmingham Hippodrome’s romcom musical Hot Mess is to have two previews at the venue before its première at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Cullum to jazz up RSC's Constant Wife

7 May 2025

Jamie Cullum is to compose the music for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Laura Wade’s adaptation of W Somerset Maugham's play The Constant Wife.

Theatre Frontier broken in West Cumbria

4 May 2025

A new festival, Theatre Frontier, comes to Rosehill Theatre in Whitehaven.

North East talent is Unearthed

4 May 2025

Live Theatre, Newcastle's Unearthed Festival will feature Royal Court Live, masterclasses with Alistair McDowall and a Q and A with Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney.

Gala de Danza festival's London première

4 May 2025

Gala de Danza, the international dance, music and art festival, will have its London première with three performances at Central Hall Westminster.

Maxwell and Trehearn to appear in musical in Leicester

1 May 2025

Lisa Maxwell and Rebecca Trehearn are among the cast of the musical Indigo which will be staged at Curve, Leicester in summer 2025.

CATS to add Scottish panto award

30 April 2025

The 2025 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland will debut a new award for Outstanding Pantomime.

Casey to play Barnaby in Midsomer Murders

30 April 2025

Daniel Casey, who played Sgt Troy in the television series Midsomer Murders, will take the role of Inspector Tom Barnaby when the first stage adaptation goes on a UK tour in 2025.

Rubasingham unveils first National season

30 April 2025

Indhu Rubasingham's first season as the National Theatre's Director features "16 brand new productions... nine world premières, two tours for schools and a return to repertory theatre"

Marianne Elliott joins Pentabus board

29 April 2025

Internationally acclaimed director Marianne Elliott OBE is joining the board of Shropshire-based rural theatre company Pentabus as a trustee.

New comedy relives battle between Blur and Oasis

29 April 2025

The world première of a comedy “based (mostly) on real events, reliving the heady summer of 1995” is to be staged at Birmingham Rep.

Pentabus picks eight national young writers

26 April 2025

Shropshire rural theatre company Pentabus has revealed its eight 2025 National Young Writers to create short plays for digital platforms.

Nottingham reaches Peake with new Mrs Whitehouse play

24 April 2025

Maxine Peake will appear in the world première of Caroline Bird’s The Last Stand of Mrs Mary Whitehouse in Nottingham Playhouse’s autumn and winter 2025 season.

IJAD Dance launches OOTFest25 (UN)SEEN

23 April 2025

At Riverside Studios, London and online, there will be live hybrid performances, interactive installations and panel discussions on the intersections of emerging technology and performing arts.

Let's Dance 15th anniversary in Leicester

23 April 2025

Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage will present Leicester’s annual dance festival, Let’s Dance International Frontiers 2025.

Humans Move presents dance story across Wales

23 April 2025

Humans Move, a disabled-led dance theatre company, will present Let Life Dance across Wales this June.

Opera Festival founder dies

23 April 2025

Martin Graham, co-founder of Longborough Festival Opera, has died aged 83.

Lister returns to Malvern as Fleshcreep

19 April 2025

Tom Lister, otherwise known as Carl King in the television soap Emmerdale, is to play Fleshcreep in Malvern Theatres’ 2025 panto Jack and the Beanstalk.