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Horne joins cast of Oasis-Blur comedy

26 June 2025

Matthew Horne is to play influential Britpop music executive Andy Ross in The Battle, which will go on a UK tour after its première at Birmingham Rep.

Aiming to “thrill and terrify”: Even More... Ghost Stories by Candelight

Even more ghost stories—this time by candlelight

19 June 2025

Pentabus and HighTide are to embark on their third Ghost Stories tour, which will “thrill and terrify” audiences around Halloween 2025.

Reviews

The Midnight Bell

Matthew Bourne

New Adventures

Newcastle Theatre Royal

8–12 July 2025

The Girl with the Enamel Eyes

Book and music by Emmy Khan with lyrics by Khan and Rum Wanono-Samuel

Plucky Culprit Productions

The Fitzgerald, Manchester

7–9 July 2025

Irish Storytelling for Children

Neysa Killeen

422 Community Hub, Manchester

6 July 2025

One Man Poe

Edgar Allan Poe adapted by Stephen Smith

Threedumb Theatre

The Kings Arms, Salford

3–5 July 2025

The Midnight Bell

Devised by Matthew Bourne, inspired by the novels of Patrick Hamilton, music ...

New Adventures

The Lowry, Salford

1–5 July 2025

Tina – The Tina Turner Musical

Book by Katori Hall with Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins

Stage Entertainment, Joop Van Den Ende and Tali Pelman in association with Ti...

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

1–12 July 2025

By Royal Appointment

Daisy Goodwin

Daniel Schumann and Lee Dean: Theatre Royal Bath

Festival Theatre, Malvern

1–5 July 2025

Ryan Kopel, Tom Dickerson, and Killian Thomas Lefevre

Dear Evan Hansen

Book by Steven Levenson, music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

ATG Productions and Gavin Kalin Productions present the Nottingham Playhouse ...

Grand Opera House, York

24–28 June 2025

Bob Golding as Eric Morecambe, Damian Williams as Tommy Cooper and Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse

The Last Laugh

Paul Hendy

Theatre Royal, Newcastle-Upon -Tyne

24–28 June 2025

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

HER Productions, Girl Gang Manchester and Unseemly Women

Hope Mill, Manchester

18–29 June 2025

Cillian Lenaghan as Laurie with the March family

Little Women

Adapted from the Louisa May Alcott novel by Anne-Marie Casey

Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Belgrade Coventry and Blackpool Grand Theatre

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

17–21 June 2025

Zena Carswell and Edward Harrison (Anna and Tom Watson), Laura Whitmore (Rachel Watson) and Daniel Burke (Analyst)

The Girl on the Train

Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel after Paula Hawkins

Simon Friend Entertainment and Josh Andrews Productions

Festival Theatre, Malvern

17–21 June 2025

Calamity Jane

Adapted by Ronald Hanmer and Phil Park from the stage play by Charles K Freem...

Jamie Wilson Productions / The Watermill Theatre

Sheffield Lyceum Theatre

10–14 June 2025

Local

Liz Richardson (devised with Amy Hailwood)

Liz Richardson Productions Ltd

The Lowry, Salford

6 June 2025

Tess

Adapted by Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney from Tess of the d'Urbervilles by...

Ockham's Razor

HOME Manchester

5–7 June 2025

Cock

Mike Bartlett

HER Productions

Hope Mill, Manchester

4–7 June 2025

North by Northwest

Emma Rice after Alfred Hitchcock

Wise Children, York Theatre Royal, HOME Manchester and Liverpool Everyman & P...

Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

3–7 June 2025

The collision of modern and regency dress and dancing styles

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

Isobel McArthur (based on Jane Austen)

David Pugh and The Tron Theatre Company

Exeter Northcott Theatre, Exeter

3–7 June 2025

The Rocky Horror Show

Richard O'Brien

Howard Panter for Trafalgar Theatre Productions, Mallory Factor for Hill Stre...

Leeds Grand Theatre

2–7 June 2025

ECHO: Memories of the World

Gryphon Trio

Victoria Symphony

McPherson Playhouse

29 May 2025

Dear England

James Graham

National Theatre

The Lowry, Salford

29 May 2025

Ballet BC Artist Eduardo Jimenez Cabrera in Frontier by Crystal Pite

Ballet BC - Passing and Frontier

Johan Inger and Crystal Pite

Ballet BC

Newcastle Theatre Royal

27–28 May 2025

Caroline Harker (Suzanne), Gray O'Brien (David) and Gracie Follows (Laura)

The Croft

Ali Milles

Original Theatre Company

Festival Theatre, Malvern

27–31 May 2025

North by Northwest

Adapted by Emma Rice

Wise Children, York Theatre Royal, HOME Manchester and Liverpool Everyman & P...

Theatre Royal Bath

27–31 May 2025

Fiddler on the Roof

Jordan Fein

Regents Park Open Air Theatre

Barbican Centre

24 May–19 July 2025

The Bench

Jeff Brown

Carole W Productions & Gala Durham Co-production

Gala Durham

22 May–21 June 2025

Where We Meet

Clemence Debaig and Livia Massraelli

Unwired Dance Theatre

Proto, Gateshead

20–22 May 2025

Kinky Boots

Book by Harvey Fierstein, music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, based on the film...

ROYO and Curve

Leeds Grand Theatre

20–24 May 2025

Kim's Convenience

Ins Choi

Adam Blanshay Productions and Park Theatre

Curve Theatre, Leicester

20–24 May 2025

Sam Lupton and Tom Major as Del Boy and Rodney

Only Fools and Horses The Hit Musical

Paul Whitehouse and Jim Sullivan from the John Sullivan original

Paul McIntyre Live

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

19–24 May 2025

Tambo & Bones

Dave Harris

Actors Touring Company, Stratford East and Royal & Derngate in association wi...

The Courtyard, Leeds Playhouse

14–24 May 2025

Jurell Carter (Loggo), Reiss Barber (Snowy), Ged McKenna (George), Jay Johnson (Yosser) and George Caple (Chrissie)

Boys from the Blackstuff

James Graham, adapted from the television programme by Alan Bleasdale

Bill Kenwright Ltd, Liverpool’s Royal Court and National Theatre

Leeds Grand Theatre

13–17 May 2025

Katie Tonkinson as Raven and Glenn Adamson as Strat

Bat Out Of Hell

Book, Music and Lyrics by Jim Steinman

Michael Cohl, Tony Smith and David Sonenberg

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

12–17 May 2025

Sand

Sean Kempton and Michaela O’Connor

Kook Ensemble and Landmark Theatres

The Lowry, Salford

10 May 2025