Miriam Margolyes News

Emmy, Olivier, and Golden Globe-winning actor Brian Cox will receive the RAINDANCE ICON AWARD this year at Raindance’s Opening Gala on 17 June, after the UK premiere of APRIL X. 

Actress Miriam Margolyes and Troma Entertainment co-founder Lloyd Kaufman are named Raindance Icon Award recipients, with a posthumous honor going to rock & roll legend Eddie Cochran at the festival's 34th edition.

Hay Festival, the world-renowned literature festival, will host a star-studded celebration of the spoken word with Speaking Up for Success: A Spoken Word Gala on the main Global Stage

Darlington Hippodrome announced its upcoming summer season brochure, featuring theatre, live entertainment, family shows, and star appearances at the North East venue.

Next month, a virtual screening will be held for the Oscar-nominated live action short A Friend of Dorothy, followed by an exclusive live Q&A with BAFTA-winning star Miriam Margolyes and Oscar-nominated director Lee Knight.

Renowned director Sir Trevor Nunn returns to Arts Theatre Cambridge to direct EASY VIRTUE, featuring Alice Orr-Ewing, Michael Praed, and Greta Scacchi.

Miriam Margolyes will bring her tour Miriam's Full English Live to Bradford Live on Friday 16 October 2026. Learn more about the upcoming event and how to get tickets here!

King’s Head Theatre & James Quaife Productions have released photos of their pantomime production of Jack and the Beanstalk, co-produced by both companies.

Priyanka Shetty has won the Scotsman Fringe First Award at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe for her solo play #CHARLOTTESVILLE. Following a sold-out, extended run at the Fringe, the play will continue with U.S. and international tour stops.

Hot Mess, a satirical new musical by Ellie Coote and Jack Godfrey, has won the 2025 Popcorn Writing Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Presented by Miriam Margolyes, the award celebrates bold new voices in theatre, with winners receiving career support from Popcorn Group and BBC Writers.

After her hit sold-out show at last year’s Fringe, national treasure Miriam Margolyes returns with a brand new piece. At 84 years young, Margolyes knows she doesn't have to prove herself to anyone. Sporting a beautifully vibrant gown, she commands the stage with a charming combination of crude remarks, cheeky innuendos, and brilliantly timed one-liners.

Ned Van Zandt was in the Chelsea Hotel the night of Nancy Spungen’s death, and he was with Sid and Nancy just before her sad demise. Ned was also an actor during the 1970s in Hollywood heyday and cavorted with Chaka Khan, Steely Dan, director Hal Ashby and others, he was away in San Francisco when a double murder occurred in his apartment in LA.

WOW - Women of the World has announced the initial line up of special guests appearing in The WOW Show with Jude Kelly, WOW's Edinburgh Festival debut show taking place at Assembly Rooms as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Holocaust Museum LA will present the Teicholz Film Series, a selection of five films focused on the theme of the aftermath of the Holocaust. Learn more here!

South Australians can now vote online to help choose the next artist to have their name set in lights on Adelaide Festival Centre's Walk of Fame, with 14 top performers from 2024 on the shortlist.

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Richard Jordan has joined the creative team for playwright/actress Priyanka Shetty's critically acclaimed solo play, #CHARLOTTESVILLE, set to play at Edinburgh Fringe. Learn more!

Richard Jordan has announced that he has joined the creative team for playwright/actress Priyanka Shetty's critically acclaimed solo play, #CHARLOTTESVILLE.

For a quarter of a century Jonathan Biggins, Phillip Scott and Drew Forsythe delivered an annual examination of Australian and International politics in the form of intelligent satire.  This year’s offering, THE END OF THE WHARF AS WE KNOW IT, is listed as the last Wharf Revue that the trio will produce.

Special guest stars of stage and screen have been announced to appear on and off stage in the adults-only performances of Cinderella at the King's Head.