UK Regional Theatre Newsroom

Experience LOVE ACTUALLY LIVE IN CONCERT with a full orchestra on a UK-wide 13-date tour this Christmas season. Enjoy the beloved film accompanied by live music for an unforgettable holiday event.

The Everyman will present the premiere of The Summer I Robbed The Bank as part of Cork Midsummer Festival. See photos from inside rehearsal.

Discover the vibrant Ensemble Festival 2024 at Royal Docks, featuring dynamic performances from East London's Certain Blacks on July 20 and 21.

Experience Graeae's ROMEO AND JULIET with an all Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent cast, bringing Shakespeare's timeless tale of star-crossed lovers to life in a unique and inclusive production. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Internationally renowned conductor Gemma New will return to the United Kingdom this summer for two significant musical events.

The Barbican Theatre Plymouth has announced its Autumn programme of theatre, comedy, music and the world premiere of the theatre's Christmas show The Plymuff Players Present: Ciderella with local comedians Suzy Bennett, Edward Trip and actor Sam Crawley. Learn more about the full lineup here!

The multi-award-winning, sartorially shy comic wunderkind will return with another anarchic masterclass in Garry Starr: Classic Penguins. 

The Young Vic Theatre has announced the appointment of Nadia Fall as its new Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive.

The Board of English National Opera has announced the appointment of Jenny Mollica as Chief Executive of ENO and the London Coliseum. She will take up her post with immediate effect.  

The Barbican has announced the winner of the 2024 Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award, Finn Beames & Company. The new work, Quiet Songs, is a piece of music theatre for a single actor, a string quartet and an armoury of swords, and will receive its world premiere in The Pit as part of the arts centre's autumn season.  

The West End’s longest running pantomime will return to the East End this Christmas for the second year running due to popular demand.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s outdoor Amphitheatre will once again to be the location for the return of Elizabeth Newman’s acclaimed 2023 adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. 

Hirondelle Productions presents MARRIAGE WITH BENEFITS at Barons Court Theatre.

The critically acclaimed show BANGERS is set to hit the Arcola Theatre this summer.

From 7 - 23 June, Wandsworth Arts Fringe will include brand-new theatre, experimental dance and music, works-in-progress from the next big names in comedy, and nights of cabaret.

Creation Theatre will present George Orwell’s classic political fable in an adaptation bristling with satire. The animals have thrown off their human oppressors, but a new political elite are rising, and want to make Animal Farm ‘great again’. But at what cost?

No Love Songs For Lady Basses, a brand new show from debutante company, Trans Theatre Collective, directed by Cassie Hamilton, is set to premiere as part of the Late Night at the Old Fitz this June. 

The cast has been announced for the London production of Tony-nominated Broadway hit [title of show] by Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen. Performances are on Tue 2 July and Wed 3 July 2024 at Phoenix Arts Club.

The acclaimed musical clowns Släpstick are bringing their hit show Släpstick: Schërzo to London for the first time.  The group will perform at the prestigious Wilton’s Music Hall in London this autumn, following a successful world premiere at Edinburgh Fringe 2023.

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has revealed initial MOREoutdoor events showcasing drag, musical theatre and Shakespeare for Summer 2024. Learn more about the lineup here!

Since September 2023, Sadler's Wells' Making Moves programme has engaged nearly 800 young people from 48 youth and school groups across the country, inspiring them to develop their own choreographic works.

All new rehearsal photos have been released from MARIE CURIE the Musical, featuring the cast and creative team. Check out the photos here!

The full cast and creative team have been announced for the world premiere production of Martha Loader’s award-winning play Bindweed.

Stand-up comic Ria Lina will bring her highly anticipated debut tour, Riawakening, to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre next month.

A major new event in London’s Pride celebrations is coming to the stage this summer as the first-ever Classical Drag takes over Soho’s Outernet on 3 July 2024.