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Rumors, Neil Simon's uproarious crowd-pleasing farce, will open on October 2nd at The Naples Players (TNP). The production runs through October 20th, 2024, in the newly renovated Kizzie Theater - a hallmark of TNP's $22 million renovation.

Eva-Maria Westbroek has withdrawn from all performances of Festen due to personal reasons. The role of Else will be performed by Rosie Aldridge.  

It’s spooky season, and what better way to celebrate than with “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”? The first show in the 2024/25 Duck Soup Cinema series, “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” uses striking visuals to reflect a distorted mind, creating an unsettling atmosphere of reality—just in time for Halloween.

Renowned breaker and choreographer Raphael Xavier is set to make waves at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) with his innovative performance 'Skiff' and a series of engaging workshops. The HCC Visual and Performing Arts Series will host this exciting residency, culminating in performances on October 4th and 5th at 7:30 pm in the Mainstage Theatre on the Ybor City campus.

Join award-winning actor/writer Cameron Murphy in his one-man show “Role Play (or The Hottest Day in Belgian History),” coming to the 17th Annual United Solo Theatre Festival at Theatre Row in Manhattan in October.

Inspired by the true, little-known story of boxer Frankie Lucas, the London premiere of Going For Gold follows the young Black sportsman as he navigates the complexities of a hostile Britain in 1970s London. The

Hot on the heels of its nomination for Best Pantomime (under 500 seats) at the UK Pantomime Awards 2024 for the smash-hit Dick Whittington, the New Wolsey Theatre is delighted to reveal the cast of this year's ‘Rock ‘n' Roll' fairytale classic Sleeping Beauty which plays from 22 November 2024 - Saturday 18 January 2025.

Adapted by BAFTA nominee and Chair of the Writer's Guild of Great Britain Emma Reeves (Tracey Beaker, The Worst Witch), The Glass Slippers puts a modern twist on Cinderella, removing the dated constructs of ‘ugly' step-sisters and that a ‘happily-ever-after' must mean being rescued by a Prince.

It has been announced that Jenny Sealey OBE, Artistic Director of Graeae, is the 2024 recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre Award.

Festive classics return this Christmas season to Sadler's Wells Theatre, the Peacock Theatre and Sadler's Wells Digital Stage, including Birmingham Rep's The Snowman, Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake and Ballo Arthur Pita's The Little Match Girl.  

The cabaret show La Clique is returning to London this Christmas for its 20th anniversary. Having blown away audiences for over two decades across the UK, Australia and around the globe, this iconic show is getting ready to take over London's glittering Leicester Square again this Christmas.

Here You Come Again - which is currently spreading joy across the country on a UK tour – will play a limited festive season at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith where the show will run from Tuesday 10th December to Saturday 18th January.

As the UK celebrates national ‘Speak Like a Pirate Day’ Tarantara Productions has announced that their limited UK tour of Gilbert and Sullivan’s witty and touching masterpiece The Pirates of Penzance will open on 09 January 2025 at Chichester Festival Theatre, touring until mid February.

Cast and creatives have been announced for this year’s festive pantomime Sleeping Beauty at Salisbury Playhouse. Writers Plested, Brown & Wilsher are returning to Salisbury for a third year following the success of last year’s Dick Whittington, which was nominated for Best Pantomime at the 2024 UK Pantomime Association Awards.

Joburg Ballet will present Scarcity at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town from 24-26 October 2024. The highly anticipated debut season of the full company features works by South Africa’s Dada Masilo and Craig Pedro, alongside Chinese-German choreographer Hannah Ma and Netherlands-based Spanish choreographer Jorge Pérez Martínez. 

Marking their 25th anniversary, Outside Edge Theatre Company (OETC) have appointed four new trustees: award-winning director Sarah Frankcom, finance expert Brian Dorgan, fundraiser Tania Moy and Southwark Playhouse’s Head of Participation, David Workman. 

English National Opera (ENO) announced that Dr Harry Brunjes is stepping down from his role as Chair of the ENO and London Coliseum at the end of ENO’s 2024/25 season. 

CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT, a magical evening of beloved festive songs performed by candlelight, is coming to the Adelphi Theatre for one night only on Tuesday 17 December 2024. Tickets on sale Friday 20 September.

The multi award-winning dance theatre company ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company has announced a significant development in their prestigious youth company’s artistic leadership, as they begin auditions and masterclasses as part of a new search to meet the next generation of  exceptional dance talent.

A wild new circus opera for children written in collaboration with disabled children is rolling into the UK; Mrs Giggly’s Magic School premieres at The Arts Depot in London on October 13, and The Arts Theatre, Nottingham on October 26.