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Creative Careers South Africa has officially opened applications for the 2025 Playwrights in Progress Playwriting Incubation Programme. This initiative is a response to the shortage of new voices in South African theatre.

Following an open recruitment process in 2024, Bristol Old Vic announced four new appointments to its Board of Trustees, alongside the appointment of new Directors to its subsidiaries and sub-committees.

The Rocky Horror Show is coming back to Milton Keynes as part of a major UK Tour, next month. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here!

An all new video Q&A has been released featuring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, the stars of the critically-acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of Macbeth. Check out the Q&A video here!

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation has announced the recipient and finalist for its annual Zelda Fichandler Award. Learn more about the award here!

The on-sale dates have been announced for Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita, directed by Jamie Lloyd. The production opens at The London Palladium this June.

A new play featuring music by the acclaimed singer/songwriter Billy Nomates is set to have its debut next month in Hull ahead of a transfer to London in March. The soundtrack has been released now.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Dame Joan Plowright has died at age 95. Theatres across London’s West End will dim their lights for two minutes at 7pm on Tuesday 21 January.

The music team and orchestra have been announced for the  first-ever Broadway production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown’s THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

Kicking off the new year, Ambassador Cruise Line and the PEEL Entertainment Group have opened submissions for their new Ambassador PEEL Playwriting Challenge 2025.

John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers – The Play will return to the West End’s Apollo Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue for a strictly limited three-month season this summer.

Cassie Bradley and Barney White have been announced as the cast of Nick Payne’s One Day When We Were Young, presented by Greenwich Theatre in association with Park Theatre. 

Prepare to cash in on a night of unfiltered hilarity as South Africa’s favourite comedian, Mark Banks, takes centre stage in his latest one-man-offering, Laughing All The Way To The Banks.

The December Go Try PlayWrite winner is Sean Gref for his piece The Burger and the Duck. Sean Gref (he/him) is an early-career playwright from San Diego, CA. Learn more here!

 RDT's Ring Around the Rose season will continue with another interactive experience with REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE next month. Learn more about the performance here!

Mt Hood Repertory Theatre is producing Silent Sky by Lauren Gundersen in partnership with OMSI.  Directed by Joellen Sweeney, the production will take place in the planetarium. 

In a fusion of mime, dance, and physical theatre, acclaimed performer Joylyn Secunda will transport Adelaide Fringe audiences through the looking glass in their latest solo show, The Routine.

As rehearsals begin this week, Hedwig and the Angry Inch has now confirmed the full cast, band and creative team ahead of its Australian premiere at the Adelaide Festival.

 The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and Los Angeles Ballet will present Memoryhouse, a full-evening work by LAB’s Artistic Director Melissa Barak.

Due to popular demand,  Arden Theatre Company's current production of Holy Grail of Memphis gets an extension of seven additional performances. Learn more here!