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Playground Proms, the initiative that brings classical music directly to children via interactive workshops in their school playgrounds has announced its biggest tour yet.

Just Stop Oil interrupted a recent performance of The Tempest on the West End, starring Sigourney Weaver. Now, two people have been charged. Learn more here.

For the first time, Jerry Mitchell will step into the role of producer as he joins the producing team of the world premiere of King of Pangea at the King's Head Theatre.

At its worst Inside No.9 Stage/Fright plays out like a greatest hits album. Familiar rhythms rewired into a thank you for the fans, who no doubt will vibrate with delight at some of the references to old episodes. Not much of a criticism when the endlessly inventive original is so salute worthily brilliant.

Actor and comedian Ricky Tomlinson will return to head a talented cast of performers in the musical production which will play 30 venues across England, Scotland and Wales.

Paines Plough has announced programming for its star-studded 50th Anniversary Gala taking place in February at the Criterion Theatre. Learn more about the upcoming lineup here!

Following a sell-out run at Glass Mask Theatre in Dublin, the world premiere production of Men’s Business by Tony and Olivier Award winner Simon Stephens will open at the Finborough Theatre in March.

The musical Stop The World I Want To Get Off will be presented on Lakewood’s Side Door Stage in February. Learn more about the upcoming production and how to get tickets here!

Step into a world where mischief meets melody at the premier of “The VOD Villains: A Vaudeville Variety Show,” featuring Joshua the Ventriloquist this March.

By popular demand, multisensory shipping container experiences DARKFIELD SÉANCE and FLIGHT have had their seasons extended with an extra week of shows. Learn more here!

Leading Australian artist Lindy Lee has been commissioned to illuminate the National Gallery of Australia’s iconic building façade for Kamberri/Canberra’s upcoming 2025 Enlighten Festival.   

Actress and playwright, Darlene Elizabeth Joiner, will debut her short play, Dinner with Darius, for LUV! The Short Play Festival in February. Learn more about the show here!

Returning by popular demand, Riverside Theatres will present Maeve Marsden’s crowd favourite Queerstories, for one night only, in February. Learn more here!

The Colony Theatre has announced a new production of The Wedding Singer, the musical comedy. There will be preview performances beginning in June. Learn more here!

Sydney Dance Company’s 2025 program will launch with Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela’s Somos; a highly anticipated Melbourne premiere at the Arts Centre, before a return season at Sydney Dance Company’s Neilson Studio.

Emma Rice's critically acclaimed production of Wuthering Heights has arrived in Sydney, playing an exclusive and limited season. Learn more about the show here!

 Golden Thread Productions, the first American theatre company devoted to the Middle East, has announced its 2025 Season titled “Threads of Solidarity.” Learn more here!

Cotuit Center for the Arts will present 76 Days Adrift, an extraordinary film chronicling the gripping survival story of Steven Callahan, author of the New York Times bestseller Adrift: 76 Days Lost at Sea.

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s Teatro Salon has announced that playwright Irene Chavez's powerful script, 'Las Comadres de Morales Street,' has been chosen for its next theater production

New York Theatre Workshop has officially opened A Knock on the Roof, written by Khawla Ibraheem and directed by Oliver Butler. Check out opening night photos here!

Playwright James Ijames turns William Shakespeare’s Hamlet on its head in this piping hot play that transports the drama to a modern-day barbecue in the American South.

New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall will host the U.S. premiere of Jean Sibelius' The Maiden in the Tower. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

After over a three-decade hiatus, Sarah Brightman returns to her musical theater roots via a lavish new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 'Sunset Boulevard.,' which played at the Sydney Opera House last year.

Acclaimed composer Drew Gasparini is offering aspiring performers the opportunity to make their West End debut in his new musical WE AREN'T KIDS ANYMORE.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 30, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.