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Offies Finalists Revealed as Awards Mark 15 Years
by Stephi Wild - Jan 31, 2025

The finalists for the OffWestEnd Awards (Offies) have been announced, as the UK’s foremost awards for independent theatre mark their 15th anniversary. Learn more here!

Programming Set For Paines Plough’s 50th Anniversary Gala
by Stephi Wild - Jan 30, 2025

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!

Critics' Choice: Aliya Al-Hassan's Women of the Year 2024
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Dec 19, 2024

Who run the world? Well in 2024, the women certainly showed what they could do.

Nottingham Playhouse, Bristol Old Vic, and More Nominated For UK Theatre Awards 2024; Full List!
by Stephi Wild - Sep 26, 2024

The nominees for this year's UK Theatre Awards have been announced. The UK Theatre Awards celebrate the very best of theatre across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Check out the full list of nominees here!

ATG Entertainment, Bush Theatre And Producers Of SHIFTERS Announce SHIFTING THE NARRATIVE: RADICAL LOVE COMMISSIONS
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 29, 2024

ATG ENTERTAINMENT, BUSH THEATRE, and the producers of SHIFTERS have announced the Shifting the Narrative: Radical Love commissions, inspired by Benedict Lombe’s critically acclaimed play.

Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think of The West End Transfer of SHIFTERS?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Aug 22, 2024

Written by Benedict Lombe and directed by Lynette Linton, Shifters has now opened at thr Duke of York's Theatre after playing at the Bush Theatre earlier this year.

Review: SHIFTERS, Duke of York's Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Aug 22, 2024

An eloquent and very funny depiction of two young black British people, navigating their way through a waxing and waning relationship. It is a bittersweet, intelligent and exciting piece of theatre.

Show of the Week: Save Up to 35% on SHIFTERS at the Duke Of York's Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Aug 12, 2024

Save up to 35% on tickets to Shifters at the Duke Of York's Theatre. Tickets are on sale from £18.

Idris Elba, Maya Jama and Little Simz Join Producing Team of SHIFTERS in the West End
by Stephi Wild - Aug 8, 2024

Award-winning actor Idris Elba, broadcaster and entrepreneur Maya Jama and Brit Award and Mercury Prize-winning musician and actor Little Simz have been announced as producers for the West End Transfer of Bush Theatre’s production of Shifters.

On-Stage Seating Released For SHIFTERS at the Duke of York's Theater
by Stephi Wild - Jun 28, 2024

On-stage seating has been released for Shifters, the award-winning play by Benedict Lombe, transferring from the Bush Theatre to the Duke of York’s Theatre this summer for a limited season. 

Bush Theatre's SHIFTERS Will Transfer to the West End
by Stephi Wild - Jun 20, 2024

The Bush Theatre’s production of Shifters, Benedict Lombe’s intoxicating and fierce new romance will transfer to the West End this summer following a sell-out run at the Bush Theatre earlier this year. 

Review: SHIFTERS, Bush Theatre
by Abbie Grundy - Feb 26, 2024

Shifters is the kind of love story that audiences will fall head over heels for. Heart-breaking and heart-warming in equal measure.

London Theatre Week - See over 50 Award-Winning Musicals and Plays with Tickets from £15, £25 or £35
by Team BWW - Feb 20, 2024

London Theatre Week is the West End’s biggest promotion, giving you the chance to see over 50 amazing award-winning musicals and stunning plays with tickets from £15, £25 or £35

Cast Set For TALAWA STORIES on BBC Radio 4
by Stephi Wild - Jan 5, 2024

Following a successful first series in 2021, Talawa Stories is returning to BBC Radio 4 with three fresh, powerful audio dramas in 2024, presented by Talawa, the UK’s outstanding Black theatre company. 

Cast and Creatives Set For SHIFTERS at Bush Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Nov 21, 2023

Shifters opens at the Bush Theatre on 16 February 2024.  This surprising and playful world premiere, a new Bush Theatre commission written by Benedict Lombe (Lava, winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for Playwriting) and directed by Bush Theatre Artistic Director, Lynette Linton (August in England, Clyde's) will star Heather Agyepong (School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play) and Tosin Cole (Doctor Who).

SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY Extends its Run at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jun 26, 2023

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced that the smash hit School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh will extend its run until Saturday 22 July.

Review: SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY, Lyric Hammersmith
by Abbie Grundy - Jun 15, 2023

Bioh's take on friendship, sisterhood and Queen Bees sizzles in this production.

Photos: First Look at the UK Premiere of SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY
by Stephi Wild - Jun 14, 2023

All new photos have been released for the upcoming UK premiere of Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, directed by Monique Touko. The production opens tonight at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and runs until 15 July.

Cast Set For SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY at the Lyric Hammersmith
by Stephi Wild - Apr 13, 2023

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced casting for the UK première of critically acclaimed smash hit comedy School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh one of America's most exciting writers.

Theatr Clwyd Announces Cast For World Premiere of CELEBRATED VIRGINS: A STORY OF THE LADIES OF LLANGOLLEN
by Stephi Wild - Apr 29, 2022

Theatr Clwyd today announces the cast for their new production of Celebrated Virgins: A Story of the Ladies of Llangollen, created by Katie Elin-Salt and Eleri B. Jones. This inspiring new play, based on the remarkable true sapphic love story of Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, opens at Theatr Mix – Theatr Clwyd's temporary theatre village – on 24 May, with previews from 20 May, and runs until 4 June.