Roly Botha

Cast Set For UK Tour of TAMBO & BONES
by Stephi Wild - Jan 27, 2025

Actors Touring Company has announced casting for their acclaimed production of Dave Harris' Tambo & Bones which will return for a national tour beginning in March.

Julia Grogan's PLAYFIGHT to Embark on Three-City Tour
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 24, 2025

Theatre Uncut and Grace Dickson Productions will present Playfight, Julia Grogan’s exploration of sexuality, female adolescence, and identity in a three-city tour. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

David Harris' TAMBO & BONES Will Embark on UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2024

Actors Touring Company (ATC) have announced that their acclaimed production of David Harris’ Tambo & Bones will return for a national tour from 7 March - 24 May 2025, following its European premiere at Stratford East in 2023.

Full Cast Announced For BOOTYCANDY At The Gate Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 10, 2023

Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu directs the UK premiere of Robert O'Hara's startlingly provocative and outrageously funny, Bootycandy, a whip-smart, high-octane, roller coaster ride about growing up black and gay.

National Theatre Will Embark On Schools Tour With New Production Created With Teenagers Across The Country
by Stephi Wild - Dec 7, 2022

The National Theatre is touring a new production, Shut Up, I'm Dreaming, created by physical ensemble theatre company The PappyShow to state secondary schools across the country from 9th January – 31st March 2023.  

Creative Team Announced for the World Premiere of THE HAUNTING OF SUSAN A at the King's Head Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 23, 2022

Mark Ravenhill and the whole team at the King’s Head Theatre have announced details of the exciting new generation of theatre makers attached to the world premiere of his new play The Haunting of Susan A, which will run at the venue - London’s oldest pub theatre - from 1 – 26 June 2022 (Press Night: 6 June).

MUCK Will Have its London Premiere at the Come What May Festival at Park Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 19, 2022

Against the backdrop of a tough London estate, as a drug dealing former lover prowls and the debt collector is at the door, two siblings come together to clear their cantankerous nan's council flat following her death. Tensions mount and old wounds that haven't quite healed open, yet the brother and sister's obvious affection for each other offers hope for the future.

Jermyn Street Theatre Announces Cast For ORLANDO
by Stephi Wild - Apr 14, 2022

The full cast for Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's time and gender shifting masterpiece Orlando has been announced today.

Jermyn Street Theatre Announces Initial Cast For ORLANDO
by Stephi Wild - Mar 23, 2022

It was announced today that Taylor McClaine has been cast as the eponymous Orlando in acclaimed playwright, Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's time and gender shifting masterpiece to be staged at Jermyn Street Theatre this spring.

BWW Review: TELL ME STRAIGHT, Chiswick Playhouse
by Abbie Grundy - Feb 17, 2022

Tell Me Straight is a hilarious exploration of the world of modern dating: Grindr, miscommunication and awkward romps at the back of a cinema. Led by Paul Bradshaw, the play is a semi-autobiographical glimpse into one man's search for love in London.

Theatre503 Announces Casting For MILK AND GALL
by Stephi Wild - Sep 30, 2021

Milk and Gall exposes the messy reality of new motherhood in the shadow of one of the most divisive moments in modern American history. It is a theatrically dazzling, surreal and funny new play about the overnight birth of two screaming tyrants, and the shattered identity left in their wake.

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for SNOWFLAKE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 28, 2021

Following a highly acclaimed digital launch in 2020, SNOWFLAKE will premiere in a semi staged concert production as part of the Lowry’s REWRITES festival, produced by MPTheatricals in association with Grey Area Theatre. Check out a first look at the show in rehearsals, photographed by Danny Kaan.

New Musical BROTHER Comes To Southwark Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Feb 11, 2021

DEM Productions presents the live stream premiere of  Brother by Robin Simões da Silva and Annabel Mutale Reed. Directed by Tom Jackson Greaves. 

New Writing Evening Celebrating LGBTQ+ History, QUEERME, Announced
by Stephi Wild - Feb 2, 2021

In celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month, MPTheatricals present an evening exploring queer history through a series of brand new songs.

VIDEO: New British LGBTQ+ Musical THE PHASE Releases New Recording 'The Sex Talk'
by Stephi Wild - Oct 1, 2020

New British LGBTQ+ Musical The Phase by Zoe Morris & Meg McGrady releases a video of their song The Sex Talk.

SIX Writers Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss Will Be Featured in LGBTQ+ New Writing Concert
by Stephi Wild - Jul 6, 2020

MTPRIDE is collaborating with ALP Musicals to present SIGNAL x MTPRIDE, a concert of queer artist driven new musical theatre.

MTPRIDE Launches With Evening Of Queered Musical Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jun 24, 2020

MTPRIDE begins tonight with an evening of reimagined Musical Theatre in queered.

BWW Review: WARHEADS, Park Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Aug 17, 2019

Miles and Mory, two naïve young men who think they have nothing to lose, join the British Army. They come back home tour after tour feeling less than themselves. Miles is especially suffering as his crippling bouts of PTSD start corroding his relationship with his girlfriend Tena and his approach to civilian life.

BWW Interview: Roly Botha Talks STRANGERS IN BETWEEN
by Rona Kelly - Jan 21, 2018

When Strangers in Between played at the King's Head Theatre in 2016, this marked Roly Botha's first professional role in theatre. Two years later, Roly makes his West End debut in the show's transfer to the Trafalgar Studios. Catching up backstage, Roly shares how he got here, audience reactions, and how the show resonates with him personally.

Photo Flash: First Look at Production Photos For STRANGERS IN BETWEEN at Trafalgar Studios 2
by Stephi Wild - Jan 11, 2018

STRANGERS IN BETWEEN tells the story of Shane, a timid 16 year-old who has fled his rural hometown for the glitz and glamour of Sydney's King's Cross, in order to escape his troubled past and attempt to establish an urban family. This coming-of-age, dark comedy looks at the importance of friendship and the highs and lows of growing up gay in modern Australia.