A playwriting competition that items to provide "positive new perspectives" on Blackpool has launched. The Playwriting Competition is part of venue the Old Electric’s previously announced Power Plays ...

Starring Nina Hoss and Adeel Akhtar, Benedict Andrews’ exhilaratingly radical adaptation brings passion and a playful punk spirit to Chekhov’s classic satire of class and capitalism ...

Multiple casualty incident” – a situation in which emergency medical services are overwhelmed by the scale and severity of an event – has many meanings in this intriguing, but frustrating new play by ...

John Cleese has criticised domineering directors who refuse to budge from their own set "vision", ahead of the premiere of his Fawlty Towers stage adaptation ...

Charity Act for Change, which has campaigned for greater diversity in theatre and television since 2014, is to close. The trustees said in a statement that it was the right time to pass on its remit ...

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A stage adaptation of the BBC comedy Inside No.9 will have its world premiere in London’s West End next January, starring creators Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. The production, Inside No.9 ...

Lynn Nottage’s play is set in America between 2000 and 2008, but this story of declining industry, strike action, divided communities, and hatred for job-stealing immigrants, not to mention poverty, ...

Adrian Lester, Beth Steel and David Morrissey were speaking at a fundraising event at the National Theatre, for the venue's ...

Titanique, a musical comedy based on James Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic featuring the music of Celine Dion, will transfer to ...

It is not unheard of for varying iterations of the same story to hit the stage at the same time – will these rival shows prove a hindrance to each other’s success or is there room for everyone?

Actor David Suchet and costumer Ryan Dawson Laight are among the nominees for the 2024 Pantomime Awards, in a year that saw judges vet the biggest number of productions yet. Suchet received a nod for ...