Closed since 2023 because of crumbling roof concrete, the Orchard Theatre in Dartford reopens on Saturday 12 December with Joe Pasquale in Cinderella, and more than 50,000 tickets have already been sold for its return.
The first rehearsal pictures are out for Robin Hood and the Merry Mandem, Stratford East's new pantomime, which opens on 21 November with Ashley Joseph as Robin.
The Choir of Man is back in London for Christmas, eleven months after leaving the Arts Theatre, with its entire touring company moving into a new pub at The Arts at Marble Arch.
Raw Gods, a rap and drill musical by Hartley Lloyd Pack developed with young people from Hackney's care system, gets its first live outing as a one-night concert at Hoxton Hall on 2 December 2026.
Kieran Hurley's The Young Team leads the National Theatre of Scotland's 2027 programme, alongside a new thriller from Adura Onashile, a reworked The Trick Is to Keep Breathing and a return tour for Johnny McKnight's…
For four years Geri Allen has been the Queen on a screen in Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story. In January, Allen plays the part in person, as Awkward Prods marks the show's fifth birthday at the King's Head Theatre.
Birdcatcher, Laura Waldren's play about growing up inside an apocalyptic group, adds The Lowry, Nottingham Playhouse and Hereford College of Arts to its 2027 tour before four weeks in London at Park Theatre.
Glasgow's Citizens Theatre has added Lifegame, Same Team, a Vanishing Point residency and the National Theatre of Scotland's The Trick Is to Keep Breathing to its January to June 2027 programme.
East Midlands touring company New Perspectives has set out its 2026-27 season. Let the Whale Die, a new play by Meg Schadler, opens at Royal & Derngate Northampton in April 2027 before a studio tour that includes Park…
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