Hadestown's original Orpheus and Eurydice now on film
The production of Hadestown the Musical , written by Anaïs Mitchell, currently running on the West End and Broadway premièred at the Nationa...
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McMillan and Crick relocate Mozart's Figaro to '70s Yorkshire
Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro meets 1970s Britain, Yorkshire poetry and Indian classical music in a new production for Bradford Opera Fest...
Kneehigh's Tristan & Yseult revived by Emma Rice Company
Tristan & Yseult , said to be Cornwall's oldest love story, has had numerous retellings, including the opera Tristan and Isolde by Wagner an...
Clive Rowe sings From The Heart with words by Don Black
The work of multi-award-winning lyricist Don Black spanning more than five decades is to be celebrated in From The Heart , which had a short...
Cal McCrystal brings 39 Steps to Derby and Hull
"Alfred Hitchcock meets Monty Python in a fast-paced comedy spy thriller packed with theatrical magic". That's how Derby Theatre and Hull Tr...
Anthony Almeida's '80s Othello is not about Jealousy
Anthony Almeida, the only person to have received both the Royal Theatrical Support Trust Sir Peter Hall Director Award and the European Ope...
Edinburgh 2026: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui brings Ihsane to EIF
Ihsane from Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève and Eastman by double Olivier Award-winning Belgian choreographer and dancer Sidi Larbi Cherka...
Edinburgh's Kings Theatre reopens
The King's Theatre in Edinburgh, originally built in 1906, closed after the 2022 Edinburgh festivals for a major refurbishment project, and...
Something Rotten at Manchester's Opera House
Tim Jackson is a British director, choreographer, musical director, music arranger and performer who recently received his first Tony nomina...
Pitlochry's 75th anniversary season is Alan Cumming's first
Pitlochry Festival Theatre in Scotland, is about to open its 75th anniversary season, its first since star of stage and screen Alan Cumming...
Unity celebrates a century of radical theatre in Liverpool
Liverpool's Unity Theatre is the last surviving member of the Unity Theatre movement formed from left-wing workers' drama groups in the 1930...
Birmingham Rep returns to Shakespeare with Dream
Birmingham Rep is to present its first Shakespeare play for ten years. Joe Murphy who became artistic director 12 months ago is directing A...
Bryony Kimmings on Bog Witch and autobiographical theatre
Bryony Kimmings has been creating and performing shows based closely on events in her own life since her award-winning Sex Idiot in 2010. He...
Little Shop of Horrors in Derby and Newcastle
Northern Stage and Derby Theatre are joining forces to present the musical Little Shop of Horrors . Kristian Cunningham will play Seymour wh...
Henry Goodman in Arthur Miller's The Price
London's Marylebone Theatre is soon to present a revival of Arthur Miller's 1968 play The Price , directed by Jonathan Munby and starring He...
Taking Loach's I, Daniel Blake from screen to stage
The 2016 Palme d'Or and BAFTA-winning film I, Daniel Blake , directed by Ken Loach, written by Paul Laverty and featuring comedian and actor...
English Touring Opera's first Sheffield tour opening
English Touring Opera has been taking live opera productions and educational and community projects around the UK since 1979. The company ha...
Ockham's Razor directors return with aerial two-hander
Ockham's Razor was founded in 2004 by its current Artistic Directors, Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney, who have directed and toured many la...
Allan Stewart: fifty years in pantomime
BTG's Panto Editor Simon Sladen spoke to Allan Stewart, who marks an extraordinary milestone of 50 years in pantomime. Allan reflected on hi...
Big Tiny pantos across the North West
The Big Tiny Productions Ltd, founded in 2019 by Will Cousins and Ben Richards, is producing four shows in the North West for Christmas 2025...