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Three and a Bit key art: a white hand holding up three fingers and a bent fourth against black brushwork. Artwork by Gooze Studio
Cast Changes and Announcements

Matthew Beard, Louisa Harland and Jonathan Slinger cast in Caryl Churchill's Three and a Bit at the Almeida

Matthew Beard, Louisa Harland and Jonathan Slinger are among the eleven performers cast in Three and a Bit, the world premiere of new plays by Caryl Churchill at the Almeida Theatre this winter.

Katy Owen, Tom Fox, Robyn Sinclair, Ian Ross and Dan Parr, the cast of A Child's Christmas in Wales at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
Upcoming and New Shows

Emma Rice Company brings back Romantics Anonymous and casts A Child's Christmas in Wales

The Emma Rice Company is bringing its musical Romantics Anonymous back to Bath in 2027. It has also named the cast for this Christmas's A Child's Christmas in Wales and set out the rest of the 2027 tour for Tristan &…

Harriet Walter as Brutus in First Encounters: Julius Caesar at The Other Place. Photo by Helen Maybanks
Theatre News

First look at Harriet Walter as Brutus in the RSC's all-female Julius Caesar at The Other Place

The Royal Shakespeare Company has issued new photographs of First Encounters: Julius Caesar from its Stratford-upon-Avon run, showing Harriet Walter as Brutus in Phyllida Lloyd's all-female staging.

Noah Mannion as Billy in Billy Elliot the Musical. Photo by Tristram Kenton
Upcoming and New Shows

First production photos from the Billy Elliot tour show all four Billys on stage

The first production photos are out from the UK and Ireland tour of Billy Elliot the Musical, with all four of the boys sharing the title role on stage ahead of the show's return to the West End in February.

Matt Smith under a full moon in the artwork for The Humans at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Upcoming and New Shows

Matt Smith to play an alien in Jack Thorne’s The Humans at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Matt Smith is back in the West End next autumn, starring in the world premiere of The Humans, Jack Thorne's new play from the novel by Matt Haig. Tickets go on sale today at 12pm, with 15,000 seats at £25.

The company of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong. Photo by Mark Senior
Upcoming and New Shows

Christmas Carol Goes Wrong opens up more front-row seats for its Wyndham's run

More seats have gone on sale in the front row for every West End performance of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, which runs at Wyndham's Theatre from 18 December 2026 to 23 January 2027.

Cinderella at Nottingham Playhouse: cast artwork showing Emily Vinnicombe and Jennifer Zia
Cast Changes and Announcements

Jennifer Zia and Emily Vinnicombe cast in Nottingham Playhouse’s Cinderella for younger audiences

Jennifer Zia will play Ella, with Emily Vinnicombe as her sister Angelica, in Cinderella, the Christmas show for children aged 3 to 8 in Nottingham Playhouse’s Neville Studio from 3 December 2026 to 2 January 2027.

Rosamund Pike as Jessica Parks in Inter Alia during the production's West End run
Theatre News

Inter Alia moves its first Broadway preview back by a day

The National Theatre's Inter Alia, led by Rosamund Pike, will now give its first Broadway preview at the Music Box Theatre on Wednesday 11 November, a day later than planned. Opening night stays on 1 December.

Jo Herbert, Elliot Cowan and Oscar Batterham in Donald at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath. Photo by Manuel Harlan
Theatre News

First look at Elliot Cowan as Donald in Stefano Massini's play at Theatre Royal Bath

Production photographs are out for Donald, Stefano Massini's stage portrait of Donald Trump, which has Elliot Cowan in the title role at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath, until 5 December 2026.