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Hull Truck Theatre 2027: Year of Exceptional Drama season artwork
Upcoming and New Shows

Martha Godber’s Spiders leads Hull Truck Theatre’s 2027 season of new writing

Hull Truck Theatre’s 2027 season is on sale now. Martha Godber’s nightclub drama Spiders opens it, already extended, followed by new plays from Hannah Scorer and Lydia Marchant, a community musical and a new Romeo &…

Cast Changes and Announcements

Nigel Barrett replaces Linus Roache opposite Michael Sheen in Owain & Henry

Nigel Barrett steps in as Henry IV opposite Michael Sheen in Owain & Henry at Wales Millennium Centre, after Linus Roache withdrew from the production through illness.

The 2026 cast of Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas for the Lyric Hammersmith and the Belgrade Theatre: Kate Adams, Patrick Bridgman, Kat Johns Burke, Stephen Chapman, Jack Howells Davies, Hazel Monaghan, David Monteith, Alejandra Bacelar Pereira and Amber-Rose Perry
Cast Changes and Announcements

Father Christmas names its 15th-anniversary cast at the Lyric Hammersmith

The Lyric Hammersmith has named the six actors who will take Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas into its fifteenth year in the Lyric Studio, with a separate company of three heading to the Belgrade Theatre for December.

The company of Cinderella: A Fairytale in rehearsal at Bristol Old Vic. Photo by Helen Murray
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Rehearsal photos as Cinderella: A Fairytale returns to Bristol Old Vic

Bristol Old Vic has opened the rehearsal room on Cinderella: A Fairytale, the Olivier-nominated version of the story that comes back to the city this Christmas for the first time in 15 years, with Joëlle Brabban as Ella…

Key art for Joy: A New Musical at Southwark Playhouse Elephant
Upcoming and New Shows

Mop-inventor musical Joy sets UK premiere at Southwark Playhouse Elephant

Joy: A New Musical, the true story of the Long Island single mother who invented the Miracle Mop, gets its first UK production at Southwark Playhouse Elephant from 20 February to 10 April 2027.

Damian Lewis, Milly Alcock and Arinzé Kene in the Old Vic 2027 season artwork. Photo by Nadav Kander
Upcoming and New Shows

Damian Lewis plays Henry V as Rupert Goold unveils his first Old Vic season

Damian Lewis leads Rupert Goold's first season as Artistic Director of the Old Vic, starring in Henry V from 26 January 2027.

Wild Rose key art for the musical's US premiere at New York Theatre Workshop
Cast Changes and Announcements

Mare Winningham and Madeline Brewer head the full New York cast of John Tiffany's Wild Rose

Mare Winningham and Madeline Brewer lead the newly completed New York company of Wild Rose, the Glasgow country-music musical that began at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre and crosses the Atlantic with John Tiffany and…

The company of Cranford at the Orange Tree Theatre. Photo by Marc Brenner
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First photos released of Cranford, led by Tamsin Greig, at the Orange Tree

The Orange Tree Theatre has released the first production photographs of Cranford, the new stage version of Elizabeth Gaskell's novel in which Tamsin Greig plays Matty Jenkyns, ahead of its press night on 13 November.

James Hameed and Arti Shah, the Olivier-winning Paddington duo from the West End, ahead of the Broadway production of Paddington The Musical. Photo by Emilio Madrid
Cast Changes and Announcements

Arti Shah and James Hameed take Paddington to Broadway, with Jessie Mueller and Tony Hale

Arti Shah and James Hameed, who share an Olivier Award for bringing the bear to life at the Savoy Theatre, are taking Paddington The Musical to Broadway next spring, in a company that also includes Jessie Mueller and…