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Hermitage Major Theater Award 2026 announcement artwork: winner Waleed Akhtar, with committee members Dominic Cooke, Lynette Linton and Tim Sheader and finalists Mohamed-Zain Dada, Azuka Oforka and Sarah Power
Awards

Waleed Akhtar wins the $35,000 Hermitage Major Theater Award

Waleed Akhtar, the Olivier Award-winning writer of The P Word, has been named the seventh recipient of the Hermitage Major Theater Award, a $35,000 commission for a new play that is due to be workshopped in London in…

Two cast members take the wheel in rehearsal for The Wind in the Willows at Rose Theatre. Photo by Mark Douet
Theatre News

First look inside rehearsals for The Wind in the Willows at Kingston's Rose Theatre

Mark Douet's photographs from the rehearsal room give a first look at The Wind in the Willows, the new Rob Evans adaptation that has its world premiere at Kingston's Rose Theatre on 25 November.

Associate Conductor Aliisa Neige Barrière leads Kristina Stanek and Lauren Fagan in rehearsal for ENO's Adriana Mater. Photo by Manuel Harlan
Theatre News

ENO's Adriana Mater: first rehearsal photos from Kaija Saariaho's opera

English National Opera has released the first rehearsal photographs of Adriana Mater, Kaija Saariaho's opera of war and motherhood, ahead of the company's first staging of the work at the London Coliseum on 28 November.

Two performers on the dance floor in Ceilidh the Musical at Shoreditch Town Hall. Photo by Luke Dyson
Upcoming and New Shows

Ceilidh the Musical extends its Shoreditch Town Hall run to February 2027

Ceilidh the Musical has extended its Shoreditch Town Hall residency, which was due to close on 13 November. New blocks of performances over Christmas, New Year and Burns Night now take it to 28 February 2027.

John Lithgow, Elliot Levey and Aya Cash in Giant at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson
Theatre News

John Lithgow’s Roald Dahl reaches the big screen as Giant opens in cinemas on 19 November

John Lithgow's Olivier-winning Roald Dahl is heading for the big screen. Giant, Mark Rosenblatt's first play, was filmed live at the Harold Pinter Theatre with its original West End cast and opens in more than 900…

The cast of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong in Santa hats with handbells. Photo by Mark Senior
Theatre News

New production photos show the 2026 Christmas Carol Goes Wrong company ahead of Wyndham's

The 2026 company of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong has been photographed on stage by Mark Senior. The cast is on a UK tour now and plays Wyndham's Theatre from 18 December 2026 to 23 January 2027.

Lauren Oakley as Roxie Hart, Adam Garcia as Billy Flynn, and Mica Paris and Sam Bailey as Mama Morton in Chicago. Photos by Matt Crockett
Cast Changes and Announcements

Strictly’s Lauren Oakley to play Roxie Hart in Chicago’s 2027 UK and Ireland tour

Strictly Come Dancing professional Lauren Oakley will make her musical theatre debut as Roxie Hart when Chicago sets off on its 2027 UK and Ireland tour, with Adam Garcia as Billy Flynn and Mica Paris and Sam Bailey…

The Cinderella company in rehearsal at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, including Donna Berlin, Ashh Blackwood and Lauryn Redding. Photo by Alex Brenner
Theatre News

First look at Chrissie Bhima in rehearsal for the Lyric Hammersmith’s Cinderella

Panto season has reached Hammersmith. The first rehearsal photographs for the Lyric’s Cinderella are out, with Chrissie Bhima in the title role and Ashh Blackwood as Buttons.

Concert footage of David Bowie projected across the walls of Lightroom in David Bowie: You're Not Alone. Photo by Justin Sutcliffe
Upcoming and New Shows

David Bowie: You're Not Alone extends its Lightroom run to April 2027

David Bowie: You're Not Alone has added three more months at Lightroom in King's Cross and is now booking until 10 April 2027.