Everybody key art for Jermyn Street Theatre: an audience in skull masks beneath the title. Art direction by Emilie Chen, photography by Rich Lakos
Upcoming and New Shows

Jermyn Street Theatre goes in the round for the UK premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Everybody

Atri Banerjee directs the UK premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Everybody at Jermyn Street Theatre from 28 January 2027, with the 70-seat studio turned into an in-the-round space for the first time in more than a…

Georgia May Foote, Ben Richards, Matt Henry, Amy Di Bartolomeo and Lucy Benjamin in the artwork for To Sir, With Love. Photo by Richard Lakos
Upcoming and New Shows

Matt Henry to lead UK tour of new musical To Sir, With Love

Matt Henry will play the teacher Rick Braithwaite in To Sir, With Love, a new musical drawn from E R Braithwaite's memoir, which opens a UK tour at Leeds Grand Theatre on 15 April 2027 and reaches London in May.

Hamnet key art: two clasped hands resting on moss, above the title and credits for adapter Lolita Chakrabarti and director Erica Whyman. Artwork courtesy of the Royal Shakespeare Company
Upcoming and New Shows

Hamnet sets out on its first UK tour, opening at the Lowry in September 2027

The RSC and Neal Street production of Hamnet is heading out on its first UK tour, opening at the Lowry in Salford on 25 September 2027 and visiting 13 venues by spring 2028.

Sally Reid, Elaine C. Smith and Chloe Hodgson in Cathy. Photo by Mihaela Bodlovic
Upcoming and New Shows

Elaine C. Smith brings Cathy home to Glasgow for a Citizens Theatre run in March 2027

Elaine C. Smith returns to the title role of Cathy, Eilidh Loan's sell-out Edinburgh Fringe play, for a Glasgow run at the Citizens Theatre from 11 to 27 March 2027 as part of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.

Artwork for Portrait of a Man at Hampstead Theatre: an expressionist painting of John F Kennedy
Upcoming and New Shows

Jeremy Sams revives Michael Frayn's Democracy in Hampstead Theatre's 2027 season

Jeremy Sams directs the first major London revival of Michael Frayn's Democracy as Hampstead Theatre lays out the first half of 2027, a five-play season that also brings four world premieres.

Carrie Hope Fletcher, who stars as Sarah in Ballad Lines at The Other Palace. Photo by Damien Frost
Upcoming and New Shows

Carrie Hope Fletcher to lead folk musical Ballad Lines at The Other Palace

Carrie Hope Fletcher is to star as Sarah in Ballad Lines, the folk musical by Finn Anderson and Tania Azevedo, for 12 weeks at The Other Palace from April 2027.

Jacob O’Connor and Lucy Blott in Act of God at Riverside Studios. Photo by Madeleine Bloxham
London Theatre Reviews

Review Roundup: ACT OF GOD at Riverside Studios

The notices for Act of God are in, and they part company on the very thing the play is built around. Jacob O’Connor’s debut, which had its press night on 10 November at Riverside Studios, casts him as Jack, a young man…

Ian McKellen and Taylor Russell in rehearsal for Lear at the Yard Theatre. Photo by Marc Brenner
Theatre News

First look at Ian McKellen and Taylor Russell rehearsing Lear at the Yard Theatre

The Yard Theatre has opened the doors of its rehearsal room on Lear, sharing Marc Brenner's photographs of Ian McKellen, Taylor Russell and the company days before the new play begins performances in Hackney Wick.

Sally Ann Triplett and Neil Morrissey in rehearsal for Fourteen Again at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Upcoming and New Shows

Fourteen Again in rehearsal: first look at Ria Jones, Neil Morrissey and Sally Ann Triplett

The first rehearsal pictures from Fourteen Again are out, showing Ria Jones, Neil Morrissey and Sally Ann Triplett at work on the Victoria Wood musical before previews begin at the Menier Chocolate Factory on Saturday…