UK Regional Theatre Newsroom

Catch the dark comedy, UNEXPECTED. UNEXPLAINED AND TOTALLY GLITCHY, at the Wandsworth Arts Fringe this June. Learn how to purchase tickets!

To celebrate its 150th anniversary the Criterion Theatre will host a special gala performance on 24 June 2024. Directed by Michael Fentiman the gala will be hosted by Stephen Fry in his capacity as Chairman of the Criterion Theatre Trust.

My Fair Lady, a Leeds Playhouse and Opera North co-production, opens in the Playhouse’s epic Quarry Theatre from 31 May – 29 June.  Check out all new rehearsal photos here!

Scottish Young Musicians, Scotland's festival of music competitions, gives young musicians from around the country the chance to compete to win career-enhancing prizes, perform live on a national stage in front of internationally renowned judges, and push their skills like never before.

Lidless Theatre will return to Park Theatre with Strindberg's masterpiece, Miss Julie, after two sell-out critically-acclaimed runs of Philip Ridley's Leaves of Glass.  

Graeae will receive £445,000 from Arts Council England, thanks to its Government-funded Capital Investment Programme.

Music Theatre International has announced the lineup for this year's MTI Junior Theatre Festival Europe (JTF Europe), to be held at the ICC in Birmingham on 18th and 19th May.

Queer Diary, the only live teenage diary reading evening for the LGBTQIA+ community, has announced their biggest event yet, Queer Diary + School Disco at Rich Mix this May.

WOW - Women of the World, and Factory International have announced the full programme for WOW Manchester, which will take place at Aviva Studios from 24-26 May. 

The Yard Theatre has announced a major step forward. They have secured a significant £700,000 grant from Arts Council England (ACE) towards their building project, bringing the total raised by the organisation for the capital works to over £6m.

Touring theatre company The John Godber Company has revealed its autumn season, full of reimagined classics and brand new plays! Learn more about the lineup here!

Inspired by the true story of queer French author George Sand and the correspondence shared with her lover Marie Doval, the world premiere of GEORGE explores a moment in the life and work of the 19th century free spirit who subverted the social and literary norms of her time, challenged gender and sexual expectations, and fought for women's rights.

Dance Umbrella Festival is moving to a new co-leadership model by appointing current Artistic Director and CEO Freddie Opoku-Addaie and Executive Director Tania Wilmer as joint Chief Executive Officers.

Catch the Tony Award-nominated musical at Phoenix Arts Club in London for a one-night-only event this July. Two extra shows added due to popular demand.

Join award-winning performer Damien Warren-Smith as he tries to find a calmer place to be amongst the madness of the monkey business that fills his mind.

ALSO is the UKs most inspirational summer festival combining ideas, music and comedy alongside adventures in food, nature and wellness. Over 100 events have been added to the lineup for ALSO Festival's upcoming 11th edition.

Glyndebourne's first ever production of Wagner's epic final opera Parsifal will be staged at Glyndebourne Festival 2025. Featuring a cast of nearly 200 performers and orchestra, this production will be a landmark moment in the company's 90 year history. 

Artistic Director of Tobacco Factory Theatres, Heidi Vaughan, has announced three new shows to be performed in the round in the theatre’s main Factory Theatre; including co-productions with Opera Project and New International Encounter (NIE) and one, in-house Shakespeare production. 

Beautiful Evil Things, a fierce, funny look at the alternative stories of the villainised women in Greek mythology, comes to the Dukes, Lancaster on the 11th & 12th June.

Starring Peter Andre - The Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is a high-pitched celebration of timeless music from one of the biggest selling groups of all time. As part of a major UK Tour in 2025, the show will play one night only at The Dominion Theatre in London on Sunday 16 February. 

The curtain has gone up on Darlington Hippodrome’s new summer season of shows! Learn more about the full season lineup here.

Puccini’s Madama Butterfly will return in the Metropolitan Opera’s 2023–24 Live in HD season, broadcast live from the Met stage on Saturday 11th May at 5:55pm.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre will welcome back its award-winning production of the much-loved comedy Shirley Valentine this summer. 

A classical concert series showcasing international talent, European premieres and exclusive Scottish performances takes centre stage in Perth city's 12-day Arts Festival, which opens later this month. 

Lily Allen will star as Hedda Gabler, one of theatre’s most irresistible heroines, in a thrilling new version of Ibsen’s masterpiece which will open at Theatre Royal Bath’s Ustinov Studio from Friday 25 July – Saturday 23 August 2025.