Young Vic News

The Donmar Warehouse has announced the full cast for Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew – the final production in Michael Longhurst's tenure as Artistic Director. Olivier Award-winner Matthew Xia directs Tobi Bamtefa, Branden Cook, Pamela Nomvete, and Racheal Ofori.

Cast announced for CUTTING THE TIGHTROPE: THE DIVORCE OF POLITICS FROM ART.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 10, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year competition – affectionately known as SSSSPOTY – was inaugurated in 2007, and in 2024 returns for its 16th year.

Ramin Karimloo and Anoushka Lucas will lead the world premiere of A Face in the Crowd, directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah in his final production as Young Vic Artistic Director, designed by Anna Fleischle.

The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced initial casting for The Baker's Wife – with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Joseph Stein. Learn more about the cast here!

Joy Adeogun, a Cambridge Footlight, debuts her new ensemble piece, HAIR THAT DEFIES GRAVITY, in London 2024. The hour-long play explores the intricate relationships between black women, their community, and their hair.

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. 

The RSC and Good Chance have announced full casting for the world premiere of Kyoto; a major new production which places audiences at the heart of the historic 1997 Kyoto climate summit.

After a record-breaking Spring at Bristol Old Vic, the theatre has announced a burst of new productions taking us into Autumn/Winter. Learn more about the lineup here!

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Jude Christian.

Bristol Old Vic has announced its Christmas programme for 2024 – two new productions inspired by classic fairy tales. Learn more about both shows here!

As rehearsals begin this week, the full cast has been announced for the award-winning murder mystery musical Kathy and Stella Solve A Murder!  which will transfer to the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End for a strictly limited season from 25 May - 14 September.

The Young Vic Theatre has released all new rehearsal photos from the European premiere of the Broadway hit musical Passing Strange. Check out the photos here!

In two all new videos, members of the cast and creative team discuss The Cherry Orchard, now playing at the Donmar Warehouse. Performances run through 22 June 2024. Check out the videos here!

Acclaimed Japanese theatre maker Hideki Noda and his production company NODA MAP will return to London this October with another re-telling of a literary masterpiece following their take on Romeo & Juliet set to the songs of Queen two years ago. 

All new rehearsal photos have been released from the return of the original, smash hit production of People, Places and Things. 

A series of rapid political responses, Cutting the Tightrope: the divorce of Politics from Art brings together award-winning playwrights with radically different voices to form an urgent response to the creeping repression of the arts. 

Bristol Old Vic has announced the full cast for their world premiere production of Gareth Farr’s new play A Child of Science, telling the pioneering story of Robert Edwards, Patrick Steptoe and Jean Purdy’s creation of IVF, and the army of women whose bravery helped them achieve the impossible.

New Perspectives have announced their New Associates for 2024/5. Learn more about the associates here!