National Theatre News

Join PlayGround on May 24 for a Potrero Hill Community Celebration with a mural dedication by Natalie Contreras and performances from the 16th annual Young Playwrights Project featuring Bay Area high school students. Learn more about the event!

Park Theatre has announced three new shows for the Summer: two short runs in Park90 in July, and the European premiere of When It Happens to You starring Amanda Abbington in Park200 in August.

The Pleasance Theatre Trust plays their own blinder with a line-up of seven outstanding new British productions for EdFringe 24.

Theatrical will present The Boy From Oz, playing for a limited season at National Theatre Melbourne from 6-21 July.

What did our critic think of TWELVE ANGRY MEN at Asolo Repertory Theatre?

Love Letter to the Big Yin from the People of Scotland among shows in line for prestigious awards.

Papatango has announced the full cast for the world première of the 2023 Prize-winning play Some Demon by Laura Waldren – a play focusing on the relationships fostered and fractured when a group of strangers are thrown together in an eating disorder unit.

All new photos have been released from the opening night of People, Places & Things at the Trafalgar Theatre and post-show party at Sophie's Soho. Check out the photos here!

Maia Reficco will make her Broadway debut as ‘Eurydice’ in Hadestown on Broadway. Learn more about Reficco and see how to purchase tickets.

Jonathan Bailey, who will be playing the character of Fiyero in the two-part film adaptation of Wicked, stopped by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Monday to discuss his upcoming projects which include Bridgerton, Jurassic World, and Wicked. Watch the interview!

Esteemed English American actor, comedian, bestselling author and podcaster Alison Larkin returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the first time in 24 years. Her new theatre show, 'Grief...A Comedy', will be at the Assembly Rooms George Square Studio 2 for the month of August.

Darren Criss will return to the stage alongside Helen J Shen in the Broadway premiere of the new romantic musical comedy Maybe Happy Ending with music by Will Aronson, lyrics by Hue Park and book by both Aronson and Park. We have all of the details!

With a month to go before the world premiere production of Gareth Farr’s new play A Child of Science, directed by Matthew Dunster, all new rehearsal photos have been released. Check out the photos here!

Casting has been announced for East London Shakespeare Festival’s sparkling family-friendly production of the Bard’s romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing, touring parks and open-air spaces across east London from 7 June to 3 August. 

Experience the world premiere of GARUDA’S WING, a groundbreaking performance brought to you by MAGIC THEATRE and CAMPO SANTO. Catch the latest in innovative theatre in San Francisco.

Tamsin Greig is a marvel as Hester Collyer in Lindsay Posner's new revival of Terence Rattigan's 1950s classic, The Deep Blue Sea, at Theatre Royal Bath's intimate, 126-seater Ustinov Studio.

The Beauty and the Beast is now playing at the National Theatre in Prague. Performances will continue through May 2025.

Crewe's Lyceum Theatre - part of the international live entertainment business, Trafalgar Entertainment - has announced the appointment of Graham McKnight to the position of Theatre Director.

Discover the latest casting news for Park Theatre's production of THE MARILYN CONSPIRACY, featuring Declan Bennett and Susie Amy. Stay updated with BroadwayWorld's entertainment news.

In the summer of 1962, Sir Laurence Olivier invited lighting designer Richard Pilbrow to 'sort out the bloody awful lighting' at Chichester Theatre two days before it opened. Pilbrow replied there was nothing he could do in so short a time. 'Well, you're no bloody use, are you?' Olivier quipped.