Sweeney Todd wins Best Musical Production at UK Theatre Awards 2026 The Birmingham Repertory Theatre (The Rep) reports that its recent production of Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street directed by The Rep’s Artistic Director, Joe Murphy, has won the award for Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards. Sondheim’s darkly, comic musical ran at The Rep in July/August 2026. To read or revisit the review by critic, Debra Hall (published early in the run) click here

Festival News Carmen Composer Georges Bizet Director Robin Norton -Hale The independent Carmen warns that any man who falls for her should be mindful of her free spirit. She captures the attention of the soldier, Don José. His desire for her quickly gives way to jealousy. This is a tale of passion, of power and fate with Bizet's classic score at its heart. 'Carmen is opera at its most visceral and compelling' Clive Drew ANRPR The Nevill Holt Festival in partnership with Opera

Rehearsals underway for Tomb With a View a CADS Theatre Club Production Performances this October in West Bromwich Preview Tomb With a View written by Norman Robbins Directed by Saskia Simone Overview The Tomb family gather together in the family home following the death of Septimus. Written by the late playwright Norman Robbins this comedy is wickedly humorous. Tomb With a View is a mocking of the traditional

Pictured Jessica Mabel in Point Scoring Title: Point-Scoring Written and performed by Jessica Mabel This one act play is an empathic comedy highlighting the preposterous process that potential claimants have to go through when making a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application. The PIP assessment operates on point scoring results gathered by an assessor(s)/interviewer(s) on the basis of personal information provided from a completed Q/A form in the first instance, foll

Textile Art in the form of a tapestry river map part of River Tours: The Avon a touring theatre production by Stan's Cafe West Midlands PREVIEW River Tours: The Avon Writer and Associate Director Craig Stephens This is the latest touring theatre production from Birmingham based theatre company Stan's Cafe with great rivers of the world as a theme. What has been devised is documentary style, storytelling experience, where a 3m long textile map of Warwickshire's River Avon (als

Buxton Fringe 2026 - what are we going to do when this is all over? A Split Infinitive Theatre Touring Production PREVIEW what are we going to do when this is all over? Written and Directed by Alexander and Helen Millington This is a touring production by theatre company Split Infinitive - 'an award-winning theatre company dedicated to creating intimate and engaging pieces of original theatre'. what are we going to do when this is all over? is a play that explores a wife's c

In Rehearsal: reading Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen Photograph by Richard Hall Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen version by Patrick Marber Directed by Tim Connolly Hedda has just returned from her honeymoon to a life that already feels too fixed and mundane. As complex relationships from her past resurface and unravel, Hedda is confronted with her life choices

A new play MAKE IT COUNT at Louth Riverhead Theatre this June PREVIEW MAKE IT COUNT Writer: James Sweeney Director: John Hewer This June, at Louth Riverhead Theatre, Lincolnshire is writer, James Sweeney's debut play Make it Count; a three-hander, comedy-drama, about love, control and second chances. Brayden Kerr, Derek Hodges and Laura Thompson in Make it Count at Louth Riverhead Theatre this June 2026 Overview When Jonas dies unexpectedly, an afterlife error gives him the

PREVIEW A Grain of Sand Writer and Director Elias Matar Coming soon to the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry is A Grain of Sand ; a monodrama about war through a child's eyes. Sarah Agha plays the role of eleven year old, Renad, from Gaza. This play blends the real-life testimonies of children with the mythical story of Anqaa: a symbolic, phoenix-like creature from Arab folklore. Told by Renad as she goes in search of family (and of Anqaa); equipped only with the echoes of her gran

Pictured are partners of the Shine Programme, Leicester Leicester’s award winning Curve theatre and the Randal Foundation, in partnership with Sunrise Wellbeing and De Montfort University are creating a new framework for arts-based mental health and wellbeing support that will be implemented by arts organisations and educational institutions. Shine , a three-year project will support mental health and wellbeing of young people in Leicester through drama-based initiatives. Aim