Aequitas Theatre returns to the stage this month with the world premiere of Lauren Morley’s topical new play The Collab, about the grey areas of online consent. It runs at The Space in London from 31 May to 11 June 2022.
NEWS: Cold Feet actor Sally Rogers’ playwriting debut The Still Room premieres in June
Cold Feet actor-turned-playwright Sally Rogers’ debut play The Still Room finally gets its world premiere in June at London’s Park Theatre, with a cast that includes her former co-star in The Bill, Chris Simmons. Time to get booking!
NEWS: Pegasus Opera premieres The Aspern Papers, new Philip Hagemann opera based on Henry James’ novella
The Aspern Papers, a new opera by renowned composer Philip Hagemann adapted from Henry James’ 1888 novella, will premiere this month at the Royal Academy of Music’s Susie Sainsbury Theatre, running for three performances only on Friday 22, Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 April 2022. Time to get booking!
NEWS: Cabaret & Life of Pi win big at Olivier Awards, Back to the Future named Best Musical
The winners have been unveiled for this year’s Olivier Awards with Mastercard, British theatre’s biggest night, which took place this evening (Sunday 10 April) at the Royal Albert Hall in London, hosted by Jason Manford.
WATCH: Access All Areas & Disability Arts Online are transforming leadership in the arts
Access All Areas and Disability Arts Online brought together an outstanding group of talented and innovative arts leaders to London’s Battersea Arts Centre for a unique event to reconsider and transform the cultural industries’ approach to accessibility and inclusion.
NEWS: Front Foot present first London revival of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Rabbit Hole
David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2006 play Rabbit Hole receives its first major London revival care of husband-and-wife-led Front Foot Theatre, running at the Union Theatre from 12 April to 1 May 2022, with a press night on 14 April. Time to get booking!
NEWS: Cabaret & Spring Awakening lead 31st annual Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards
Two Almeida musical revivals – Cabaret in the West End and Spring Awakening – were the biggest winners at the 31st annual Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards, for the first time held just one week before the Olivier Awards.
NEW: ChewFest, a festival for early career creatives to experiment for free, launches at Lion & Unicorn in May
ChewBoy Productions has launched ChewFest, a brand-new multi-arts festival for early-career creatives to experiment for free. The inaugural event runs for one week at London’s Lion and Unicorn Theatre from 23 to 28 May 2022.
NEWS: Paul Murphy’s existential comedy Dirty Hearts premieres at Old Red Lion Theatre
Dirty Hearts, written by Theatre503 award-winning Valhalla’s Paul Murphy and billed as “an existential comedy for the age of anxiety”, gets its world premiere next month at London’s Old Red Lion Theatre.
NEWS: Online rehearsal platform We Perform It announces £1000 competition
We Perform It is pleased to announce that the 2022 We Perform It Online Acting Competition is now open. Entry to the competition is free and with a prize of £1,000.
‘Spreading joy & laughter is my talent’: Italian cabaret artist Anita Luna on bringing THE DIVA back to London
She can’t get enough of London and London can’t get enough of her! Internationally acclaimed, Italian cabaret artist Anita Luna returns this month with THE DIVA. Before packing her bags, she took a break to tell us more about the award-winning one-woman show.
NEWS: After Electrolyte success, Wildcard presents new gig-style Tempest at Pleasance
Wildcard Theatre, the multi-award-winning company behind Edinburgh Fringe hit Electrolyte, mounts a highly anticipated new production of Tempest, coming to London’s Pleasance Theatre from 11 March to 3 April 2022. Time to get booking!
NEWS: Strange Fish marks independent Ireland’s centenary with Dev’s Army revival
In 2022, 100 years on from the formation of the Irish state’s independence from British rule, Strange Fish this month presents a new production of Dev’s Army, Stuart D Lee’s multi-award-winning whip-smart comedy set during a seminal time in Ireland’s history.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Forest at Hampstead Theatre
On LoveLondonLoveCulture, Emma Clarendon rounds up the reviews for the world premiere of Florian Zeller’s new play The Forest, directed by Jonathan Kent and starring Toby Stephens at London’s Hampstead Theatre.
NEWS: Jamie O’Neill stars in Volcano, Proforca Theatre’s latest premiere at Lion & Unicorn
After lauded productions of Feel, At Last and Lately, Proforca Theatre premieres its latest new play by James Lewis, co-written with Georgie Bailey, at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre next month. Volcano runs from 8 to 12 March 2022.
NEWS: Sankofa, shortlisted for The Women’s Prize for Playwriting, premieres at Bread & Roses
Sankofa, shortlisted for The Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2021, gets its premiere this week at London’s Bread & Roses Theatre. The one-woman play, written and performed by Nicole Acquah, runs from 15 to 19 February 2022.
NEWS: Kerbs, a comedy about dating whilst disabled, premieres at Belgrade Theatre
Kerbs, a new comedy about dating whilst disabled, receives its world premiere this month at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, in a co-production with Graeae, the UK’s leading disabled-led theatre company. Time to get booking!
NEWS: Twice-cancelled Vault show About 500 gets premiere at Union & Omnibus Theatres
About 500, Simona Hughes’ acclaimed play about women’s infertility, finally gets its live premiere this month with limited dates at London’s Union and Omnibus Theatres. Time to get booking!
NEWS: Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon, written & performed by Rosie Day, transfers to Southwark Playhouse
Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon, the acclaimed one-person show written and performed by BAFTA winner Rosie Day, transfers to London’s Southwark Playhouse for a strictly limited season from 9 February to 5 March 2022. Time to get booking!
WATCH NOW: Crossline Theatre’s Friday Night Love Poem streaming via The Space
Friday Night Love Poem, the acclaimed play from female-led Crossline Theatre, is now streaming for a limited season via The Space Arts Centre, on-demand until Saturday 22 January 2022, including a watch-party and post-show Q&A with the creatives on Friday 21 January. Time to get booking!