Terri Paddock

The world premiere of 1.17am, or until the words run out by Zoe Hunter Gordon, directed by Sarah Stacey, will run at @finboroughtheatre.bsky.social 10 Feb-7 Mar.

The play, co-produced by ZAVA Productions, arrives at the venue following 3 acclaimed sold-out previews at @theatre503.bsky.social.

Sir Tom Stoppard obituary One of Britain’s most outstanding playwrights famed for the ‘hypnotised brilliance’ of his prose and dialogue

West End theatres will dim their lights for 2 minutes at 7pm today (2 Dec) in remembrance of the great & good playwright Tom Stoppard

Stoppard, who has died aged 88, won an Academy Award for Shakespeare In Love, 3 Laurence Olivier Awards & 5 Tony Awards

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The Tony Award-winning musical Kimberly Akimbo will have its European prem at Hampstead Theatre in 2026 alongside 5 new plays & the London stage directing debut of Stanley Tucci (Springwood by Richard Nelson).

Also includes the debut of David Pearson, a graduate of Hampstead’s INSPIRE programme.

The @the-rsc.bsky.social production of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind will make its West End premiere at @sohoplace (25 Apr-18 Jul) following a run at the Swan in Stratford-upon-Avon (14 Feb-21 Mar).

The cast incs Madeline Appiah, Tsemaye Bob-Egbe, Owen Chaponda, Idriss Kargbo & Sifiso Mazibuko.

@goodchancetheatre.bsky.social has announced the one-woman show A Grain of Sand, written & directed by Elias Matar & performed by Sarah Agha, will run at London’s @arcolatheatre.bsky.social 21-31 Jan ahead of a UK tour.

The new production takes an intimate look at war through the eyes of a child.

Ava Pickett’s award-winning first play, the historical drama 1536 (exploring the dynamics of female friendship in a world stacked against women), will transfer to the West End following a sold-out run at the @almeida.co.uk, running from 2 May-1 Aug at the Ambassadors Theatre. Lyndsey Turner directs.

Initial 2026 programming for the @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social includes off-site productions while redevelopment work takes place.

Tom Littler directs Love’s Labour’s Lost & Much Ado About Nothing; David Suchet leads a new production of Murder in the Cathedral (@theatreroyalbath.bsky.social).

Liz Francis, Tom Varey & Charlene Boyd have been cast in a revival of Patrick Marber’s adaptation of Strindberg’s Miss Julie, set on the eve of the historic 1945 Labour victory.

Dir by Dadiow Lin, the production runs at @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social 11-28 Feb & is co-produced by KB Productions.

Jamless post-show video and photos: Putting working-class women over 40 centre stage - Terri Paddock How do you compete with fireworks going off outside your pub theatre on Bonfire Night? Ensure that the drama onstage is just as explosive. That's what we got last night with Nance Turner's debut play ...

Big thanks to Jamless team Nance Turner, Emily O'Mahony, Aisa Nerva-Culley and all at @landutheatre.bsky.social for a fabulous #postshowtalks outing.

Appropriately on Bonfire Night, there were plenty of fireworks onstage & off. 🎆🎇

Full Q&A 🎥📸: terripaddock.com/jamless-post... #LondonTheatre

Signs ready for tonight's post-show Q&A to Nance Turner's debut play JAMLESS at @landutheatre.bsky.social.

Two working-class sisters who haven't seen each other in 5️⃣ years dig up more than old photos & long-buried memories in the family attic.

Any Qs? Join us! 🎟️ terripaddock.com/events/jamle...

Buzz Studios, founded by Adam Goodbody, has announced its inaugural production, Petty Men created by Goodbody, John Chisham & Júlia Levai.

A new play after Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, it opens at @arcolatheatre.bsky.social from 19 Nov-20 Dec. Levai directs Goodbody & Chisham in the 2-hander.

Full programming for Jermyn Street Theatre’s 2026 spring season incs Jerome Kilty’s Dear Liar, dir by AD Stella Powell-Jones; the world premiere of Flora Wilson Brown’s new adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s The Waves, dir by Júlia Levai; & a revival of Lyle Kessler’s Orphans @jstheatre.bsky.social.

Offie nominated Darkie Armo Girl, written & performed by Karine Bedrossian, returns to the @finboroughtheatre.bsky.social from 25 Nov-20 Dec

Directed by Anastasia Bunce, the world premiere production is presented by Where’s Betty Productions in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough.

Jamless - Terri Paddock Jamless, the debut play by Northern Spirit Theatre Company artistic director Nance Turner, is a story of working-class resilience, long-held grudges, and the messy beauty of rebuilding broken bonds

New post-show Q&A! Join me at @landutheatre.bsky.social on Wed 5 Nov for Nance Turner's JAMLESS.

A brilliant new play centred on women over 40. Working-class sisters: survivors and strangers.

#LondonTheatre #postshowtalks

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Initial casting has been announced for Troupe’s production of Noël Coward’s The Rat Trap, reimagined by Bill Rosenfield, at @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social from 28 Jan-14 Mar.

Kirsty Patrick Ward directs Ewan Miller, Lily Nichol & Angela Sims. Troupe returns after The Forsyte Saga Parts 1 & 2.

In our thoughts.

The Royal Court Theatre’s 70th anniversary programme for 2026 includes:

* Tilda Swinton in Manfred Karge’s Man to Man

* Gary Oldman in Krapp’s Last Tape

* Ryan Calais Cameron’s Zambian space race epic The Afronauts

* Kimberly Belflower’s John Proctor is the Villain, direct from Broadway

Direct from a run at @edfringe.bsky.social, Mr Jones, about the Aberfan disaster, opens at @finboroughtheatre.bsky.social 28 Oct-22 Nov.

Directed by Michael Neri, Mr Jones is the debut work of Liam Holmes who reprises his role in the show alongside Mabli Gwynne. Presented by WilMas Productions.

Writers @robertkhan1.bsky.social & @tomsalinsky.bsky.social (The Gang of Three) return to the @kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social from 26 Mar-3 May with In The Print, a politically charged thriller about ‘The Battle of Wapping’. Josh Roche directs. The Spontaneity Shop & James Quaife Productions produce.

Shortlisted for the @theatre503.bsky.social Playwriting Award 2023, ‘out and proud queer thriller’ An Instinct runs at the Old Red Lion 18 Nov-6 Dec.

Written by Hugo Timbrell & dir by Lucy Foster, the play features Connor Dumbrell, Ben Norris & Joe Walsham & is presented by Croft & Dye Productions.

Following a workshop at @theotherpalace.bsky.social in 2024, new musical Redcliffe, written by & starring Jordan Luke Gage, runs at @swkplay.bsky.social from 22 May-4 Jul.

Produced by Paul Taylor-Mills, the piece is an epic tale of forbidden love set against the backdrop of 18th century England.

#notyrants #NoKings #NoKingsDay

Outside the US Embassy in London today. This is the America I love. 🇺🇸❤️

For everyone everywhere taking to the streets peacefully, thank you. We're all in this together. ✌️🙏

Shoutout to Portland for inflatable animals inspiration. 🐸🦖

@indivisiblelondon.bsky.social

SPID Theatre has announced The Dream, a stage adaptation of Nnenna Samson Abosi’s acclaimed radio play.

Directed by Fran Olivares, the timely revival brings to life the struggles, resilience & activism of the Windrush generation in late 1960s & early 1970s Britain. Runs on 31 Oct & 1, 7 & 8 Nov.

David Bedella, Luke Fetherston, Raiko Gohara, Joel Harper-Jackson & Liza Sadovy have been cast in Michael McKeever’s hit Off-Broadway play Daniel’s Husband which will make its UK premiere at London’s Marylebone Theatre from 4 Dec-10 Jan, directed by Alan Souza. Presented by Plastered Productions.

Edward J Moore’s play The Sea Horse, ‘a tender yet brutally honest love story between two hardened outsiders’, will open at London’s Golden Goose Theatre 50 years after its Broadway premiere.

Mandi Riggi directs the production which runs from 4-15 Nov and features Rachael Bellis & Jay Rincon.

The brand-new musical Ruth has been announced as part of Wilton’s Music Hall’s spring 2026 season.

Produced by Ruth Theatre Productions & running from 18 to 28 Mar, the British noir musical has music by John Cameron, Francis Rockliff & James Reader, with lyrics by Caroline Slocock & Cameron.

Following sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Old Red Lion Theatre, Edmund Morris’ ‘darkly hilarious’ The Grim will play at @swkplay.bsky.social Borough from 26 Nov-6 Dec.

Ben Woodhall directs writer Morris, Louis Davison & Harry Carter in the production presented by RBM.

‘Who wants to live forever? And how much will it cost?’

David Sear’s play Continuity, telling an uncomfortably possible story about a billionaire interfering in an ordinary man's life, plays at the Cockpit Theatre from 19-22 Nov, directed by Rosina Piovani. Presented by True Life Productions.

The Tony Award-winning comedy @ohmaryplayuk will have its West End premiere at @TrafTheatre from 3 Dec.

Cole Escola’s play, directed by Sam Pinkleton, will feature Mason Alexander Park as Mary Todd Lincoln alongside Kate O’Donnell, Oliver Stockley, Dino Fetscher & Giles Terera

The full cast & creative team have been announced for Welsh National Theatre’s inaugural production, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, dir by Francesca Goodridge & starring Michael Sheen.

The production opens in Wales in mid-January & moves to London’s @rosetheatre2008.bsky.social from 26 Feb-28 Mar.