Barnum at Theatre Royal Brighton: breathtaking performances

★★★★ Review: Barnum – Pitch-perfect up-scaling of the Watermill’s glorious revival 👇

#FILM #REVIEW La Bohème
'will serve as an excellent introduction for audiences' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ thereviewshub.com/la-boheme/

These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.

*one voice altered to disguise identity

RSC co-leader warns £1.5bn for the arts will disappear quickly - Arts Professional The government's £1.5 billion for arts and culture will be "eaten up pretty quickly", Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) co-artistic director Daniel Evans has

The government’s £1.5 billion for arts and culture will be “eaten up pretty quickly”, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) co-artistic director Daniel Evans has told Arts Professional.

Musicals on tour: Blood Brothers & Back to the Future add more dates | West End Theatre Back to the Future and Blood Brothers have announced additional dates for their UK and Ireland tours.

Musicals on tour: Blood Brothers & Back to the Future add more dates

🔗 www.westendtheatre.com/340504/news/...

Current West End show #BacktotheFuture, and long-running touring musical #BloodBrothers, have both announced additional touring venues this week.

#UKTours #LondonTheatre #WestEndTheatre

Cash on Delivery-Mill at Sonning. Cash on Delivery by Michael Cooney and directed by Ron Aldridge certainly delivers the innuendos and laughter in the Mill at Sonning’s latest production. An antedote to these long dreary…

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Sometimes you just need to switch off and laugh at something farcical.

@millatsonning @kevinwilsonpr @dramagroups #cashondelivery #sallyhughes #reviewtheatre

Smaller London theatres on facing challenging times

From deficits to dark weeks: The Stage investigates how rising costs and unexpected ‘dark’ weeks are impacting the finances of London’s smaller fringe and Off-West End venues.

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The Constant Wife – First-look photos of the UK tour starring Kara Tointon | West End Theatre The first photos are out for the new touring production of W. Somerset Maugham's The Constant Wife starring Kara Tointon.

The first photos are out for the new touring production of #WSomersetMaugham's #TheConstantWife

🔗 www.westendtheatre.com/336011/news/...

Director #RSC's #TamaraHarvey, adaptor #LauraWade

Stars #KaraTointon #GloriaOnitiri #SaraCrowe #JulesBrown #TimDelap #AlexMugnaioni #PhilipRham #AmyVicarySmith

The UK’s creative industries face an "existential moment" due to unchecked generative AI, according to the latest sector-wide call-to-arms against the technology.

Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/on-...

Prima Facie starring Jodie Comer – New photos released | West End Theatre New photos have been released of Jodie Comer as young barrister Tessa, in Suzie Miller's acclaimed one-person play Prima Facie.

Prima Facie starring Jodie Comer - New photos released

🔗 Link in bio
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New photos have been released of #JodieComer as young barrister Tessa, in #SuzieMiller's acclaimed one-person play #PrimaFacie.

UK and Ireland starts at Richmond Theatre tomorrow

Bristol arts funding protected for three more years in council U-turn Stay up to date with breaking UK theatre exclusives, casting updates, plus West End and regional UK show announcements from The Stage, the industry's trusted source.

Arts funding in Bristol will be protected in full for at least three more years, after planned cuts that leaders feared would put jobs at risk were put on hold.

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Casting | Lazarus Theatre Comp Award winning Lazarus Theatre Company casting page for actors, actresses, performers and agents

With casting for a number of Workshops opening at the end of the month - it's time to sign up to our Performer / Agent mailing list!

www.lazarustheatrecompany.co.uk/casting

A black and white photo of Laura Turner. She is sitting on a wooden chair and looking down the camera with a neutral expression.

Laura Turner, our Associate Literary Artist, joins us on Monday for Amplify Co-Working📝

Laura is offering drop-in sessions, so bring along your work and have a chat over a cuppa☕

Book your free place today: bit.ly/3ulJNx0

When you’ve worked together too long and enter the new year in the same vibe….

Looking forward to doing my family show at the @oldvictheatre this Saturday (Dec 20). Great that @NewhamBookshop will be there. Sign, sign, sign.

Our final issue of the year is now live 🎉📰

In this edition, we report on Margaret Hodge's long-awaited review of ACE, investigate the current state of actors' digs, and reveal our critic's top 50 shows of 2025.

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“I believe theatre will always prevail, but we need support, and we need it to be viewed with genuine respect.” - Andrew Scott, Actor.

#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #Theatre #UKTheatre #UKArts #SaveTheArts

Neon ties. Swinging jazz. A Soviet youth subculture fighting conformity & censorship.

Catch Boogie on the Bones at Cockpit Theatre from Monday

Inspired by real events Boogie on the Bones is a story of love, music, and the price of freedom.

#theatre #fringe #theatreky

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Infographic, reading: Carol Concert Celebrate Christmas at The Rose Playhouse! An afternoon of music and song Mince pies – mulled wine – tombola Organised by The Friends of The Rose With the Hi Lo Singers 2pm - 5pm Sat 6 Dec Tickets: £15 / Friends £12

Sat 6 Dec @ 2pm at The Rose

CAROL CONCERT
An afternoon of music & song

Celebrate Christmas with us, as our annual Rose Friends & Family Seasonal Celebration returns!

Entry includes mince pies & warm mulled wine

Audience participation will be encouraged...

Book: www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on

Tonight I’m hot-footing it to the @oxfordplayhouse.bsky.social to see its Dick Whittington. I’ve naturally seen many Dicks in my time, but this will probably be the first to celebrate the 1990s. If it’s anything like last year’s Sleeping Beauty, I’m in for a treat!

Are you owed money by Halloween Haunt Fest? | Equity Equity members owed money from their work on Halloween Haunt Fest at the Hertfordshire County Showground are encouraged to get in touch with the union.

Equity has heard from members who have not been paid for their work on Halloween Haunt Fest at Hertfordshire County Showground.

If you're a member who has also been affected, please get in touch - details here: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/are-you-owed-money-by-halloween-haunt-fest

Loved visiting Oxford School of Drama yesterday to run workshops with their Foundation students. Such an open and curious group! Great to share a bit about what’s happening at Central and to feel that sense of collaboration between schools — more of this, please.

Our building is fully wheelchair accessible. Guide, hearing and emotional support assistance dogs are welcome in the auditorium.

More information at donmarwarehouse.com/access or call the box office on 020 3282 3808.

🎉 BRAND NEW OPPORTUNITY 🎉

Join us this autumn for our Meet Your Neighbours Community Theatre Group

This free ten week programme is led by professional theatre-makers where you create your own original show performed at Tara Theatre 💫

Find out more and sign up now 📝
taratheatre.com/participate/...

Alistair Smith on why the arts councils' Edinburgh Fringe approach needs a rethink International governments and arts councils see Edinburgh as a strategic investment but our own funders seem to lack the same foresight, says Alistair Smith

UK arts councils don’t understand the Edinburgh Fringe, nor the role that they could play within it, writes Alistair Smith 👇

A new writing prize celebrating previously unplatformed artists has been unveiled at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, promising to find a "new voice in theatre".

Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/new...

📣 REVIEW | CONSUMED at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

🎭 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

💬 “a sophisticated and ambitious piece of writing”

📖 thespyinthestalls.com/2025/08/consumed/

📷 Pamela Raith

👉 @traversetheatre.bsky.social @edfringe.bsky.social @painesplough.bsky.social

#️⃣ #review #thespyinthestalls #Edinburgh

Text card - “theatre needs to address the inequality between employees and freelancers. We freelancers also have a responsibility. We hide how precarious things are, as if it’s a sign of failure as an artist. But it’s not us that’s failing, it’s the industry.” - The quote is credited to Freelance Director, Joe Gilmour

The sacrifices that freelancers make to participate in self-funded events chimes with the wider issue of unpaid work in the industry, says Joe Gilmour in The Stage this week...

www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/ineq...

#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #Theatre #UKTheatre #UKArts #SaveTheArts

Letters from Max at the Hampstead Theatre: a moving tribute Read our review of Letters from Max at the Hampstead Theatre, London: Sarah Ruhl adapts her book of letters into a live eulogy to her former pupil Max Ritvo

★★★ Review: Letters from Max – Sarah Ruhl adapts her book of letters into a live eulogy to her former pupil Max Ritvo 👇

Looking forward to seeing Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter in #MrsWarrensProfession at The Garrick- in the audience waiting with great anticipation