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Papatango has announced the return of the Papatango Young Playwrights’ Award for its fifth year, and second year at Park Theatre, celebrating the achievements of nine exceptional young wri…
The award-winning country rock musical Oil & Whiskey will make its international debut this year, arriving in the UK following a sold-out run at the 2025 NYC Fringe Festival
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River City stars Claire Dargo and Scott Fletcher will star in the world premiere of Overtone, a new play by Fringe First award-winning writer Tom Brennan, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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Charlaina Thompson brings DUST to the Edinburgh Fringe, a powerful new solo drama rooted in real-life stories of the 1973 Lofthouse Colliery disaster
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Michaela O’Connor brings Sand to the Edinburgh Fringe 2026 as co-creator and co-director with Kook Ensemble
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Jack Ellis returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with Van Gogh & Me, a striking new solo play exploring the turbulent relationship between Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin
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Mandy Rubeli brings DINOSAURS to the Edinburgh Fringe, a genre-bending new play that combines dark comedy with an exploration of trauma and healing
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Bailey Edwards brings their debut play Play Dead to the Edinburgh Fringe, a darkly comic and emotionally charged exploration of heartbreak and identity
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Nate Wise brings I’m Mom to the Edinburgh Fringe, a deeply personal solo show blending comedy, theatre and therapy
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Petunia Hu brings Cinderella and Frankenstein’s Monster Are Dead to the Edinburgh Fringe, a powerful new play exploring identity, migration and the search for belonging
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Maya Shoham makes their Edinburgh Fringe debut with In Other Words, a bold and imaginative solo show exploring language, identity and the limits of expression
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We spoke to Dennis T. Giacino & Fiely Matias about bringing Disenchanted! to Edinburgh Fringe 2026. Expect sass, satire and showstopping songs
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Fringe First award-winning writer Tom Brennan returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with Overtone, a gripping new play
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Review: Shear Madness at The Mill at Sonning
"What makes this play funny is its audience"
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Review: −320°F at Sadler’s Wells
"While its plot design and character-building show clear potential, the production leaves little room for genuine discussion or provocation."
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York Theatre Royal has announced a major new revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman alongside a revival of Emma Rice’s celebrated Tristan & Yseult
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Producers Mark Goucher, Matthew Gale and Laurence Myers have announced that Hairspray will return to theatres across the UK and Ireland in 2027 with a major new tour
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Dogstar Theatre has announced that Matthew Zajac’s multi-award-winning The Tailor of Inverness | Krawiec z Inverness will return to Scotland’s stages in autumn 2026
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Venue Cymru and Imagine Theatre have announced that television favourite Jack P Shepherd will star in Sleeping Beauty, the venue’s Christmas pantomime for 2026
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Stratford East has announced initial casting for the world premiere of Ava Pickett’s Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy, with Michelle Dockery and Laura Aikman leading the company
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Gail Thomas brings their critically acclaimed solo show Patient 13 to the Edinburgh Fringe, offering a bold and darkly comic exploration of life after a cancer diagnosis
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Julia Stephens brings ROOMIES to the Edinburgh Fringe, a darkly funny solo show exploring identity and mental health
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Electra Kolb brings Father, Away She Goes to the Edinburgh Fringe 2026, a bold and caustic new tragicomedy exploring ambition, identity and the cost of success
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Maryam Garad brings the award-winning solo show REPARATIONS to the Edinburgh Fringe, a bold and darkly comic exploration of identity, class and belonging
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Malcolm Galea and Angele Galea bring The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a moving and imaginative production at Summerhall
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