As the festive decorations are consigned to dusty boxes, colourful lights dim to a steady beige and hearty Happy New Year hellos revert to cheerless grunts, here's some excitement for you - our theatre recommendations for 2026. Happy New Year, folks! 2025 certainly turned out to be a feast of a year for us theatregoers. Refer to July's post for our mid-year rundown but late-season treats included a sensational production of All My Sons led by Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jea

With the festive season currently in full swing, here's a rundown of some notable plays set during Christmastime. It's the most wonderful time of the year! That is certainly true for many theatres. Christmas offers an occasion for families to don their glad rags for a special outing to The Nutcracker , the annual pantomime or a popular West End show. Pantomime in particular - that eccentric, unabashedly frivolous British theatre pastime - tends to keep the boards occupied ov

With the release of 'Wicked: For Good' - the highly-anticipated conclusion to the cinematic version of 'Wicked the Musical' - here's a rundown of some of the greatest ever theatre-to-film adaptations. Cinematic versions of theatre productions have been around for over a century. King John (1899) is understood to be the first play recorded on celluloid, a British production now sadly lost. Since then, a surprising number of theatre-to-film adaptations have arrived, some garla

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