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Sweeney Todd wins Best Musical Production at UK Theatre Awards 2026 The Birmingham Repertory Theatre (The Rep) reports that its recent production of Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street directed by The Rep’s Artistic Director, Joe Murphy, has won the award for Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards. Sondheim’s darkly, comic musical ran at The Rep in July/August 2026. To read or revisit the review by critic, Debra Hall (published early in the run) click here

Centrefront Actors Greg Haiste (Touchstone) and Gareth Snook (Audrey) in The RSC production of As You Like It at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre Oct 2026. Photography Marc Brenner REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ As You Like It by William Shakespeare Directed by Daniel Evans Overview When the Dukedom of two brothers results in exile for one, rules and lines become blurred for their close-bonded daughter

Festival News Carmen Composer Georges Bizet Director Robin Norton -Hale The independent Carmen warns that any man who falls for her should be mindful of her free spirit. She captures the attention of the soldier, Don José. His desire for her quickly gives way to jealousy. This is a tale of passion, of power and fate with Bizet's classic score at its heart. 'Carmen is opera at its most visceral and compelling' Clive Drew ANRPR The Nevill Holt Festival in partnership with Opera

Pictured left to right actors Kathryn Perkins, Ryan Starling, Sophie Bloor and James Keningale in The 39 Steps at Derby Theatre October 2026 Photograph by Graeme Braidwood Stage Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The 39 Steps The Thirty-Nine Steps a novel by John Buchan Adapted from the screen version The 39 Steps directed by Alfred Hitchcock (1935) Adaptor for stage Patrick Barlo

Rehearsals underway for Tomb With a View a CADS Theatre Club Production Performances this October in West Bromwich Preview Tomb With a View written by Norman Robbins Directed by Saskia Simone Overview The Tomb family gather together in the family home following the death of Septimus. Written by the late playwright Norman Robbins this comedy is wickedly humorous. Tomb With a View is a mocking of the traditional

Pictured Jessica Mabel in Point Scoring Title: Point-Scoring Written and performed by Jessica Mabel This one act play is an empathic comedy highlighting the preposterous process that potential claimants have to go through when making a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application. The PIP assessment operates on point scoring results gathered by an assessor(s)/interviewer(s) on the basis of personal information provided from a completed Q/A form in the first instance, foll