The Bush Theatre trustees have appointed Taio Lawson as the theatre’s new Artistic Director and Co-CEO. Taio joins the company in Summer 2025 and will oversee the final season of plays programmed by Lynette Linton, who leaves in March 2025.  Taio’s first season of work will launch in early 2026.  He will lead the Bush in partnership with Executive Director and Co-CEO Mimi Findlay.

Taio is currently the Genesis Fellow / Associate Director at the Young Vic. He was previously Associate Director of Kiln Theatre and has held Resident Director roles at Sheffield Theatres, the Almeida and on the West End run of Hamilton.

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Under the direction of Managing Director Andrew Flatt, Executive Producer Anne Quart, and Chief Creative Officer Thomas Schumacher – today announces that the new stage adaptation of The Greatest Showman, based on the 2017 smash-hit film, will première at ATG Entertainment’s Bristol Hippodrome in Spring 2026.

A casting search is underway across the UK and Ireland for this brand-new production, discovering the stage talent who will play the roles originated by the stars of the film. Open auditions will take place throughout March and April in Dublin, Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Exeter, Newcastle and London. For more information visitwww.thegreatestshowman.co.uk.

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The UK Pantomime Association is delighted to announce the nominees for The Pantomime Awards 2025, which will take place on Sunday 13 April at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking, staged in partnership with sponsors Trafalgar Entertainment and ATG Entertainment (ATGE).

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