Today Emmy & Grammy nominated comedian, Bill Burr announced his tour Bill Burr Live will continue into 2025. He’ll be making a stop in London, UK at Eventim Apollo on the 9th of July 2025.
General on sale starts this Friday, 21st at 10AM local at LiveNation.co.uk. Pre-sales will begin Wednesday, 19th of March at 10AM local. For more info head to BillBurr.com/Tour.
Today, the legendary Stevie Wonder announces new UK performance dates for Summer 2025. Stevie Wonder’s Love, Light & Song performances will stop in Lytham, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and London – including a headline slot at London’s iconic American Express Presents BST Hyde Park Festival. Full details below.
Tickets for Stevie Wonder’s UK performance dates go on sale Friday 21 March at 10am local time via livenation.co.uk.
Access to Preferred Tickets for select performance dates are available to Mastercard cardholders in the UK on Friday 21 March at 10am.
Returning to London’s iconic The George Tavern on Monday 14 April, Ones to Watch UK will host its latest showcase bringing together some of the hottest emerging artists on the scene right now.
This will be the fourth instalment of the Ones to Watch UK gig series, following the success of the US series which continues to serve as a platform for identifying and supporting promising artists and bands.
At a ceremony in New York earlier on this week, The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize announced the 2025 award has been given to U.S. playwright a.k. payne for their play Furlough’s Paradise. Awarded annually since 1978, the prestigious international Prize is the largest and oldest award recognizing women+ who have written works of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theatre.
On March 10, the Prize hosted theatre artists and leaders at NYC’s Playwrights Horizons to honor and celebrate payne and a cohort of 8 Finalists. Payne received a cash prize of $25,000, and a signed print by renowned artist Willem de Kooning, created especially for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
Michael Ball & Alfie Boe will take to the road on their brand-new tour Together At Home in a 12-date marathon across the UK this Spring, including a night at London’s The O2 on 13th April. Kicking off at Cardiff’s Utilita Arena on Saturday 29th March, Ball & Boe will perform tracks from their No.1 sixth studio album – Together At Home– marking their 10th year making music together.
Today it’s been confirmed that magic and illusion duo, The Conjurors, will join Ball & Boe across all UK tour dates.
The Conjurors, aka Matthew Pomeroy and Natasha Lamb are award-winning magicians, direct from their residency in Las Vegas. They’ve wowed audiences across the world with their unique theatrical blending of storytelling and wonder. Having appeared on major TV networks worldwide, they’re now set to bring their unique one-of-a-kind show on the road with Ball & Boe this Spring. Don’t miss your chance to see them in the UK!
As we approach 2 years this July of our commitment to integrating and exploring what it means to look after our wellbeing, we just want to say thank you to everyone who has supported the journey so far! Thank you to Megan Mattravers who has been at the forefront of guiding us all on what it means to observe the present moment in our fast paced world and to Francesca Mepham who has been vital in helping spread the word with her vital PR campaigns and belief in what we’re looking to achieve!
Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals and Jamie Lloyd for The Jamie Lloyd Company today announce that Rachel Zegler will make her West End debut as Eva Perón in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, with full cast and creatives to be announced. The production, directed by Jamie Lloyd, opens at The London Palladium on Tuesday 1 July, with previews from 14 June, and runs until 6 September 2025.
Rachel Zegler said today, “Evita has been such an important musical to me since I was a little girl, when my dad and I would sing “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” together on my back patio. The opportunity to bring Jamie Lloyd’s singular, visionary ideas to life onstage is an honour unlike any other. The stage has always felt like home to me, and I can’t wait to make my West End debut in such great company.”
Punchdrunk Enrichment has today announced that Peter Higgin will step down as Artistic Director and Joint CEO after 17 years leading the independent charity. Punchdrunk Enrichment was co-founded by Peter in 2008 to take the innovative practice of Punchdrunk into communities and schools, becoming the pioneer of immersive learning internationally.
Higgin was one of the original founders of immersive theatre company Punchdrunk in 2000, before going on to create the Enrichment practice, which continues to develop transformational theatrical experiences in community, family and education settings. Work includes installation projects for whole schools such as The Lost Lending Library which is now touring internationally as a family show, and the innovative productions Enitan’s Game, Small Wonders and Against Captain’s Orders at The National Maritime Museum. He has spearheaded the introduction of immersive learning in classrooms and schools around the world.
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.
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.