It has been announced that Jenny Sealey OBE, Artistic Director of Graeae, is the 2024 recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre Award. She will be honoured at the UK Theatre Awards ceremony, taking place on Sunday 20 October at 8 Northumberland Avenue, sponsored by Encore. The UK Theatre Awards celebrate the very best of theatre across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Awards are given for creative excellence and outstanding work both on and off stage, including the coveted UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre Award.
As Artistic Director of Graeae since 1997, Jenny has pioneered a new theatrical language ‘aesthetics of artistic access’, experimenting with bilingual British Sign Language and English, pre-recorded BSL, creative captioning and in-ear live audio description methods. Graeae’s ethos of placing of Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists centre stage has engineered a cultural shift, influencing mainstream theatre both nationally and internationally.
Following an intensive three-month recruitment and selection process, Pitlochry Festival Theatre is delighted to announce the appointment of actor, singer, writer, producer and director Alan Cumming as their new Artistic Director.
This week marks the start of an arts and culture re-set for Manchester with the launch of a brand-new decade long cultural strategy for the city.
Due to high demand, GRAMMY®-winning, multi-Platinum band Imagine Dragons announce extra Tottenham Hotspur Stadium show to their colossal LOOM World Tour. With Declan McKenna announced as special guest for both London shows. Produced by Live Nation, the 2025 run will see the Las Vegas outfit take to European stages for their first ever full stadium tour, with stops scheduled in 16 countries including; Estonia, Czechia, Italy, Spain, France, Netherlands, France and UK plus many more. Check out the full confirmed itinerary below.
Gone are the days of the ‘And they lived happily ever after’ trope and reality setting in. Bombarded with representations of love throughout the ages, notions of what love looks like are currently being dismantled. Relationship gurus perhaps the closest we’ll get currently to addressing what it takes to make a relationship last. Back with their second musical which I’m sure will be a hit, Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow of Six the Musical fame pen Why Am I So Single?, a self deprecating reality check of the dating scene in the early 21st century.
GRAMMY®-winning, multi-Platinum band Imagine Dragons announce the European leg of the LOOM World Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the 2025 run will see the Las Vegas outfit take to European stages for their first ever full stadium tour, with stops scheduled in 16 countries including; Estonia, Czechia, Italy, Spain, France, Netherlands, France and UK plus many more. Check out the full confirmed itinerary below.
3x GRAMMY and 7x BRIT Award-winning global pop powerhouse Dua Lipa announced a global 2025 run on her Radical Optimism Tour with over 40 new dates across Australia, New Zealand, North America, Europe, and the UK next year. Additionally, South America shows will be announced at a later date.
British rap legend Nines has announced his monumental tenth project, Quit While You’re Ahead—his sixth and final album—set for release 
The Stage Debut Awards are today announcing a stellar line-up of guest presenters and performances from the West End’s most popular musicals for their annual ceremony, in association with ATG Entertainment. As the UK’s only awards dedicated to celebrating breakthrough theatre talent, this prestigious event shines a spotlight on the industry’s rising stars from performers, directors, writers, composers and lyricists to set, costume, lighting, sound and video design.