Courtesy of India Mae Aly
Kwame Kwei-Armah invites you to his final season at the Young Vic Theatre as he today announces he will step down from the role of Artistic Director in Autumn 2024.
Kwame Kwei-Armah joined the Young Vic as Artistic Director in February 2018, becoming the first African Caribbean director to lead a major British theatre. During his tenure he has produced 40 productions across the theatre’s spaces, including 30 in the Main House where more than half of all writers and directors were women. Black and Global Majority artists have directed over half and written 48% of all Main House shows. Off stage, the Young Vic has gone from 11% to 44% Black and Global Majority staff across the organisation and 40% in senior management.
London/New York (6 February 2024) The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize today announces ten finalists for the prestigious playwriting award – the largest and oldest playwriting award recognizing women+ writers for plays of outstanding quality written for the English-speaking theatre.
Hot on the heels of a sold-out North American tour, get ready for the return of the music force that is Akon to venues across the UK and Europe for the first time in 10 years, as the superstar announces The Superfan Tour for 2024.
To satisfy the phenomenal demand, four additional Adele in Munich shows have been added to the previously announced summer run at Munich Messe. In addition to previously announced dates, Adele has added shows on the 14th, 16th, 23rd and 
UK fans rejoice as Bryson Tiller adds a second London date to ‘The Bryson Tiller Tour’due to incredible demand. The Grammy-nominated multi-platinum selling recording artist is set to return to the UK later this Spring as he plays venues including London’s OVO Arena Wembley, Glasgow’s O2 Academy and Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse
The winners of The Stage Awards, in association with Tysers Live, have been announced at the annual awards ceremony at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. The prestigious event took place in front of an audience from every corner of the industry, with guests including West End producers, artistic directors, stage stars and many of the figures who featured in The Stage 100 list.
Today, critically-acclaimed K-Pop powerhouses ITZY announce their return to the global stage for their 2nd world tour – Born to Be, a show-stopping run of electrifying performances across 18 countries in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Europe and North America this spring and summer. Having demonstrated their exceptional skills as “stage masters” through a mix of hit songs and B-side tracks on their sold-out 1st world tour 2022 outing, Checkmate, the group’s expanded 2024 world tour is poised to uphold their reputation during their return to North America and Asia. Born to Be will also feature the group’s highly anticipated first performances in Latin America, UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.