Julie Flower is to present her solo theatre show, Grandma’s Shop, about an extraordinary shopkeeper in 1980s Sheffield, at Buxton Fringe. Behind the vintage dresses, buttons and carrier bags in what ...

Birmingham Rep is offering a range of drama activities for anyone aged between three and 25. Young people will work together to make a play in a week and explore storytelling using puppets, music and ...

On Friday 31 July, Reading Abbey Ruins is to host a new production of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor which will attempt to get closer to Shakespeare's own practices by rehearsing and ...

If ever someone was a stalwart, it was Howard Loxton, who passed away on 22 June at the age of 92. He first came to British Theatre Guide’s attention as a London critic working for the now defunct ...

Does Length Matter? The media and some fans have been in a silly season furore at the start of the live tour of Lily Allen’s new solo show, West End Girl. Depending on how you l ...

Anything Goes has undergone several iterations since its first performance in 1934 on Broadway, the West End in 1935, a 1936 film version and several successful revivals from the 1980s onwards.

Stephen Smith has already brought his One Man Poe adaptations to the GM Fringe in 2025. On that occasion, however, he concentrated upon two of Poe’s better known tales, whereas this year he challenges ...

Humphrey Ker and David Reed’s comedy Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Days of Christmas is to be the festive show at London’s Alexandra Palace Theatre in 2026. Sherlock Holmes a ...