News
From Euripides to everyday lives: Stirling drama project gives refugees a stage — and a voice
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (488+ words) In a rehearsal room in Stirling this spring, an ancient Greek tragedy is being quietly rewritten. Not in language, but in lived experience. At its centre sits The Trojan Women, Euripides" stark meditation on war, loss and survival. Here, however,…...
Offbeat comedy 'Good Grief' joins ITVX offering
2+ week, 6+ day ago (236+ words) ITVX has snapped up cult New Zealand comedy Good Grief, bringing the darkly funny series to UK viewers for the first time. Created by and starring real-life sisters Grace Palmer and Eve Palmer, the offbeat comedy follows two siblings who…...
West End return for 'The Comedy About Spies"
2+ week, 6+ day ago (496+ words) The West End comedy The Comedy About Spies is set to return to London for a limited summer run after scooping a major theatre award. The hit production from Mischief Theatre Company was confirmed to be heading back to the…...
National Youth Theatre marks 70th anniversary with new musical and Dracula revival
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (403+ words) The National Youth Theatre has announced two new productions for early 2026 as it begins a year-long programme celebrating its 70th anniversary. The season will open with the world premiere of Handle & Hendrix, a concert version of a new "baroque and roll…...
Murder by the pool, family secrets and unfinished business
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (446+ words) Irish television drama is entering 2026 with a familiar confidence " not flashy, not inflated, but quietly prolific. Over the past year, RT" filmed nine drama productions amounting to more than 140 hours of original storytelling, a volume that speaks less to spectacle…...
Jools Holland returns with another star-studded Hootenanny
3+ mon, 22+ hour ago (332+ words) There are few constants left in end-of-year television, but Jools" Annual Hootenanny remains reassuringly immovable. As 2025 ticks towards its final seconds, Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra once again assume their customary position as the nation"s house…...
Oh yes it is: Jack and the Beanstalk leads Lyric Hammersmith’s Christmas season
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (393+ words) The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre's'pantomime tradition returns this year with Jack and the Beanstalk, running from 15 November 2025 to 4 January 2026. The West London venue, which is marking its 130th birthday, has once again tapped writer Sonia Jalaly and director Nicholai La Barrie " the…...
Faith, Feminism and Fleabag: the play putting female vicars centre stage
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (200+ words) The playwright herself grew up in rural England, in a community where the rituals of small-town life " gossip, casserole diplomacy, the theatre of Sunday services " shaped her sense of comedy. That intimacy gives the show its authenticity: the quirky villagers…...
Julia Roberts to narrate BBC’s comedy-drama Leonard and Hungry Paul
7+ mon, 3+ hour ago (349+ words) From Hollywood glamour to suburban board games " Julia Roberts is set to lend her voice to one of the BBC's most intriguing new series this autumn. The Oscar-winning performer will narrate Leonard and Hungry Paul, a six-part adaptation of R'n'n…...
Channel 4 to launch digital comedy channel ‘A Comedy Thing’
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (295+ words) Channel 4 is doubling down on its commitment to online content with the launch of a brand-new digital comedy channel, A Comedy Thing by Channel 4, which is set to debut later this month on YouTube. Backed by production powerhouse Hat Trick…...