Oct 6, 2026

The production of Hadestown the Musical, written by Anaïs Mitchell, currently running on the West End and Broadway premièred at the National Theatre in 2018 before transferring to New York, where it won 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Score.

The production returned to London in 2024, with some of...

Sep 24, 2026

Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro meets 1970s Britain, Yorkshire poetry and Indian classical music in a new production for Bradford Opera Festival with a rewritten libretto by Yorkshire poet Ian McMillan and a score reworked by composer Ben Crick.

BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Ian and Ben about why they started...

Sep 19, 2026

Tristan & Yseult, said to be Cornwall’s oldest love story, has had numerous retellings, including the opera Tristan and Isolde by Wagner and Kneehigh Theatre Company’s 2003 production directed by Emma Rice with a script by Carl Grose and Anna Maria Murphy.

The Kneehigh production is being revived by the Emma...

Sep 10, 2026

The work of multi-award-winning lyricist Don Black spanning more than five decades is to be celebrated in From The Heart, which had a short, sold-out run last year and returns to London’s Garrick Theatre this October.

BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Clive Rowe, who stars in the production alongside Caroline...

Sep 4, 2026

“Alfred Hitchcock meets Monty Python in a fast-paced comedy spy thriller packed with theatrical magic”. That’s how Derby Theatre and Hull Truck are describing their co-production of The 39 Steps which is inspired by John Buchan’s classic novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s film.
 
BTG Midlands Editor Steve Orme spoke...