JANET KUMAH is in the newest play by Zawe Ashton, For All The Women Who Thought They Were Mad. It has been described as an urgent piece of theatre examining the miriad of forces that collide and conspire against black women living in contemporary Britain today.
Sapphire Joy - Off West End Awards 2020
Congratulations to SAPPHIRE JOY who has been nominated at the Off West End Awards 2020.
Roesanna Frascona - Macbeth
ROSEANNA FRASCONA starts rehearsals for Macbeth at the Chichester Festival Theatre.
Kirsty Oswald - The Girl on the Train UK Tour
KIRSTY OSWALD plays Megan Hipwell in the UK Tour of The Girl on the Train.
Nicholas Gerard-Martin - King John and The Whip
NICHOLAS GERARD-MARTIN starts rehearsals for The RSC’s winter season where he will appear in King John and The Whip.
Sean Kearns - A Streetcar Named Desire
SEAN KEARNS is opening soon as Steve Hubbell in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Lyric Theatre Belfast.
John Omole in the RSC's Hamlet
JOHN OMOLE has joined the cast of Hamlet, directed for the RSC by Simon Godwin and starring Paapa Essiedu. The show opens at the Lowry in Salford on 30 January before touring the UK, doing a four week run at the Hackney Empire and a run at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
Simon Shackleton in The Importance of Being Earnest on tour
SIMON SHACKLETON will soon be on tour with the Original Theatre Company's production of The Importance of Being Earnest. The show opens at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre at the end of January and tours until 5 May.
Solomon Israel in the RSC's The Follies of Mrs Rich and The Duchess of Malfi
SOLOMON ISRAEL is now in rehearsals for The Follies of Mrs Rich and The Duchess of Malfi which form part of the next season in the RSC's Swan Theatre. Directed by Jo Davies and Maria Aberg respectively, both shows open in March next year.
Jessica Baglow in Jane Eyre and Hamlet at Bolton Octagon
JESSICA BAGLOW has been cast in Jane Eyre and Hamlet at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton. Jane Eyre, in which Jessica will play the titular role, will run from 18 January to 10 February and Hamlet, in which she will play Ophelia, will run from 15 February to 10 March.
Nicholas Gerard-Martin in Amadeus at National Theatre
NICHOLAS GERARD-MARTIN is returning to the cast of Amadeus which will run at the National Theatre from 11 January following a sell out run in 2016 and 2017. Michael Longhurst's acclaimed production will again star Lucian Msamati and Adam Gillen.
Ranjit Krishnamma on tour for A Passage to India for Simple8 and Royal & Derngate
RANJIT KRISHNAMMA is now in rehearsals for Simple8's production of A Passage to India. The show opens at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton on 18 January and then tours before a run at London's Park Theatre from 20 February to 24 March.
John Omole in #Hashtag Lightie at the Arcola
JOHN OMOLE is returning to the Arcola to reprise his role in #Hashtag Lightie between 14 November and 2 December following its sell out run earlier this year. Directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair and written by Lynette Linton, the play is a heartwarming and hilarious exploration of the conflicting ideas of what it means to be mixed race in Britain today.
Sean Kingsley in The Grinning Man at Trafalgar Studios
SEAN KINGSLEY will soon reprise the role of Ursus in The Grinning Man following its run at Bristol Old Vic last year. The musical is based on The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo and can be seen at Trafalgar Studios from 5 December.
Colin Ryan in The Secret Theatre at Shakespeare's Globe
COLIN RYAN is currently in rehearsals for The Secret Theatre by Anders Lustgarten which will run at the Sam Wanamaker Theatre at Shakespeare's Globe from 16 November to 16 December. Directed by Matthew Dunster, the play centres on spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham and the surveillance network he ran from the heart of Elizabeth I's court.
Connor Hughes in Little Women at Hope Mill Theatre
CONNOR HUGHES is now in rehearsals for the European premiere of Little Women, a musical based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott with a score by Grammy Award winner Jason Howland. Connor will play the part of Laurie at Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre from 9 November to 9 December.
Melissa Allan in A Christmas Carol at Old Vic
It has just been announced that MELISSA ALLAN will play Little Fan in A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic, in a cast that includes Rhys Ifans. Matthew Warchus will direct a new version of the story by Jack Thorne which will run from 20 November to 20 January.
Janet Fullerlove and Sean Kingsley in Oxy and the Morons at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
SEAN KINGSLEY and JANET FULLERLOVE will both soon appear in the New Wolsey Theatre's production Oxy and the Morons. The new punk musical by Paul Sirett, Mike Peters and Steve Allan Jones will run from 12 to 21 October.
Patrick Romer in the RSC's Imperium
PATRICK ROMER is now in rehearsals for the RSC's Imperium: The Cicero Plays, Mike Poulter's new version of Robert Harris' bestselling Cicero series. The event will be staged as six plays in two performances and will be directed by Gregory Doran. Imperium Part I: Conspirator will run from 16 November to 10 February and Imperium Part II: Dictator will run from 23 November to 10 February.
Kirsty Oswald in Frantic Assembly's Things I Know to Be True
KIRSTY OSWALD will reprise the role of Rosie in Things I Know to Be True which is going back on tour for Frantic Assembly from 27 September before a run at Lyric Hammersmith from 11 January to 3 February.