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Alexandra Mardell and Dominic Mafham will form the cast of Willie Russell’s Educating Rita which will run at Leicester’s Curve in autumn 2026.

Mardell will play Susan “Rita” White, the bright-eyed twenty-something who has dreams of making more of her life while Mafham will play her self-proclaimed “appalling teacher” Frank.

Mardell is best known for her...


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The Royal Shakespeare Company has postponed its production of Othello with Sharon D Clarke in the title role as she is undergoing treatment for cancer.

Director Monique Touko said, “on behalf of the entire creative team, we send Sharon all the love for her ongoing treatment and recovery. As a director I’ve been incredibly blessed to collaborate with Sharon on ...


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Sev Keoshgerian will take the lead role in Malvern Theatres’ 2026 pantomime Aladdin.

Keoshgerian was one of four actors who performed in I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical by Alexander S Bermange on a UK tour in 2024. He also played Brad on the Euro...


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For centuries Othello has been regarded as Shakespeare’s great tragedy of jealousy. But Anthony Almeida who is directing the play for a new tour says Othello is all about behaviour.

It will be a co-production between Northern Stage, HOME Manchester and Citizens Theatre in association with Northampton’s Royal and Derngate. Almeida said, “I don’t think ...


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For the first time in ten years Emma Rice’s adaptation of medieval legend Tristan and Yseult is to go on a national tour.

Nottingham Playhouse, the Emma Rice Company and York Theatre Royal will co-produce the play which was originally staged in 2003.

Tristan and Yseult is usually assumed to be primarily Celtic. The tale is a tragedy about the i...


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