📢 New play IT COMES IN WAVES by JAMES McDERMOTT #EasternAngles opening The Seagull Theatre, Lowestoft this Friday 19th June 🌊🎭 Set in a Lowestoft grief cafe, don't miss this 'big-hearted community-spirited coastal comedy’ touring East Anglia until 11th July: 🎟️ easternangles.co.uk/event/it-com...

Collective rage in action thanks to Rebecca Lenkiewicz and ALL THE RAGE contributors including LISA PARRY and JANE UPTON: www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...

'The camera allows us to be inside the emotion in a way you can’t always achieve on stage' ROBIN NORTON-HALE discusses bringing her ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ LA BOHÈME production from stage to screen with Opera Wire @finitefilms.bsky.social operawire.com/q-a-robin-no...

Shout out to LISA PARRY and JANE UPTON for their contributions to ALL THE RAGE @theatredeli.bsky.social June 11th - 13th. 'The Epstein files are about more than men and money: All the Rage, the 'guerrilla' play fuelled by 80 furious women: www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...

📣 GLYN MAXWELL’s poem A ROUSING SPEECH is celebrated @poemsonthetube.bsky.social across TfL summer series marking 40 years of Poems on the Underground tfl.gov.uk/info-for/med...

📚THE BOY WHO BECAME QUEEN by CHRISTINA BALIT is shortlisted for #youngquills2026 Historical Fiction Award (ages 5-8). Congratulations @christinabalit.bsky.social 👏 @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social www.history.org.uk/primary/cate...

On tonight’s #Corrie written by JULIE JONES: Danielle publicly accuses Todd of murdering Theo for his life insurance... But Ryan soon turns the tables with new information. ITV1 @ 8:30pm

SCENES FROM A FRIENDSHIP by JANE UPTON ‘A platonic One Day that will melt your heart’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social @hannahlucystone.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/m... ⬇️ 🎟️ until 12 June nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/events/scene...

📣 SCENES FROM A FRIENDSHIP new play by JANE UPTON opens tonight @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social Director Hannah Stone Published @nickhernbooks.bsky.social May 15 - June 12 Book 🎟️ nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/events/scene...

Our next session is a tribute to the late David Pinner (see link) and our AGM. www.actorsandwriters.london/david.pinner...

CHASING THE MOMENT, a 'dazzling jazz drama' by the late JACK SHEPHERD 'changed' the life of @arcolatheatre.bsky.social Mehmet Ergen: www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/m... Script available: www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/s/11509/chasing-the-moment www.steinplays.com/clients/jack...

Glorious promenading to the company of JAMES McDERMOTT’s new adaptation of WIND IN THE WILLOWS 🐸🎭 this weekend May 15-16 #SheringhamLittleTheatre @nnfest.bsky.social ⬇️

🎭 Opening night countdown is 🔛⏳ for SCENES FROM A FRIENDSHIP by #JaneUpton dir @hannahlucystone.bsky.social @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social @nickhernbooks.bsky.social Don’t miss this ‘warm, funny, and deeply felt look at the bond you share with the person who’s shaped your life’ May 15 - June 12

On tonight’s #Corrie written by JULIE JONES: Daniel accuses Hope of using AI to write her poem but she accuses him of assault just as Mrs Crawshaw arrives... Could Hope's allegations destroy his career? ITV1 @ 8:30pm @itvcorrie.bsky.social

🎧 Ahead of the forthcoming UK local elections, catch up on 400 STRANGERS by KATIE FARR, a topical, searing, and compassionate portrait of immigration, and an East Midland community on the brink. @almost-tangible.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🎬 Huge congratulations to the SLOW HORSES team - especially Will Smith - on the BAFTA Craft Award. Five phenomenal seasons bringing MICK HERRON’s novels to the screen. Outstanding work by all See-Saw Films, Jamie Laurenson, cast and crew 👏 x.com/BAFTA/status...

Catch up on MARK ROBERTSON’s episode One-Man Band which launches #Balamory new series bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... and episode four SOLAR SCRAMBLE bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... 📺 With all episodes available to stream on iPlayer

In today's new BALAMORY series, SOLAR SCRAMBLE written by MARK ROBERTSON: Ava’s solar gadgets malfunction, making her doubt her skills. But with PC Plum’s encouragement, she makes a new discovery. 5pm on CBBC or stream on iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

After 20 years, the BBC is relaunching their children's classic BALAMORY today @ 5pm on CBBC with ONE-MAN BAND written by MARK ROBERTSON. We reunite with PC Plum, who is determined to perform at the Balamory ceilidh, but he soon realises it isn’t easy being a one-man band.

#AlistairMcGowan pays brilliant tribute to THE DARLING BUDS OF MAY author H.E. BATES on BBC Radio4's Great Lives 📻 'To me it's a minor literary tragedy that he is so little known and so little trumpeted.' 🎧 Catch up on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

ROBIN NORTON HALE’s ‘outstanding’ PAGLIACCI begins its UK tour after a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ run at Everyman Theatre Cheltenham #EnglishTouringOpera This vivid take of fame and obsessive love 💔 comes to Chester, Norwich, Canterbury, Cambridge, Truro, Durham and more 🎟️

Looking ahead to summer with JAMES McDERMOTT's new play IT COMES IN WAVES 🌊☀️ Co-produced by Seagull Theatre and Eastern Angles. “A big-hearted community-spirited coastal comedy”

On tonight’s #Corrie written by JULIE JONES: Tim starts to question his past as he is drawn into the Will and Megan drama. Elsewhere, Bethany is ready to meet her new online love interest, but could scheming Jodie stand in the way? ITV1 @ 8:30pm

TODAY at 3pm on #BBCRadio4 - 400 STRANGERS by KATIE FARR. Don't miss this 'searing, compassionate portrait of a community on the brink' - a timely new audio Drama on 4 @almost-tangible.bsky.social Listen live: bit.ly/4uLsYGx

400 STRANGERS, a powerful new audio drama by KATIE FARR. When 400 asylum-seeking men are housed in two East Midlands hotels, a once close-knit community is pulled apart with tragic consequences. 🎧 this Saturday 28 March 3pm Drama on 4: bit.ly/4uLsYGx @almost-tangible.bsky.social

*World Premiere* THE LIVES OF BIRDS, a new cycle of poems by GLYN MAXWELL commissioned by @rsno.bsky.social, reunites him with composer Elena Langer, 19-21 March, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dundee. Book now: www.rsno.org.uk/liveevent/tc...

📣 Don’t miss ‘The Reckoning’, the climax of STEVE WATERS’ ‘brilliant’ ‘thought-provoking’ and timely Drama on 4 series GOOD PEOPLE. Today @ 2.15pm: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... All episodes available on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

The final double bill episodes of ‘excellent' THE TURKISH DETECTIVE series adapted from @barbaranadel.bsky.social award-winning D I IKMEN novels air tonight @ 9.05pm on BBC4. When Ayse and Suleyman are sent to investigate a house fire, all seems innocuous at first… 📺 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🎧 Catch up on ‘The Landslide’, STEVE WATERS’ penultimate episode of GOOD PEOPLE, his state of the nation drama, directed by Anne Isger, with cast including Natalie Simpson, Anastasia Hille and Jasmine Hyde On BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🎬 Congratulations to ROBIN NORTON-HALE for her feature adaptation and direction of her Olivier award-winning #LaBohème transporting Puccini’s opera to contemporary East London. ‘A classic reborn’ with ‘divine music and vocals’ 🎶 @finitefilms.bsky.social Tickets: linktr.ee/labohemefilm

THE TURKISH DETECTIVE double bill from @barbaranadel.bsky.social award-winning D I IKMEN novels continues tonight on BBC4 @ 9pm. Eps 5 & 6 take us to a poverty stricken neighbourhood of Istanbul where a serial killer appears to be targeting rubbish collectors. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

If you missed last night's double bill of #TheTurkishDetective adapted from @barbaranadel.bsky.social award-winning D I IKMEN novels, catch up on eps 3 & 4 on BBC4 iPlayer ‘Murder, mystery, and Istanbul’s soul collide in this gripping crime drama’: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

📢 a new play by JANE UPTON @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social

📺 Saturday nights sorted with a double bill of THE TURKISH DETECTIVE dramatised from @barbaranadel.bsky.social's award-winning D I IKMEN novels, starring #HalukBilginer. Episodes 1 & 2 airing on BBC4 @ 9:05pm: bit.ly/3OpqsFb eps 3 & 4 next Sat @watsonlittle.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social

On tonight’s #Corrie written by JULIE JONES: Sam checks his phone for evidence of Megan and Will's affair - does he have the proof he needs? Elsewhere Jodie stirs up trouble at The Kabin. ITV1 @ 8:30pm @itvcorrie.bsky.social

📣 Episode 2 of STEVE WATERS’ topical drama GOOD PEOPLE continues today @ 2.15pm on BBC R4 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... 🎧 All episodes on BBC Sounds Drama on 4

📣 We’re delighted to announce that JAMES McDERMOTT www.steinplays.com/clients/jame... has been chosen as one of this year’s New Wolsey Theatre Associate Artists www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/take-part/ar...

📣 GOOD PEOPLE, a new pertinent 6-part BBC audio Drama on 4 by leading political dramatist STEVE WATERS: the rise of populism and cynicism, alongside a no confidence vote in government 🎧ep 1  www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002r4vr

Catch up on last night's #Corrie written by JULIE JONES: Jodie plies Shona with alcohol to distract her, and a jealous Mal hatches a plan to stick around. Stream online at ITVX #itvcorrie 👉 www.itv.com/watch/corona...

‘Queen of Panto’ SUSIE MCKENNA’s 'Windrush whirlwind panto’ DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CATFORD CAT has been nominated for an Offie Award 👏 @susiemckenna.bsky.social @offwestend.bsky.social #CatfordBroadway 🐈‍⬛ new.offwestend.com/2026-116

JANE UPTON’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘explosive comedy’ (the) WOMAN receives three Offie nominations 👏 @nptheatre.bsky.social @nickhernbooks.bsky.social @offwestend.bsky.social new.offwestend.com/2026-116

🎭 To cry or not to cry: how moving the audience to tears can backfire by STEVE WATERS: theconversation.com/to-cry-or-no...

IT COMES IN WAVES by JAMES McDERMOTT summer tour 2026 announced 🌊 prod #SeagullTheatre #EasternAngles drawing on James' own experiences of bereavement. Book your tickets: easternangles.co.uk/event/it-com...

RIP DAVID PINNER ‘the father of folk horror’ author of RITUAL and of numerous plays including THE POTSDAM QUARTET and THE TEDDY BEAR’S PICNIC, who has passed away after a short illness: www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--...

Great to see @duncangates.bsky.social horror drama IVY REACH is shortlisted for this year’s INK Festival 🎭🎙️ www.inkfestival.org

Welcome to 2026 with a slice of #Corrie written by JULIE JONES. Airing on New Year’s Day: Becky steps up her horrifying plan. How far will she take things now? ITV1 @ 8pm

On tonight’s #Corrie written by JULIE JONES: Ben arrives at Will and Megan's hotel room... Will he catch them together? Elsewhere, Abi reads a text message she shouldn't have, and Joanie throws a tantrum. ITV1 @ 8pm

Happy 250th birthday #JaneAusten 🎉 Today @ 14:15 @BBCRadio4: JANE AND TOM - THE REAL PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by ELIZABETH LEWIS Based on letters from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, which tell of the author's love for Tom Lefroy. Starring #AndrewScott bit.ly/44tWx3Z

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Congratulations #DickWhittingtonAndHisCatfordCat Company 🐈 #BroadwayTheatreCatford ‘Entertaining reframing of the classic story loses none of its magic along the way' inspired by the Windrush Generation Written by @susiemckenna.bsky.social Read the review @thestage.co.uk bit.ly/44OFuKb

This year’s #DickWhittington panto by @susiemckenna.bsky.social salutes the Windrush community in @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social ⬇️ exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/the-story-... Book 🎟️ www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/events/dick-...