The winners of the UK Theatre Awards 2025 have been announced at a ceremony hosted by Faye Tozer. Jesus Christ Superstar at the Watermill Theatre production won for Best Musical Production.
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Watermill Theatre to stage semi-immersive actor-musician revival of Jesus Christ Superstar
A summer revival of Jesus Christ Superstar will be one of a trio of productions to feature in the 2025 season at Newbury’s Watermill Theatre.
Carrie Hope Fletcher to star as Calamity Jane on tour
Carrie Hope Fletcher will take on the gun-toting title character in a revival of the Watermill Theatre’s whip-crackin’ production Calamity Jane early next year.
Sunset Boulevard wins big at the WhatsOnStage Awards, Guys and Dolls picks up Best Revival and Operation Mincemeat is top New Musical
The big winner of the night at the 24th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards at the London Palladium was Sunset Boulevard with seven awards from its nine nominations.
Watermill Theatre and National Theatre jointly crowned Theatre of the Year at The Stage Awards
The National Theatre and Newbury’s 200-seat Watermill Theatre are the joint winners of The Theatre of the Year Award at The Stage Awards 2024.
Newsfeed 23 November 2023: Mel Giedroyc in Starter For Ten, new production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and & Juliet to celebrate German premiere
Mel Giedroyc completes Starter For Ten musical cast Mel Giedroyc is one of the final additions to the cast for the new University Challenge-inspired musical Starter For Ten ahead of its world premiere at Bristol Old Vic early next year. The comedian, actress, presenter and writer whose theatre credits include The Crown Jewels at the […]
Newsfeed 16 November 2023: Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood at the Watermill, Police Cops: The Musical and more
The Watermill Theatre will host the world premiere of the new rock musical Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood early next year.
Watermill Theatre launches the Big West End Ticket Raffle
Tickets for some of the West End’s biggest shows will be on offer in the Watermill Theatre’s fundraising Big West End Ticket Raffle.
Immersive new production of The Lord of the Rings musical announced by Watermill Theatre
The Watermill Theatre has unveiled plans for a major new immersive production of the musical inspired by J.R.R Tolkien’s The Lord of The Rings trilogy.
UK Theatre Awards 2022 – The nominees
Leicester Curve’s Billy Elliot, Storyhouse Chester’s Now Is Good, and the Watermill Theatre’s production of Whistle Down the Wind will battle it out for the title of Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards 2022. Returning after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the three hit shows are of among the 2022 nominees […]
Watermill new season to include revival of Whistle Down the Wind
The first major UK revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman’s Whistle Down the Wind in over a decade will be part of the 2022 season at Newbury’s Watermill Theatre. Directed by Tom Jackson Greaves, the production which will feature a company of actor-musicians alongside a cast of young people drawn from the local […]
Dates in 2022 announced for Watermill’s The Wicker Husband and Our Man In Havana
Newbury’s Watermill Theatre has confirmed rescheduled dates for the folk-flavoured musical The Wicker Husband as part of its 2022 spring season. The musical which had its world premiere run at the distinctive Berkshire venue in early March 2020 cut short by the pandemic, will now return to complete its run from 11-26 March 2022. Based […]
Special pyjama performances announced for Watermill’s festive The Jungle Book
The Watermill Theatre, Bagnor has unveiled plans for a series of family-friendly ‘pyjama performances’ this Christmas during the festive run of Tom Jackson Greaves’ musical version of The Jungle Book. Due to play the distinctive Berkshire venue from 18 November until 31 December 2021, the musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s much-loved classic story of Mowgli […]
Brief Encounter – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Brief Encounter continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 13 November 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Watermill is well and truly back with the sophisticated tranquility for which it is renowned. The glorious intimate auditorium has once again opened its doors following a summer season in its Covid-friendly country […]
Watermill Theatre announces outdoor summer season
A new actor/musician production of As You Like It and a semi-staged concert version of Stiles and Drewe’s Just So will feature in the Watermill Theatre’s summer season of outdoor performances. Following on from last year’s sold-out season that included a special concert performance of Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot, the al fresco entertainment will return […]
Jodie Prenger to star in UK tour of Tell Me On A Sunday
Jodie Prenger will be hitting the road across the UK this summer in a revival of the acclaimed 2016 Watermill Theatre production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s Tell Me On A Sunday. Presented by Jamie Wilson with Kevin McCollum and Gavin Kalin, the UK national tour will launch at the Malvern Festival Theatre […]
Watermill’s Christmas Carol to be released online
A filmed version of the Watermill Theatre’s acclaimed production of A Christmas Carol will be available to watch on demand from 18 December 2020. Announcing the online release of the film, artistic director Paul Hart said: “We’re so thrilled with the response to A Christmas Carol and we’re very keen to make it available to […]
Sold-out Watermill summer season extended – Camelot cast revealed
After selling-out all tickets within 24 hours the Watermill Theatre’s summer season of outdoor performances has been extended into September with extra tickets now available. The announcement of the additional shows by artistic director Paul Hart coincided with the unveiling of the cast for the venue’s special concert performance of classic musical Camelot. Opening on […]
London cast recording of Amélie to be released
Craft Recordings and Concord Theatricals will release the Original London Cast Recording of Amélie in digital form on Friday (5 June 2020). Now available for pre-order, the recording features the cast of 13 actor-musicians who took to the stage at The Other Palace for the successful London transfer run of the Watermill Theatre’s hit production […]
Assassins – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Assassins continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 26 October 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Every time I see Assassins, I like it more and more and this darkly comic Watermill revival of the controversial Stephen Sondheim/John Weidman take on the American dream that “every now and then goes a […]
London season at The Other Palace for Amelie The Musical
The Watermill Theatre’s sold-out production of the critically-acclaimed musical version of hit French film Amélie will follow its current UK tour with a Christmas season in London. Starring French-Canadian stage and screen star Audrey Brisson (The Grinning Man, Bristol Old Vic) in the title role, the hit production will play a limited season at The […]
Rebecca Trehearn and David Ricardo-Pearce to star in Watermill’s Kiss Me, Kate
Rebecca Trehearn and David Ricardo-Pearce will play the warring couple at the heart of the Watermill Theatre’s version of Cole Porter’s classic Kiss Me, Kate this summer. Olivier Award-winner Trehearn (Show Boat, New London Theatre, Sweet Charity, Nottingham Playhouse) will take on the role Lilli Vanessi (Katherine) opposite Ricardo-Pearce who returns to the Newbury venue […]
Danny Mac to join tour of Amelie
British actor Danny Mac will star opposite French-Canadian stage and screen star Audrey Brisson in the UK tour of the critically-acclaimed musical version of hit French film Amélie. The former Hollyoaks star whose theatre credits include On the Town at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, and an award-winning performance in the UK touring production of […]
Sweet Charity – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Sweet Charity continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 15 September 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ First performed in 1966, Bob Fosse’s microcosmic study of naivety in the search for love retains its nostalgic qualities 50 years later in this production at the Watermill. Why, in the opening lines, we are told that […]
Teddy London season extended until June
The award-winning rock‘n’roll musical Teddy’s London season at The Vaults has been extended by four weeks, following its successful launch at the Watermill Theatre and UK tour dates. Produced by Sarah Loader for Snapdragon Productions in association with the Watermill Theatre, the show will now play the Waterloo venue from 29 March to 3 June. Directed […]
Aled Jones joins Stiles and Drewe to celebrate Watermill 50th
George Stiles and Anthony Drewe will join forces with Aled Jones next Sunday (15 October) for a special event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Watermill Theatre. The multi award-winning writing partners will return to the venue where they worked on productions including the Olivier Award-winning Honk! and Just So early in their career, in […]
Rock ‘n’ roll musical Teddy opens at Watermill before national tour
Tristan Bernays and Dougal Irvine’s award-winning musical Teddy will open at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury in January 2018, ahead of a national tour and a London season at The Vaults. Teddy will run at the Watermill from 11 January to 10 February 2018 (press night is 15 January), while the season at The Vaults will […]
Claire Sweeney cast in Crazy For You tour from January 2018
Claire Sweeney will take over the role of Irene in the national tour of the Watermill Theatre’s acclaimed production of the George and Ira Gershwin musical Crazy For You. Sweeney joins Tom Chambers who plays Bobby and Charlotte Wakefield who plays Polly from 16 January 2018 at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury. The actress has a television […]
A Little Night Music – Watermill Theatre, Newbury
A Little Night Music continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, near Newbury, until 16 September. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This immaculate revival of surely one of the most perfect pieces of musical theatre ever written is worth going a long way to see. It is hard to believe Stephen Sondheim’s […]
Crazy For You tour – Charlotte Wakefield to play Polly
Charlotte Wakefield will play Polly in the national tour of the Watermill Theatre’s acclaimed production of classic George and Ira Gershwin musical Crazy For You. Wakefield joins the previously announced Tom Chambers as Bobby and Caroline Flack as Irene. From the producers of Sister Act and Nativity! The Musical, the national tour of Crazy For […]
Full cast for Watermill’s A Little Night Music
Full casting has been confirmed for the first actor/musician production of Stephen Sondheim’s haunting A Little Night Music at the Watermill Theatre this summer. Part of the Watermill’s 50th anniversary season and following on from the success of previous productions of Sondheim’s work at the intimate Berkshire venue, A Little Night Music will run from 27 […]
Watermill Theatre to stage A Little Night Music
The first actor/musician production of Stephen Sondheim’s haunting A Little Night Music will be part of the Watermill Theatre’s 50th anniversary season. Following on from the success of previous Sondheim productions at the intimate Berkshire venue, A Little Night Music will run from 27 July until 16 September. Directed by Paul Foster, with award-winning Sarah […]
Crazy For You tour – Caroline Flack joins Tom Chambers in cast
Caroline Flack will make her stage debut as Irene in the national tour of the Watermill Theatre’s acclaimed production of classic George and Ira Gershwin musical Crazy For You. Flack joins the previously announced Tom Chambers as Bobby. From the producers of Sister Act and Nativity! The Musical, the national tour of Crazy For You […]
Crazy For You – Watermill Theatre production goes on national tour
Following a successful season at the Watermill Theatre, there will be a national tour of Crazy For You, starring Tom Chambers as Bobby. The tour will open at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth on 17 August 2017. Crazy For You boasts a fabulous score from the Gershwin brothers’ songbook. Mistaken identities, plot twists, heartbreak, happiness and a wealth of memorable tunes all feature in this […]
Crazy For You at the Watermill – Caroline Sheen takes leading role
The Watermill Theatre has revealed the full company for its summer production of the Gershwins’ Crazy For You, opening on 28 July and playing until 17 September (press night is 3 August). West End leading lady Caroline Sheen makes her Watermill debut as Polly and joins previously announced Tom Chambers, who plays Bobby. Directed by The Watermill’s artistic and executive director, Paul Hart, this brand new […]
Crazy For You at the Watermill Theatre will star Tom Chambers
A reworked version of the classic George and Ira Gershwin musical Crazy For You will be the centrepiece of the Watermill Theatre’s summer/winter season. The distinctive Berkshire venue will be the setting for the Broadway show, reimagined for the Watermill’s intimate stage with actor-musicians and starring former Strictly Come Dancing star Tom Chambers (Top Hat). […]
Tell Me On a Sunday with Jodie Prenger – tour dates revealed
A national tour of the Watermill Theatre production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s classic musical Tell Me On a Sunday, starring Jodie Prenger, opens on Wednesday 2 March 2016, following a season at the Watermill Theatre from Thursday 28 January to Saturday 20 February 2016. Tell Me On a Sunday charts the romantic misadventures of a young English girl in […]
