Theatre Shows, Premieres and Readings

Theatre shows posted by the people staging them: previews and opening nights, short runs, staged readings, work-in-progress showings, festivals and rehearsal-room workshops. Every date on this page came from the company or the venue, not from a listings desk, so it is worth checking before you travel.

The listings run to what small companies actually do: a three-night run at a studio venue, a rehearsed reading of a play nobody has produced yet with the writer in the room, an open rehearsal a fortnight before opening, a workshop on text or movement taught by somebody who is also performing that month.

Follow an event, or the company behind it, and the next set of dates reaches you in date order; that much needs an account. Reading the listings does not. Each one carries the details the organiser entered and whatever link they gave, which goes to their own page.

Theatre dates move. A run gets extended, a venue swaps two nights, a tour picks up a town that was not in the original plan, and small companies often announce three weeks out because that is when the space is confirmed. Following the company is more reliable than checking back, and the artist's profile has the contact details if a date looks wrong.