Ben Hart News

La Cage Aux Folles currently playing at the Seacoast Repertory Theater in Portsmouth is a reminder of how far we come in the world of acceptance.

Olivier award-winning comedy favourites Mischief will be bringing their West End hit Magic Goes Wrong to Canterbury next month (April). 

With shows already on sale from Ben Hart, Nina Conti, The Showstoppers, NewsRevue and Cirque Berserk, the first official on-sale sees the Pleasance Theatre Trust presenting the comedy big guns.  With both Edinburgh Comedy Awards in their awards cabinet from the last full Fringe, Pleasance’s comedy programme is always unmissable alongside the amazing theatre, circus and family work that Pleasance are known and loved for. 

Pleasance is kicking 2022 off as they mean to go on with ten amazing shows going on sale for their Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme for those keen to start their planning.  The 2022 programme will continue Pleasance's great work with exciting newcomers, game-changing international artists, theatre award-winners, Pleasance stalwarts who delight audiences year on year and those boldly entering the performance landscape.

Magic Goes Wrong, the Olivier nominated box office hit created by Mischief with Magic legends Penn & Teller, will end its scheduled run at the Apollo Theatre on Sunday 27 February 2022.

The local community showed up to support the Seacoast Repertory Theater on Saturday, three weeks after a neo-Nazi group protested the theatre's drag queen story hour 'Honey Punch & Pals'.

Seacoast Repertory Theatre brings forward a magical performance of the classic, Peter Pan

A selection of production images from Magic Goes Wrong, the Olivier nominated box office hit created by Mischief and Magic legends Penn & Teller, have been released today!

A selection of rehearsal images from Magic Goes Wrong, the Olivier nominated box office hit created by Mischief and Magic legends Penn & Teller, have been released!

Magic Goes Wrong, the Olivier nominated box office hit created by Mischief with Magic legends Penn & Teller, today revealed the cast for its strictly limited run at the Apollo Theatre, from 21 October 2021 through to 27 February 2022.

The Seacoast Repertory Theatre is serving up a Halloween-season gothic treat with its production of Jekyll & Hyde, a rock-and-roll musical version of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story.

The Seacoast Repertory Theatre is breaking out of its pandemic bubble for its most ambitious production in over a year, with Cabaret. The multiple award-winning musical portrays the sexually open atmosphere of Jazz-Age Berlin and poses the question 'What would you do?' in the face of looming fascism.

Magic Goes Wrong, the box office hit created by Mischief with Magic legends Penn & Teller, has announced today that it will return to the West End for a strictly limited run at the Apollo Theatre, from 21 October 2021 through to 27 February 2022. 

Magic Goes Wrong will open on tour at Curve, Leicester on 16 July, before visiting Salford, Eastbourne, Cambridge, Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool, Milton Keynes, Southampton, Woking and Bath with further dates to be announced. 

The main festival site – North Walls Recreation Ground – features some of the world’s most brilliant street performers (or ‘hatters’) including Jones and Barnard – exploring the eccentricities of the British through the universal language of eccentric dance, circus skills, comedy and song.

Preston Live Arts Festival, a celebration of arts, culture, and homegrown talent in Preston, announces the initial line-up for this year's Summer Festival which will run at venues across the city from 21-30 June. 

This summer Corn Exchange Newbury is inviting everyone to enjoy the very best cultural experiences, both indoors and outdoors, with the launch of their very first Out of Doors Festival as well as a summer season of shows in the main auditorium, classes and courses in the Learning Centre and workshops and exhibitions at The Base, Greenham.

Crazy Coqs, Soho's unique live entertainment venue within the Brasserie Zédel complex, announces the re-opening of the venue on 17 May 2021 – pending further government announcements – with a full programme from 17 May – 30 June 2021, offering both live shows and simultaneous live streams for audiences who cannot make it to the venue in-person.

With London Theatres being forced to close again for the foreseeable future, Gag Reflex and Ben Hart are keen to give everyone in the area some magic to look forward to in the new year.

Storyhouse is looking forward to 2021 with a must-see programme of classic comedy, thought-provoking drama and stand-up silliness. Newly announced shows include acclaimed touring productions of stage hits Educating Rita and The Greatest Play in the History of the World, the return of Miss Julie and major names from the world of comedy.