News
March 2026
In the next couple of days we will be publishing the February issue. There will also be a separate Manipulate Festival issue, with 7 productions covered. All of these productions show something a little unexpected, and add to the joy of theatre. I love that feeling of going to see something that's so very different, and have enjoyed reading the coverage of this year's shows.
Talking of festivals, we have also started to list shows coming to the Edinburgh Festival this year, which takes place on 7th-30th for the International Festival, and runs on one day later for the Fringe. We will continue to add them to the What's On page as they come in.
We are still on the search on behalf of a subscriber who's trying to find a script for the very rare play "What Do They Know about Love Uptown?" by Jerrold Dukor. If anyone has any information about where one might be found, do please get in touch.
As you know by now, we are continually tweaking TR to improve the website, including making the backlog fully searchable. We're now up to 1996, so everything from 1981-1996 is there. Double checking the entries is something that still needs to be done to ensure all is correct, so please do tell us if you spot a mistake, which will allow us to correct it immediately.
In the middle of this month we will be launching the new website; everything you're used to will still be there, and it will be easier to navigate as well as having a fresh new look. I hope you'll like the improvements, and of course we'll welcome your feedback.
Enjoy any theatre you see this month, and as always do let me know if you have any suggestions.
Tue 03 Feb 2026
February 2026
January's issue is about to be published with a smaller amount of reviews as normal, simply because that's always the case after pantos; just 22 productions in the issue, but there's also the London Mime Festival issue to enjoy.
We've had another tidy up of the whole site, which is improving the search availability all of the time, and we have lots of improvements in the pipe line. Thank you to everyone who's pointed out an error. It always helps us here at TR to improve the site, so please do contact me if you spot one.
I've had a query from a subscriber who's trying to find a script for the very rare play "What Do They Know about Love Uptown?" by Jerrold Dukor. If anyone has any information about where one might be found, do please get in touch.
As always, do let me have any comments or suggestions at editor@theatrerecord.com
Thu 01 Jan 2026
January 2026
Happy new year everyone.
In the next few days you'll see the December issue as well as the separate Christmas issue featuring all of the pantomimes and other Christmas productions for the year. At the last count there were 56 productions for the Christmas issue. There are many more of course, happening all over the country, and I hope you’ve had the chance to experience one firsthand—to join the sea of voices in every singalong and feel the energy of the crowd as they cheer for the hero and boo the villain. I'm off to see 2 of my local pantomimes at the end of this month.
Usually in January, theatre has a bit of a rest after the end of the pantos, but we'll continue to review everything that we can for the January issue. There is plenty listed on our 'What's On' page, so lots to look forward to.
We're continuing to enter the archive, so everything is now searchable from 1981 up to 1991 - we're getting there!
Thank you as always to all of you for your continued support, and thank you too for all of your suggestions and comments. As always, please keep sending them in to editor@theatrerecord.com, and once again, I wish you all a very happy new year.