New international performance project Threshold – A Wild New Border Journey, will see Bristol-based theatre-maker Tom Bailey undertake a 600km ultra-slow journey across Arctic borderlands. Beginning on 10th March 2026, Tom Bailey will embark on a two month ultra slow, ultra-low-carbon performance journey across Arctic Norway, Finland and Sweden,  documenting his…

A new free contemporary art exhibition, Beneath Sweetness, will open for one night only in London on Thursday 5 March 2026, bringing together sculpture, artistic works and public conversation to explore how sugar is embedded in everyday life, culturally, socially and structurally. Developed in collaboration with contemporary artist Lindsay Servian…

OffWestEnd has announced the 2026 OffFest nominations – its festival arm celebrating outstanding theatre made at fringe festivals across the UK. OffWestEnd is the home of independent theatre in London and beyond, established in 2006. The organisation supports the sector through listings, awards, advocacy and sector-wide initiatives, including the OffWestEnd…

Spanish Oranges, the debut play by acclaimed novelist Alba Arikha, receives its world premiere under the direction of Myriam Cyr and led by Maryam d’Abo, best known for the James Bond film The Living Daylights. Arikha, goddaughter of Samuel Beckett, steps into playwriting with a piece that examines the fault…