October Highlights 2025

1st October:

Blue/Orange – Opening Night at Greenwich Theatre – Starring: RHIANNE BARRETO

2nd October:

Momo – Released in cinemas in Germany – Starring: LAURA HADDOCK, ALEXA GOODALL, ARALOYIN OSHUNREMI

The Glass Menagerie – Press Night at Dundee Rep Theatre – Composer and Sound Design: REUBEN JOSEPH

Hamlet – Press Night at National Theatre – Starring: SEB SLADE, AYESHA DHARKER

3rd October:

Troilus and Cressida – Press Night at Shakespeare’s Globe – Starring: KASPER HILTON-HILLE

How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) – Arrives on BBC – Co-Writers, Directors and Executive Producers: ROB & NEIL GIBBONS. Co-Writer and Starring: STEVE COOGAN. Starring: FELICITY MONTAGU, RUFUS JONES, KATHERINE KELLY, JOSH PUGH, RAY BADRAN

Steve – Debuts on Netflix – Starring: ROGER ALLAM, EMILY WATSON, ARALOYIN OSHUNREMI, ARCHIE FISHER, SIMBI AJIKAWO (Little Simz), TUT NYUOT

Urchin – Cinema Release – Starring: KARYNA KHYMCHUK

Anemone – US Cinema Release – Starring: SEAN BEAN

Shell – TX date in Cinemas – Starring: ELISABETH MOSS

Plainclothes – UK Theatrical Release – Starring: RUSSELL TOVEY

5th October:

Frauds – TX on ITVX – Starring: JODIE WHITTAKER, HARKI BHAMBRA. Lead Director: GIULIA GANDINI Director: BRIAN O’MALLEY (Eps. 4, 5, 6)

House of David S2 – TX on The Wonder Project, Amazon Prime – Director: LYNSEY MILLER (Eps. 6 & 7)

Maigret – Releases on PBS Masterpiece in the US – Writer, Executive Producer and Lead Director: PATRICK HARBINSON. Producer: TIM WHITBY. Director: FAYE GILBERT. Starring: BLAKE HARRISON, MICHAEL WILDMAN, SAM TROUGHTON, ALEXANDER FORSYTH, FINLAY ROBERTSON

6th October:

Lifers – Press Night at Southwark Playhouse – Starring: PETER WRIGHT

Ayoade Bamgboye: Swings and Roundabouts at Soho Theatre – Writer and Starring: AYOADE BAMGBOYE

BÁN – Press Night at Abbey Theatre Dublin – Writer: CARYS COBURN. Director: CLAIRE O’REILLY

7th October:

Dom Joly – Trigger Happy TV – LIVE! – Writer and Starring: DOM JOLY

Blithe Spirit – Press Night at Salisbury Playhouse – Starring: SUSAN WOOLDRIDGE, JENNY RAINSFORD

8th October:

Mary Page Marlowe – Press Night at The Old Vic – Starring: ANDREA RISEBOROUGH

9-20th October:

LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

10th October:

Tron: Ares – US release – Starring: GILLIAN ANDERSON

The Woman in Cabin 10 – Netflix Release – Starring: GUY PEARCE, DAVID AJALA, HOLLY GODLIMAN, ALYTH ROSS, KASPER HILTON-HILLE. Director of Photography: BEN DAVIS. 1st AD: BEN HOWARD. Costume Designer: EIMER NI MHAOLDOMHNAIGH. Editors: KATIE WEILLAND, MARK DAY

Grow – Premieres on Sky – Starring: NICK FROST, PRIYA-ROSE BROOKWELL, JEREMY SWIFT

I Swear – UK Cinema Release – Starring: STEVEN CREE

An Enemy Within – UK Premiere at British Urban Film Festival – Starring: TRISTAN GEMMILL

14th October:

The Seagull – Press Night at Edinburgh Lyceum – Starring: HARMONY ROSE-BREMNER

15th October:

Quezon – Premieres in Philippine cinemas – Starring: IAIN GLEN

16th October:

The Diplomat S3 – Releases on Netflix – Starring: NANA MENSAH. Production Designer: JEFF TESSLER

The Shark Is Broken – Streaming on BroadwayHD – Co-Writer: IAN SHAW. Starring: IAN SHAW, DAN FREDENBURGH, ASHLEY MARGOLIS

The Iris Affair – TX’s on Sky – Writer & Creator: NEIL CROSS. Starring: NIAMH ALGAR, PETER SULLIVAN. Directors: TERRY MCDONOUGH (block 1), SARAH O’GORMAN (block 2). Series Producer: TIM BRICKNELL. Executive Producers: NEIL CROSS, TERRY MCDONOUGH. Editor: MATTHEW GRAY (2 episodes)

17th October:

Frankenstein – Limited Theatrical Release – Starring: FELIX KAMMERER

Mastermind – US Release – Starring: JOSH O’CONNOR

21st October:

Macbeth – Press Night at The Other Place, Stratford-Upon-Avon (RSC) – Starring: LIA WILLIAMS, CONOR MCLEOD

22nd October:

Lazarus – Releases on Prime Video – Starring: SAM CLAFLIN, BILL NIGHY, ALEXANDRA ROACH, DAVID FYNN. Director: NICOLE VOLAVKA (Eps. 3, 4). Producer: MATT STREVENS. Executive Producer: SAM CLAFLIN. Editor: DAVID FISHER (Eps. 1, 2)

24th October:

RTS YORKSHIRE AWARDS CEREMONY

The Mastermind – Ireland & UK Release – Starring: JOSH O’CONNOR

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere – US Theatrical Release – Starring: STEPHEN GRAHAM

26th October:

Mayor of Kingstown S4 – Releases on Paramount Plus – Starring: LENNIE JAMES

Talamasca: The Secret Order – TX on AMC and AMC+ – Starring: CELINE BUCKENS, DAISY KAKKAR

28th October:

Wendy and Peter Pan – Press Night at Barbican Theatre – Starring: DANIEL KRIKLER

29th October:

Anniversary – Releases in Cinemas – Starring: SKY YANG. Director: JAN KOMASA

Hedda – Premieres on Prime video – Starring: MIRREN MACK, NICHOLAS PINNOCK

The Line of Beauty – Press Night at Almeida Theatre – Adapted by: JACK HOLDEN. Starring: HANNAH MORRISH, FRANCESCA AMEWUDAH-RIVERS. Set & Costume Designer: CHRISTOPHER ORAM

Stitch Head – US Theatrical Release – Starring: ASA BUTTERFIELD, JOEL FRY

Down Cemetery Road – Releases on Apple 29th October – Starring: JOSHUA JAMES, STEVEN CREE

31st October:

Fatherland – Opening Night at Hampstead Theatre – Writer: NANCY FARINO