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Every week London editor Philip Fisher selects the top five plays in London.
- Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Lyttelton Theatre (National Theatre))
[Search for tickets] - Angels in America: Perestroika (Lyttelton Theatre (National Theatre))
[Search for tickets] - Hamlet (Harold Pinter Theatre)
[Search for tickets] - Ink (Almeida Theatre)
[Search for tickets] - The Ferryman (Gielgud (reviewed at Royal Court Theatre Downstairs))
[Search for tickets] - The Tempest (Barbican Centre)
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The Alternative Top 5
- Matilda the Musical (Cambridge Theatre)
[Search for tickets] - Beautiful - The Carole King Musical (Aldwych Theatre)
[Search for tickets] - Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour (Duke of York's Theatre)
[Search for tickets] - The Play That Goes Wrong (Duchess Theatre)
[Search for tickets] - Bodies (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs)
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What We Wished For
Sheffield People's Theatre at Crucible Theatre
Briefs: Close Encounters
Briefs Factory at Underbelly Festival Southbank
No Dogs, No Indians
Produced by Penned in the Margins and co-commissioned by Live Theatre, GemArts, Brighton Festival, Southbank Centre, Writers’ Centre Norwich and Norwich Arts Centre at Live Theatre, Newcastle
Fiddler on the Roof
Chichester Festival Theatre at Chichester Festival Theatre
An Injury
Ovalhouse and Permanent Red at Ovalhouse
Dessert
Southwark Playhouse
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Disco Pigs
Trafalgar Studios
Summer in London
Theatre Royal, Stratford East
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Guildford Shakespeare Company at University of Law Gardens, Guildford
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Twilight Song
Cahoots Theatre Company at Park Theatre
The Play That Goes Wrong
Mischief Theatre at Festival Theatre, Malvern
Barber Shop Chronicles
West Yorkshire Playhouse, National Theatre and Fuel at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
Where Do Little Birds Go?
No Boundaries Theatre at Little Man Coffee Company, Cardiff
Dial M For Murder
Tabs Productions and Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall at Nottingham Playhouse
10,000 Gestures
Mayfield Depot
A Tale Of Two Cities
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
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Rear View
IOU at Blackpool
Bring on the Bollywood
Phizzical in association with Belgrade Theatre Coventry and Vivacity Key Theatre at York Theatre Royal
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General: New musical Different For Girls comes to East Riding Theatre
This September, new musical It’s Different for Girls at East Riding Theatre is inspired by Hull group Mandy and the Girlfriends, the first all-girl beat group in the UK to play all their own instruments.
Latest news
Rutter leaves Broadsides leading role
Northern Broadsides has announced that its founder Barrie Rutter OBE will step down as artistic director in April 2018 after the company was rejected for an increase in Arts Council funding.
Alphabetti's opening season announced
Newcastle’s Alphabetti Theatre has announced its first season in its new premises.
Cockfight: "a cross between The Office and a cage-fight, Australian style"
From Australia, The Farm presents the first UK tour of Cockfight, a duet of extreme physical theatre that explores male behaviour and intergenerational conflicts.
Elmhurst Ballet School introduces rehabilitation techniques
Elmhurst Ballet School, in collaboration with University of Wolverhampton and Birmingham Royal Ballet, is attempting to pioneer ways for dancers to avoid injury by introducing fitness and rehabilitation techniques.
Wayne McGregor Kowloon collaboration
West Kowloon Cultural District Authority in Hong Kong has signed a "Memorandum of Understanding" on a Dance Exchange and Collaboration with UK dance company Studio Wayne McGregor.
Motionhouse in Denmark
Dance circus company Motionhouse is to animate Randers Harbour with a large-scale performance for the Aarhus 2017 European Capital of Culture Celebrations in Denmark.
Anjali Dance's Genius
In a double bill of new work by Gary Clarke and Lea Anderson, Anjali Dance Company will explore the minds of Beethoven and Nosferatu in a gothic performance of dance, music, theatre and design.
Darlington’s first season announced
Darlington Hippodrome announces the first season in its newly refurbished theatre.
Live Lab Bursaries and Associate Artists announced
Live Theatre’s Live Lab Bursaries and Associate Artists for 2017/2018 have been announced.
Rice's Wise Children to reside at Old Vic
Emma Rice's company Wise Children will be Company in Residence at London's Old Vic from 2018 when she steps down as Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe.
Walk with Kneehigh's story app
Cornwall-based theatre company Kneehigh has released an app to allow visitors to its home county to be immersed in stories collected from local people.
NW Productions
Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday July 16.
Midlands productions
Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 17 July.
What's on in the North East
Professional theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 17 July 2017.
Manchester snapshots on show
Short Scenes About Manchester is a snapshot of local life being perfomed at the city’s Tribeca [Bed Bar] on July 24 to 25.
Executing a new style of performance in Manchester
The Dead Rat Orchestra and British folk singer Lisa Knapp combine with filmmaker James Holcombe to take the concept of a live film score to a new level.
Titanic show launches in Manchester
The Palace Theatre in Manchester will stage the English première of of TitanicDance this September.
Arts Council gets Nina show on road
Unity Theatre in Liverpool is to tour Nina, a show about Nina Simone, thanks to a £95,000 grant from Arts Council England.
David Martin steps down at Coliseum
Oldham Coliseum Theatre executive director David Martin is to leave the venue this summer.
Stamp of success for Everyman
Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre is included in a special stamp set issued by Royal Mail to celebrate contemporary architecture in the UK.
Lowry's free Open Day
The Lowry in Salford stages an open day next month that offers free workshops.
Manchester stake in Our Town
Manchester and its inhabitants have displayed special strengths in recent times, so it is timely the city’s people are at the forefront of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town at the Royal Exchange in September.
Sunderland shortlisted for City of Culture 2021
Sunderland is on a shortlist of five for the title of UK City of Culture 2021.
TicTac to stage nature comedy plays at Buxton
A compilation of three short comedy plays by Devon playwright Nick Discombe, Nature Knows Best will be presented at Buxton Fringe by Exeter-based TicTac Theatre.
Lord of the Rings show returns to Buxton Fringe
Waiting for Gandalf, a one-man show about Kevin Brook, a fan of The Lord of the Rings, is returning to Buxton Fringe.
Baby death case inspires Buxton Fringe play
Caroline Burns Cooke will take her play And the Rope Still Tugging her Feet, which examines the treatment of unmarried mothers in Irish society, to Buxton Fringe.
Departure Lounge Festival takes off again in Derby
Derby Theatre’s Departure Lounge Festival will celebrate its fifth birthday with a “bumper” line-up of shows, workshops and talks.
Directing course for D/deaf, disabled in Birmingham
Emerging D/deaf and disabled directors in the West Midlands are invited to join a free introduction to directing course by Birmingham REP and the Regional Theatre Young Directors Scheme.
Naiambana in Caretaker role in Northampton
Patrice Naiambana will play Davies in Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker, a Northampton Royal and Derngate and Bristol Old Vic co-production.
The Tempest at Stafford Castle goes down a storm
More than 8,000 people saw Stafford Festival Shakespeare’s production of The Tempest at Stafford Castle—beating the attendance for 2016’s Othello.
National Theatre works with Wolverhampton Grand
The National Theatre is to team up with Wolverhampton Grand and five other theatres to present its work in “areas of low arts engagement”.
£99,000 ACE funding for six North East venues
£99,000 Arts Council funding will support new theatre in six North East venues.
ENB 2017-18 autumn and winter season
English National Ballet performs Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth and Frank Andersen’s La Sylphide, Roland Petit’s Le Jeune Homme et la Mort and Akram Khan’s Giselle return and Rudolf Nureyev’s Romeo & Juliet returns to Bristol in its 40th anniversary year.
BRB end of season announcements 2016/2017
Birmingham Royal Ballet has announced its end-of-season promotions, departures and arrivals.
Yorke Dance Project celebrates MacMillan at ROH
Yorke Dance Project joins five national ballet companies for Kenneth MacMillan: a National Celebration at The Royal Opera House this autumn.
Space for Everyone: Boiler Room, ENB and the V & A
Space for Everyone is a new 5-minute work made by Boiler Room in collaboration with English National Ballet and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
“Spectacular” live performance to open Fire Station
The Fire Station, Sunderland’s new cultural venue, will be opened with a “spectacular” outdoor performance.
Summer panto in South Shields
South Shields’ Customs House is to play host to a summer pantomime
Indian independence celebrated at Live
Newcastle’s Live Theatre celebrates the 70th anniversary of India’s independence.
National Theatre's partner project
The National Theatre has received Arts Council funding for a three-year partnership project in six key areas.