Little Shop Of Horrors
Assembled Junk Productions at Kings Arms, Salford
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While You Wait
BTG has partnered with Fuel Theatre on a series of podcasts called While You Wait.
- Waiting... Now by Paul Clark in collaboration with Bill Brewer
- Waiting... to be born by Lewis Gibson in collaboration with Debra Bick and Sarah Beake
- Waiting... in a hairdressers by Malika Booker in collaboration with Emily Butterworth
- Waiting... to come home by Caroline Horton in collaboration with Jennifer Wild
- Waiting... for a Cancer Diagnosis by Brian Lobel, in collaboration with Iain Perdue
- Waiting... are we? By The Company in collaboration with Jonathan Reades and Raphael Woolf
- Waiting... for a loved one to die by Rachel Mars in collaboration with Fliss Murtagh
Panto 2013
News, reviews, interviews and features from this year's panto season.
Latest reviews
Sue: The Second Coming
Dafydd James & Co at Chapter, Cardiff
Let the Right One In
The National Theatre of Scotland with Marla Rubin Productions Ltd and Bill Kenwright, in association with the Royal Court Theatre at Royal Court Theatre Downstairs
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Dick Whittington
Theatre Royal Stratford East
Puss in Boots
Hackney Empire
Cinderella
Customs House at Customs House, South Shields
Jack and the Beanstalk
Evolution Productions at Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
Emil and the Detectives
National Theatre at Olivier Theatre (National)
The Shape of Things
SOT Stage at Arcola Theatre
The Night Before Christmas
Little Angel Theatre
Configurations / Strange Blooms - Shobana Jeyasingh Dance 25th Anniversary
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
Wanted! Robin Hood
Library Theatre Company at The Lowry, Salford
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Henry V
Michael Grandage Company at Noël Coward Theatre
Jack and the Beanstalk
Corn Exchange in association with Hiss and Boo at Corn Exchange Newbury
Candide
Menier Chocolate Factory
Operation Crucible
Folie à deux Productions and From Ground Up Theatre Company in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre at Finborough Theatre
Suitcase
Suitcase and Hope Street Ltd at Liverpool Street Station
Robin Hood & the Babes in the Wood
Gala Theatre at Gala Theatre, Durham
Amygdala
The Print Room at The Print Room
Albert Herring
Vancouver Opera at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver BC
A Tender Thing
The Belfrey Theatre, Victoria BC at The Belfrey Theatre, Victoria BC
Dick Whittington
Millfield Theatre at Millfield Theatre, Edmonton, London
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Lyric Hammersmith at Lyric Hammersmith
Dick! Comes Again! Bigger, Longer, Harder
Leicester Square Theatre at Leicester Square Theatre Lounge
A Christmas Carol
Dukes Theatre at Dukes Theatre
A Christmas Carol
Royal Lyceum Theatre Company at The Lyceum, Edinburgh
Julie Madly Deeply
Trafalgar Studios 2
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Cymbeline
Phizzical in association with Belgrade Theatre Coventry at Tara Arts Studio
Halbwelt Kultur
PK Productions at Jermyn Street Theatre
Death Ship 666
Box Step Productions at Jermyn Street Theatre
Puss in Boots
Greenwich Theatre at Greenwich Theatre
The White Carnation
Finborough Theatre
Philip's Top 5
Every week London editor Philip Fisher selects the top five plays in London.
- Matilda the Musical (Cambridge Theatre)
- One Man, Two Guvnors (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Apollo, Shaftesbury Avenue)
- The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Duchess Theatre)
- Once (Phoenix Theatre, London)
- A Christmas Carol (Dukes Theatre)
The Alternative Top 5
- The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre, London)
- Mojo (Harold Pinter Theatre)
- In the Next Room or the vibrator play (St James Theatre)
- The Scottsboro Boys (Young Vic)
- The Commitments (Palace Theatre, London)
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Panto Day launches National Database of Panto Performance
The National Database of Panto Performance has been launched by the founder of Panto Day, BTG panto editor Simon Sladen.
Winners announced of 2013 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting
The 2013 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting announced its winners at a ceremony at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester presented by former Haçienda deejay Dave Haslam.
Arts Centre Sale Will Help Fund Children's Theatre
The sale of Darlington Arts Centre will benefit a proposed children's theatre in the town.
HeadSpaceDance Mixed Bill UK première at ROH
HeadSpaceDance returns to ROH Linbury Studio Theatre with a new programme, commissioned by the Royal Opera House.
Northern Ballet announces plans for an epic 35 venue UK tour in 2014
In 2014, Northern Ballet will tour the UK with some old favourites, new Cinderella and mixed programmes and a new ballet for children.
Write Night at the Lass
Ransack Theatre holds an inaugural Write Night at the Lass O’Gowrie in Manchester next Tuesday to Thursday.
Wags to riches in Opera House panto
It’s the ultimate tale of wags to riches when Dick Whittington, this year's family pantomime, opens at the Opera House in Manchester next Friday.
Ted Robbins brings another panto to Preston
Preston Guild Hall sticks to a winning formula which has brought a succession of hit Christmas pantomime shows and a boost to box office takings.
London Jam festival of improvisation
The London Jam—a week in January when anything can happen.
The (alternative) greatest birth on earth
A touring alternative version of the Christmas story.
Carol singing with the stars in the West End
Members of the public can join West End performers for a charity carol singing event on 20 December taking place outside the Leicester Square TKTS booth.
The Theatre503 Playwriting Award
A new award has been launched recognising an outstanding, original piece of work for the stage.
Musicals, musicals and more musicals
News of casting, tours, openings and recordings.
Bonnie Langford – tweeting with added fairy dust for Panto Day
Bonnie Langford has joined the team of live tweeters for Panto Day 2013.
Midlands productions
Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 2 December.
What's on in the North East
Theatre productions in the North East for the week beginning Monday 2 December 2013.
Northampton artistic director's new commissions
James Dacre, new artistic director of Northampton’s Royal and Derngate, has announced details of his first Made in Northampton season of productions for 2014 which contains six new commissions.
Lichfield looks into mirror and brings back panto
The Garrick at Lichfield has moved away from Christmas musicals which it has staged for the past two years and is bringing back pantomime.
Katy sent to Coventry for new show for grown-ups
Award-winning RSC actress Katy Stephens returns to Coventry’s Belgrade in the theatre’s new show for grown-ups, Oh No It Isn’t!.
Pasquale muddles along on Wolverhampton return
Comedian Joe Pasquale will lead the cast in Wolverhampton Grand’s panto Sleeping Beauty.
Linda and Sam together again in Northampton panto
Linda Lusardi and Sam Kane will spend their 16th season performing together in Northampton Royal and Derngate’s panto Sleeping Beauty.
Local hero Wilkes back in Stoke for Christmas fun
The Regent Theatre’s favourite panto star and home-grown talent Jonathan Wilkes returns to Stoke-on-Trent in Snow White and Seven Dwarfs.
Collins debuts as Derby panto has the X-Factor
Former EastEnders favourite Cheryl Fergison will play Spirit of the Beans and X-Factor finalist Marcus Collins will be Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk at Derby’s Assembly Rooms.
It’s murder as Uncle Eric returns to the New Vic
A murder mystery with a difference, involving “fabulous frolics, side-splitting comedy and ‘60s music galore”, is one of the festive events at Newcastle-under-Lyme’s New Vic Theatre.
Hoff hooks up to Peter Pan in Nottingham
David Hasselhoff plays panto’s ultimate baddie Captain Hook in Nottingham Theatre Royal’s panto Peter Pan.
Deary in Derby for horrible book signing
Terry Deary, author of the Horrible Histories series, will be signing books at Derby Theatre when he is in the city for the world première of Horrible Christmas.
Dearman to make a splash in Leicester
Louise Dearman will lead the cast of a new musical inspired by Charles Kingsley’s novel The Water Babies which premières at Leicester’s Curve.
Award puts Derby Theatre in a class of its own
Derby Theatre and the University of Derby’s learning theatre model has won a Times Higher Education award for excellence and innovation in the arts.
RSC given grant to open up its archives
The Royal Shakespeare Company has been awarded a £2.8m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to restore the Grade II* listed Swan Wing, and to open up its archives.
Entry fees unchanged for Buxton Fringe
Buxton Festival Fringe 2014 is open for entries.
Derby arts organisations team up with Barnardo’s
Several arts organisations in Derby have joined forces with UK children’s charity Barnardo’s to introduce Plus One—A Gift to Inspire.
Sher to play Falstaff at Stratford in two Henry IV plays
RSC honorary associate artist Antony Sher is to play Sir John Falstaff in Gregory Doran’s productions of Henry IV Parts I and II.