West Side Story
ATG at Palace Theatre, Manchester
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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
Duck!
Z-arts at Z-arts, Manchester
The Sleeping Beauties
Sherman Cymru at Sherman Cymru
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The Last Snow of Winter
Hijinx Theatre Odyssey at Wales Millennium Centre
Peter Pan
Evolution Productions at Ashcroft Theatre, Fairfield Halls, Croydon
Cinderella
Georgian Theatre Royal at Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond
Ushers: The Front of House Musical
The Hope Theatre
Jack and the Beanstalk
For One From The Heart at The Wyvern, Swindon
Buttons - Another Cinderella Story
Charles Court Opera in association with The Rosemary Branch at Rosemary Branch Theatre
Beauty and the Beast
ONEOFUS at Young Vic
That Day We Sang
Royal Exchange Theatre at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Jack and the Beanstalk
Sheffield Theatres and Evolution Pantomimes at Sheffield Lyceum
The Duck House
Vaudeville Theatre
Peter Pan
First Family Entertainment at Richmond Theatre
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Drawing the Line
Hampstead Theatre
Season's Greetings
Union Theatre
Aladdin
First Family Entertainment at New Wimbledon Theatre
I'm an Aristocrat get Me Out of Here
Gonzo Moose at Pegasus Theatre Oxford
The Hundred and One Dalmatians
New Vic Theatre Company at New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Dark Woods, Deep Snow: A Grimm Tale for Christmas
Northern Stage at Northern Stage, Newcastle
The Night Before Christmas: A New Musical
Soho Theatre
A Queer Christmas
Mess Up The Mess at Kings Arms, Swansea
From Morning to Midnight
Lyttelton Theatre (National)
Dick Whittington
Salisbury Playhouse Productions at Salisbury Playhouse
The Jungle Book
An Evcol / Clockwork Digital Studios production in association with Giant Olive at Lion and Unicorn Theatre
Peter Pan
Martin Dodd for UK Productions at Grand Theatre, Blackpool
Fred and Mary
Orange Tree Theatre
Satyagraha
English National Opera in collaboration with Improbable at London Coliseum
Little Shop Of Horrors
Assembled Junk Productions at Kings Arms, Salford
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
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)
- Once (Phoenix Theatre, London)
- Once a Catholic (Tricycle 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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Spring at the Customs House
The Customs House, South Shields, has announced its January to April 2014 season.
The New Season at Live
Newcastle's Live Theatre announces its January to June 2014 season.
Resolution! 2014 at The Place
Celebrating 25 years of bringing new dance to the stage, Resolution!, the biggest annual showcase for contemporary dance in the UK, returns to The Place in 2014.
York Barbican Panto cancelled
One of the three major pantomimes in York has been cancelled this year, with organisers Blue Genie Entertainment citing "disappointing" ticket sales as the cause.
Bryony joins the team at Royal Exchange
An award-winning young director will join Manchester’s Royal Exchange.
Time to submit your 24:7 plays
An award-winning play on offer?
Contact lay down the law in theatre
Contact’s creative experts in Manchester have brought employment law to life.
Double win for Liverpool pair
The Everyman and Playhouse in Liverpool is celebrating a double win.
Sir Roger lends his support in Salford
Sir Roger Moore has lent his support to The Lowry's current Christmas Appeal in Salford.
Octagon looking forward to a Wonderland
The Octagon Theatre Bolton have already announced the 2014 festive production.
Grown-up Christmas show for city's arena
Echo Arena Liverpool has a grown-up festive show, Dreaming of a Barry White Christmas.
Christmas Cabaret kickstarts seasonal celebrations
The Dukes in Lancaster hosts a Christmas Cabaret to kick start the festive party season.
Tonight's the Night for a new year revival
Tonight’s The Night, the musical comedy inspired by the songs of Rod Stewart is to launch a major new tour in January 2014.
A fairytale summer at heart of Dukes 2014 plans
The Dukes in Lancaster has announced plans for a fairytale summer.
Fireside ghost stories at The Dukes in Lancaster
There’s an advent evening of chilling tales in store in Lancaster on December 15.
A Grand 2014 line-up promised
The Grand Theatre in Blackpool has revealed its new season programme.
Keswick theatre floats its 2014 programme
Theatre by the Lake in Keswick is to stage nine of its own productions in 2014.
NW Productions
Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday December 8.
Midlands productions
Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 9 December.
What's on in the North East
Theatre productions in the North East for the week beginning Monday 9 December 2013.
Coventry theatre needs cash for panto campaign
Coventry’s Belgrade has extended its Give the Gift of Theatre campaign so that more families facing financial hardship can enjoy its panto Jack and the Beanstalk.
New Vic to première play about impact of World War I
Northern Broadsides and the New Vic Theatre are to mark the centenary of World War I with the world première of Deborah McAndrew’s An August Bank Holiday Lark.
Coventry appoints new directors for mysteries festival
The Coventry Mysteries Company has appointed Elgiva Field and Ian Whitaker as its joint festival directors to create its free performing arts festival for 2014.
Three world premières at the RSC in Stratford
Three world premières are to preview at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford.
Three Midlands productions vie for regional award
Royal and Derngate and Touring Consortium Theatre Company's To Sir, With Love has been nominated as best regional production for the WhatsOnStage Awards 2014.
Director Lucy gets BBC fellowship award in Derby
Derby Theatre, the only arts organisation in the Midlands to have been awarded a BBC Performing Arts Fund theatre fellowship, has offered it to Lucy Doherty.
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.