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Verbatim From the Mouths of Mothers at The Pleasance

From the Mouths of Mothers is a verbatim play telling seven true stories of child sexual abuse written by Amanda Stuart Fisher at The Pleasance, Islington from 21 to 25 May.

Evans directs Sheffield revival of Oliver

Sheffield Theatres will present a new production of Lionel Bart's Oliver! directed by artistic director Daniel Evans, running from 29 November 2013 to 25 January 2014.

Dirty Dancing returns to West End

Dirty Dancing will return to the West End after its current tour of UK and Ireland, opening at the Piccadilly Theatre on 13 July.

4,000 Miles transfers to Print Room

Amy Herzog's 4,000 Miles directed by James Dacre transfers from Ustinov Studio, Bath to London's Print Room from 14 May to 1 June, with a cast of Sara Kestelman, Daniel Boyd, Jing Lusi and Jenny Hulse.

Latest Dahl musical opens in West End

The new musical of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with a book by David Greig, music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, opens at Theatre Royal Drury Lany on 25 June, with previews from 17 May.

Dundee Rep revives McGrath's Kora

Dundee Rep Ensemble collaborates with Magnetic North on a rare revival of Tom McGrath's 1986 play Kora, directed by Nicholas Bone, running from 21 May to 7 June.

Billy first London revival at the Union

Michael Strassen will direct the first London revival of Billy, based on Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall's Billy Liar, since its 1974 première that starred Michael Crawford at the Union Theatre from 29 May to 29 June with Keith Ramsay in the title role.

With a book by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, music by John Barry and lyrics by Don Black, the cast will include Mark Carroll as Geoffrey Fisher, Ricky Butt as Alice Fisher, Paddy Glynn as Gran, Mark Turnbull as Councillor Duxbury and Katerina Stearman as Liz with Michael Adams, Rosie Clarkson, Laura Bryars, Adam Colbeck-Dunn, Tom Senior, Michaela Cartmell, Rebecca Eastham, Ross McNeill, Joseph O'Malley, Paul Rymer and Ashley Stirling.

Sheffield Monty ends tour with West End run

The Sheffield Theatres tour of The Full Monty, adapted for the stage by Simon Beafoy from his own screenplay and directed by Daniel Evans, will have a limited West End run at the Noël Coward Theatre from 20 February to 14 June after its current UK tour.

Lucie's Hard Feelings revived at Finborough

Defibrillator is to revive Doug Lucie's Hard Feelings set in the middle of the Brixton riots of 1981 where a group of Oxford graduates, safe in their homes, barely notice what is going on around them. It will run at the Finborough in its first London outing for nearly 25 years from 11 June to 6 July.

Vampire Cuddles at Ovalhouse

Young playwright Joseph Wilde's Cuddles is about a teenage vampire who lives in a world of storybook characters, until her sister tires of donating her blood. Directed by Rebecca Atkinson-Lord and performed by Carla Langley and Rendah Heywood, it will run at London's Ovalhouse from 14 May to 1 June.

London première for Boat Factory

Dan Gordon’s "love letter to the Harland and Wolff shipyard", The Boat Factory, set in Belfast in 1947 will be performed by Dan Gordon and Michael Condron and directed by Philip Crawford for Happenstance Theatre Company at Islington's King's Head Theatre from 23 July to 17 August.

Broadsides to transfer Rutherford to St James's

Northern Broadsides will end its tour of the UK with Githa Sowerby's Rutherford and Son with a transfer to London's St James's Theatre, running from 4 to 29 June.

Lamé's Unhappy returns

On 30th anniversary of The Smiths' first single, Amy Lamé’s pop meditation on Morrissey and the highs and lows of teenage fandom Unhappy Birthday returns to Camden People's Theatre from 14 May to 1 June.

Gatsby returns to London

Ruby in the Dust will return to London after a previous run at the King's Head in Islington with its musical adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's classic American novel The Great Gatsby, running at Riverside Studios from 21 May to 8 June.

Beckett's Not I returns to Royal Court after 40 years

Lisa Dwan will take the solo role in Samuel Beckett's Not I, tutored by the original actress Billie Whitelaw, when it returns to the Royal Court in London for the first time since its 1973 première for which Whitelaw was coached by the playwright.

The monologue will take nine minutes to perform and will run from 22 to 24 May, followed by a filmed interview with Whitelaw on her experiences of playing the part and a panel discussion featuring Dwan and theatre director Roger Michell.

New Gaiman adaptation from NTS tours Scotland

Following its success with The Wolves in the Walls in 2006, National Theatre of Scotland has turned to another picture book by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish.

This new adaptation created by Lu Kemp and Abigail Docherty, written by Oliver Emanuel and directed by Lu Kemp will visit:

California Lives monologues at the King's Head

In California Lives, Martin Foreman lays bare the lives of three very different Californians in three monologues: Los Feliz, Ben and Joe’s and Sunset. Directed by Emma King-Farlow, it runs at London's King Head's Theatre from 21 April to 26 May.

Cult musical Bare to get European debut at Union Theatre

Thirteen years after its Los Angeles debut, cult musical Bare, which follows a group of teens wrestling with issues of identity, sexuality, and religion at a co-ed Catholic boarding school, will get its European debut at London's Union Theatre from the same production team that produced Steel Pier at the Union and Rent at Greenwich Theatre.

Directed by Paul Taylor-Mills, it will run from 24 April to 25 May. Tickets are available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/uniontheatre or at 020 7261 9876.

Eyre to adapt and direct Ghosts for Almeida

Richard Eyre will adapt and direct Ibsen's Ghosts for a production at London's Almeida Theatre to run from 23 September to 3 October.

Priority booking for Almeida members opens on 9 April; public booking opens on 23 April.

ZooNation's Hip Hop returns to Peacock

ZooNation's acclaimed Some Like It Hip Hop returns to London's Peacock Theatre from 3 May to 30 June.

Billie Holiday at Charing Cross

After a run in Edinburgh and on tour, Nina Kristofferson's one-woman show The Billie Holiday Story will have a limited season at the Charing Cross Theatre, from 1 April to 25 May.

Goodman to revive Chichester Ui at Duchess

Henry Goodman will revive his performance of the title role in Brecht's The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui for Chichester Festival Theatre, directed by Jonathan Church, when it transfers to London's Duchess Theatre, previewing from 18 September.

Also appearing are Keith Baxter as the Actor, Michael Feast as Roma, William Gaunt as Old Dogsborough and Joe McGann as Giri and O’Casey, with further casting to be announced.

For more details, see www.arturoui.co.uk.

Jennings transfers in Bennett's Untold Stories

Actor Alex Jennings will reprise his role in Alan Bennett's Untold Stories—a double bull of Hymn and Cocktail Sticks—when it transfers to the Duchess Theatre in London's West End, running from 22 March to 15 June.

Saucy Jack comes to the West End

Cult sci-fi musical Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens will come to London's Leicester Square Theatre for a seven-week run from 1 to 15 September.

Illicit love, racism and betrayal at Riverside Studios

Ruby in the Dust promises "a story of illicit love, racism and betrayal at the highest levels of British society" in Hutch, a play by Joe Evans featuring songs by Cole Porter which will be at Riverside Studios in London from 14 May to 8 June.

Adamsdale's new Victorian play at Royal Court

Will Adamsdale's new show The Victorian in the Wall, a surreal and fantastical story about a work-shy writer who discovers a Victorian man living in the wall of his flat, devised with cast members Jason Barnett, Chris Branch, Matthew Steer and Melanie Wilson and co-directed by Adamsdale with Lyndsey Turner, will open at the Royal Court in London from 11 May to 8 June in a co-production with Fuel.

Chichester Coward transfers to West End

Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Private Lives by Noël Coward will transfer to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End for a limited season from 22 June to 21 September.

Toby Stephens and Anna Chancellor reprise their roles as Elyot Chase and Amanda Prynne.

Acosta returns to the Coliseum

World-renowned Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, currently principal guest artist with The Royal Ballet, will perform his new highlights show Classical Selection at the London Coliseum from 30 July to 3 August 2013.