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Rob Ostlere (Adam), John Partridge (Turai), Charlie Stemp (Dvornichek)

Rough Crossing

Tom Stoppard
Bill Kenwright presents
The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth
18 to 23 March 2019

Mark Benton as Shelley Levene and Nigel Harman as Ricky Roma

Glengarry Glen Ross

David Mamet
Theatre Royal Bath
18 to 23 March 2019

Dutch Masters: Polish Pieces / Andante / Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen / CANTUS

Choreography Hans van Manen, Jirí Kylián and Nils Christe, music Górecki, Moz...
Introdans
LInbury Studio Royal Opera House
15 to 17 March 2019

The Thread

Artistic direction and choreography Russell Maliphant, music Vangelis
Lavris Productions, Athens
Sadler's Wells
15 to 17 March 2019

The Grenfell Project

Devised by the company
Hope Theatre
12 to 30 March 2019

Pendulum / CLICK! / Ingoma

Choreography Martin Lawrance, Sophie Laplane, Mthuthulezi November
Ballet Black
Barbican Theatre
15 to 17 March 2019

The Silence of Snow: the Life of Patrick Hamilton

Mark Farrelly
The Jack Studio Theatre
12 to 16 March 2019

Don't Dress for Dinner

Marc Camoletti adapted by Robin Hawdon
Tabs Productions and Rumpus Theatre Company
Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield
12 to 16 March 2019

Your Sexts Are Sh*T: Older Better Letters

Rachel Mars
Rachel Mars
Royal Exchange Exchange, Manchester
14 to 16 March 2019

Romance Romance

Book & lyrics by Barry Harman Music by Keith Herrmann
Above the Stag Theatre
12 March to 6 April 2019

Undetectable

Tom Wright
King's Head Theatre
13 March to 6 April 2019

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London Theatres

Michael Coveney

Dramatic Exchanges: The Lives and Letters of the National Theatre

National Theatre Letters

National Theatre: All About Theatre

National Theatre

The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre

Scott Graham

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Going to the Theatre (But Were Too Sloshed to Ask, Dear)

West End Producer

The Theatre: A Concise History (World of Art)

Phyllis Hartnoll, Enoch Brater

Musicals: The Definitive Illustrated Story

National Youth Theatre Monologues: 75 Speeches for Auditions

Michael Bryher

National Theatre: Play in a Box

National Theatre

Persephone in the Underworld - Dragon Dance Theatre: Persephone Entre Dos Mundos

Sam Kerson, Bernardo Olmedo

Latest Theatre News

Plays return to Sunderland parks

Plays in the Parks returns to Sunderland this summer

Virtual reality theatre platform launches

Experience theatre from your sofa via LIVR, the world’s first on-demand VR theatre platform.

Golem screened for World Theatre Day

1927's award-winning show Golem will be shared across the globe to mark World Theatre Day on 27 March.

New Work for Manchester's Not Quite Light festival

Beneath These Tarmac Cracks is a new play, commissioned for this year’s Not Quite Light festival in Manchester.

Rebels at the Albany

London's Albany hosts Rebels, a season of daring work exploring politics and protest and celebrating difference.

Toast is CAMEO winner 2019

The winner of this year's award for book to stage adaptation in the Creativity Across Media: Entertainment and Originality Awards is Toast, adapted by Henry Filloux-Bennett from Nigel Slater's autobiography.

Danny Mac completes Amélie cast

Actor and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Danny Mac will join the UK tour of Amélie the Musical, based on the Oscar-nominated film, as daydreamer Nino Quincampoix, joining Audrey Brisson in the title role.

Midlands productions

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 18 March.

NW Productions

Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday March 17.

What's on in the North East

Professional theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 18 March 2019.

Coventry theatre’s bid to tackle men’s mental health

Coventry’s Belgrade has teamed up with the It Takes Balls to Talk charity to help tackle a crisis in men’s mental health.

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London theatre charts

Top 5

Matilda the Musical
Cambridge Theatre
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The Play That Goes Wrong
Duchess Theatre
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Hamilton
Victoria Palace Theatre
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The Price
Wyndham’s Theatre
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Come from Away
Phoenix Theatre
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Alternative Top 5

Company
Gielgud Theatre
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Fiddler on the Roof
Menier Chocolate Factory
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All About Eve
Noël Coward Theatre
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Jesus Hopped the ’A’ Train
Young Vic
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The Son
Kiln Theatre
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Latest Theatre Features

Easter shows for kids across the North East

19 North East theatres are presenting over 30 children’s shows over Easter

Touring News – March 2019

Sandra Giorgetti looks at the tours that take to the road next month and sees that themes of identity and finding oneself run through many shows including Papatango Prize winning The Funeral Director, Chris Thorpe's Status, The Picture of Dorian Gray and even Passionate Machine in which the first female time travelling doctor gets stuck in the past.

Man of La Mancha Launch at the London Coliseum

The latest ENO musical launched at the London Coliseum with a panel discussion between Matt Wolf, producer Michael Linnit and four of the show's stars, Kelsey Grammer, Danielle de Niese Nicholas Lyndhurst and Cassidy Janson

Company Chameleon shares latest work The Shadow in new Openshaw home

Contemporary dance company Company Chameleon shares its latest work in progress, The Shadow, at its new home in Openshaw—Georgina Wells went along.

Touring News – February 2019

Sandra Giorgetti looks at the tours that take to the road next month and two that don’t. To Kill A Mockingbird which was to have started touring in February has been cancelled following legal threats by Scott Rudin's company which claims the rights and Doctor Dolittle has closed early due to poor advance sales.

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