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Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch New Piece 1 Since She

Since She - Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch New Piece I

Conceived, visualized and directed by Dimitris Papaioannou
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
Sadler’s Wells
14 to 17 February 2019

Call Me Fury

Sasha Wilson
Out of the Forest Theatre
Vault (Pit) Leake Street
13 to 17 February 2019

Berberian Sound Studio

Based on the original motion picture screenplay by Peter Strickland, conceive...
Donmar Warehouse
8 February to 30 March 2019

SparkPlug

David Judge
Box of Tricks
HOME Manchester
13 to 23 February 2019

Anna Mitcham (Teresa Phillips), John Goodrum (Frank Foster) and Susie Hawthorne (Fiona Foster)

How the Other Half Loves

Alan Ayckbourn
Tabs Productions and Rumpus Theatre Company
Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield
12 to 16 February 2019

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare
Royal Shakespeare Company
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
12 to 16 February 2019

Balaklava Blues

Mark and Marichka Marczyk
Selfconscious Productions in assocation with Wild Yak
Vault (Forge) Launcelot Street
26 January to 16 March 2019

Just A Few Words

Nye Russell-Thompson
Stammermouth
The Other Room, Cardiff
13 to 16 February 2019

Mother Courage and her Children

Bertolt Brecht, adapted by Anna Jordan
Royal Exchange Theatre and Headlong
Royal Exchange Theatre
8 February to 2 March 2019

The American Clock

Arthur Miller
Old Vic Theatre
4 February to 30 March 2019

Home, I’m Darling

Laura Wade
National Theatre and Theatre Clwyd co-production
Duke of York’s Theatre
26 January to 13 April 2019

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The Time-Traveller's Guide to British Theatre: The First Four Hundred Years

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Latest Theatre News

The Mormons are coming!

The Book of Mormon, the musical which takes a comic look at the Mormon religion, is coming to Sunderland.

Gwen Berwick & Toby Fitzgibbons in After Dark, balletLORENT's 25th anniversary production

Newcastle dance company nominated for national award

Newcastle’s balletLORENT has been nominated for a National Dance Award

Two NE Fantastic for Families winners

A venue and a dance company from the North East have won Fantastic for Families Awards

Climate Change Catastrophe!

A new show about climate change, made by children, for grown-ups, from NE theatre company Cap-a-Pie.

Newcastle theatre awarded accessibility grant

Newcastle’s Tyne Theatre and Opera House has been awarded accessibility funding from the Theatres Trust.

Following in father's footsteps

A NE-based director is to direct a classic play which his father directed 25 years ago

Opportunity for a NE writer under 25

The Customs House in South Shields is offering an opportunity to a NE-based playwright under the age of 25

London gets new performance venues

Catford's oldest pub reopens as Ninth Life and this summer will see a new flexible two space theatre venue open in White City.

Northern Broadsides appoints Laurie Sansom as artistic director and CEO

Award-winning Northern Broadsides will be led by Laurie Sansom following current artistic director Conrad Nelson's departure next month.

Hamilton takes Visionary Honours

The first social impact entertainment and media awards, the Visionary Honours, saw musical Hamilton beat Misty, The Inheritance, The Writer, Ear For Eye and Nine Night to take home the Play / Musical of the Year.

Padraig Lynch (Fortinbras), Joe McFadden (Ollie), Rita Simons (Caro) and Persephone Swales-Dawson (Jade) in The House on Cold Hill at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

Midlands productions

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 11 February.

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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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All About Eve
Noël Coward Theatre
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Alternative Top 5

Company
Gielgud Theatre
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Don Quixote
Garrick Theatre
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Fiddler on the Roof
Menier Chocolate Factory
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Cost of Living
Hampstead Theatre
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Pinter at the Pinter Seven: A Slight Ache and The Dumb Waiter
Harold Pinter Theatre
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Latest Theatre Features

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.

Children's Theatre and the BTG

The BTG has just set up a separate section for Children's and Young Peoples' Theatre. Peter Lathan explains why.

Review of the Year 2018 - The North West Stage

David Chadderton looks back on his 2018 in North West theatre.

Touring News – January 2019

Sandra Giorgetti looks at the tours that take to the road in January including solo shows The Shy Manifesto, Do You Think That’s Wise? The Life and Times of John Le Mesurier, and a double bill of East Belfast Boy and Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful, and an equal measure of thrillers, old and new.

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