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Jonathan Larson
Yes Please Theatre Company
Newbridge Memo
15 to 16 February 2019

Don Quixote

Production and choreography Carlos Acosta after Marius Petipa, music Ludwig Minkus
Royal Ballet
Royal Opera House
15 February to 4 April 2019

Brecht and the Writer’s Workshop

Bertolt Brecht
Methuen Drama

Released 10 January 2019

Linford Johnson (Claudio), Isobel Middleton (Beatrice) and Robin Simpson (Benedick)

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare
Northern Broadsides
New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
8 February to 2 March 2019

I, Malvolio

Tim Crouch
Perfect Fools
Arts Centre Washington
15 February 2019

Into The Light

Scott Graham and Krista Vuori
Hijinx / Teatro La Ribalta / Frantic Assembly
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
14 to 16 February 2019

Agnes Colander

Harley Granville Barker, revised by Richard Nelson
Theatre Royal Bath
Jermyn Street Theatre
12 February to 16 March 2019

Mydidae

Jack Thorne
Wonderhouse Theatre
Hope Mill, Manchester
13 to 23 February 2019

Care

PappyShow
Vault (Crescent) Leake Street
13 to 16 February 2019

No Miracles Here

Lee Mattinson
The Letter Room
Northern Stage
15 to 16 February 2019

Un ballo in maschera

Guiseppe Verdi
Welsh National Opera
Wales Millennium Centre
9 to 23 February 2019

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Theatre books from Amazon

London Theatres

Michael Coveney

Dramatic Exchanges: The Lives and Letters of the National Theatre

National Theatre Letters

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

West End Producer

National Theatre: All About Theatre

National Theatre

Musicals: The Definitive Illustrated Story

The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre

Scott Graham

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

Aleks Sierz, Lia Ghilardi

National Theatre: Play in a Box

National Theatre

Curtain Call: A Year Backstage in London Theatre 2016

Matt Humphrey, John Schwab

The Punchdrunk Encyclopaedia

Latest Theatre News

NE panto awards nominees

Nine NE nominees for the Great British Pantomime Awards

Battersea Arts Centre announces fundraiser line up

The likes of Gary Lineker, Jon Snow, Simon Stephens and Jess Thom are coming to support BAC's A Grand Night Out in March.

Big Up! catches them young in Manchester

Big Up! is created by Theatre-Rites and 20 Stories High for children.

Dukes makes Much Ado

The Dukes in Lancaster is preparing to host Shakespeare’s greatest romantic comedy.

Mum and daughter's Royal celebration in St Helens

Theatrical duo Jane Joseph and Chantelle Nolan are marking 20 years in charge of St Helens Theatre Royal.

Acting for Others - The Golden Bucket Awards 2019

In a record year for fundraising, theatrical charity Acting for Others recognises its supporters.

Arts Council England's annual diversity report

ACE's fourth annual diversity report finds the sector is still “treading water” on diversity.

Plymouth's Barbican Theatre secures funding for full time creative producer

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is to provide three years of funding for a creative producer to support emerging artists in the area.

Incoming companies for HOME festival

The 2019 Incoming Festival, at HOME in Manchester, features emerging companies from across the UK and Ireland.

NW Productions

Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday February 17

Fantastic for Families Awards 2019

Outstanding contribution to arts and culture for families has been recognised in the Fantastic for Families Awards.

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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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