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Pentabus new associate artists: (clockwise from top left) Katie Elin-Salt, Sophie Ellerby, Naeem Hayat, Tom Powell and Anoushka Warden
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Pentabus adds new associate artists

Shropshire rural theatre company Pentabus's associate artists for 2025 will support the Pentabus artistic programme and champion the company’s work.
Layla Mehay–Bennett and Heidi Goldsmith in The Snowflake
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Snowflake to tour West Midlands libraries

Birmingham Rep, Polka and Little Angel's The Snowflake will tour 18 libraries across Birmingham and the West Midlands, January and February 2025.
Adam Filipe as Joseph
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Michael Harrison, David & Hannah Mirvish, Jake Hine at Sunderland Empire
Beverley Knight to star in Marie and Rosetta
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Beverley Knight in Chichester, Rose and ETT UK première

George Brant's Marie and Rosetta tells the true story of American singer and songwriter Rosetta Tharpe and her protégé, Marie Knight.
La Manékine
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La Manékine

La Pendue, presented by the Barbican in association with MimeLondon at The Pit, Barbican Centre
Richard (Callum Woodhouse)
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The Devil May Care

Alces Productions at Southwark Playhouse Borough (little)
Sean Jones (Mickey) and Joe Sleight (Eddie)
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Blood Brothers

Bill Kenwright Ltd at Derby Theatre
Mariupol Drama
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Mariupol Drama

Mariupol Drama Theatre and HOME at HOME, Manchester
Eloise Beaumont-Wood, Diany Samba-Bandza, Jordan Paris (Baby Joey)
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War Horse

National Theatre at New Victoria Theatre, Woking
Robert Eades, Sorcha Kennedy and Theo Walker
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Firebird

James Seabright at King’s Head Theatre
“Real treat”: David Hayman who will play Willy Loman
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Hayman to lead cast of Death of a Salesman

David Hayman is to play Willy Loman in a new tour of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman for Trafalgar Theatre Productions and Raw Material.
The Cast of Carmen
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Carmen

Opéra de Rouen Normandie at Opéra de Rouen Normandie, France

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Jenůfa Royal Ballet & Opera (formerly Royal Opera House), London –
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Faith Healer The Kings Arms, Salford –
Last Rites The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford –
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Until We Sleep The Lowry, Salford
Pinocchio and his Wooden Whopper Brick Lane Music Hall, London –
Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright Wyndham's Theatre, London –
The Last Days Of Trump Arts Bar Hope Street, Liverpool
Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell The Coach & Horses, London –
Jack and His Giant Stalk Floral Pavilion, New Brighton
Whose Face Is It Anyway? Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich
Glamrou: Drag Mother Soho Theatre, London –
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank Marylebone Theatre, London –
Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical Liverpool Empire, Liverpool –
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Rise: Bradford's 2025 City of Culture kicks off in style

A reviewer risks the cold snap to find out what Bradford has to offer as the 2025 City of Culture.
Nicola Benedetti

Edinburgh Festival Director Nicola Benedetti pulls few punches on arts funding

Extra funding is coming to the arts from the Scottish government, but Nicola Benedetti is still concerned about the state of the sector.
Julie Hesmondhalgh announcing the reopening of Oldham Coliseum outside the theatre

Manchester theatre in 2024

David Chadderton looks back on some of the goings-on in the Manchester theatre scene over the year.
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Unexpected Riches

A small sample suggests that new writing was alive and well in 2024.
Gerard McCabe and Shaun Blaney in Octagon Theatre Bolton, Barn Theatre & Wiltshire Creative's Stones in his Pockets

Our reviewers' picks of 2024

Some of BTG's regular reviewers pick out their favourite theatre productions and moments of the year.
Jude Williams and Natasha Gilmore in Chunky Jewellery

Theatre in Scotland in 2024

Donald C Stewart reflects on the last year of theatre in Scotland.
Aladdin at Lyric Hammersmith

Panto season 2024: five observations

BTG's Panto Editor, Simon Sladen, identifies the main trends he has spotted running through the 2024 panto season.
Danny Sapani in the title role of the Almeida's King Lear, with Clarke Peters as the Fool

Theatre and Social Change in 2024

Keith Mckenna looks back on the theatre he saw in 2024 with a political purpose.
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