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The Threepenny Opera

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Tre Medley as John Leason
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Compositor E

Omnibus Theatre at Omnibus Theatre
Expressing individualities: Freefall Dance Company
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Birmingham’s Freefall anniversary festival

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Freefall Dance Company is to hold a week-long festival at Birmingham Hippodrome to celebrate its 21st anniversary.
“Comprehensive culture”: Shakespeare’s First Folio
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First Folio heads Shakespeare Birmingham celebrations

Birmingham’s copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio will be the centrepiece of a day of Shakespeare celebrations in the city centre.
Telling untold stories: The Promise
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Deafinitely play will break down barriers

A “unique opportunity to present a story of the barriers deaf people with dementia face within the healthcare system” is to be performed in Birmingham and London.
Having a ball: Cinderella
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Elementary as Holmes returns for Buxton panto

James Holmes will take on his 30th panto role when he appears in Buxton Opera House’s 2023 production Cinderella.
Building strong relationships with theatres: writers of the 37 plays
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Read all about it as RSC’s 37 Plays get first airing

Plays selected for the Royal Shakespeare Company's playwriting project will receive readings across the UK.
Samuel West and Rufus Hound
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It's Headed Straight Towards Us

Jonathan Church Theatre Productions and RJG Productions in association with Park Theatre at Park Theatre
English National Ballet in Balanchine's Theme and Variations
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Our Voices: Theme and Variations / Les Noces, Ascent to Days / Four Last Songs

English National Ballet at Sadler’s Wells
Andrew Scott
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Vanya

Wessex Grove, Gavin Kalin Productions and Kater Gordon at Duke of York’s Theatre
Ira Mandela Siobhan as Mlima
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Mlima’s Tale

Kiln Theatre at Kiln Theatre
Matt Tedford in Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho
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Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

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Sister Act Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent –
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham –
The Bodyguard Grand Opera House, Belfast –
Murder in the Dark Oxford Playhouse, Oxford –
I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can’t Quite Remember Barn Theatre, Cirencester –
That'll Be The Day Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho Wilton’s Music Hall, London –
Strategic Love Play Northern Stage, Newcastle Upon Tyne –
ADHD The Musical: Can I Have Your Attention Please? Theatre Royal Wakefield, Wakefield
Life of Pi Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich –

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We Could All Be Perfect The Crucible / Lyceum Theatre / Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse, Sheffield –
Black Sabbath—The Ballet Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham –
Astley's Astounding Adventures New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme –
Peter Pan Goes Wrong Richmond Theatre, Richmond –
Imposter 22 Royal Court Theatre, London –
Sinatra the Musical Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham –
L'elisir d'amore Royal Opera House, London –
Quiz Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester –
Big Bad Me Little Angel Theatre, London –
Picture A Day Like This Royal Opera House, London –

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By The Waters of Liverpool The Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl –
Crimes on Centre Court Theatre Royal Bury St Edmonds, Bury St Edmunds
Tony [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne –
Jesus Christ Superstar Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne –
Sex Education Xplorers (S.E.X) Cumbernauld Theatre at Lanternhouse, Cumbernauld
I, Daniel Blake Gala Durham, Durham –
The Ocean At The End Of The Lane Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton –
Shrek the Musical New Wimbledon Theatre, London –
And Then There Were None Theatre Royal Glasgow, Glasgow –
The Drifters Girl The Crucible / Lyceum Theatre / Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse, Sheffield –
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