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Sondheim's Divas The Prohibition Cabaret Bar, Newcastle upon Tyne
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show Redgrave Theatre, Clifton, Bristol –
Aladdin Mercury Theatre, Colchester, Essex –
Treasure Island Empire Consett, Consett, County Durham –
A Christmas Carol Dundee Rep Theatre, Dundee –
Red Riding Hood Theatre Royal Stratford East, London –
The Play What I Wrote Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham –
Robin Hood: Legend of the Forgotten Forest Bristol Old Vic, Bristol –
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Northern Stage, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear –
Marie Lloyd Stole My Life Canal Café Theatre, London –

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The Elves and the Shoemaker Sherman Theatre, Cardiff –
Old Bridge Online / no venue –
My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored The Crucible, Sheffield, South Yorkshire –
Groan Ups Theatre Royal, Nottingham –
Dial M for Murder Malvern Theatres, Malvern, Worcestershire –
Hairspray Milton Keynes Theatre, Central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire –
Stick Man Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple, Devon –
Six Theatre Royal Bath, Bath –
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie New Theatre, Hull –
The Rocky Horror Show Theatre Royal Brighton, Brighton, East Sussex –
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Jonny and the Baptists

Protecting Our Theatres

Philip Fisher wonders whether producers should be more proactive in defending themselves against coronavirus closure.
Marlowe Theatre receives £1m

Weasels take the credit: CRF3

Continuity Support and CRF 3 Emergency Resource Support announced this week.
The Plague Thing

Vaccine Pass(port)

Is it only a matter of time before the UK government follows Scotland and Wales and obliges theatres to demand vaccine passes?
21 Round For Christmas

Sick of Cinders and delighted by Dick [Whittington]

Sandra Giorgetti considers some geographically arbitrary alternative festive options with a dollop of [cranberry] sauce.
We’re all in this together

We’re all in this together

A reviewer looks at the complexities arising from expecting artists to be socially responsible and decides to run away.
Chris Honer rehearsing

Manchester theatre mourns passing of Chris Honer

The charming and much-admired Chris Honer, artistic director of Manchester’s Library Theatre from 1987–2014, died last week.
James McAvoy in Cyrano

Ticket Prices

Inflation is sending ticket prices out of the range of normal theatre-goers, let alone the young, and could threaten diversity in the longer term.
The Pantomime: Harlequin

North East Christmas productions 2021

Peter Lathan lists all the professional pantos and other Christmas shows in the North East between late November 2021 and early January 2022.
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