News

Mark Gatiss’s Christmas Carol adaptation off until 2021

6 August 2020

Nottingham Playhouse and producer Eleanor Lloyd have announced that Mark Gatiss’s new adaptation of A Christmas Carol—A Ghost Story has been postponed until 2021 due to government guidelines restricting the reopening of theatres.

Fringe Central goes virtual for 2020

5 August 2020

Fringe Central, the Fringe Society's hub for supporting participants in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, will this year reappear in an online form, like many of the productions in this year's Fringe.

EIF reveals digital line-up

5 August 2020

National Theatre of Scotland, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Ballet and Scottish Opera and artists including Laurence Power, Aidan O'Rourke, Honeyblood and Breabach will work with Edinburgh International Festival on a new series of original digital content.

Scripts invited into The Other Room

5 August 2020

Cardiff’s first pub theatre The Other Room calls out for new writing by creatives associated with Wales for New Page project.

Heartbreak mounts Alice in Lockdown tour

5 August 2020

Leamington Spa-based Heartbreak Productions has started a socially distanced, open-air mini tour of Alice in Lockdown, with Alice’s adventures being “the perfect antidote to the stay-at-home blues”.

Shelton sings Sinatra for Nottingham Playhouse appeal

5 August 2020

Actor and singer Richard Shelton is to perform as Frank Sinatra in a concert from the balcony of his home in Hollywood in aid of Nottingham Playhouse’s Curtain Up appeal.

New NE play about Universal Credit to be streamed in September

4 August 2020

Newcastle-based Cap-a-Pie will stream Credit, a new play by Laura Lindow based on research into Universal Credit, the latest and biggest change to the benefits system, in September.

The Little Panto with the Broken Heart

4 August 2020

The Customs House in South Shields has cancelled its 2020 panto, Rapunzel.

VAULT Festival skips a year

2 August 2020

Due to the risks associated with COVID-19, VAULT Festival will not go ahead as planned next year.

Industry signals RED ALERT!

2 August 2020

Live events organisations come together to call for support for sector on its last legs.

The Addams Family go out in 2021

2 August 2020

Musical comedy The Addams Family will tour UK and Ireland from January with Samantha Womack and Cameron Blakely leading the cast.

Ghost Light: the plight of the theatre ghost

31 July 2020

What happens to theatre ghosts when a pandemic closes their home?

BRB Cinderella to be streamed online

31 July 2020

David Bintley's production of Cinderella will be broadcast in full on Birmingham Royal Ballet’s web site and Facebook page at the end of its Home from Home series.

Edinburgh Book Festival goes online

31 July 2020

This year's Edinburgh International Book Festival will feature more than 140 online events over 17 days in August 2020.

Jeyasingh’s Contagion at Grange Festival

31 July 2020

Shobana Jeyasingh’s Contagion, created to commemorate the 1918 Spanish flu, will be available this summer on film in SJD Shorts and live at The Grange Festival.

Panto Season 2020: COVID-19 (updated 31 July)

31 July 2020

Simon Sladen keeps track of Panto Season 2020's cancellations, postponements and title changes due to COVID-19. To date, 36 Christmas pantomimes in the UK have been affected.

Rita's back on the road

30 July 2020

A hugely popular production of Willy Russell’s Educating Rita is to be revived for an outdoor run in Cornwall’s Minack Theatre.

Sadler's Wells cancels further performances

30 July 2020

Sadler's Wells and Peacock Theatres have extended their cancellation of performances across until 10 November 2020.

theSpace launches online Edinburgh Fringe programme

29 July 2020

[email protected] will offer more than 80 shows online for free during August plus live shows every Saturday.

NDCWales & Literature Wales digital film collaboration

29 July 2020

Plethu/Weave will see NDCWales dancers partnered with Literature Wales commissioned poets on short solo film performances to première at the National Eisteddfod’s online digital festival.