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Coming up at the Customs House

Theatre in May and June at South Shields Customs House.

A Hullabaloo in Wonderland

Children’s theatre The Hullabaloo celebrates Lewis Carroll.

Northern Stage presents NORTH Festival

A festival offering practical advice on developing a theatre career from regional and national companies at Northern Stage.

Dancing through May

A varied programme for May at Dance City.

Cult Internet star Jody Kamali to perform at Brighton Fringe

Bristol celebrity Jody Kamali returns to Brighton Fringe with a new character.

Second Takeover writer-in-residence announced

Teessider Elijah Young is the Customs House Takeover Festival writer-in-residence for 2019.

Four theatres to co-produce My Beautiful Laundrette

Four theatres are getting together to co-produce a new stage version of Hanif Kureishi’s 1985 Oscar-nominated film My Beautiful Laundrette.

Buxton gets grant to look at Opera House improvements

Arts Council England and High Peak borough council have awarded Buxton Opera House a grant to conduct a study on how to protect and enhance the building.

Panto Auditions & Creative / Technical Positions 2019

Auditions and Creative / Technical Positions for Panto Season 2019. Latest Update: 15/04/2019.

2019 Olivier Awards winners

Come From Away, Company and The Inheritance each receive four Olivier Awards.

Frantic Assembly at Latitude 2019

Gender identity, mental health and environmental activism are some of the subjects explored during this year’s Latitude Festival.

Culture Awards 2019 shortlist announced

The shortlist of nominations for the Journal and the Gazette Culture Awards has been announced

NW Productions

Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday April 14.

Midlands productions

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 15 April.

What's on in the North East

Professional theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 15 April 2019.

Manchester's 53two to close

One of Manchester's newest and most popular fringe venues is to close next month to make way for developers—but an alternative location is soon to be announced.

Let’s Dance goes International in Leicester

Let’s Dance International Frontiers will launch in Leicester on International Dance Day in venues across the city.

Choreodrome Artists 2019 at The Place

The Place is to support 18 dance artists and collectives to explore and develop new performance ideas through its Choreodrome programme.

The Desert Queen revived

Hands On NE is to revive The Desert Queen for a regional tour in April and May.

Anton Lesser to play Pope in Northampton

Anton Lesser will return to the stage for the first time in a decade to play Pope Benedict in the world première of The Pope at Northampton’s Royal and Derngate.