News

Santa to the rescue at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre

26 November 2020

Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre is to host live performances of Santa’s Christmas Rescue, the latest in an interactive series by Imagine Theatre aimed at children aged 2–7.

Buxton Fringe: improved entry for performers

25 November 2020

Buxton Festival Fringe 2021 will open for entries on Tuesday 1 December with an improved entry procedure designed to be easier for performers to use.

Open Clasp’s Sugar on the BBC

25 November 2020

Open Clasp’s Sugar, the stories of three women caught up in the criminal justice system, is available on the BBC iPlayer.

Last Call at Hope Mill Theatre

24 November 2020

Hope Mill Theatre is calling for any final submissions for its new playwriting prize.

Beauty of a ballot for NHS staff

24 November 2020

Tickets for the first evening performance of 'socially distanced' pantomime Sleeping Beauty at Manchester Opera House will be gifted to NHS workers and their families.

Courtenay in the act

24 November 2020

Comedian and musician Jon Courtenay brings his new live show to Blackpool Opera House.

Hot to Trott for COVID heroes

24 November 2020

If you know someone who has achieved something great during the coronavirus crisis and would like a special message from Oldham Coliseum’s Dame Dotty Trott, then hurry!

Octagon entertains online

24 November 2020

Bolton Octagon has a programme of online events to entertain audiences this December.

Hippodrome’s aim to raise £20,000 in a week

24 November 2020

Birmingham Hippodrome is to start a fundraising campaign to raise £20,000 in a week to bring confidence and creativity back to young people to combat the effects of COVID-19.

Marion Tait to step down at BRB

24 November 2020

Marion Tait CBE will step down from her role as Assistant Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet at the end of the year.

World’s first "opera in hyper reality"

24 November 2020

Current, Rising is a collaboration between the Royal Opera House’s Audience Labs programme, Figment Productions and Royal Holloway, University of London.

UK dance festive season

23 November 2020

A festive season round-up of UK dance, November to December 2020.

Giant head and Jupiter replica arrive in Buxton

23 November 2020

A giant blue head and a three-foot replica of Jupiter have been sent from Austria to Derbyshire to be stored in a quarry before becoming part of the set for an opera at Buxton International Festival.

BAC adopts Pay What You Decide for 2021

22 November 2020

Battersea Arts Centre is changing its pricing model for 2021.

British Musical theatre writers invited to pitch

22 November 2020

Producers Katy Lipson and Adam Lenson are looking for writers for a commission of up to £6,000 for their new Chamber Musical Project.

American wins Theatre503 writing Award

22 November 2020

An emerging US writer has won the Theatre503 International Playwriting Award with a play set in the world of American football and the Black Lives Matter movement.

New writers programme from Selladoor

22 November 2020

Selladoor Worldwide put some of its DCMS funding towards developing new writers.

Urgent fundraising to save flagship Ignition programme

22 November 2020

The economic impact of COVID-19 threatens Frantic Assembly's Ignition programme which involves hundreds of young people with low artistic engagement.

Belarus Free Theatre wins Courage Under Fire prize

22 November 2020

Theatre company Belarus Free Theatre has received the 2020 Magnitsky Prize for Courage Under Fire.

Protein's Wapping Project Double Bill

21 November 2020

Luca Silvestrini's Protein's The Wapping Project Double Bill, a site-responsive double bill, will be streaming until 29 November.