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RSC reveals winners in search for new plays

23 May 2023

The Royal Shakespeare Company has revealed the winners of its nationwide playwriting search 37 Plays which attracted more than 2,000 entries.

Première Lost & Found!

23 May 2023

A world première stage adaptation will be part of Factory International’s opening season in Manchester.

Northampton venue generates support for associates

23 May 2023

Royal and Derngate has announced its latest associate artists and associate producers who will join the theatre’s Generate artist development programme.

Nottingham Twelfth Night cast announced

23 May 2023

Nottingham Playhouse and Lakeside Arts have revealed the cast and creative team for their open-air Shakespearean summer 2023 production, Twelfth Night.

Turing musical for Edinburgh

22 May 2023

Guilty Of Love, a new Alan Turing musical, comes to Hill Street Theatre at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Julie: The Musical for Manchester

22 May 2023

Julie: The Musical is at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre in June before embarking on a national tour this summer.

Cruise to dock in Manchester

22 May 2023

Set in 1980s Soho, Cruise was the first new play to première in the West End when theatres reopened after the COVID pandemic.

Mousetrap to spring into Sunderland

22 May 2023

New casting is announced for the 70th Anniversary tour of The Mousetrap.

Vernons Girls hits Liverpool

22 May 2023

From the pools to the Palladium, Vernons Girls is coming to Liverpool’s Royal Court.

Diverse dates for Lakeland

22 May 2023

Theatre by the Lake in Keswick has a diverse autumn and winter programme.

A hit for Six and Blackpool

22 May 2023

The Winter Gardens Blackpool has bounced back from COVID with a near 100 per cent increase in ticket sales on the previous year.

London & Sunderland dates for Play On Shakespeare

22 May 2023

Play On Shakespeare has various UK events—in London and Sunderland—as part of its summer 2023 season.

Première of To Wong Foo The Musical

22 May 2023

Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester will stage a world première of To Wong Foo The Musical, based on the 1995 film.

Sheffield books in an adaptation

22 May 2023

Utopia Theatre and Sheffield Theatres have cast a new production of Anna Hibiscus’ Song.

Hull goes Beyond with Graeae

22 May 2023

Hull Truck Theatre has joined other theatres in signing up to Graeae’s Beyond programme as the initiative enters its third year.

Funked-up Alice in Merseyside

22 May 2023

A funked-up remix of Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland opens at Liverpool Playhouse July 4–22.

Ghost Story for Blackpool & Sunderland

22 May 2023

An additional 10 venues will receive the UK tour of supernatural thriller 2:22—A Ghost Story.

Cirque for Stockport

22 May 2023

Cirque—The Greatest Show at Stockport Plaza combine showstoppers with aerialists, contortionists and trapeze artistes.

Main Man for Wicked

22 May 2023

West End legend Carl Man is joining the cast of the Wicked UK and Ireland tour, which returns to Manchester December 2024.

Opera & varsity collaboration

22 May 2023

Opera North and Newcastle University have announced a new three-year collaboration.