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Merseyside author's home gets blue plaque

The new stage production of Helen Forrester’s By The Waters Of Liverpool opens at the New Brighton Floral Pavilion in Wirral.

If the slipper fits, you're Cinders!

Will the slipper fit YOU? Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester is looking for the star of its 2020 production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

Oldham's regional première

Oldham Coliseum next month stages a production of James Fritz’s modern thriller Four Minutes Twelve Seconds.

Women's soccer scores in new play

Mikron Theatre will be premièring Amanda Whittington’s new play Atalanta Forever which looks at the story of pioneering women in football.

Ladybones for Lancaster

Ladybones comes to The Dukes in Lancaster on February 12.

Change at the top at NTC

Gillian Hambleton retires from Northumberland Theatre Company and her successor is named.

Louise Jameson to direct Hawdon's Revenge

A new production of Robin Hawdon's psychological thriller Revenge, presented by the Crime and Comedy Theatre Company, will open at Greenwich Theatre before touring nationally.

Lloyd Webber's Cinderella to open in refurbished Gillian Lynne Theatre

Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical of Cinderella, with a book by Killing Eve series 2 lead writer Emerald Fennell and lyrics by City of Angels lyricist David Zippel, will open at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London in September 2020.

International dance festival returns to Leicester

Serendipity, the diversity-led arts organisation based in Leicester, is celebrating ten years of curating the Let’s Dance International Frontiers festival.

Leicester’s Curve unveils three new productions

A new production of the musical Roman Holiday, Tennessee Williams’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and a new dance commission will take to the stage at Leicester’s Curve theatre during 2020.

New musicals to get Northampton showcase

The line-up has been announced for the “UK’s leading showcase for new British musical theatre writing” BEAM2020 which will be held in Northampton.

NW Productions

Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday January 12.

Just So much for Cheshire fest

Just So Festival has unveiled the first wave of programming for this year’s festival at Rode Hall Estate, Cheshire.

Allt right for Liverpool comedy!

Nicky Allt is back at Liverpool Royal Court with a brand new comedy.

Ute Lemper's Manchester date for UK tour

Ute Lemper is to tour the UK with Ute Lemper: Rendezvous With Marlene.

Holocaust Memorial productions

Manchester Jewish Museum will mark Holocaust Memorial Day with two premières of musical and theatrical performances.

Making a splash at city Vogue Ball

Manchester's biggest-ever House of Suarez Vogue Ball at Manchester Academy 1 will be an underwater themed dance spectacular.

Wuthering new heights for Brontë adaptation

Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights gets a new adaptation when Manchester Royal Exchange’s production runs from February 7 to March 7.

Comedy greats are right at HOME

In 1910, the unknown Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel set sail for New York.

New York opportunity for trio

Manchester International Festival and Arts Council England will be supporting English artists in New York.