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“Two finest UK full-mask actors” perform together

7 January 2022

Full-mask theatre company Vamos has tempted Alan Riley back onto the stage to appear in a tour of Dead Good, originally commissioned by London International Mime Festival.

NI Opera ventures Into the Woods for first outing of 2022

7 January 2022

Northern Ireland Opera has announced full cast details for its first production of 2022, with Sean Kearns and Wendy Ferguson headlining Sondheim and Lapine’s Into the Woods.

Seven theatres to welcome The Play What I Wrote

5 January 2022

The Birmingham REP production of The Play What I Wrote which was the theatre’s Christmas 2021 attraction is to go on a seven-venue tour.

Two-year musical theatre degree gets go-ahead

5 January 2022

The International College of Musical Theatre (ICMT) and Coventry University introduce the first accelerated musical theatre performance degree course in England.

Motionhouse show heads for Hippodrome

5 January 2022

Motionhouse is to stage its first performances at the Hippodrome since 2018: Nobody which had its world première at London’s Peacock Theatre in September 2021.

MBE for Serendipity’s “trailblazer” Pawlet Brookes

5 January 2022

Pawlet Brookes, chief executive and artistic director of Leicester-based diversity-led arts organisation Serendipity, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours.

Elliot, Campbell take up new Coventry positions

4 January 2022

Chief executive Laura Elliot and creative director Corey Campbell have taken up their new posts at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry.

Three of the best ballets

4 January 2022

The Russian State Ballet of Siberia brings Romeo & Juliet, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker to Blackpool Grand this weekend.

Fever pitch for Manchester

4 January 2022

TV soap star Richard Winsor leads the cast of Saturday Night Fever when it comes to Manchester Opera House later this month.

Lowry goes kite flying

4 January 2022

A date in Salford opens the UK tour for a new dance / theatre show inspired by an Indian kite festival.

COVID delays Coventry community panto

4 January 2022

Coventry’s Albany Theatre has postponed its first in-house community pantomime Dick Whittington because of the COVID pandemic and will stage it during the February half-term.

What's on in the North East

2 January 2022

Theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 3 January 2022.

What's on in the Midlands

1 January 2022

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 3 January.

Jersey Boys’ Ben’s dash to save Birmingham show

28 December 2021

Ben Joyce, Frankie Valli in the West End production of Jersey Boys, stepped in at short notice in the touring production at Birmingham’s Alexandra Theatre.

Bush Theatre welcomes script submissions

27 December 2021

New writers of full length plays may submit their scripts to London's Bush Theatre.

Haddock and Chips at The Customs House

22 December 2021

Janet Plater’s play Haddock and Chips comes to The Customs House in February.

More Sorcerer’s Apprentice cancellations

22 December 2021

All remaining performances of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice at Northern Stage have been cancelled.

Mortal Fools are expanding

22 December 2021

Prudhoe-based Mortal Fools opens a second base in Ashington.

Becky gets new job with Jonathan Church

21 December 2021

Becky Barber has been appointed executive producer at Jonathan Church Theatre Productions, part of Trafalgar Entertainment, and will take up her new post on 17 January 2022.

ROH opens five new streams

21 December 2021

Royal Opera House will add to its online offerings the ballets Sleeping Beauty, The Winter's Tale and Marguerite and Armand and the operas Fause and Nabucco.