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All-star cast for Birmingham Hippodrome’s Robin Hood

23 May 2025

Gok Wan, Faye Tozer, Matt Cardle and Christopher Biggins will appear in Birmingham Hippodrome’s 2025 panto Robin Hood.

Three new shows amplified in Nottingham

22 May 2025

Three new, female-led shows by emerging Midlands writers will be unveiled at Nottingham Playhouse’s Amplify Seasons: Summer event.

Imagine it: a new HQ in Coventry

22 May 2025

Family entertainment producers Imagine Theatre marked a major milestone with the official opening of its new headquarters in Coventry.

Spring into summer with Ballet Nights 008

22 May 2025

Ballet Nights promises another line-up of ballet, contemporary dance and live music at London’s Cadogan Hall.

Derby Theatre to celebrate 50th anniversary

21 May 2025

A new adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gatsby will start Derby Theatre’s 50th anniversary season.

Pentabus sets up its first youth theatre

21 May 2025

A rural theatre company has announced it has set up a youth theatre—the first in its history.

Stan’s Cafe to commemorate Satie

21 May 2025

Birmingham's Stan's Cafe will commemorate 100 years since the death of French composer Erik Satie with an evening celebrating his life and work.

Ker and Reed to play Holmes and Watson

21 May 2025

Humphrey Ker and David Reed, co-writers of a new Christmas play about Sherlock Holmes, will play the starring roles at Birmingham Rep.

Cast unveiled for RSC’s The Constant Wife

21 May 2025

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s new version of The Constant Wife by Laura Wade is based on the 1926 play by W Somerset Maugham.

Alleyne sisters are next NYDC Guest Artistic Directors

21 May 2025

Sadé and Kristina Alleyne have been appointed the next Guest Artistic Directors of National Youth Dance Company for 2025–26.

New English Ballet Theatre at USA dance festival

21 May 2025

Newport Dance Festival will take place at The Great Friends Meeting House, Rhode Island in July 2025.

Theatre and more on the Durham Fringe

18 May 2025

The fifth Durham Fringe Festival in July 2025 boasts more than 110 acts across 270+ performances.

ENB dances for Dementia

16 May 2025

English National Ballet is to expand its Dance for Dementia programme throughout Lewisham and Tower Hamlets in Dementia Action Week.

New play looks at Post Office Horizon IT scandal

16 May 2025

Red Lens, a black, female-led arts organisation founded by actress and producer Shireenah Ingram, is to stage its debut theatre production.

Nine young writers to showcase work in Shropshire

16 May 2025

Rural theatre company Pentabus has unveiled a new production from its young writers’ group, Unfiltered.

Derby to hold culture cares conference

16 May 2025

Olympian Fatima Whitbread will speak on the arts and the care system working together at Derby Theatre.

Kilworth House casts 42nd Street

16 May 2025

Leicestershire open-air theatre Kilworth House has revealed the cast for the first of its 2025 productions, 42nd Street.

Festival to celebrate the Thames Estuary

16 May 2025

A contemporary arts festival, Estuary 2025—Vessels will celebrate the stories, places and people of the Thames Estuary with nine days of performances and events.

Liverpool Class Assembly for young directors

14 May 2025

Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse and 20 Stories High are to host the Class Assembly (Northwest) for the Regional Theatre Young Directors' Scheme at the Everyman.

Christmas musical to have Birmingham première

14 May 2025

Birmingham’s Old Joint Stock Theatre is to produce a new musical at Christmas 2025 inspired by Crocodile Dundee and the classic It’s a Wonderful Life.