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Candoco collaborates with alt-J vocalist Joe Newman

Candoco Dance Company is to collaborate with choreographer Theo Clinkard and Joe Newman of Mercury Prize-winning band alt-J in brand new work Hot Mess, marking the first time Newman has composed music for the stage.

Ipswich DanceHouse announces more 10th anniversary events

Jerwood DanceHouse, Ipswich will feature Richard Alston Dance and Ballo Arthur Pita plus a dance-star-studded fundraising gala in its tenth anniversary celebrations.

Music, dance and VR at Darbar Festival

The Darbar Festival is to return with a season of music and dance this autumn, and a new 360 Video Festival of Music launching on 25 December.

What's on in the Midlands

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 5 August.

What's on in the North East

Professional theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 5 August 2019.

BRB creates Dreams for ballet students on the road

After two events in Birmingham, Birmingham Royal Ballet is taking its Dreams project on the road, allowing ballet students of all ages to perform alongside some of BRB’s company dancers in a special public performance of a much-loved ballet.

Aakash Odedra and Hu Shenyuan collaborate on Samsara

An international dance collaboration between two soloists will open in Melbourne and Shanghai in March 2020, coming to the UK June.

Fleabag Special Edition

Nick Hern Books has announced the publication of a special edition of Fleabag to coincide with the West End production.

The Place awarded Creative Europe grant

The Place has secured a €200,000 Creative Europe grant towards a €333,000 project with three EU partners, which will test a new model of developing dance performance for young audiences.

First up for autumn at Alphabetti

Newcastle’s Alphabetti Theatre has announced its first production of the autumn season.

Right through to March at Live

Newcastle’s Live Theatre has announced its season from September 2019 to March 2020.

St Petersburg Ballet Theatre's Swan Lake in Dublin

Following two seasons at the London Coliseum, St Petersburg Ballet Theatre is to perform Swan Lake at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin this autumn.

Night at the Musicals tour to start in Northampton

Hits from Broadway shows and films will be on offer when London Musical Theatre Orchestra takes A Night at the Musicals on tour, opening at Northampton’s Royal and Derngate in autumn 2019.

ENB promotions and new joiners for new season

Tamara Rojo CBE, Artistic Director of English National Ballet, has announced promotions within the company and new joiners for the 2019/2020 season.

Dance Consortium presents Acosta Evolution tour

Dance Consortium has announced a new spring 2020 tour dates for Evolution across the UK for Carlos Acosta's Cuban company Acosta Danza.

Five Northampton shows get London transfers

Northampton’s Royal and Derngate is celebrating a run of London transfers, with five productions making their way to the capital—three of them in the West End.

Imagineer builds Bridge to bring communities together

An outdoor experience produced by Coventry-based Imagineer Productions, Bridge is to host “pop-up events and happenings that bring people together in new and playful ways”.

NW Productions

Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday July 28.

Second Atack at The Lowry

Emily Atack is bringing her comedy show Talk Thirty To Me back to The Lowry.

A Menace in Manchester

Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! comes to the Palace Theatre Manchester.