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Live Wired revealed

3 September 2020

Live Theatre has revealed its new digital programme, Live Wired.

New pieces unveiled as Derby eases out of quarantine

2 September 2020

Derby Theatre and Derby Creative Arts Network have revealed that newly commissioned artistic pieces, community-based workshops and an evening of celebration and entertainment will be held to celebrate the city’s easing out of quarantine.

ENB launches new on-demand video platform

2 September 2020

English National Ballet is to launch its new ENB at Home video-on-demand platform with a digital season of short works for camera.

Northern Stage begins redundancy consultations

2 September 2020

10–12 of jobs at Newcastle’s Northern Stage are expected to go.

New Perspectives to stream Lars von Trier comedy drama

1 September 2020

Josie Lawrence is to play the title character in a streamed version of the cult Lars von Trier film, The Boss of it All, which has been adapted by Nottinghamshire theatre company New Perspectives.

Durante is new Artistic Director of ENB School

1 September 2020

Viviana Durante will become Artistic Director of English National Ballet School for the 2020–21 academic year, following her appointment as Director of Dance in August 2019.

Three-week festival as Nottingham Playhouse reopens

1 September 2020

Nottingham Playhouse is to open its doors for the first time since March for a three-week festival of live and live-streamed events.

REP man completes walk from Birmingham to London

1 September 2020

Birmingham REP associate director Steve Ball raised more than £3,700 by walking 116 miles from the theatre to London’s Leicester Square in seven days.

Scotland's Capital Theatres get support for heritage properties

30 August 2020

The National Lottery Heritage Fund support will help towards maintenance costs of three cash-strapped heritage venues.

Popcorn Writing Award winners

30 August 2020

Jennifer Lunn wins The Popcorn Writing Award 2020 with Es and Flo.

Theatr Clwyd takes to the hills

30 August 2020

£5 season of live performance events starts on the hill neighbouring Theatr Clwyd.

Arts Council's £2 million support for artists and freelancers

30 August 2020

Freelance workers in the performing arts can benefit from ACE's support to Theatre Artists Fund and Help Musicians’ Financial Hardship Funding programme.

Scottish Opera to perform outdoors

28 August 2020

Scottish Opera has announced a programme of outdoor performances, including Puccini’s La bohème and Pop-up Opera performances of Don Giovanni, The Gondoliers and new work The Song of the Clyde.

Catch Me at Greenwich + Docklands

28 August 2020

Catch Me is a dance-circus outdoor performance at Greenwich + Docklands International Festival presented by Upswing and directed by AD Vicki Amedume.

RSC theatres stay closed as redundancy talks start

28 August 2020

The Royal Shakespeare Company has confirmed that its theatres will not open for full productions before 2021 and a formal consultation with employees about redundancies will begin in October.

Three start on new Northern plays

28 August 2020

Manchester ADP has set up long-term partnerships with three local writers to develop new plays.

Orchestra of Opera North performs live at Leeds Town Hall

28 August 2020

Live music returns to Leeds Town Hall with the Orchestra of Opera North.

Liverpool stages outdoor performance festival

28 August 2020

Liverpool theatre producer Bill Elms has created a nine-day outdoor live performance festival to support the city’s devastated theatre scene.

ROH online autumn opera and ballet concerts

28 August 2020

The Royal Opera House is to make two evenings of opera and ballet live from Covent Garden available to view online.

Kneehigh all set to Strike Out

28 August 2020

An international theatre company is to Strike Out in a bid to find a new way forward in uncertain times.