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The immune system translated to dance

4 March 2025

Royal Academy of Dance and The Francis Crick Institute and Centre of the Cell are to screen the new film Speeding to Protection.

Stan’s Café bottles it with new show about plastic

3 March 2025

Birmingham theatre company Stan's Cafe will turn its attention to the complex issue of plastic usage for The Many Lives Of PET #1.

Step Around Town brings dance into London schools

3 March 2025

This spring, a series of performances will take place in schools across Greater London.

Manford and Nickless return to Manchester panto

28 February 2025

Jason Manford and Ben Nickless will return to the Manchester Opera House pantomime for a fourth season, this time in Robin Hood.

MIF25 calls for creators and volunteers

28 February 2025

Factory International is asking for Manchester-based creatives plus 400 festival volunteers for this year's Manchester International Festival.

Culture central to Manchester's economic growth

28 February 2025

A new report credits Manchester’s 'cultural offering' as a key driver for economic growth, as well as "the ongoing happiness and wellbeing of the city’s residents".

Cathie comes out on top in search for new play

28 February 2025

Malvern Theatres and The Everyman, Cheltenham have selected the winning entry for their inaugural playwriting competition: In Veritas by Cathie Rolinson.

Sophie’s development amplified at Nottingham Playhouse

28 February 2025

Sophie Jane Corner has been appointed a Nottingham Playhouse Amplify associate as part of its artist development programme.

Applications open for young writers course

27 February 2025

Rural theatre company Pentabus has announced that applications are open for National Young Writers 2025, a free online course.

Octagon makes £10m economic impact on Bolton

23 February 2025

The Octagon's annual report for 2024 shows "record-breaking performances" and an expansion of the theatre's work in the community.

Empire raises £21k for cancer care

23 February 2025

Staff and patrons of Sunderland Empire have raised £21,075.40 over the last twelve months for Macmillan Cancer Support, the theatre's nominated charity.

Hippodrome chooses artists for development programme

20 February 2025

Birmingham Hippodrome’s new work and artist development department has announced its first cohort for Hippodrome Origins.

Curve to stage Sound of Music at Christmas

19 February 2025

Leicester’s Curve theatre will come alive at Christmas 2025 with a new production of The Sound of Music.

New production of Kite Runner sequel

19 February 2025

Birmingham Rep, Nottingham Playhouse and Leeds Playhouse are to collaborate on A Thousand Splendid Suns, Ursula Rani Sarma’s play based on Khaled Hosseini’s novel.

“More human” Macbeths in Nottingham Shakespeare show

19 February 2025

Nottingham Shakespeare Company is to tour Macbeth, with director Michelle-Louise Wright aiming to make the two central characters more human than usual.

Folk tales come to life in Stoke collaboration

18 February 2025

Bernadette and Other Teenage Folk Tales will have five performances in Stoke-on-Trent.

Chichester announces Festival 2025

15 February 2025

Chichester's Festival programme for 2025 includes five world and two UK premières, two musicals and world dramas

Sherlock Holmes to spend Christmas in Birmingham

14 February 2025

Birmingham Rep will present Sherlock Holmes and The Twelve Days of Christmas by Humphrey Ker and David Reed with songs by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber at Christmas 2025.

RSC streams all Shakespeare’s plays

14 February 2025

The full canon of Shakespeare’s plays performed and recorded by the Royal Shakespeare Company is now available to stream on streaming service Marquee TV.

Black Country Touring bosses to step down

13 February 2025

Frances Land and Steve Johnstone, co-artistic directors of Black Country Touring, will step down in autumn 2025 after leading BCT for 28 years.