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The first season at Laurels

2 September 2021

Laurels, the new theatre in Whitley Bay, announces its first season.

More shows announced for Washington

2 September 2021

Arts Centre Washington has announced more shows in its autumn 2021 programme.

Trafalgar acquires children’s drama academy

2 September 2021

International group Trafalgar Entertainment which runs Stagecoach Performing Arts has acquired the children’s extra-curricular drama organisation Helen O’Grady Drama Academy.

Sergei Polunin at The London Palladium

1 September 2021

Ballet dancer Sergei Polunin will visit the London Palladium for one night only to promote his autobiography, Free: A Life In Images And Words.

PLASA 2021 celebrates ABTT anniversary

29 August 2021

The PLASA Show takes place at London's Olympia with an event that celebrates technical innovation and the ABTT's 60th anniversary.

NHS workers get free Night With Reg

29 August 2021

London's Turbine Theatre and Tickets for Good have free seats for My Night With Reg for NHS workers.

Gabriela has star ticket

29 August 2021

Actress Gabriela Garcia saved the day after illness struck the cast of the sold-out production of Rent at Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre.

Edinburgh's crippled Fringe Festival launches Save the Fringe

29 August 2021

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has launched a £7.5m fundraising campaign to secure its future.

Manchester Fringe serves up 60 shows

29 August 2021

Greater Manchester Fringe returns in September with more than 60 shows at a variety of venues around the city.

Bloomsbury Festival 2021

29 August 2021

London's Bloomsbury Festival offers a varied programme of 100+ events this October.

Exchange reaches The Mountaintop

29 August 2021

Katori Hall’s Olivier Award-winning play The Mountaintop comes to Manchester Royal Exchange in a new production.

Magical mayhem for Blackpool

29 August 2021

Olivier award-winning comedy favourite Mischief brings Magic Goes Wrong to the Opera House Blackpool.

Dancing around women's soccer

29 August 2021

They thought women’s football was all over in 1921 but, a century on, the story of a pioneering team will be told through dance by About Time.

RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award invites entries

29 August 2021

The 2021 Royal Theatrical Support Trust Sir Peter Hall Director Award Scheme is now open for entries.

Oldham's joyful return to stage

29 August 2021

Oldham Coliseum marks a return to the stage with Tanika Gupta’s "heart-warming" comedy Love N Stuff.

Premières bookend Liverpool theatre fest

29 August 2021

The Liverpool Theatre Festival returns next week with 23 performances of 16 shows across 12 days.

Patricia is Dressing Up Dietrich

29 August 2021

Patricia Hartshorne recreates the songs and images of Marlene Dietrich with a suitcase, an OK pair of legs—and a much-travelled wig.

Peaceophobia parks up in cities

29 August 2021

Peaceophobia is a new immersive theatrical experience to be performed in car parks in Bradford and Manchester this autumn.

What's on in the North East

29 August 2021

Theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 30 August 2021.

A new play by a new writer at The Customs House

28 August 2021

The Customs House is to produce Our Laygate, the first play by Ann Ahmed, a local writer, in September.