News

ROH opens five new streams

21 December 2021

Royal Opera House will add to its online offerings the ballets Sleeping Beauty, The Winter's Tale and Marguerite and Armand and the operas Fause and Nabucco.

Coventry to welcome literary adaptations

21 December 2021

Coventry venue Warwick Arts Centre’s spring and summer 2022 season features several “bold” adaptations of famous literary works.

Show about Britney Spears to tour in spring 2022

21 December 2021

Shereen Roushbaiani is to tour a one-woman show which “melds together the real-world events of Britney Spears’ turbulent life with the voice of a millennial superfan”.

Rose Bruford College receives £1.9m

20 December 2021

Rose Bruford College will develop its digital stagecraft offering with new funding from The Office for Students.

Creative UK calls for government support

20 December 2021

Targeted support is needed for the creative industries if all the work so far is not be undone.

Southwark opens and closes

19 December 2021

Southwark Playhouse's happy news that it will open a new venue is tempered by the early closure of The Rhythmics.

Jason's numbers coming up

19 December 2021

The National Lottery’s Big Night Of Musicals is a one-off spectacular, hosted by Jason Manford.

Hair raising ticket sales

19 December 2021

Hairspray the Musical is breaking records at Blackpool Opera House.

Liverpool courting its youth

19 December 2021

Liverpool’s Royal Court youth theatre has teamed up with youth organisations to offer classes in dance, musical theatre, music production, singing, musical instrument and more.

Ian's new Favourite for Manchester

19 December 2021

1974 Productions is to stage Ian Townsend's new full-length play My Favourite Place In The Whole Wide World.

What's on in the Midlands

19 December 2021

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 20 December.

What's on in the North East

19 December 2021

Theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 20 December 2021. On 22 December: updated with news of Covid-related cancellations.

Cast announced for new tour of Beautiful musical

17 December 2021

Molly-Grace Cutler will take the lead role in a new UK tour of Beautiful—The Carole King Musical which starts at Leicester’s Curve theatre.

Musicals abound in Northampton venue’s new season

17 December 2021

A bumper crop of musicals is on its way to Northampton’s Royal and Derngate, with no fewer than eight being listed in the venue’s programme for spring and summer 2022.

Stellar line-up for musical theatre festival

17 December 2021

Marisha Wallace, Kerry Ellis, Lee Mead and Cassidy Janson will headline the Gaiety Musical Theatre Festival at Ragley Hall, Warwickshire in May 2022.

Gilchrist to take over at Birmingham Hippodrome

16 December 2021

Jon Gilchrist, who has been executive director of HOME in Manchester since 2018, is to be the new artistic director and chief executive of Birmingham Hippodrome.

COVID cancels performances at Northern Stage

16 December 2021

Northern Stage has announced the cancellation of performances of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice because of a COVID infection.

Dance festival to return to Leicester in 2022

16 December 2021

Let’s Dance International Frontiers will return live in 2022 with a “plethora of exciting performances at Leicester’s Curve as well as workshops, talks and networking opportunities”.

Four premières in new season at Nottingham Playhouse

16 December 2021

Four back-to-back world premières will form the spring and summer 2022 season at Nottingham Playhouse.

NDT returns to UK for nine-venue tour

15 December 2021

Nederlands Dans Theater—NDT 2—will tour the UK with a triple bill by Marco Goecke, Hans van Manen and Johan Inger including two UK and Ireland premières.