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Sealskin launches Physical Fest

7 May 2023

Liverpool's international physical theatre festival—Physical Fest—returns this summer.

Arab arts festival on tour

7 May 2023

Shubbak Festival, the largest contemporary Arab arts festival, returns for performance across London and also in Kent, Manchester and Liverpool.

Tyne Theatre's heritage conference

7 May 2023

Tyne Theatre and Opera House will hold an international conference in September at the end of a year-long heritage project.

Blonde Bombshells lined up

7 May 2023

Three producing theatres are teaming up to present a new production of Alan Plater’s witty musical play Blonde Bombshells of 1943.

Singing Mermaid for Dukes

7 May 2023

Julia Donaldson’s classic story The Singing Mermaid comes to Lancaster’s Dukes Theatre May 30–31.

Theatre students in spotlight

7 May 2023

Manchester Arden’s Theatre and Performance third years have organised and perform in a festival UnTaPped 2023: The Human Hour at The Lowry.

Manchester talent in cabaret

7 May 2023

To Bee Productions in collaboration with Sonata Piano & Cabaret Lounge announce the first of a series of cabarets, This is the Place.

Octagon plan into 2024

7 May 2023

Bolton’s Octagon Theatre has a varied new programme for autumn and in to 2024.

Flying Dutchman on tour

7 May 2023

OperaUpClose has announced a re-imagined version of The Flying Dutchman which will tour the UK this summer.

A Theatre Show north & south

7 May 2023

A Theatre Show will be at Salford’s Kings Arms July 17–19 in Greater Manchester Fringe and at Camden Peoples' Theatre August 25–27 in Camden Fringe.

Dinosaurs twice a day

7 May 2023

Family show Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish heads to The Lowry Studio May 28 at 1PM and 3PM.

Come laugh with women

7 May 2023

Come Laugh With Us is a night of new theatre set beneath the arches of Manchester’s 53two venue.

World of food for Lancaster

7 May 2023

To coincide with its summer walkabout theatre production, Lancaster’s Dukes is hosting an Around the World Food Festival on June 2.

Monochrome mystery on Tyneside

7 May 2023

Where Did All the Magpies Go? is a comedy written by Holly Readshaw about what the world would be like if Gateshead and Newcastle did not exist!

Hull grows gig theatre

7 May 2023

Grow Season’s headliner Modest is the latest gig-theatre production by Hull company Middle Child and Milk Presents at Hull Truck Theatre.

Showstopper! in Lancaster

7 May 2023

Showstopper! is the first-ever spontaneous musical comedy to have a full West End run and be nominated for and win an Olivier Award.

Lost Spells in Lakeland

7 May 2023

The Lost Spells—a New Musical comes to Theatre by the Lake in Keswick May 24–June 3.

Jungle Book in Salford

7 May 2023

Akram Khan’s new dance-theatre production Jungle Book is reimagined in Salford on May 13.

Composers take note

7 May 2023

Applications have opened for the 2023 Octagon Theatre Bolton resident composer.

Ukrainian wartime play to be staged in Birmingham

6 May 2023

Ludlow’s Here to There Productions is to present Ukrainian playwright Natal’ya Vorozhbit’s Bad Roads for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.