News

Northampton gets wind of Kenneth Grahame classic

23 November 2013

Director Gary Sefton will return to Northampton, bringing his “inventive and energetic story-telling style” to Kenneth Grahame’s story The Wind in the Willows.

New version of A Christmas Carol in Birmingham

23 November 2013

A new stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is the festive attraction at Birmingham REP.

Kenneth’s final Nottingham panto – yes it is!

23 November 2013

Kenneth Alan Taylor’s 30-year reign as dame in Nottingham Playhouse’s pantos comes to an end when he returns for one last time.

Chicago to open on Curve’s fifth birthday

23 November 2013

A new production of Chicago is to start at Leicester’s Curve—five years to the day since the Queen opened the building.

Tony Robinson as Kenneth Grahame in ROH Wind in the Willows

21 November 2013

Royal Opera House production to transfer into London’s West End: Will Tuckett’s The Wind in the Willows opens at the Duchess for an eight-week Christmas season.

Matthew Bourne Lord Of The Flies national tour

21 November 2013

A national tour of a new dance production of Lord Of The Flies, adapted and directed by New Adventures and Re:Bourne's Matthew Bourne and Scott Ambler, will open at The Lowry, Salford on 2 April 2014.

Doctors and Dames Tweet the Day

17 November 2013

More news from planet panto with the announcement of the first Panto Day tweeters.

Arts education gets a boost from new charity

17 November 2013

A new charity has been launched to support young people from non-privileged backgrounds in performing arts training.

Shakespeare in Love adapted for the stage

17 November 2013

Award–winning film Shakespeare in Love has been adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, and will première in the summer of 2014.

Adrian Pagan Playwright Award

17 November 2013

A panel of judges has selected five works to be shortlisted for the inaugural Adrian Pagan Playwright Award.

Invest in Wind In The Willows new musical

17 November 2013

A chance to be a theatre angel for Stiles and Drewe's new work.

St James Theatre goes Silent for a day

17 November 2013

Rarely-seen early films of Shakespeare plays to be screened

What's on in the North East

17 November 2013

Theatre productions in the North East for the week beginning Monday 18 November 2013.

NW Productions

17 November 2013

Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday November 17.

Midlands productions

16 November 2013

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 18 November.

Web site shows that dancing is not just for girls

16 November 2013

Coventry’s Warwick Arts Centre has unveiled a new web site to showcase the work of Boys Dancing, a project from its education department.

Coup as Birmingham gets Russia Ring Cycle

16 November 2013

Birmingham Hippodrome will present Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle in November 2014 to mark the UK-Russia Year of Culture.

New chair for Buxton Festival Fringe

16 November 2013

Long-term committee member Keith Savage has taken over as chair of Buxton Festival Fringe from Stephanie Billens.

Doggone it as Dalmatians are spotted in Newcastle

16 November 2013

Theatregoers can spot a rare production of The Hundred and One Dalmatians at Newcastle-under-Lyme’s New Vic theatre.

RSC actors make exhibition of themselves at Stratford

16 November 2013

Two free public exhibitions are to go on view at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford.