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Ballets de Monte-Carlo winter season

3 December 2020

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo will host a ‘100% Jean-Christophe Maillot’ programme to celebrate his 60th birthday as part of the end-of-the-year festivities at the Grimaldi Forum.

Shakespeare North hunts a CEO

3 December 2020

The Shakespeare North Playhouse, being built in Knowsley, near Liverpool, is looking for a CEO.

Storyhouse's Christmas 'surprise'

3 December 2020

Chester’s Storyhouse plans to be amongst the few theatres to open a Christmas show.

Octagon looks to the future

3 December 2020

The Octagon in Bolton has launched a 12 Days of Christmas campaign to support its Future Fund.

Grand plan for Manchester drive-in theatre

3 December 2020

It is hoped up to 1,000 jobs in theatre will be created in Manchester in the spring.

Tracing Movement's filmed dance piece Rebound

3 December 2020

Tracing Movement's Rebound is a filmed dance piece performed onstage at Theatre Royal Stratford East directed and choreographed by Stuart Winter.

Dancers stay occupied

3 December 2020

Dancers ‘occupy’ theatre stages across Greater Manchester in a new film.

Derby Theatre moves Little Mermaid online

3 December 2020

All in-person performances of Mike Kenny’s The Little Mermaid at Derby Theatre have been cancelled as the city has entered tier three COVID restrictions.

A Christmas Carol experience

3 December 2020

Zach Pierce is a Bolton-based theatre producer developing a festive audio play.

Oldham Advent Calendar on air

3 December 2020

From December 1–24, Oldham Coliseum Theatre will air a short play on a festive theme each day.

Major grant secures future of RSC Education

2 December 2020

The Royal Shakespeare Company has received £7 million from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation to support its work in schools across the UK.

Van Gogh exhibition extended in Birmingham

2 December 2020

Birmingham Hippodrome is to extend the UK première of the Van Gogh Alive exhibition until Sunday 31 January 2021.

Young Birmingham dancers win Royal Ballet School approval

2 December 2020

Two Birmingham youngsters have been offered places on Royal Ballet School’s junior associates programme and another 14 onto Elmhurst Ballet School’s young dancers programme.

Nottingham panto moved to Easter

2 December 2020

The Nottingham Theatre Royal panto Sleeping Beauty has been moved to Easter 2021 as the city has entered the government’s tier three coronavirus restrictions until at least 16 December.

Oddsocks on the road with A Christmas Carol

2 December 2020

Derby's Oddsocks is to tour a new adaptation of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol to venues across the UK which are under Tier 2 COVID-19 restrictions.

Coventry springs into new season with Henry VIII musical

1 December 2020

Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre has announced its programme for spring and summer 2021, with highlights including West End hits SIX and Groan Ups and the new thriller from Peter James, Looking Good Dead.

West Midlands finds it gets lighter from here

1 December 2020

A “virtual day of hope and positivity”, showcasing 60-second digital commissions from organisations across the West Midlands, is to mark the longest night and shortest day of the year.

Crooked Spire murder mystery to be free online

30 November 2020

A medieval murder mystery musical set in the aftermath of a global pandemic, The Crooked Spire (Windlass Edition), will be available free online from Derbyshire's Ashgate Heritage Arts.

Daniel Ward wins George Devine Award

29 November 2020

The George Devine Award has been given to Daniel Ward for his debut play The Canary and the Crow.

Future Theatre Fund supports new talent

29 November 2020

London newspaper the Evening Standard and video platform TikTok launch new programme to support emerging theatre-makers.