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Philip Glass opera up for circus awards

26 September 2021

Circus Days and Nights, a new opera by Philip Glass co-produced by Cirkus Cirkör and Malmö Opera, has been nominated for four awards at the International Circus Awards.

New panto award seeks judges

26 September 2021

Do you know your Dames from your Dandinis? The UK Pantomime Association needs volunteer judges for its inaugural Pantomime Awards.

What's on in the North East

26 September 2021

Theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 27 September 2021.

Albany Theatre asks Killer Question in new season

25 September 2021

Drama features strongly in the autumn and winter season at Coventry’s Albany Theatre which will include two Christmas productions.

What's on in the Midlands

25 September 2021

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 27 September.

Highlights Rural Touring Scheme returns

25 September 2021

The Highlights Rural Touring Scheme returns to the North East this autumn

Another chapter as A Christmas Carol tours again

24 September 2021

Lincoln-based Chapterhouse Theatre Company is to continue its festive tradition of touring Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol to theatres, castles and cathedrals across the UK in November and December 2021.

Sanctuary award for Nottingham Playhouse

24 September 2021

Nottingham Playhouse has been given a Theatre of Sanctuary award which recognises that it has become a “welcoming, safe and enjoyable space” for refugees and asylum seekers.

Homelessness festival for Coventry

24 September 2021

A week-long festival co-produced by people who have lived experience of homelessness is to take place in various venues across Coventry.

Lunchtime works-in-progress in online festival

24 September 2021

Ten new work-in-progress shows by companies and artists based in the Midlands will have their first outing at the free, online First Bite festival.

Fire Station opening announced

24 September 2021

The opening of Sunderland’s new auditorium, The Fire Station, is announced as tickets go on sale for its first season.

WGGB sets out terms for writers in 'wild west' of digital theatre

20 September 2021

The Writers' Guild of Great Britain and the Personal Managers' Association have together set out a basis for playwrights' rights for digital theatre following the recent explosion in online delivery.

Curve to present new Billy Elliot production

19 September 2021

Leicester's Curve theatre is to stage a new production of the musical Billy Elliot which will run for six weeks in summer 2022.

Plays for our time

19 September 2021

The Dukes in Lancaster hosts two hard-hitting and highly-pertinent real stories next month.

Comedy writers chosen for new project

19 September 2021

SKY Comedy Rep, a partnership between Birmingham Rep and SKY Studios, has selected 11 writers in a scheme to discover and develop new regional comedy writing talent.

What's on in the Midlands

19 September 2021

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

Farrell joins Gatiss in A Christmas Carol

19 September 2021

Nicholas Farrell is to join the cast of Mark Gatiss’s new adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol at Nottingham Playhouse and London’s Alexandra Palace.

Samantha all white on the night

19 September 2021

Samantha Womack is to play the White Witch in C S Lewis's The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at The Lowry this Christmas.

Contact up and running again

19 September 2021

Manchester’s Contact theatre returns to its Oxford Road venue with a reopening programme.

What's on in the North East

19 September 2021

Theatre productions in the North East in the week beginning Monday 20 September 2021.