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Four take Steps and are cast in new musical

19 July 2024

Main casting has been announced for a new musical, Here and Now, presented by “pop sensation” Steps, to première in Birmingham.

RSC appoints Bailey Lock as executive producer

18 July 2024

Bailey Lock will lead the producing team in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Stratford home.

Claybody to launch new play about UFO in Stoke

17 July 2024

A new play based on real events more than 50 years ago when a UFO reportedly landed in a field is to have its première in Stoke-on-Trent.

Nottingham company stages free performances of Henry V

17 July 2024

Nottingham Shakespeare Company's Henry V will take place in “unexpected places” across Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire.

Punch to transfer from Nottingham to the Young Vic

17 July 2024

Nottingham Playhouse has announced that James Graham’s play Punch is to transfer to London’s Young Vic Theatre in 2025.

New Vic “attempts the impossible” with Company of Wolves

17 July 2024

How do you transform an actor into a werewolf and back without CGI? That is what Staffordshire’s New Vic will attempt in Angela Carter’s The Company of Wolves.

Welch hooks in to Nottingham panto

17 July 2024

Denise Welch is to join the cast of Nottingham Theatre Royal and Crossroads Pantomimes’ 2024 production Peter Pan as Captain Hook.

New WWII play raises awareness of forgotten battle

12 July 2024

A new play which aims to raise awareness of a World War II battle two days before D-Day is to have its première in Shrewsbury.

Cast revealed for new staging of A Raisin in the Sun

11 July 2024

Casting has been announced for a new staging of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun directed by Tinuke Craig.

Scheme launched for Manchester producers

11 July 2024

The Lowry, HOME, Z-arts and Stage One have together launched a new scheme to support the development of independent theatre producers.

Newman takes over at Sheffield

11 July 2024

Elizabeth Newman, outgoing Artistic Director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre, will take over as Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres from December 2024.

Weekend event returns to streets of Birmingham

11 July 2024

Birmingham Weekender is to return in August 2024 with free performances on streets, in squares and shopping centres and even the sky above the city.

Free previews of family show in Worcester and Stratford

11 July 2024

Families are being offered the chance to see a new musical for free in Worcester before it heads to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s outdoor theatre in Stratford.

Oldham Coliseum is back, by popular request

9 July 2024

A campaign headed by actor Julie Hesmondhalgh and writer Ian Kershaw to reopen the Coliseum, which shut its doors in March 2023, has been successful.

Lichfield theatre closes for refurbishment

9 July 2024

Lichfield Garrick has unveiled plans for a major refurbishment of its front-of-house areas including box office, bars and toilets.

Fresh new playwriting festival comes to Hull

8 July 2024

Middle Child will present Fresh Ink at Hull's Fruit Market featuring new plays, workshops and a speech from the Royal Court Artistic Director, David Byrne.

Exchange announces first post-Artistic Director season

8 July 2024

Manchester's Royal Exchange scrapped the role of Artistic Director last year but appointed Selina Cartmell as Creative Director from next month.

Three Musketeers outdoors in Worcester

4 July 2024

Worcester Repertory Company is to perform an outdoor version of Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers adapted by Paul Milton of Everyman, Cheltenham.

Classic Thriller Season returns to Nottingham

4 July 2024

Madness, mystery and murder will abound when the Colin McIntyre Classic Thriller Season returns to the Theatre Royal, Nottingham for its 37th year.

Talawa to tour musical inspired by Twelfth Night

4 July 2024

The “UK’s outstanding black theatre company” Talawa is to stage the première of Play On!, a jazz-fuelled, Twelfth Night-inspired musical.