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Regional companies' First Bite at Birmingham festival

31 January 2015

Ten regional companies are needed for a festival of new theatre work in Birmingham in May.

Verdi and Donizetti operas headline Buxton Festival

31 January 2015

The Buxton Festival of opera, music and books has announced its 2015 programme.

RSC offers chance to perform in open air at Stratford

31 January 2015

The Royal Shakespeare Company is offering amateur and semi-professional theatre groups, schools and colleges the opportunity to put on a play in Stratford.

New Derby Arena set to lose £2m in first three years

31 January 2015

Derby’s new Arena, which will stage the 2015 pantomime Aladdin, is expected to make a loss of more than £2 million in its first three years.

DV8 John headed for The Lowry

30 January 2015

John, the latest work from multi-award-winning DV8 Physical Theatre, comes to The Lowry in Salford.

A Grand season ahead

30 January 2015

Blackpool Grand Theatre’s new season includes several musicals.

Rita, Sue & Bob are back

30 January 2015

After breaking box office records with previous productions, Andrea Dunbar’s classic Rita, Sue and Bob Too! is returning to St Helens.

10th anniversary for Bruntwood Prize

30 January 2015

The 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting has opened its 10th anniversary competition.

More live screenings in Lancaster

30 January 2015

Another classic Arthur Miller play is the latest West End production to be screened live at Lancaster’s Dukes.

Salford's hills to come alive...

30 January 2015

One of the greatest musicals of all time comes to Salford this Christmas.

Knives out for brain surgery play

30 January 2015

A love story that puts the audience under the brain surgeon’s knife will be played out at The Dukes in Lancaster.

Owen play returns to Liverpool

30 January 2015

The play about the life of Great War poet Wilfred Owen makes a return to Liverpool’s St Georges Hall.

Macbeth through a Filter at Everyman

30 January 2015

Pioneering theatre company Filter brings its daring new production of Macbeth to the Everyman in Liverpool.

Stars out in York Antony and Cleopatra

30 January 2015

York Theatre Royal has announced star casting for a gala reading of Shakespeare’s Anthony and Cleopatra.

Crowd funding for new Newcastle Theatre

28 January 2015

Crowd funding is being sought for a new "intimate" theatre in Newcastle.

The Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2014

27 January 2015

Report on the Award Ceremony on 27 January 2015.

Sadler's Wells =dance series completes it inaugural year

27 January 2015

Sadler’s Wells completes the inaugural year of the =dance series with Equation and a performance from Corali dance company in the Lilian Baylis Studio.

Academic Research and Theatre

27 January 2015

New theatre inspired by research conducted at Newcastle University comes to Northern Stage.

Critics' Circle National Dance Awards 2014 Winners

27 January 2015

15th Critics' Circle National Dance Awards winners announced 26 January 2015 at The Place: Mark Bruce Company's Dracula scores three, Royal Ballet four, English National Ballet two.

Walking the Tightrope: The Tension between Art and Politics

25 January 2015

Offstage and Theatre Uncut have collaborated to present a week of politically-motivated theatre in London next week from Caryl Churchill, Neil Labute, Mark Ravenhill and others.