News

Wonder.land promised for city festival

25 January 2015

Wonder.land is a new musical inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, with music by Damon Albarn and book and lyrics by Moira Buffini.

Splashing time for Cal McCrystal

25 January 2015

Acclaimed director Cal McCrystal is set to make a splash when he makes his Royal Court Liverpool debut.

World première for Exchange Studio

25 January 2015

Anna Jordan’s Bruntwood Prize winning play YEN is to receive its world première in The Studio at Manchester’s Royal Exchange.

Children's time at the Dukes

25 January 2015

Mother hens have no need to worry about entertaining their chicks this half term.

Corrie duo go to war in Manchester

25 January 2015

Former Coronation Street stars Wendi Peters and Ian Reddington lead the cast of the classic satirical musical set during the First World War Oh What a Lovely War at Manchester Opera House in February.

NW Productions

25 January 2015

Round-up of regional productions opening week beginning Sunday January 25.

Casting for Yarico première

25 January 2015

Epic musical about love, betrayal and redemption opens in London next month.

What's on in the North East?

25 January 2015

Theatre productions in the North East for the week beginning Monday 26th January, 2015.

Midlands productions

25 January 2015

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 26 January.

Oddsocks returns to Derby with Wind in the Willows

23 January 2015

Derby-based theatre company Oddsocks returns to its home city with the family favourite The Wind in the Willows which is almost at the end of its latest tour.

Curve casts world première of Adrian Mole musical

23 January 2015

Leicester’s Curve has announced the cast for the world première of Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ - The Musical.

Railway suicide play unveiled in Birmingham

23 January 2015

The second play written by Stephanie Ridings—a member of Birmingham REP’s inaugural REP Foundry artist development programme—is to have its première at the theatre.

Hicks goes home to Leicester for honorary degree

23 January 2015

Leicester-born actor Greg Hicks has been presented with an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Leicester.

New home at the Alex for Birmingham Stage Company

23 January 2015

Birmingham Stage Company is moving from the city’s Old Rep Theatre just down the road to the New Alexandra Theatre.

REP Foundry scheme for West Midlands talent opens

23 January 2015

Emerging writers and directors have the opportunity to get onto a year-long development and mentoring programme organised by Birmingham REP.

Spring at the Customs House

23 January 2015

The Customs House in South Shields has announced its season through to April 2015.

New Exec Director at Northern Stage

22 January 2015

Newcastle's Northern Stage has appointed Kate Denby as Executive Director.

Who will win Manchester Theatre Awards?

20 January 2015

Friday the 13th will prove lucky for some when winners of the Manchester Theatre Awards are revealed in March.

1898 - London's Coronet Cinema celebrated in dance

19 January 2015

Three emerging choreographers led by Hubert Essakow at the Print Room will celebrate 1898, the year the Coronet cinema was built in Notting Hill, in a one-week festival of contemporary dance. 

Hedda Beeby to stand down at Watermill

19 January 2015

Hedda Beeby, artistic and executive director of the Watermill Theatre in Newbury, is to stand down.