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What's on in the North East

28 September 2014

Theatre productions in the north east for the week beginning Monday 29 September, 2014.

Midlands productions

28 September 2014

Theatre productions in the Midlands for the week beginning Monday 29 September.

Oxford students find Aeschylus is all Greek

27 September 2014

The Oxford Greek Play, one of the University of Oxford’s oldest dramatic traditions, is to perform Aeschylus’s The Furies in the original ancient Greek.

Gala panto cast announced

27 September 2014

Durham's Gala Theatre has announced the cast for this year's panto, Aladdin.

Meeting hard issues head-on at Live

27 September 2014

There will be two free events around the issues raised by Live Theatre's Wet House in the coming weeks.

RSC’s Wolf Hall to get Broadway transfer

27 September 2014

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s productions of Wolf Hall: Parts 1 and 2 which played in Stratford and are currently at the Aldwych Theatre in London are to transfer to Broadway.

Northampton stages Oklahoma! before national tour

27 September 2014

Northampton’s Royal and Derngate is to stage a new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Oklahoma!, which will visit three other Midlands theatres on a national tour.

Folly for Rula Lenska in chilling Birmingham tale

27 September 2014

Rula Lenska will star in The Frozen Scream, a new production which will open at Wales Millennium Centre before transferring to Birmingham Hippodrome.

Retail therapy in Derby for Maison Foo as tour ends

27 September 2014

“Quirky and inventive” Derby-based theatre company Maison Foo is taking its second show to its home town as the final date of a national tour.

Small-scale drama booked for Mansfield

27 September 2014

Mansfield Palace Theatre has teamed up with the Nottinghamshire town’s Old Library Theatre to stage small-scale drama.

Sea monsters and ghosts in UK premiere at Warwick

27 September 2014

Coventry’s Warwick Arts Centre is opening its 40th anniversary season with the UK première of Forced Entertainment and Tarek Atoui's The Last Adventures.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof moves to Northampton

27 September 2014

Northampton Royal and Derngate’s co-production of Tennessee Williams’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is transferring to Northampton for a two-and-a-half-week run.

Opportunities for East Midlands theatre-makers

27 September 2014

Touring theatre producer New Perspectives has announced this year’s Emerging Perspectives programme for a new generation of theatre-makers living and working in the East Midlands.

Victory for New Vic which celebrates best year

27 September 2014

Newcastle-under-Lyme's New Vic experienced its most successful year in 2013-14, according to the theatre's annual review.

Canterbury Tales events at Guildford

26 September 2014

Inspired by their new version of Chaucer's classic, Guildford Shakespeare Company is presenting a range of events as autumn entertainment.

Khan 'do' for Salford's Lowry

25 September 2014

A major visual arts exhibition at the Lowry in Salford this autumn is curated by renowned choreographer and dancer, Akram Khan.

The continual rise of Northern Star

25 September 2014

Actor, writer and musician, Stella Grundy is taking her one-woman show into a developed production.

Sunday outing for Royal Exchange

25 September 2014

Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre is to throw open its doors on Sunday.

Award-winning play for Merseyside

25 September 2014

Clybourne Park, a modern classic and winner of the Pulitzer, Olivier and Tony Awards, comes to Liverpool’s Unity Theatre.

Lowry's October treats

25 September 2014

The Lowry in October features Rambert’s rock ’n’ roll dance hit Rooster, returning after 13 years, and the RSC’s ribald Henry plays during October.