News

Tringe benefits of laughter

27 July 2012

Preston Tringe will bring top-quality and up-and-coming comedians to the city's annual fringe festival.

Playing in the park

27 July 2012

Lancaster's Williamson Park will still be ringing to the sounds of several productions this summer.

Midlands productions

22 July 2012

What's on in the region this week.

Grand deal as Ken signs up for Wolverhampton panto

22 July 2012

Wolverhampton Grand has announced three more of the cast who will appear in this year’s panto Jack and the Beanstalk.

Curve says hello again to Caroline O’Connor as Dolly

22 July 2012

Australian singer and actress Caroline O’Connor, who played Rose in Gypsy earlier this year, will return to Leicester’s Curve in the Christmas musical production Hello Dolly!.

Belgrade offers youngsters chance to develop theatre skills

22 July 2012

Coventry’s Belgrade is offering two week-long summer schools during the holidays for young people aged eight to 16 to develop their theatre skills.

Ayckbourn, Godber and Dickens help New Vic to celebrate

22 July 2012

Comedy from Alan Ayckbourn and John Godber, a portrait of life in a Midlands mining village and a Dickens classic will be served up at Newcastle-under-Lyme’s New Vic as part of its 50th anniversary season.

Open day celebrates Nottingham venue’s 30 years

22 July 2012

Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall is throwing open its doors to celebrate its 30th anniversary.

Buxton pulls the strings with two more festivals

22 July 2012

Only days after Buxton Festival and Buxton Festival Fringe ended, the Derbyshire spa town will welcome two more major, annual events.

Joe and Patricia delighted to be sent to Coventry

22 July 2012

Coventry’s Belgrade has announced that Joe Harmston and Patricia Benecke will be joining the team as creative associates.

Jack brought in to give company new perspectives

22 July 2012

East Midlands touring company New Perspectives has announced that Jack McNamara is to be its new artistic director.

Much ado about Indian summer at the RSC

22 July 2012

Paul Bhattacharjee and Meera Syal will play Benedick and Beatrice in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s latest production of Much Ado about Nothing which is set in modern-day India.

NW Productions

22 July 2012

Round-up of regional productions beginning Sunday July 22.

What's on in the North East

22 July 2012

Theatre productions in the North East for the week beginning Monday 23rd July, 2012

Panto News: July 2012

22 July 2012

Simon Sladen brings you his 6th Panto blog of the season as he reveals Pantoland's latest news.

Archbishop Gives Mysteries his Blessing

20 July 2012

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, visits the set of the York Mystery Plays

Lowry puts a face on your smile

20 July 2012

The Lowry aims to put a smile on the faces of its gallery visitors when a photography exhibition from the National Portrait Gallery arrives at the Salford arts centre from the end of September.

Whyman to Join RSC

20 July 2012

Erica Whyman is to join the Royal Shakespeare Company as Deputy Artistic Director

Hope springs annually!

20 July 2012

The seventh annual Hope Street Feast will take place in Liverpool on September 16.

Playhouse's world premiere

20 July 2012

Casting has been announced for the next world première in Liverpool's Playhouse Studio.