News

Summer at the Black Lion

24 June 2012

The Black Lion in Salford boasts all sorts of attractions through the summer.

Happy homecoming for Coliseum

24 June 2012

Oldham Coliseum Theatre has announced its new programme of productions for a Homecoming Season.

Showcasing quality of Mersey

24 June 2012

A brand new theatrical experience is taking to the streets of Liverpool this summer.

NW Productions

24 June 2012

Productions from around the region for week beginning Sunday June 24.

Midlands productions

24 June 2012

What's on in the region this week.

Panto News: June 2012

24 June 2012

Simon Sladen brings you all the latest news from Pantoland in his June pantomime blog.

Edfringe launches ticket purchases through iPhone and Android app

22 June 2012

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival has launched a smartphone app for iPhone and Android that will allow users to buy tickets directly through their 'phones.

Olivier bursaries from SOLT to 13 drama students

22 June 2012

Thirteen students from drama schools around the UK have been awarded Laurence Olivier Bursaries by the Society of London Theatres to help them to complete their training.

Ed Vaizey to watch RSC webcast from London classroom

22 June 2012

Culture secretary Ed Vaizey will watch the webcast of Tim Crouch's I, Cinna (The Poet), broadcast by the Royal Shakespeare Company, with year 7 and 8 pupils at Phoenix School, Shepherd's Bush, London.

Anita Dobson makes RSC debut

22 June 2012

Former Eastenders star Anita Dobson will make her Royal Shakespeare Company Debut later this year.

Conley and Joseph set sail for Birmingham panto

22 June 2012

Brian Conley and Lesley Joseph will sail into Birmingham Hippodrome this Christmas for “Britain’s biggest pantomime”.

Stafford transposes star-crossed lovers to South America

22 June 2012

Peter Rowe will return this week to Stafford Festival Shakespeare to direct Romeo and Juliet which will have a Latin American theme.

RSC battles on and gets its teeth into Aztecs

22 June 2012

One of the central commissions of the World Shakespeare Festival and the third in a series of plays known as Nations at War gets its premiere at the RSC in Stratford this week.

Bristol Shakespeare Festival 2012

21 June 2012

The Bristol Shakespeare Festival will bring a month of Shakespeare-inspired events to gardens, squares, pubs and zoos all over the city.

Cooke announces his penultimate season at Royal Court

21 June 2012

Artistic director Dominic Cooke has announced the autumn season at the Royal Court in London, his penultimate season before leaving the post, which includes new work from established writers and second plays from more recent Court writers.

National Theatre of Scotland at Edinburgh Fringe

21 June 2012

The National Theatre of Scotland will present two productions at the newly-refurbished Assembly Rooms on George Street as part of the Edinburgh Fringe.

Honer will step down from Manchester Library Theatre

18 June 2012

Chris Honer has announced that he will step down as artistic director of Manchester's Library Theatre Company in 2014.

Old Vic autumn and winter season

17 June 2012

Sheridan Smith will take on one of Ibsen's heroines and Trevor Nunn returns to the American musical in the autumn and winter season at the Old Vic.

Songs from new In-Between musical to be performed at West End Live

17 June 2012

Songs from new musical The In-Between will be performed at West End Live in Trafalgar Square.

Michael Grandage launches new company and new West End season

17 June 2012

Former Donmar Warehouse artistic director Michael Grandage has announced a new all-star West End season at The Noël Coward Theatre, London.