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National Theatre Together - Press Conference 4 June 2021

4 June 2021

Philip Fisher reports on announcements from the National Theatre that promise an optimistic future.

News

Bedknobs & Broomsticks for Manchester

13 June 2021

Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks will make its way to the Palace Theatre, Manchester in October.

Anna X at The Lowry

13 June 2021

Following performances at the Harold Pinter Theatre, Joseph Charlton’s Anna X will run at The Lowry, Salford.

Day job in Chicago...

13 June 2021

Darren Day will play Billy Flynn in the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of Chicago coming to the Opera House, Manchester on May 23, 2022.

Nigel Above Board for new comedy

13 June 2021

The Northern Comedy Theatre has been working with British comedy legend Nigel Planer to bring his latest play, All Above Board, to the stage.

7 Fingers autumn circus tour

10 June 2021

The UK première of Passagers from Canadian circus company The 7 Fingers opens at Birmingham Hippodrome.

Emergence three!

3 June 2021

Emergence, the touring company formed from MA dance students from the University of Salford, is to tour a triple bill of works.

Freedom tour heads to Manchester

3 June 2021

Strictly star Johannes Radebe brings his first UK tour to Manchester Opera House.

Judy & Liza play the region

3 June 2021

The Judy & Liza Musical brings the real-life story of Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli to venues across the North West.

Jodie's Sunday best in Salford

3 June 2021

Jodie Prenger stars in Tell Me On A Sunday at The Lowry in Salford.

Dan Partridge will again play Danny in Grease

Full cast revealed for UK tour of Grease

28 May 2021

Dan Partridge, who played Danny on the UK and Ireland tour of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s musical Grease, will reprise the role in a 2021 tour which starts at Leicester’s Curve.

An open-air audience at a Heartbreak Productions’ show

Heartbreak to tour to more than 100 UK venues

25 May 2021

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Leamington Spa-based Heartbreak Productions is to go on a 2021 tour, performing at more than 100 venues across the UK.

RSC recasts The Comedy of Errors

18 May 2021

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced the cast for its summer outdoor production of The Comedy of Errors which will run in Stratford before going on a short tour.

Everybody's getting Jamie

16 May 2021

A national tour of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie starts in September.

School of Rock ready to roll

16 May 2021

School of Rock—The Musical, will tour the UK and Ireland from 2021/22.

Jersey Boys head for Blackpool

16 May 2021

Jersey Boys will once again tour the UK and Ireland heading to the Opera House Blackpool.

Women’s council play to have Warwickshire tour

15 May 2021

A folk musical telling the true story of a group of women who after World War II transformed their village into a thriving community is to tour Warwickshire before a wider Midlands tour.

Paul Sandys (Sidney Hopcroft), Graham O'Mara (Ronald Brewster-Wright), Rosanna Miles (Marion Brewster-Wright), Felicity Houlbrooke (Jane Hopcroft) and Helen Keeley (Eva Jackson) in Absurd Person Singular

New Absurd tour to start in Derby

12 May 2021

London Classic Theatre’s postponed production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Absurd Person Singular is to go on a UK tour starting at Derby Theatre.

When a writer and a songwriter go running together

10 May 2021

They make a show about it! Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley, in a new show, These Hills Are Ours, explore their love of running and ask what they are really running from.

Alice in Wonderland - Down the Rabbit Hole

Hole lot of Wonderland

10 May 2021

Alice in Wonderland—Down the Rabbit Hole returns on a UK tour featuring children’s TV presenter Kerry Boyne.

Rock Of Ages ready to roll

10 May 2021

Rock Of Ages will return to tour the UK opening at The Alexandra, Birmingham.

Swan to watch on tour

10 May 2021

Swan Song, a revised comedy by playwright Jonathan Harvey, is heading out on a northern tour in July.

“Clever filming ideas”: Aidy the Awesome

Aerial theatre show presents young women as “empowered”

8 May 2021

A new aerial theatre show, Aidy the Awesome, is to take to the Internet in a digital tour commissioned by Leicester’s Curve and funded by Arts Council England.

Morticia and Gomez head for Newcastle

6 May 2021

The Addams Family is coming to Newcastle Theatre Royal in 2022.

The Dream Girls are coming to Sunderland

3 May 2021

The hit musical Dreamgirls is coming to Sunderland next year.

Nurse’s memoir adaptation to go on tour

27 April 2021

A stage adaptation of Christie Watson’s memoir The Language of Kindness is to have its première in Coventry before a short tour.

Three chances to catch Dreamgirls in the North West

26 April 2021

The first-ever UK tour of the musical Dreamgirls will now open at Liverpool Empire before visiting Manchester and Blackpool in the region.

Reviews

Rosanna Miles (Marion Brewster-Wright), Graham O'Mara (Ronald Brewster-Wright) and Helen Keeley (Eva Jackson)

Absurd Person Singular

Alan Ayckbourn

London Classic Theatre

Derby Theatre

16–19 June 2021

A splinter of ice

Ben Brown

Original Theatre Company

Festival Theatre, Malvern

8–12 June 2021

Four Quartets

T S Eliot

Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Royal and Derngate, Northampton

Northampton Royal and Derngate

8–12 June 2021

April in Paris

John Godber

Limelight Productions

Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

17–19 May 2021