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More dates for Shechter's Double Murder

27 November 2021

Hofesh Shechter Company has announced further dates for Double Murder, presented as two distinctly contrasting pieces: Clowns and The Fix.

From YouTube to title role

23 November 2021

Christina Bianco, Shobna Gulati and Ian Kelsey lead the cast of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice at The Lowry in Salford.

BRB tours Acosta's Don Quixote

21 November 2021

For spring 2022, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Director Carlos Acosta will revive Cervantes’ famous knight featuring music by Ludwig Minkus.

Anything Goes to tour and return to Barbican

18 November 2021

The musical Anything Goes which smashed box-office records at the Barbican Theatre is to tour the UK in the spring and will sail back to the Barbican in summer 2022 for an eight-week residency.

Ian McDiarmid plays HOME

14 November 2021

The Lemon Table comes to Manchester's HOME November 16–20 on a world première tour of the Julian Barnes play.

9 to 5 job for Claire

14 November 2021

9 to 5 The Musical returns to Manchester Palace Theatre next March.

Yarns from Hyem on tour

8 November 2021

Four NE plays, three new, are to tour to regional venues, most of which do not normally present theatre.

Kym's game for Fatal Attraction

7 November 2021

Put your rabbits away—a stage adaptation of classic movie thriller Fatal Attraction is coming to Manchester Opera House.

I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking

7 November 2021

Performing Shakespeare whilst very drunk! Professionally? Surely not.

Waitress service in Manchester

30 October 2021

Romantic musical comedy Waitress, at Manchester Opera House stars Lucie Jones as Jenna.

Aakash Odedra tour November to February

23 October 2021

Aakash Odedra Company will present Shiamak: Winter Funk at Harrow and Warwick, Rising at Birmingham and Brentford and a spring tour of Little Murmur.

Dreamcoat fits Blackpool

23 October 2021

After seasons at the London Palladium, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat returns to Blackpool Opera House next summer.

Addams 'family' now complete

17 October 2021

The final ensemble cast members for the tour of The Addams Family, A Musical Comedy are Jessica Keable, Sario Solomon and Ying Ue Li.

“Some of the greatest pop songs ever written”: Beautiful

New Carole King musical tour to start in Leicester

16 October 2021

A new UK tour of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning Beautiful—The Carole King Musical will open at Leicester’s Curve in February 2022.

Nederlands Dans triple bill UK tour

15 October 2021

The 18 young dancers of NDT 2, the second company of Nederlands Dans Theater, will be back in the UK for the first time since 2016 with a triple bill by Marco Goecke, Hans van Manen and Johan Inger.

Dracula stalks Northumberland (and Newcastle) this Hallowe'en

13 October 2021

NTC takes Dracula the Travesty on a tour which takes in a castle and a cabaret bar

Acosta Danza 100% Cuban tour

10 October 2021

In spring 2022, Acosta Danza will take 100% Cuban, five works infused with Cuban music and dance, on a 6-venue tour of the UK with Dance Consortium.

Waterside's climate changer

3 October 2021

Slow Violence—a comedy about climate change from B Team Theatre—comes to Waterside in Sale.

“In charge of her own destiny”: Tarzanna

Gramophones tour female role model show

3 October 2021

The Gramophones Theatre Company is to tour Tarzanna, a “jungle aerial adventure for families that encourages children to get into nature and empowers girls to be wild and playful”.

John Thomson joins Hairspray

3 October 2021

John Thomson will join the UK tour of Hairspray as Wilbur Turnblad this Christmas for three weeks at Blackpool Winter Gardens.

Haunting Morecambe's Platform

3 October 2021

Halloween comes early to Morecambe Platform on October 27 with The Haunting of Blaine Manor.

Reviews

The Addams Family

Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice and Andrew Lippa

Aria Entertainments and Music and Lyrics

Sheffield Lyceum

23–27 November 2021

Nutcracker!

Score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, adaptation by Matthew Bourne, Martin Dunca...

New Adventures

The Lowry, Salford

23 November–4 December 2021

Blood Brothers

Willy Russell

Ambassador Theatre Group

New Victoria Theatre, Woking

23–27 November 2021

White Christmas

Music & lyrics by Irvin Berlin, book by David Ives & Paul Blake, written for ...

Curve

Palace Theatre, Manchester

22 November–4 December 2021

Rufus Hound (Tom), Dominic Rowan (Jerry) Preeya Kalidas (Margo) and Sally Tatum (Barbara)

The Good Life

Jeremy Sams

Festival Theatre, Malvern

16 November–4 December 2021

The Lemon Table

Julian Barnes, adapted by Ian McDiarmid

Wiltshire Creative, Malvern Theatres, Sheffield Theatres and HOME in associat...

HOME Manchester

16–20 November 2021

Dial M for Murder

Frederick Knott

Simon Friend Entertainment and Cavin Kalin Productions

The Lowry, Salford

15–20 November 2021

The Rocky Horror Show

Richard O’Brien

Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

15–20 November 2021

Who Cares

Matt Woodhead

LUNG with The Lowry and Gaddum

The Lowry, Salford

15–17 November 2021

The Barber of Seville

Gioachino Rossini

Welsh National Opera

New Theatre, Oxford

13 November–2 December 2021

Dracula: The Untold Story

Andrew Quick and Pete Brooks

Imitating the Dog

The Lowry, Salford

12–13 November 2021

Little Boxes

Joann Condon and Leonie Rachel

Alphamum and Lights Down Productions

53two, Manchester

12–20 November 2021

Carmen

Score by Georges Bizet, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

Opera North

The Lowry, Salford

10–12 November 2021

Heathers: The Musical

Music, lyrics and book by Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy, based on film wr...

Bill Kenwright Ltd

Bristol Hippodrome

9–13 November 2021

The Lemon Table

Julian Barnes

Wiltshire Creative, Malvern Theatres, Sheffield Theatres and Home in associat...

Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

9–13 November 2021

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë, adapted and directed by Emma Rice

Wise Children, York Theatre Royal, Bristol Old Vic and National Theatre

York Theatre Royal

9–20 November 2021

Waitress

Book by Jessie Nelson (based upon the motion picture written by Adrienne Shel...

Barry and Fran Weissler and David Ian for Crossroads Live UK

Opera House, Manchester

8–20 November 2021

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

Book and lyrics by Tom MacRae; music by Dan Gillespie Sells

Nica Burns, Ian Osborne, TC Beech Ltd and Sheffield Theatres

Leeds Grand Theatre

2–7 November 2021

Sunny Side Up!

John Godber

The John Godber Company and Theatre Royal Wakefield

New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme

26–30 October 2021

The Good Life

Adapted by Jeremy Sams, based on the TV series by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey

Fiery Angel

The Lowry

26–30 October 2021

Magic Goes Wrong

Penn Jillette, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields and Teller

Mischief

The Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

26–30 October 2021

The Dresser

Ronald Harwood

Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Everyman Theatre Cheltenham

Richmond Theatre

26–30 October 2021

Waitress

Book by Jessie Nelson, Music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles

Barry & Fran Weissler and David Ian for Crossroads Live UK

Sunderland Empire

25–30 October 2021

Our White Skoda Octavia

Shamser Sinha

Eastern Angles

Quay Theatre, Sudbury

20 October 2021

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by Steven Canny and John Nicholson for Peepolykus

Original Theatre Company and Octagon Theatre, Bolton

York Theatre Royal

19–23 October 2021

The Dresser

Ronald Harwood

Theatre Royal Bath productions and Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

19–23 October 2021

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Book by Brian Hill , original music by Richard M and Robert B Sherman with ne...

Michael Harrison

Palace Theatre, Manchester

19–24 October 2021

Being Mr Wickham

Adrian Lukis and Catherine Curzon

Original Theatre Company

York Theatre Royal

14–16 October 2021

Death Drop

Holly Stars based on an original idea by Christopher D Clegg

Tuckshop & Trafalgar Theatre with Carter Dixon McGill Productions

The Lowry, Salford

13–16 October 2021

Ballet Black—Then Or Now and The Waiting Game

Will Tuckett and Mthuthuzeli November

Ballet Black

The Lowry, Salford

12–13 October 2021

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Tennessee Williams

English Touring Theatre

New Wolsey, Ipswich

12–16 October 2021

Priscilla Queen of The Desert

Stephan Elliot and Allan Scott

Mark Goucher, Jason Donovan, Gavin Kalin, Matthew Gal, Laurence Myers, Nullar...

The Palace Theatre, Manchester

11–16 October 2021

Chicago the Musical

Music by John Kander; lyrics by Fred Ebb; book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse

Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

11–16 October 2021

School of Rock

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, book by Julian Fellowes, lyrics by Glenn Slater

David Ian for Crossroads Live, Warner Music Group & Access Industries Inc by ...

Sunderland Empire

6–9 October 2021

Heathers the Musical

Book, music and lyrics: Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe based on the film w...

Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills

The Palace Theatre, Manchester

5–9 October 2021

Hairspray The Broadway Musical

Book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Sc...

Mark Goucher and Matthew Gale

Curve Theatre, Leicester

4–9 October 2021

Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell

Sir Matthew Bourne

New Adventures

York Theatre Royal

30 September–2 October 2021