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Maliphant tours new Vortex

11 August 2022

Russell Maliphant Dance Company will begin a UK tour of its new project Vortex at DanceEast Ipswich, where the company is in residence.

Much Ado in Sheffield and elsewhere

4 August 2022

Sheffield Theatres has announced the full cast for its production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.

Ghost story première in Blackpool

4 August 2022

Blue Peter star Peter Duncan is in a Blackpool Grand première of ghost story When Darkness Falls.

RTDI callout for dance in rural areas

29 July 2022

The third phase of Rural Touring Dance Initiative has received national funding.

“Pushing the boundaries”: Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby

Cast revealed for Rambert’s Peaky Blinders

29 July 2022

Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby is a dance theatre show written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight.

“Interesting and important process”: Robin Belfield, director of Twelfth Night

RSC production to focus on climate change

29 July 2022

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s 'First Encounters with Shakespeare' Twelfth Night in schools and theatres across the country will focus on “the climate crisis”.

Everybody's Talking About second tour

28 July 2022

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is embarking on a second UK tour from September next year.

Wynter and summer in Blackpool

28 July 2022

Sixties pop singer Mark Wynter returns to Blackpool this summer in Dreamboats & Petticoats Bringing on Back the Good Times.

Talawa tours The Tide

26 July 2022

Leading black UK theatre company Talawa is on tour with outdoor production The Tide, which highlights experiences of migration in the UK.

Johannes back on tour

20 July 2022

TV dancing star Johannes Radebe is presenting Johannes Radebe: Freedom Unleashed, after his debut UK tour earlier this year.

Sarah & Duck for Salford

20 July 2022

The BAFTA-winning CBeebies series Sarah & Duck’s Big Top Birthday comes to The Lowry, Salford.

Simon McBurney who has conceived and will direct Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Belgrade and Complicité to adapt controversial novel

14 July 2022

Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre and Complicité are to stage the world première of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead from Olga Tokarczuk’s novel.

Jon Culshaw is Flying High with Les in Chorley

12 July 2022

When Jon Culshaw takes to the stage of his hometown’s Chorley Theatre on Sunday night, one funnyman with deep Lancashire roots will be paying tribute to another...

Some Mothers in St Helens

10 July 2022

The 1970s classic TV comedy Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em arrives at St Helens Theatre Royal.

Knocking them for SIX again

3 July 2022

The multi award-winning musical SIX returns to The Lowry, Salford.

Hey Duggee out on tour

3 July 2022

Children’s show Hey Duggee is to tour the UK for the first time.

Mousetrap springs back

3 July 2022

Agatha Christie’s iconic thriller The Mousetrap heads to Manchester Opera House.

Jamie's back in Salford

28 June 2022

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie returns to The Lowry, Salford.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory—the Musical

Sweet news of musical tour

28 June 2022

Tour dates have been announced for a new production of West End and Broadway hit Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory—The Musical.

Reviews

Heather Gourdie (Alice) and feline friend

The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland

Christopher Brookes after Lewis Carroll

Wise Owl Theatre Company

Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

12–13 August 2022

The Osmonds: A New Musical

Story by Jay Osmond, book by Julian Bigg and Shaun Kerrison, additional mater...

Royo Twins Entertainment , Vicky Nojesproduction, Krall Entertainment, Aria Entertainment and Guy James Theatrical

Palace Theatre, Manchester

9–13 August 2022

Julie: The Musical

Abey Bradbury

53two, Manchester

28–30 July 2022

Rodger and Hammerstein’s South Pacific

Music Richard Rodgers, lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II, book Oscar Hammerstein II...

Chichester Festival Theatre

Sadler’s Wells

27 July–28 August 2022

Dreamgirls

Book and lyrics by Tom Eyen, music by Henry Krieger

Sonia Friedman Productions

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

26 July–6 August 2022

Jitney

August Wilson

Headlong, Leeds Playhouse and London’s Old Vic

Theatre Royal Bath

26–30 July 2022

Singin' in the Rain

Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed

Michael Harrison and Jonathan Church, Chichester Festival Theatre

Sheffield Lyceum

19–23 July 2022

South Pacific

Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Oscar Hamme...

Jamie Wilson, Jonathan Church Theatre Productions, Gavin Kalin and Chichester Festival Theatre

Opera House, Manchester

16–23 July 2022

Lord of the Dance

Michael Flatley creator and choreographer and Gerard Fahy composer

Michael Flatley

Palace Theatre, Manchester

14–17 July 2022

Bat Out Of Hell The Musical

Jim Steinman

David Sonenberg, Michael Cohl and Tony Smith

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

12–23 July 2022

Sam Lips (Don Lockwood), Charlotte Gooch (Kathy Selden) and Ross McLaren (Cosmo Brown)

Singin’ in the Rain

Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur F...

Michael Harrison and Jonathan Church, Chichester Festival Theatre and Stage Entertainment

Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

11–16 July 2022

Faye Brookes as Roxie Hart and the Company

Chicago

Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse and John Kander

Sheffield Lyceum

5–9 July 2022

Bugsy Malone

Book by Alan Parker, music and lyrics by Paul Williams

Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Birmingham Rep and Kenny Wax

Theatre Royal Bath

2–23 July 2022

Damien James as Perkins and Kazeem Tosin Amore as Colleymore

The Play That Goes Wrong

Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields

Mischief Theatre

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

27 June–2 July 2022

Sister Act

Book by Cheri and Bill Steinkellner with additions by Douglas Carter Beane, m...

Jamie Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin McCollum, Gavin Kalin, Robbie Wilson and Curve

Palace Theatre, Manchester

27 June–9 July 2022

Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice—Him & Me!

Directed and choreographed by Alan Burkitt

Strictly Theatre Company

Peacock Theatre

18–19 June 2022