Curve has today announced plans to reopen to the public. Ria Jones and Danny Mac will return to star in Sunset Boulevard; T'Shan Williams and Danielle Fiamanya, who won The Stage Debut Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her role as 'Nettie'; will star in The Color Purple.
The University of Wolverhampton's School of Performing Arts is celebrating Black History Month with a virtual event exploring the work of Black performers across the theatres and variety halls of the West Midlands between 1900 and 1950.
Last night Birmingham Hippodrome hosted a preview evening for the UK premiere of Van Gogh Alive. Created by Grande Exhibitions, Van Gogh Alive is a digital art experience using stunning projections, classical music and scent gives you the unique opportunity to step on to the Hippodrome’s main stage and truly venture into Van Gogh’s world.
Birmingham Hippodrome and The Southside Building have unveiled a spectacular new mural as part of this year's B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival celebrations.
Following four performances at the Broadlands Estate where the show played to an audience of over 2000 musical theatre lovers, one of the first successfully social distanced songs from the shows concerts, VOICES OF THE WEST END, will also play BYWELL HALL in Stocksfield on 19 September 2020 and the BRITISH MOTOR MUSEUM in Warwick on 25, 26, 27 September 2020.
A brand-new partnership has been confirmed between Birmingham Royal Ballet and Birmingham Repertory Theatre, which will see the two established companies combine creative ingenuity to stage new dance works in the heart of Birmingham city centre.
The hit musical Waitress has rescheduled its first ever UK and Ireland tour and will now open at The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, on 1 May 2021. Full casting to be announced soon.
The UK Government has announced a £1.57 billion rescue package to help the nation's cultural, arts and heritage institutions weather the impact of the health crisis. Arts institutions are responding to this announcement, including the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, and more!
English National Opera is planning a socially distanced season of 'stripped-back' productions.
Leaders in the creative arts industry in the UK say that half of all music venues and 70% of theatres in the UK could be facing permanent closure due to the health crisis.
Selladoor Worldwide has announced that it will suspend its 2020 touring productions - shifting the majority of shows to start in 2021. Major productions including Footloose, We Will Rock You, Madagascar the Musical, 9 to 5 the Musical and Bring It On will be postponed as a result of Covid-19.
Some of the biggest names in British pantomime have come together to raise awareness and show support for theatrical charity ACTING FOR OTHERS with a hilarious take on the panto classic a?oeThe 12 Days Of Lockdowna??.
Following the closure of all UK theatres, the 2020 UK tour of Queen & Ben Elton's smash hit musical 'We Will Rock You' has been rescheduled for early 2021.
The Bristol Hippodrome has announced that the much-loved actor, singer, presenter, author, judge and all-round showman John Barrowman will headline this year's spectacular family pantomime as the Wicked Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs from Saturday 5 December for a strictly limited four-week season.
Innovative producing studio China Plate today announces its latest body of touring theatrical productions, in-development work and wider industry engagement for spring 2020 and beyond. The centrepiece of the new season is Wuthering Heights, a new co-production with Inspector Sands, Nuffield Southampton Theatres and the Royal & Derngate in Northampton in association with Oxford Playhouse.
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This April, Birmingham Hippodrome will be putting young people firmly centre stage with the regional premiere of Flower Cutters (17 & 18 April) performed by Birmingham Hippodrome's Musicals Young Company.
UK Champion Beatboxer Grace Savage, rapper/singer Dorcas Sebuyange, and performer puppeteers Clarke Joseph Edwards and Teele Uustani perform Theatre-Rites and 20 Stories High's Big Up! a?" a captivating hip hop puppetry show celebrating music, the importance of play, and the power of imagination.
SHIAMAK UK will present: bollywood DIVAS which will receive its world premiere at Birmingham Hippodrome on Saturday 4 April 2020.
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