Emma Dodd News

A compilation of the relaxed and accessible performances of theatre shows around the UK this Christmas.

Little Angel Theatre has announced its Autumn /Winter Season which includes a major new adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book reuniting adaptors Barb Jungr and Samantha Lane (who also directs) following their celebrated collaboration on the Olivier-nominated The Smartest Giant in Town, also written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.

After two years of record-breaking sales, Mercury Theatre today announce their new pantomime for Christmas 2023, Sleeping Beauty, which is now on sale.  The production will star pantomime royalty and Mercury Theatre regulars Antony Stuart-Hicks and Dale Superville.

Little Angel Theatre will take part in YouTube UK’s 12 Days of Culture programme, and will be broadcasting two of their most successful theatre productions for free on their YouTube channel over the festive period. 

Little Angel has announced the next three shows in its digital season, an original short Scoop's Space, and adaptations of Chris Haughton's Don't Worry, Little Crab and Emma Dodd's Whena??

From the smallest babies to young people and adults, there's something for everyone at Little Angel Theatre this autumn and winter. The youngest audiences can experience their very first theatre outing in The Bed, a sensory story time for under 3s adapted from a Sylvia Plath poem written for her own children.

This October The Berry Theatre presents three family-friendly theatre shows, suitable for the whole family and a new for-2017 Netley Literary Festival.

Premium cable network EPIX® has set the premiere date for its original series GET SHORTY. The 10-episode dark comedy from MGM Television, based in part on the 1990 best-selling novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard, will debut on EPIX Sunday, August 13 at 10:00PM ET/PT, 9:00PM CT.

Little Angel Theatre present a heart-warming story inspired by the love between a parent and child.

The first official season (September 2016 - January 2017) from Little Angel Theatre Artistic Director, Samantha Lane will feature...

The first official season (September 2016 - January 2017) from Little Angel Theatre Artistic Director, Samantha Lane will feature...

Venture into a wild woodland unlike any other! Presented by The New Victory Theater, Polyglot Theatre's Paper Planet takes root at The Duke on 42nd Street from today, May 30-June 7. In this interactive installation for everyone ages 2 and up, kids and their adults team up to create and explore a jungle of cardboard trees adorned with paper flora and fauna.

Venture into a wild woodland unlike any other! Presented by The New Victory Theater, Polyglot Theatre's Paper Planet takes root at The Duke on 42nd Street from May 30-June 7. In this interactive installation for everyone ages 2 and up, kids and their adults team up to create and explore a jungle of cardboard trees adorned with paper flora and fauna.

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The premiere West End cast of the smash hit multi-award winning Broadway musical Hairspray has been announced. Michael Ball will star as Edna Turnblad, Mel Smith as Wilbur Turnblad, Leanne Jones as Tracy Turnblad and Ben James-Ellis as Link Larkin . Hairspray open at the Shaftesbury Theatre on Tuesday October 30, following previews from October 11.

A London revival of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's classic 1927 musical Show Boat is currently being seen in a limited engagement at the Royal Albert Hall from June 10th through 25th