Neptune News

Now celebrating its 20th year, id Theater returns to McCall, Idaho with the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, with events from June 8 to 17 at McCall's Alpine Playhouse. This will be the 17th year for the Conference, which will host nine playwrights from all corners of the United States whose work will be developed and presented to the public free of charge during the Conference.

Local singer Justine Riddoch will prove she's Simply The Best Tina Turner tribute when she comes to The Epstein Theatre on Saturday 3rd June with her explosive show Totally Tina.

La Strada Ensemble Theater presents Rainbow Festival 2017: A Celebration of LGBT Theater. The event features, three programs of varied, cutting edge one-act plays created by playwrights from across the United States. The shows begin June 1st at Jersey Shore Art Center, 66 South Main Street, 3rd Floor Theater, Ocean Grove, New Jersey.  

There's just two weeks to go until Milkshake! Live, The Magic Storybook comes to Liverpool's Epstein Theatre just in time to entertain our little Epsteinies over the school half term holidays!

L-E-V Mark Morris Dance Group Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre Dorrance Dance Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and The 20th Annual DANCE This   (Seattle, WA) - Seattle Theatre Group announces its 2017-2018 Dance Season, highlighting some of the best dance artistry from around the world. Blending the classic with the unconventional, this series of diverse programming features longtime favorites Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Mark Morris Dance Group, innovative contemporary works from Kidd Pivot/Electric Company Theatre and Dorrance Dance, a Seattle premiere of L-E-V, and the 20th Anniversary of DANCE This.   Hi-res images for all performances can be downloaded via the 2017-2018 Dance Season Dropbox folder, and a full listing for the 2017-2018 Dance Season is below.

Paul Weller's highly anticipated new studio album, A Kind Revolution, is out today via Warner Bros. Records / Parlophone.

Coney Island USA, the non-profit multi-arts organization whose programming includes some of New York City's most unique and beloved events, has announced its "Feed the Mermaids" campaign to help fund the upcoming 35th annual Mermaid Parade, taking place on June 17th. This year's festivities will be presided over by Queen Mermaid Deborah Harry and King Neptune Chris Stein of Blondie.

Paul Weller has confirmed a tour North American which will kick off October 1, in Huntington, NY and culminate in Los Angeles on October 27. Pre-sales begin tomorrow as follows

Coney Island USA's 35th Annual Mermaid Parade will begin at 1 pm on Saturday, June 17, 2017. The parade starts at the corner of West 21st Street and Surf Avenue, and proceeds east on Surf Avenue to West 10th Street, where it turns south to the Boardwalk, and then north back to Steeplechase Plaza, where it concludes.

ONCE is a beautifully simplistic piece of work that is a perfect fit to be performed in the Maritimes'

Musician, songwriter, actor and author Steve Earle and his country rock band The Dukes will release So You Wannabe an Outlaw on June 16 on Warner Bros. Records.

Lightning in a Bottle has announced the musical lineup for the Compass area of the festival and the workshop and panel lineup of its Crossroads space. The announcement comes a week after the first round of speakers and workshops were unveiled for the new educational hub of the festival. The Musical and Performer offerings feature sights and sounds of other cultures from around the world. From belly dancing to German house, the music hosted at the Compass is hand-selected to pair with the mind-expanding classes that are held on grassroots political activism, social justice, climate change and indigenous land rights, digital activism, identifying truth in journalism and social media, decolonization, art activism, and more.

Brief re-cap of announcements made at the 2017-18 Season Launch event at Neptune Theatre

PBS travels the globe, from China to Havana and beyond, to give viewers a sweeping look at many of the most fascinating places on Earth

BUILDING THE WALL, the new play by Pulitzer and Tony winner Robert Schenkkan (All The Way, Hacksaw Ridge - Academy Award nom. The Kentucky Cycle), will make its New York premiere beginning performances on Friday, May 12th at 8:00 pm and opening on Sunday, May 21st at 7:30 pm at New World Stages (340 West 50th St.) for a strictly limited engagement through July 9, 2017.    

Chelsey Robichaud of Broadway World interviews set designer John C. Dinning to explore his inspirations for ONCE at Neptune Theatre

The Beach Boys Band has announced its popular show The Beach Boys Story will be rolling into The Epstein Theatre on Friday 19th May.

In just two weeks' time, the most magical of comedies A Midsummer Night's Dream will be brought to life on the Epstein Theatre stage by Daniel Taylor Productions Ltd from Tuesday 25th to Saturday 29th April.

Acclaimed artist Aimee Mann confirms additional East Coast tour dates this June with stops in Brooklyn, Providence, Port Washington, Portsmouth and more. Tickets can be purchased here

Preservation Hall Jazz Band have announced a special performance with Beck at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado on July 11, 2017. Tickets go on sale April 14 and will be available here.