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UK clubbing institution Secretsundaze is to celebrate 20 years of definitive party experiences with a number of special events throughout 2022. The fist part of this year-long series kicks off at fabric on January 30th with more to follow on March 12th at Colour Factory, April 14th at Venue MOT, May 14th at Oval Space and July 9th at multiple Hackney Wick venues.

The upcoming Stolen Time strikes a balance between Lapell’s acoustic debut, Great Survivor, and her two rockier Chris Stringer-produced records Hide Nor Hair and Getaway, while bringing a live off-the-floor 70s folk-rock vibe and more experimentation to the table on songs that feel expansive in their scope.

Poetica has just released an official video for 'Sleep When I'm Tired', the latest track from their self-titled album. A musical spoken-word concept album, the collection consists of 18 tracks. Filmed in the Hudson Valley of New York, the video was filmed by Michael Flanagan, art directed by Rachael Sage and directed by award-winning Nick Clark.

News of more closings - and planned reopenings - highlighted the Broadway news last week, and Broadway and many regions also announced an extension of mask mandates and vaccination requirements for audiences into the spring, serving as a reminder that the path to that final “new normal” will likely have a few more twists and turns before we arrive.

The people of Barthos are suffering. Not long ago, everyone had plenty to eat and plenty to trade. Rivers ran full of fish, crops grew without effort, and lifespans increased by decades. Then - with the disappearance of a very special prisoner - everything changed.

Channel 5's Milkshake! has announced a brand-new live tour show for 2022: Milkshake! Live: Milkshake! Monkey's Musical. This all-singing, all-dancing live show starring everyone's favourite Milkshake! characters will hit the road from February 2022, travelling to over 40 venues around the country, with even more dates still to be added!

World University of Design introduces a 6-Month Certificate Programme in Film Acting in their academic session 2022. The programme will be headed by veteran trainer for aspiring actors Mr. Farrukh Naqi Azmi and will commence from March 2022 onwards.

The Release opening kicks things off on January 29th with Luciano then the likes of MOSCH, a big Music On Birthday, Space Opening Fiesta and Sankeys Opening host DJs such as debutant Todd Edwards plus Marco Carola, Loco Dice, Matt Jam Lamont, Wookie, CC83 and many more to be announced. Limited tickets are on sale now. 

In light of the recent surges of public appreciation for standbys, understudies, and swings on Broadway, plenty of theatre artists have discussed their vital importance in a show (I mean, shows can't happen without them), but not many have discussed why it's important to quash the idea of these performers being 'less than' the performers in principal roles and why there is no reason to be comparing a swing, understudy, or standby to the performer for whom they're covering.

Techno brass band MEUTE will take their mesmeric live show on the road across North America in the first quarter of 2022. Starting in Boston on March 23rd, they will head to Chicago, New York, Montreal, Toronto, Detroit, San Diego, Las Vegas, Seattle, Portland, Denver and many more cities.

Previewing on February 3rd (Pay What You Can), and running just three weekends (Feb 4-20) at The University of South Florida School of Theatre and Dance, the production features TampaRep mainstay Michael Mahoney (Heisenberg, The Iceman Cometh) in the title role.

The Princeton Triangle Club, continuing its tradition of presenting an original musical comedy, will premiere the newest Triangle Show Singin' in the Train at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey this January. This riotous railroad revue, created by Princeton University's most talented writers, composers, technicians and performers, opens Friday, January 28 at 8 pm, and continues Saturday, January 29 at 8 pm and Sunday, January 30 at 2 pm.

Producer Craig Horsley spotted bass soloist Marvin Gayatgay on YouTube and gave him his first solo show. Horsley, clearly, has an eye for talent.

It swings, the schnapps flows and the laughter rings. Through couplet, reagge, rock and bossa, the ensemble plays and sings through this breathtaking musical theater comedy.

The stage directions that introduce Katori Hall's The Mountaintop are simple – but their import is weighty. Hall's play imagines the last night of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life. He's just delivered one of his most lauded speeches, 'I've Been to the Mountaintop', and is struggling to write his next, when there's a knock at the door; his encounter with a mysterious woman, sent to deliver him coffee, sends his world into a tailspin.

Honolulu Theatre for Youth opens its doors to audiences again for live performances this Spring. 

Trustus Theatre brings back the rock musical tick, tick… BOOM! to the Thigpen Main Stage for the first time since 2007. The autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning composer of RENT, is the story of a composer and the sacrifices that he made to achieve his big break in theatre.

Love's Labor's Won performs at The Dairy Arts Center 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, Colorado in the Grace Gamm Theater.

Hot on the heels of hugely successful Christmas pantomime Goldilocks And The Three Bears, St Helens Theatre Royal has unveiled its full Spring season of live shows. 

Sasha Regan's award-winning all-male Gilbert & Sullivan Company sails into Wilton's Music Hall for one month, from 16th March – 9th April, before the crew embarks on another nautical adventure to the Theatre Royal Winchester for one week, 21st April – 27th April 2022.