The Royal Exchange Theatre News

Following a run at The Lowry in Salford, Leonard Bernstein's musical comedy, WONDERFUL TOWN, directed by The Royal Exchange Theatre Artistic Director BRAHAM MURRAY and starring CONNIE FISHER, will tour the UK for 11 weeks. Tickets for all venues are now on sale.

Only Connect is a creative arts company and crime prevention charity for prisoners, ex-offenders and at-risk youth. His Teeth, written by Ben Musgrave and inspired by the real life experiences of Only Connect member Ralph Ojotu, is being directed by Maggie Norris and runs at the Only Connect Theatre from 13 October until 12 November, with press night on 21 October.

Only Connect is a creative arts company and crime prevention charity for prisoners, ex-offenders and at-risk youth.

Only Connect is a creative arts company and crime prevention charity for prisoners, ex-offenders and at-risk youth. His Teeth, written by Ben Musgrave and inspired by the real life experiences of Only Connect member Ralph Ojotu, is being directed by Maggie Norris and runs at the Only Connect Theatre from 13 October until 12 November, with press night on 21 October.

Only Connect is a creative arts company and crime prevention charity for prisoners, ex-offenders and at-risk youth. His Teeth, written by Ben Musgrave and inspired by the real life experiences of Only Connect member Ralph Ojotu, is being directed by Maggie Norris and runs at the Only Connect Theatre from 13 October until 12 November, with press night on 21 October.

Max Stafford-Clark's new production of Caryl Churchill's Top Girls is to transfer to the Trafalgar Studios following its critically acclaimed, sell-out run at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester. Top Girls, produced in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions, will run at the Trafalgar Studios from 5 August - 15 October 2011 with press night on 16 August 2011. Designs are by Tim Shortall with lighting by Jason Taylor, sound by Ian Dickinson and video design by Finn Ross. Stafford-Clark's Out of Joint/ Chichester Festival Theatre co-production reunites him with producer Sonia Friedman, with whom he co-founded Out of Joint Theatre Company in 1993.

Marianne Elliot and Tom Morris are the 2011 recipients of the Tony Award for Best Director of a Play for War Horse. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the experimental puppeteers-turned-commerical-directors immediately following their acceptance. Click below to catch up with 'overwhelmed' Brits right after their big moment!

Following a three week run at the Chichester Festival Theatre, Trevor Nunn directs a company led by Samuel Barnett and Jamie Parker in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead which runs at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 16 June - 20 August, with press night on 21 June 2011.

Following a three week run at the Chichester Festival Theatre, Trevor Nunn directs a company led by Samuel Barnett and Jamie Parker in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead which runs at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 16 June - 20 August, with press night on 21 June 2011. Set design is by Simon Higlett, with costumes by Fotini Dimou, lighting by Tim Mitchell, sound by Paul Groothuis and music by Steven Edis. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is produced by the Chichester Festival Theatre, the Theatre Royal Haymarket and Triumph Entertainment Limited.

Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 65th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced May 3, 2011 by Tony Award winning actor Matthew Broderick and Tony Award winning actress Anika Noni Rose, at the Tony Award Nominations Announcement sponsored by IBM.

Today, 5 May 2011, Nicolas Kent announces full casting for the world premiere of the Tricycle Theatre production - Tactical Questioning: Scenes from the Baha Mousa Inquiry.

Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 65th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced May 3, 2011 by Tony Award winning actor Matthew Broderick and Tony Award winning actress Anika Noni Rose, at the Tony Award Nominations Announcement sponsored by IBM.

Top British artists in KEVIN SPACEY'S OLD VIC THEATRE's transatlantic talent program - The TS Eliot US/UK Exchange - present seven new short plays at the Vineyard Theatre The group of 46 emerging British actors, writers, directors and producers won the chance to come to New York from a pool of over 1000 applicants

Arthur Miller's All My Sons is now available to download from Digital Theatre www.digitaltheatre.com

Digital Theatre today (21 March 2011) announces the sell out West End production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons is now available for pre-order from www.digitaltheatre.com, and will be released on Thursday 14 April 2011 at 10am.

The Kneehigh Theatre Company will close its West End production of THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG on May 21 instead of the previously announced October 1 closing. The show opened at the Gielgud Theatre on March 22. Directed by Emma Rice, with lyrics translated by Sheldon Harnick, designs by Lez Brotherston, lighting by Malcolm Rippeth, sound by Simon Baker and musical supervision by Nigel Lilley, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is produced in the West End by Daniel Sparrow and Mike Walsh Productions, Curve Leicester and City Lights International in association with BE MY Productions.

Following the opening of Terence Rattigan's Flare Path, the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company today (1 April 2011) announce a further two productions to be directed by Trevor Nunn in his role as Artistic Director. After a three week run at the Chichester Festival Theatre, Nunn's production of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead comes to the Theatre Royal Haymarket in June, followed in September by William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Further productions in the season will be announced shortly.

Digital Theatre today (21 March 2011) announces the sell out West End production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons is now available for pre-order from www.digitaltheatre.com, and will be released on Thursday 14 April 2011 at 10am.

Michael Attenborough will direct Kieran Bew (Man) Abigail Cruttenden (Angela), Lisa Dillon (Lucy) Margot Leicester (Barbara) and Sophie Stanton (Marina) in the world premiere of David Eldridge's The Knot of the Heart which will run at the Almeida from 10 March - 30 April, with press night on 17 March 2011. The Knot of the Heart is designed by Peter McKintosh with lighting by Tim Mitchell and sound and music by Dan Jones.

Digital Theatre today (14 March 2011) announces the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into The Woods, which yesterday won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, is now available for pre-order at www.digitaltheatre.com, for release on Thursday 31 March at 10am.