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Aden Young and Sam Trammell Headline Cast of RECKONING as Filming Commences in Sydney Australia

Acorn TV features the DVD/Blu-ray debut of the gripping Acorn TV Original Series KEEPING FAITH on July 24, 2018. Akin to Loch Ness and Broadchurch, this thriller was filmed back-to-back in Welsh and English and tells the story of lawyer, wife and mother Faith Howells (Eve Myles, Torchwood, Victoria, Broadchurch) as she fights to find the truth behind the sudden and unexpected disappearance of her husband. The DVD/Blu-ray 3-Disc Sets feature 8 episodes, plus bonus behind-the-scenes featurettes ($49.99, Amazon.com). The Welsh version, Un Bore Mercher, was a huge success for S4C in Wales while the English-language version's record-setting premiere on BBC Wales had a record 9.5 million downloads on BBC iPlayer. The series has already been renewed for a second season. Keeping Faith made its U.S. premiere in May 2018 on Acorn TV. Called a “glorious streaming service… an essential must-have” (The Hollywood Reporter), Acorn TV is North America's most popular streaming service focused on British and international television from RLJ Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: RLJE).

Nathan Knowles talks circus and Circa's PEEPSHOW

Rob Broderick returns to Underbelly Festival Southbank this week for a first look at brand new show: The Abandoman Show. Using his trademark blend of audience interaction and razor-sharp improvisation, Rob will take you on a magical journey, transforming the audience's likes, loathes and daydreams into hit songs and captivating tales.

On April 15, 2009, 'Next to Normal' opened on Broadway. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize, the Tony for Best Musical and to become part of a small group of musicals including 'Rent,' 'Spring Awakening,' 'Dear Evan Hansen,' 'Come From Away,' 'The Band's Visit' and 'Hamilton' which would change the nature of the American musical from pure entertainment to 'message musicals,' which tell tales of significant social relevance including examining such topics as mental and physical illness, rape, political intrigue, historical conflicts and suicide.

Producers of the eagerly anticipated new British musical SIX have released an exclusive new lyric track video ahead of its West End opening at the Arts Theatre. Watch it below!

With over 1.5 million rhinestones, 100 meters of feathers and 2000 pom-poms already ordered, preparations for one of the nation's most anticipated Christmas events of the year are well underway. Now in its 41st year, Thursford Christmas Spectacular will present its most ambitious and lavish show ever. Returning to Norfolk from 6th November the festive stalwart is set to entertain over 110,000 visitors from across the country and the globe.

Austentatious: The Improvised Jane Austen Novel has today announced five additional dates at the Savoy Theatre over autumn and winter.

Underbelly Cowgate, Thurs 2nd - Sunday 2Chatback Theatre & Comedy presents the world premiere of Lost in Thought, a new play by Lucy Danser, at this year's Edinburgh Fringe directed by King's Head Theatre Junior Associate Helena Jackson.

Bubbleologist Louis Pearl has been delighting family audiences at Edinburgh Fringe for over a decade with the spellbinding spectacle of his gravity-defying, awe-inspiring bubble tricks - and this year he's back with a brand new, adults only show.

BWW catches up with Robyn Perkins to chat about bringing 10,000 Decisions to the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW catches up with Ian Smith to chat about bringing Craft to the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

What Josie wants for her mother, and Steffi wants for her daughter is the same - a better world. ThisEgg founder Josie Dale-Jones collaborates for the first time with her parents, Hoipolloi Theatre co-founders Stefanie Mueller and Shon Dale-Jones, in a joyous celebration of equality and liberation between a mother and her grown up daughter.

Frau Welt is a Grande Dame of epic proportions, an international shape-shifter who barely noticed the stirrings of the second world war as she single-mindedly strode her way to stardom, rubbing shoulders with the good and great. Now she's looking back on her career in one final performance, revisiting her glory and the truth that has been omitted from her legacy.

BWW chats to Eliza Jackson about bringing The Voice Behind The Stars to the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW catches up with Steen Raskopoulos to chat about bringing Stay to the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

BWW catches up with Athena Kugblenu to chat about bringing Follow The Leader to the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

In the year that has seen knife crime in the UK soar to an unprecedented level, writer and actress Ambreen Razia, whose hugely successful Diary of a Hounslow Girl has been commissioned by BBC Three for a pilot, presents the corrupt and violent world of inner city gang culture. Ambreen will once again be collaborating with director Sophie Moniram, one of The Old Vic 12 class of 2018.

Waterbury Festival Playhouse's 2018 season opens on June 28 with Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning play, August: Osage County. Full of blistering, funny dialogue, August: Osage County shook audiences to their core when it first opened in 2007, exploring the perils and pitfalls of a family's relationships with each other and the struggles of addiction.

Waterbury Festival Playhouse's 2018 season opens on June 28 with Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning play, August: Osage County. Full of blistering, funny dialogue, August: Osage County shook audiences to their core when it first opened in 2007, exploring the perils and pitfalls of a family's relationships with each other and the struggles of addiction.