UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1014

The full cast has been announced for the Royal Court Theatre and the Abbey Theatre production of David Ireland's new play Cyprus Avenue.

Highlights of the 2015 BE FESTIVAL - one of the UK's most exciting European theatre festivals - embarks on a UK tour this spring, introducing three of Europe's most daring solo performers from Spain, Italy and Ireland to UK audiences.

The timeless drama and storytelling of Shakespeare's plays have inspired generations of theatregoers across the globe for hundreds of years.

See dazzlingly gothic Sleeping Beauty in its first revival since it took the Birmingham Hippodrome stage by storm in 2013.

Emma Fielding will play the title role of Emma Bovary in The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary! this spring.

Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) - the world's number one live-theatre company with over 46 venues - has revealed plans to put digital strategy at the forefront of the customer experience.

Opening Theatre Royal Stratford East's 2016 season is Peter Arnott's production about one of rock's greatest female icons, Janis Joplin.

Ground-breaking American play A Raisin in the Sun begins its UK tour in the Studio Theatre from Thursday 28 January to Saturday 13 February.

A RECORD number of people saw Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs at The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury.

?Following the success of La Boheme, La Traviata and The Marriage of Figaro, Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose return to the Belgrade Theatre stage with their new English version of Bizet's wildly popular opera on Tues 19 Jan.

The team who brought Russian soprano Ekaterina Lekhina to St George's Hall last year, are now appealing to a new generation of opera fans by bringing Metropolitan Opera baritone, Yunpeng Wang, to the city for his British debut later this month.

Eight new shows have been announced as part of Wolverhampton Grand Theatre's new season - including the return of the hugely popular stage sensation DIRTY DANCING and the 2016 - 17 pantomime, ALADDIN.

Today (Sunday 10 January 2016) young hopefuls auditioned to become the voice of the Son of God in the world premiere of NotMoses a new play by Gary Sinyor which will receive its world premiere in March at the Arts Theatre.

Gary Naylor sees the well executed European premiere of a musical based on a cult classic movie, but is left ill at ease about its content.

Matthew Bourne, on behalf of New Adventures, Northern Ballet and Sadler's Wells today announces the full programme for "MR WONDERFUL", A Celebration of Jonathan Ollivier's Life in Dance.

Today Rose Theatre Kingston in association with West Yorkshire Playhouse announces the London premiere of BERYL, Maxine Peake's critically-acclaimed play celebrating the life of sporting legend Beryl Burton - the greatest woman on two wheels.

From the team that brought you the huge success that is Dreamboats and Petticoats, Save the Last Dance for Me will take you back through the 'music and magic' of the early 60's, a time when each passing week brought another Rock 'n' Roll classic.

Theatre Royal Plymouth Artistic Director Simon Stokes today announces the full cast for his production of James Graham's Monster Raving Loony.

In March, Blythe Stewart directs Lucinda Burnett's powerful new drama Correspondence, a bittersweet story of fledgling friendships and mental health set between Stockport and Syria on the brink of the Arab Spring.

EGGS, by rising star Florence Keith-Roach, is a dark comedy about female friendship, fertility and freaking out.

Following the success of Edinburgh Festival hit The Remnants: As Thyself and Threadbare, and the London transfer of Deadpan Theatre's Get Your Sh*t Together, Shrapnel Theatre will open the VAULT Festival 2016 with Isla van Tricht's brand new site-responsive comedy-drama UNDERGROUND.

Kent actors have the rare chance to audition for The Royal Shakespeare Company next month (February).

Drawing on 15 years of experience in the field, ZU-UK present a unique and rigorous methodology of practice for actors and theatre makers, constituting the first of its kind to focus on the growing trend of participatory and immersive performance.

Full casting has been announced for the world premiere of Any Means Necessary by Kefi Chadwick, Nottingham Playhouse's first major production of 2016.

The Mercury Theatre is announcing an £8.