UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1027

David Hare, John Godber, Deborah McAndrew, Tim Firth, Barney Norris and Vanessa Brooks are just some of the playwrights whose 60-second plays will be brought to life in a special performance at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.

SURIBACHI, a play by American playwright Allston James, has won the 4th Annual British Theatre Challenge's Audience Appreciation Award.

IMPOSSIBLE, the most dangerous show the West End has ever seen, will arrive at the Mayflower Theatre in spring 2016 before embarking on its inaugural UK tour, visiting Liverpool, Birmingham, Sunderland, Stoke, Edinburgh and Manchester.

The Lyric Hammersmith today announces full casting for its Christmas panto, Cinderella.

Pam Ann, the world's favourite International Air Hostess and Queen of the Sky, is back in the UK and Ireland with a brand new show for 2015.

Hampstead Theatre announces the full casting for Tom Stoppard's play Hapgood, which previews from Friday 4 December 2015.

Hop on your magic carpet and join Aladdin at the Mercury Theatre Colchester for the adventure of a lifetime this Christmas!

Bilston Operatic Company returns to Wolverhampton Grand Theatre from 10 - 14 November with the feel-good Broadway and West End smash hit musical HAIRSPRAY.

Artist and performer Selina Thompson brings her highly-acclaimed one woman show, Dark & Lovely, to the Crucible Studio Theatre from Wednesday 18 - Friday 20 November.

Coventry's Belgrade Theatre has today announced full details of its Spring 2016 Season which will see EastEnders' original odd couple, Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie appear on stage together for the first time in Peter James' acclaimed comedy-thriller, The Perfect Murder.

Following on from the success of last year's sell-out, It's a Wonderful Life, Bridge House Productions presents the UK Premiere of A Christmas Carol … more or less - a hilarious 'play within a play' version of the Dickens classic written by Saturday Night Live writers Stefano LoVerso and Mary Ivey

Tony Maudsley (ITV1's Benidorm) will play Edna Turnblad when Hairspray returns to Edinburgh next year.

HOME's Christmas 2015 production for all the family is Inkheart, based on Cornelia Funke's worldwide best-selling fantasy novel for children.

The full cast is announced today for The Mother, transferring to the Tricycle Theatre from Ustinov Studio in Bath.

Perfect Pitch and Theatre Royal Stratford East announced in June that they were working together to present the 2015/16 Perfect Pitch Award for Musical Theatre Writing and have since been overwhelmed with applications.

Revived again, the touring favourite Hairspray is again packing out theatres across the country.

First produced in 1965, THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE is a controversial, poignant and darkly funny exploration of emotional dependence and the gap between public perception and private reality.

Sheffield Theatres today announces the appointment of Lord Bob Kerslake as Chair of their Board of Trustees.

Stars of theatre and screen take to the stage next month for this year's gilt-edged line-up of Qdos Entertainment pantomimes, 24 of which will come to life across the UK this winter.

Monty Python legend Terry Jones is to direct the world premiere of Jeepers Creepers, a play about comedy star Marty Feldman and his ambitious wife, Lauretta.

OpenWorks Theatre and Company of Angels in association with Derby Theatre present AND NOW: THE WORLD! The English language premiere of the award-winning German play that questions the effects of the internet on our behaviour is written by Sibylle Berg and directed by Abigail Graham, with dramaturge

Ahead of opening night for THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at the Wyvern Theatre, multi award winning actress Sian Phillips CBE (I Claudius, Dune, The Age of Innocence) reimagined one of the play's most famous lines at the Swindon Designer Outlet.

The King's Head Theatre present Charles Court Opera's legendary annual 'boutique panto', now in its new home for 2015 after eight glorious years at the Rosemary Branch Theatre.

The Exeter Northcott Theatre and Creative Cow are delighted to announce the cast for their magical new adaptation of Charles Dickens' much-loved Christmas classic.