UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1055

Manchester International Festival today announces that its new CEO & Artistic Director is to be John McGrath, currently Artistic Director and Chief Executive of National Theatre Wales.

Four exciting new shows have been added to Sheffield Theatres' autumn/winter season.

The world premiere of South African playwright Jessica Sian's Klippies comes to Southwark Playhouse in May, presented by Rive Productions and directed by Chelsea Walker with designs by Holly Pigott.

THE FOUR FRIDAS is a spectacular, outdoor theatre production celebrating the life and work of the legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, taking place from 1 - 4 July at 10pm, as the centerpiece to this year's Greenwich+Docklands International Festival* at the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, SE1

I and The Village, by Silva Semerciyan, will run Tuesday 9th June through Saturday 4th July 2015 at Theatre503, The Latchmere, 503 Battersea Park Road, London SW11 3BW.

Big top Bravado meets boyish burlesque, comedic campery meets contemporary circus, sensational spectacle meets shameless splendor.

Producers have announced that actor Peter Bowles has left the cast of the world premiere production of Stop!.

Alex Turner Productions today announces the full cast for the UK premiere of Tennessee Williams' One Arm adapted for the stage by Moises Kaufman.

Bloomberg Summer at the Roundhouse, the annual festival dedicated to introducing new audiences to innovative culture, returns for the fourth year this August with Utopia, a ground-breaking installation by Penny Woolcock, supported by Bloomberg and realised in collaboration with Block9.

After a sell-out, Off-West End run at The White Bear to rapturous audiences, and with the play about to be published, INIGO transfers to the Pleasance Islington, Main House for a limited three-week run.

James Lance, Ruth Gibson and Charles Reston will star in the London revival of Nick Darke's black comedy The Dead Monkey at PARK 90 from 9 June - 4 July, directed by Hannah Price.

New Adventures bring Matthew Bourne's internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning dance thriller The Car Man to the Lyceum Theatre from Tuesday 23 - Saturday 27 June, as part of a limited UK tour.

Back by popular demand, DINOSAUR ZOO returns to London this summer with its impressive cast of prehistoric creatures, now introducing one of the most ferocious predators to ever walk the earth, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, live on stage.

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is delighted to announce that it will host the World Premiere of new Opera Lysistrata.

Actors Dawn Steele, Simon Paisley Day and Jenna Russell will be presenting the work of new writers at The Marlowe Studio, Canterbury, this month.

The world premiere of award-winning playwright Ken Urban's Sense of an Ending, directed by Jonathan O'Boyle, will be showing at Theatre503 from May.

The National Theatre's multi-award-winning production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time makes its Kent premiere at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, this month.

One of Ireland's leading new writing companies Fishamble comes to London for a limited run at Soho Theatre upstairs with Silent, the multi award-winning one-man show, written and performed by Pat Kinevane.

TV stars Rita Simons and Phil Gallagher were in Canterbury yesterday (Sunday) to launch this year's Marlowe Theatre pantomime.

Romeo and Juliet is shorthand for romance.

The University of Exeter will make significant investment into the Exeter Northcott Theatre as part of a new partnership.

A large cast of BRIT School Actors and Musical Theatre performers take the Brighton stage from 20th-23rd May at Wagner Hall.

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has announced full casting for Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, which begins rehearsals today, Monday 11 May.

Tony award-winning Broadway musical Grand Hotel will reunite the acclaimed producer and director team behind the multi award-winning production of Titanic, again at Southwark Playhouse.

Amused Moose Soho presents exceptional comedy from a great bunch of splendidly skilful stand-ups at Soho's only multi-award winning comedy club, in our intimate performance space that the comedians love at 'Above The Arts', just one minute from Leicester Square tube.