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Young members of Sheffield People's Theatre, currently rehearsing for a production set in a teenage cancer ward, have this week had their heads shaved to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

English Touring Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse today announce their co-production of The Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead.

The true story of one man's journey into synchronicity and madness comes to The Marlowe Studio, Canterbury today.

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Certain Dark Things Theatre Company invites you to experience a whirlwind tale of beauty, jealousy and poison.

Now in its final few weeks, Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales for Young & Old will close on 11 April 2015 after a hugely successful run at The Bargehouse on London's Southbank.

A show by gifted and talented older people could become an annual event at Greenwich Theatre following a sell-out success on Wednesday, March 11.

Wilton's Music Hall has announced events for March and April at The Chrysalis Club, an eclectic interim arts programme of events, gigs, screenings, classes and performances which will run until September 2015, as the world's last surviving Grand Music Hall in London's East End enters the second phas

Swindon Youth Theatre, run by Swindon's only professional theatre company, Sixth Sense Theatre, is in final rehearsals for its latest production.

Two of Sarah Kane's short plays make a big impact in Sheffield's season.

Birmingham Repertory Theatre has announced that James Cosmo has had to withdraw from the forthcoming production of The Pyramid Texts by Geoff Thompson due to ill health.

Winner of three Olivier Awards (Best New Musical, Best Choreography, Best Costume Design) from its seven nominations, and winner of the Evening Standard Award for Best Night Out, the musical comes to Canterbury as part of a 47-week tour.

Acclaimed Iris Theatre returns for a seventh year of its celebrated summer season in the gardens of St Paul's Church, Covent Garden with a promemade version of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

After the acclaimed success of 2014's Alice Through the Looking Glass, Iris Theatre returns for a seventh year of its celebrated summer season in the gardens of St Paul's Church, Covent Garden with a new version of the adventures of Pinocchio, the ever lasting family favourite.

It happened in Wicked, with Louise Dearman making history as the first actress to play both starring roles - Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West.

The Citizens Theatre returns to the Edinburgh International Festival for the first time in 17 years with a new adaptation by David Greig of Alasdair Gray's Lanark, directed by Graham Eatough.

Birmingham Hippodrome announces the return of dance superstar Sylvie Guillem for her last ever UK performances on Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 September 2015.

Following a sold-out run in spring 2014, Terry Johnson's hit revival of Oh What A Lovely War will visit the Belgrade Theatre from Tues 31st Mar - Sat 4th Apr as part of a major new U.

Highlights of the Canterbury venues' main auditorium programme include the National Theatre's The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, Matthew Bourne's The Car Man, Barnum (starring Brian Conley), Dirty Dancing, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, Handbagged, Blood Brothers, Les Ballet Trocad

The Clockmaker's Daughter to play Landor Theatre, 70 Landor Road, London SW9 9PH, Wednesday 27th May - Saturday 4th July 2015 Press night: Monday 1st June, 7.

Last Dance takes an intimate look back to a time that wiped out a generation and caused panic and fear as AIDS ripped its way through an unsuspecting world.

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Gary Naylor sees a fierce condemnation of the multi-faceted situation that led to 34 men, many of them teenagers, losing their lives on a mountain pass between Turkey and Iraq.

Jagged Fence Productions has announced that it will present a series of free events inspired by Laurie Slade's acclaimed new version of August Strindberg's The Father.

Meeting Ground Theatre Company and Nottingham Lakeside Arts present Inside Out of Mind, an insightful and darkly comic play that powerfully captures the multiple realities of life on a dementia ward, to Exeter Northcott Theatre as part of a national tour.