UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1092

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Last summer's theatrical comic sensation is back.

AMINA KHAYYAM DANCE COMPANY, the UK-based contemporary dance company who use KATHAK as the core narrative in making new work, is based in the south of England and run by its founder and artistic director, Amina Khayyam.

Birmingham Hippodrome and DanceXchange won the award for Achievement in Dance at the recent annual UK Theatre Awards for INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL BIRMINGHAM 2014 (IDFB).

Following the success of Ten Billion, director Katie Mitchell returns to the issue of climate change in '2071', in co-operation with Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg.

London's No1 adult panto returns to Leicester Square Theatre in triumph! More panto records will be smashed as the the creators of the critically acclaimed DICK!, West End's longest running camp, cult, romp, are back with yet another filthy and festive frolic.

If you are a fan of ska music, there is much to like about the Belgrade Theatre's production of Three Minute Heroes.

Imitating the Dog, one of the UK's most original and innovative performance theatre companies are set to bring their unique theatrical vision to Birmingham Repertory Theatre from 19 - 22 November when they stage the first UK stage adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's seminal First World War novel A Fare

Winning a coveted Scotsman Fringe First Award and a clutch of 5 and 4 star rave reviews as one of the most acclaimed shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, The Collector will get its London premiere for one week at Arcola Theatre from November 17 - 22.

An enchanting family pantomime version of The Wizard of Oz lands at the Old Mill Theatre Nov.

Gary Naylor sees a slice of early twentieth century life in which not quite enough happens, but in an interesting and innovative way, beautifully acted and intelligently staged.

?Having secured Homotopia's future for another 3 years with renewed Arts Council support we are delighted to present the 2014 festival packed with exciting national premieres (DV8), regional firsts (Andy Warhol and Catherine Opie exhibitions) unique collaborations (Fenella Fielding and Le Gateau Cho

Canterbury welcomes the Glyndebourne Tour next month (November).

Moving Dust presents SOMETIMES THERE'S LIGHT [SOMETIMES THERE'S DARK], touring nationally from 8-22 November 2014.

Ghoulish Games, spooky stories, feuding families, hellish holidays, embarrassing parents moody teenagers, and madcap aunties.

HOME, the organisation formed by the merger of Manchester's Library Theatre Company and Cornerhouse, continues its programme of productions with three visiting shows for autumn 2014.

Following on from the huge success of the 2013 national Family Arts Festival in which over 500,000 people took part across the UK, the 2014 Family Arts Festival will run its second year from today 17 October to 2 November with Michael Morpurgo announced as patron and Center Parcs as a major new part

Cabaret in the House returns to Highgate's historic Lauderdale House this autumn as six West End performers, whose credits include Wicked, Chicago, Les Miserables, Mary Poppins, Hairspray, War Horse and many others, take to the stage for an intimate season of Sunday cabaret from 19 October-23 Novemb

Robin Weaver, whose work includes The Inbetweeners (TV and films), and James Dryden, who appears in the film Mr Turner, lead the cast of Beached, at the Canterbury venue at the end of this month (October).

In the first national tour of his work, choreographer Joe Moran, with his company Dance Art Foundation, presents a collection of dance works this autumn.

Following successful runs at Ovalhouse and Forest Fringe, Christopher Brett Bailey - author of award-winning 'punk-opera' The Inconsiderate Aberrations of Billy the Kid and performer with Made In China - brings his first solo show to Battersea Arts Centre and The Marlborough.

Tim Firth's award-winning musical plays in the newly refurbished Lyceum Theatre

Pat Barker's Booker-nominated novel, REGENERATION, has been adapted for the stage by Olivier Award-winning playwright Nicholas Wright (His Dark Materials, Vincent in Brixton), it opened at Royal & Derngate, Northampton on 29 August 2014 prior to a national tour.

In 2013, This Is My Family, a new musical comedy from the pen of Tim Firth (Calendar Girls), took Sheffield by storm - smashing Box Office records, attracting critical plaudits and winning the prestigious UK Theatre Award for Best Musical.

Birmingham Repertory Theatre announces a new season of work today for Spring and Summer 2015 including major revivals of the Pulitzer prize-winning HARVEY, THE KING'S SPEECH plus the world premieres of six very different, but equally original plays.