UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1094

Imitating the dog, one of the UK's most original and innovative performance theatre companies are set to bring their unique theatrical vision to the stage this autumn when they produce the first UK stage adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's seminal First World War novel A Farewell to Arms.

The 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting will launch its 10th anniversary competition on 29 January 2015 with a public platform event at the National Theatre, featuring playwrights Simon Stephens and Duncan Macmillan and journalists Miranda Sawyer and Matt Trueman.

Poprischin is an office clerk who believes himself to be a great man Others do not agree.

South London's newest fringe theatre, Bridge House Theatre SE20, will be officially launched with the UK premiere of the Christmas classic It's A Wonderful Life, performed as a live radio play in front of a studio audience.

West End star David Burt has been cast as Scrooge in Antic Disposition's magical, musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' festive classic, A Christmas Carol, which returns to the spectacular Elizabethan setting of Middle Temple Hall in central London from Saturday 20 - Tuesday 30 December, following

Gary Naylor enjoys a wonderful life-affirming show that paints a grim picture of London yet leaves you with a spring in your step, the world a whole lot brighter for the experience.

Unicorn presents HOW NIGERIA BECAME: A STORY, AND A SPEAR THAT DIDN'T WORK tonight 9 October to Sunday 9 November 2014, written and directed by Gbolahan Obisesan, set and costumes designed by Rajha Shakiry, lighting design by Azusa Ono and sound by Donato Wharton, movement direction by Diane Alison-

From the producers of Snow White And The Seven Poofs, SG Productions presents for Christmas 2014 - A LAD IN TIGHTS! written By Simon Gross and Joe Meloy.

Empty Space.

Mosey on down to Rosemary Branch Theatre - the gold old Rosey B Ranch - where the scene is set for Charles Court Opera's eighth annual panto.

Ex-Swindon Urban student Chris Thomas recently returned from France having performed at the Bastille Opera House in Paris.

This autumn, Philip Pullman's compelling GRIMM TALES return in a brand-new immersive story-telling experience that will plunge adults and children alike into the subversive world of the Brothers Grimm.

Today, as the National Youth Theatre opens their second rep season in the West End, they mark the success of the last year's work with the announcement of their diversity statistics, the simultaneous professional stage debuts of three of last years 'graduates', and an extension to their 2014 West En

Today Hackney Empire announces the full cast of its much-anticipated 2014 pantomime, the return of Mother Goose starring Clive Rowe.

Following three smash-hit years in London's West End and five rockin' years in Vegas and New York, Rock of Ages The Musical arrives at the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield from Monday 27 October - Saturday 1 November, as part of a major UK tour.

For the fourth year, the highlights of Birmingham's European festival will be coming to London's Barbican Centre ahead of touring the UK and Madrid, introducing three of Europe's most exciting emerging theatre companies to London audiences.

Arch 468 and Ovalhouse present MilkMilkLemonade.

Action Hero: Hoke's Bluff kicks off a UK Tour tomorrow, Wednesday 8th October and continues through Wednesday 10th December.

Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Paper Birds bring Blind to Canterbury for the second time this year.

This Halloween, Punchdrunk Enrichment are working with local Barking and Dagenham residents to reimagine a legendary Hallowtide Fair that visited Barking every October in the nineteenth century but has long been forgotten.

ZU-UK, BoSI and Napalm Games present 'Economies of Experience'.

Now in its sixth consecutive year, the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre presents Vibrant 2014 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, its annual explosion of new writing and part of its 20 Premieres season, running between 2-20 November 2014.

Gary Naylor sees another wonderful version of a most famous opera done in a way that is accessible for all yet pleases the aficionados too.

After universal critical acclaim and selling out every one of its planned 26 performances, David Adkin and Twickenham Theatre's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is adding 5 extra performances due to extraordinary and overwhelming public demand.

English National Ballet's acclaimed production of Nutcracker returns to the London Coliseum this Christmas from Thursday 11 December 2014 - Sunday 4 January 2015.