UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 110

Thea Musgrave's rarely performed Mary, Queen of Scots will make its London and English National Opera (ENO) premiere in February 2025.

The full cast has been announced for Anne-Marie Casey's new stage adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's much loved classic novel Little Women.

The cast has been announced for a new adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, Love’s Labour’s Lost (more or less) – a co-production between Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre and Prescot’s Shakespeare North Playhouse for spring 2025.

Amanda Abbington and Rosie Day will reunite to lead the company for the world première of (This is not a) Happy Room at King’s Head Theatre, which Day has also written.

West End performer Daisy Steere will star in the electric one-woman musical comedy Miss I-Doll, playing the seemingly perfect reality TV show contestant Mia.

A local librarian and an organiser of Vietnamese cultural events in Lewisham are two of a group of people announced today as the inaugural members of the Albany’s Community Council.

Artists are actor and writer Katie Elin-Salt (Celebrated Virgins), writer Sophie Ellerby (LIT), actor and director Naeem Hayat (Nora: A Doll's House), and writer Tom Powell (The Silence and the Noise).

Stratford East, Leeds Playhouse and Nottingham Playhouse has released first look rehearsal photos for the upcoming tour of ANIMAL FARM.

Carlos Acosta was in attendance at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre last night, Tuesday 14 January, to celebrate the performances of NUTCRACKER IN HAVANA, which saw his company Acosta Danza, take to the Grand Theatre stage for the first time.

The Barbican Centre has announced four further productions, presented by the Barbican Theatre, to complete its spring season drawing on themes of gathering and renewal.

Bringing audiences the best new songs from up-and-coming songwriters in a concert curated especially for fans of musicals, this celebration of new musical theatre writing will reunite the team from last year's successful VOL #1 concert.

Each Friday at midday a limited number of tickets will be made available to book online and through the Box Office for the week ahead.

The Yard Theatre have announced the full casting for their new staging of The Glass Menagerie.

The company has now announced Bristol Old Vic, Beyond Face and Belgrade Theatre, Coventry as the first organisations to join as partners as it enters the next stage of strategies - now named SHIFT.

LAMBCO Productions has announced the world premiere of SUPERSONIC MAN, a new musical written and directed by Chris Burgess at Southwark Playhouse Borough.

Visitors will have the chance to read an excerpt of a famous play with an actor based at the National Theatre in London, live through a big screen in the middle of the shopping centre, from the comfort of one of Vue's luxurious recliner seats.

Dame Harriet Walter, DBE, will be joined by a remarkable group of actresses to perform a theatrical adaptation of her book, She Speaks! What Shakespeare’s Women Might Have Said, published recently by Virago.

Step into the romance of Valentine’s with the glamour and charm of Hollywood’s golden age at With Love, Marilyn, the award-winning musical cabaret tribute to the legendary Marilyn Monroe.

ETT has announced full casting for Artistic Director Richard Twyman’s version of Macbeth, which has been reworked for 2025 for a limited run at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre.

Birmingham Hippodrome’s first ever Education Conference for teachers, educators and artists across West-Midlands will take place in March.

Headlong has announced casting for the UK tour of their hit production of The House Party.

Northern Ballet's new children's ballet Hansel & Gretel will premiere next month at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, before embarking on an extensive UK tour.

(the) Woman is set to tour to venues in the UK, including at Royal & Derngate and more.

Joss Arnott Dance has announced that it has successfully received funding from Arts Council England to create and tour its upcoming dance and multimedia production, Meet the Hatter.

Vital Xposure has confirmed that they are recruiting for a new Artistic Director as Stephen Bailey steps down from the position in March 2025.