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A brand new stage tour of Khaled Hosseini's worldwide bestselling novel The Kite Runner will play at Birmingham Repertory Theatre from 22 September to 4 October (press night Monday 22 September, 7pm).

Gary Naylor sees the winner of OperaUpClose's new writing competition, an opera that may be confined to a small performing space, but one unafraid to ask some difficult questions and unafraid to be defined by challenging, but ultimately rewarding, music and sensational singing.

Kicking of the Pheasantry's exciting Autumn/Winter 2014/15 programme, producer Barry Mishon presents Olivier Award winning actor/singer Clive Rowe in four nights of cabaret from tonight, 3rd September.

Rough Haired Pointer and Adam Spreadbury-Maher present the professional world premiere of JOE ORTON'S FRED & MADGE at The Hope Theatre, Islington, this September.

Canada Water Culture Space, the intimate theatre hidden amongst the books of Canada Water Library, will be full to the brim with a cracking programme of new ideas, theatre, comedy, music and shows for all the family.

Gary Naylor sees a unique production of Romeo and Juliet set in the nave of the extraordinary Temple Church, resting place of the legendary Knights Templar.

Fresh from a dazzling run at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe - described by Gay Times as nothing short of genius - Guilt & Shame's wild, narrative-based sketch comedy returns to Soho Theatre to take you by storm in Going Straight.

Following the sell-out success of its premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2013 and a UK tour in Spring 2014, Theatre Ad Infinitum's award-winning musical play Ballad of the Burning Star comes to the Studio Theatre from Wednesday 17 to Thursday 18 September.

The curtain is about to rise on the world premiere performances of Feelgood Academy, a new British musical that vibrantly mashes up the classic show-style of Gothic Opera with a thoroughly modern West End vibe.

Anything Goes, which brings tap dancing sailors and sassy heroines to the Crucible stage this Christmas, will go on to tour the UK and Ireland for the rest of 2015.

Ryan Cunningham and Joshua Salzman's contemporary musical, I Love You Because, gets hearts racing in the City of London's premier fringe venue, the Bridewell Theatre, from 16-20 September in an upbeat and exciting new production inspired by the American sitcoms Friends, Seinfeld and How I Met Your M

Savagely funny but equally poignant, Mojo takes us back to a Soho club in the Rock and Roll 50's where a bunch of gangster wanna-be's must confront reality with the untimely death of their employer- Ezra.

Jermyn Street Theatre presents The Return of the Soldier: A New Musical, September 2-20.

Stepping Out in association with Partisan and Fallen Angel Theatre presents the world premiere of a new musical Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Alex Loveless from the novel by Thomas Hardy Book, Music and Lyrics by Alex Loveless, 2-27 September.

Hot on the heels of the Edinburgh Fringe 2014, Richard Marsh's Wingman will be taking the UK by storm.

One Fell Swoop will present MOJO by Jez Butterworth, directed by Sebastien Blanc, this fall, running September 2-21, 2014.

Ottisdotter Productions presents Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's German classic Emilia Galotti at the Barons Court Theatre in London from Today 2nd September to Saturday 13th September.

The first stage adaptation of the work of international best-selling crime thriller novelist Peter James comes to Canterbury next month.

The Crazy Coqs has announced its September 2014 schedule in Piccadilly, London.

Unicorn presents HOW NIGERIA BECAME: A STORY, AND A SPEAR THAT DIDN'T WORK Thursday 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

Arcola Theatre presents THE RIVALS by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in a new production directed by Selina Cadell at Arcola Theatre from Wednesday 15 October to Saturday 15 November 2014.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is to follow into the footsteps of Sylvester Stallone, Al Pacino and John Travolta by getting up close and personal with British fans on November 15.

Wrong 'Un is at The Marlowe Studio at 8pm on Friday 12 September.

Camden People's Theatre's Calm Down, Dear, The Festival of Feminism returns for a second year of theatre, performance, comedy, cabaret, dance and discussion at Camden People's Theatre, 24th September to 12th October.

The Pheasantry has announced its Autumn/Winter 2014-15 Concert Season including: Molly Ringwald, Maria Friedman with Jason Carr, Kerry Ellis, Billy Stritch, Buddy Greco with Lezlie Anders, Robert Meadmore & Annabel Leventon, Clive Rowe, Christine Andreas & Martin Silvestri, and more to be announced.