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6 - a new musical with book, music and lyrics by Zack Zadek (additional lyrics by Gina DePalo), will receive its European premiere at the Space on North Bridge, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014 with previews at London Theatre Workshop 27th - 28th July.

Two crafty robbers, one tiny ladybird and a whole farmyard of fun: What The Ladybird Heard comes to Canterbury during the summer holidays.

This August Nuffield presents Matthew Le Tissier and Francis Benali in their acting debuts in its production The Saints, where the renowned ex-Saints players will feature as themselves in cameo roles in pre-recorded film segments.

Commissioned Limited today announce the official London cast of LOVE BEYOND, a new musical, playing for two special performances only on 1 and 2 October 2014 at The SSE Arena, Wembley.

A new play based on the story of 'Shrewsbury 24' when 24 building workers were accused and three jailed for violent picketing and intimidating workers in Shropshire in 1973 is set to have its world premiere this autumn.

Following on from last year's smash hit The Butterfly Lion, the Mercury Theatre Colchester will be producing another Michael Morpurgo classic this August with their Made in Colchester production of Friend or Foe.

Three Minute Heroes, the smash-hit 2 Tone musical will make its long awaited return to Coventry for three weeks this Autumn following two previous sell-out runs at the Belgrade Theatre in 2000 and 2001.

Following the phenomenal success of his Spring tour earlier this year, Alan Davies has announced a further tour this Autumn of his brand new show, Little Victories.

One year after opening the new 50-seat venue above the The Hope & Anchor Pub, it was announced today by Adam Spreadbury-Maher, Artistic Director, that the King's Head Theatre has appointed Matthew Parker to take on the venue as the new Artistic Director from October 2014.

The new, Sheffield-themed, take on the Mystery Plays makes the most of its huge cast of locals.

After two years of training, trainees of the Jazzart Training Programme will have to show their talent in the production, Bhabha, from today, 17 to 19 July at Artscape Theatre.

Royal Court Theatre and Headlong co-production of The Nether by Jennifer Haley begins tonight, Thursday 17 July and runs through Saturday 9 August 2014.

Following the worldwide success of Can We Talk About This?, DV8 return to the National's Lyttelton stage with JOHN, a new verbatim dance-theatre work by Lloyd Newson, Artistic Director of DV8.

The first musical of award winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, EDGES follows four twenty-somethings as they teeter on the edges of their lives.

Exciting young writer Andrew Maddock's The Me Plays present a semi-autobiographical look at growing up in Wembley, complete with discussions of male body image, internet pornography, Roman Catholic schools, rap music and God.

David Ribi, Nic Kyle, Sarah Goggin and Chloe Taylor will star in the London production, which is to be staged on the romantic location of The Battersea Barge, moored on the banks of the River Thames near Battersea Power Station.

David Hutchinson and Phillip Rowntree for Sell A Door Theatre Company in Association with The Beacon are proud to announce their 2014 Tour of Sunset Song adapted by Alasdair Cording from Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Novel.

Pia Furtado directs Titus Andronicus, an exhilarating new staging of Shakespeare's infamous revenge tragedy, performed in the atmospheric urban surroundings of Bold Tendencies' multi-storey car park in Peckham.

Eminent composer Stanley Silverman to attend the UK premiere of Arthur Miller's only musical Up From Paradise on Wednesday 23rd July followed by a free post-show Q&A.

Like a moody rock band-style performance art company, Needless Alley present In Embryo, a new and multidisciplinary performance integrating the talents of seven artists.

Ballast Theatre presents DIARY OF A MADMAN by Nikolai Gogol, adapted by Howard Colyer.

THEATRE RENEGADE is proud to announce the fifth installment of its Courting Drama series in its brand new venue, the Southwark Playhouse.

Award-winning playwright Richard Bean unveils the second of his three world premieres to be staged this year, and renews his collaboration with acclaimed director Max Stafford-Clark for Pitcairn at Chichester, prior to London and a national tour.

The Finborough Theatre, well known for their commitment to Scottish playwrights, presents its month long Scotland Decides/Tha Alba a'taghadh2014, a month long season to coincide with the Scottish Independence Referendum on Thursday 18 September 2014.

See history come to life on the Lyceum stage later this month with Birmingham Stage Company's Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain, featuring all new amazing 3D BoggleVision from today 15 July to Saturday 19 July.