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Black Coffee is the first play that Agatha Christie wrote for the stage back in 1929, when the show is set.

Great Portland Street's iconic Central Synagogue, the famous venue, will host world-class classical musicians in series that gives Jewish perspectives on the great composers.

David Aaron Carpenter To Launch Central Synagogue's International Concerts Series, July 8th- London debut for 'the hottest violist of the 21st century' and his Salome Chamber Orchestra soloists, with Music Of The Jewish Diaspora.

Sedos, the City of London's premiere amateur theatre company, presents Melissa Reeves' In Cahoots as part of its July Summer Festival.

The Face to Face Festival of Solo Theatre enters its third year at LOST Theatre in south London, with 'New Shoots', a week-long celebration from today 8 - 13 July of new performers, new performances and new ideas.

Jazz Jamaica All Stars and Urban Soul Orchestra return to the Royal Festival Hall on Saturday 19 July at 7.

The first ever Yorkshire Festival 2014 captured the imaginations of artists and public alike, attracting over 750,000 people to 1,400 performances of the headline events, which involved 7,000 participants and took place in the 100 days running up to Yorkshire's Tour de France Grand Depart.

To commemorate the centenary of World War One, Bang Theatre presents 'Killed: July 17th 1916', originally created by The Theatre in Education Company at the Belgrade Theatre, running Tuesday 5 to Saturday 9 August at 7.

Following the recent announcement of Joe Bonamassa's forthcoming studio album "Different Shades of Blue", released on 22nd September by Provogue, the celebrated guitarist is proud to announce four concerts at the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo, London in March 2015.

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 Tuesday 15 July to Saturday 19 July.

Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) - the world's number one live-theatre company - has appointed Jonathan Grisdale in a new Executive Director role as Managing Director - Sponsorship, Sales & Marketing.

The Belgrade theatre has announced the return of 'Unplugged' from Sat 19 - Sat 26 July 2014.

Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles - the long-awaited play about the legendary music manager Brian Epstein - officially opens at London's Leicester Square Theatre in a 'Fab Four' weeks on Mon 4th August (previews from Wed 30 July) and will continue throughout the summer until Sat 6 September.

Regarded as one of the most celebrated American playwrights, Neil LaBute has enthralled audiences all over the world with his layered characters, sharp dialogue and subtle social commentaries.

Directed by Pilot Theatre's Artistic Director Marcus Romer and co-produced with Derby Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East, Antigone will premiere in Derby on the 19 September, where it plays until 4 October before touring nationally until 29 November.

This summer a sensational new musical is set to showcase the greatest hit songs of the 60s.

Rehearsals are now well underway for GOD, the 20th anniversary celebration show from the Stephen Sondheim Society, which pays tribute to Mr Sondheim and his genius.

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.

In a brand new adaptation of Animal Farm, When Chaplin Met Gandhi writer James Kenworth takes Orwell's classic satire and gives it a fresh, contemporary twist, injecting its timeless tale of a revolution that went wrong with a gritty, urban, in-yer-face language perfectly suited to being staged on o

Following a sell-out run in 2012, Antic Disposition's magical, musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' festive classic, A Christmas Carol, returns to the spectacular Elizabethan setting of Middle Temple Hall in central London from Saturday 20 - Tuesday 30 December.

Following a critically acclaimed, award-winning run last year in the Studio, Daniel Evans' production of Tim Firth's musical This Is My Family returns to Sheffield Theatres from Thursday 9 - Saturday 18 October, ahead of a national tour to Royal & Derngate Northampton, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Liv

Formed in 2012, Only One Direction have gained thousands of their own fans by performing One Direction songs to over 300,000 worldwide, helping them rank in over 11,000 twitter followers to date.

Gary Naylor sees a revival of Stephen Sondheim's strange 1970s musical about 1850s Japan, production that borrows from a variety of theatrical styles without ever fully establishing its own.

Sheffield Music Hub, JazzNorth and Sheffield Theatres present Jazz@theHubClub, a brand new summer jazz spectacular taking to the Crucible stage today 5 July at 3.

Joe Orton's comic masterpiece, Entertaining Mr Sloane will conclude its 50th Anniversary U.