UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1124

Few actors come with sleuthing skills as sharp as Jason Durr who begins his run as the celebrated investigator Hercule Poirot in the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie's, espionage classic Black Coffee at Croydon's Ashcroft Theatre on June 3rd 2014.

London-based choreographer and dancer Ryan Francois will appear at two New York City events celebrating the history of swing music and dancing -- and will inspire young people in Harlem to reclaim their swing dance heritage.

Road To Nowhere are staging a special one-off London event to mark the return of the Labyrinth stage to Secret Garden Party for 2014.

The Institute of Impossibility will play Drapers' Hall, Bayley Lane, Coventry, CV1 5RN Today 23rd - Sunday 25th May 2014.

The Royal Shakespeare Company celebrates Midsummer on Sunday 22 June in Stratford-upon-Avon with A Midsummer Sundae, a fun packed day for all the family.

Beautifully British and bonkers -- this summer, the HandleBards, a four- strong, all-male troupe of cycling players, will pedal the length and breadth of the UK for three months to perform fast-pace productions of Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Comedy Of Errors.

Sheffield Theatres welcomes the stars of the original hit TV series, Duty Free, as they reunite for a summer fling at the Lyceum Theatre from Monday 16 until Saturday 21 June.

Seabright Productions presents Eric and Little Ern.

The National Theatre's production of One Man, Two Guvnors has now been seen by over 1 million people world-wide playing in cities across the globe including London's West End and Broadway, from Monday 26 - Saturday 31 May 2014 the unanimously critically acclaimed comedy arrives at Birmingham Hippodr

The Accidental Festival is an opportunity for theatre makers, artists and companies from around the world to showcase and develop new and existing work at an exciting and established arts venue.

We're talking about Gravity and Other Myths, a troupe from Australia whose unique close-up acrobatic show A Simple Space has been booked for a six-week season (30 May - 6 July 2014) at the Udderbelly Festival on the South Bank (10 April -13 July), having astounded Fringe audiences in both hemisphere

Mark Arden as Fred, Ryan Molloy as Horace, Stefan Booth as Tosher, Christopher Ryan as Red Hot, Vivian Carter as Myrtle, Stevie Hutchinson as Ted/PC 2, John Olohan as Paddy, Gary Watson as Norman/PC 1 and Joanna Woodward as Margaret join BAFTA nominated Jessie Wallace (EastEnders) as Lil, Gary Kemp

The Theatre Royal Bath has announced the full cast for the first production in its 2014 Summer Season.

Seen by over 22 million people worldwide, Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, celebrates a staggering 25 years on stage when it rocks into the Lyceum Theatre stage from Monday 9 to Saturday 14 June.

Based on the Oscar winning musical film and hugely successful TV series; Fame - The Musical explodes onto the Belgrade Theatre Main Stage for one exhilarating week only from Mon 2 - Sat 7 June as part of an acclaimed 32 date national tour.

Eclipse Theatre Company's production of the Tony Award-winning Sizwe Banzi is Dead is currently on a brief national tour after its Young Vic run.

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller has been dubbed one of the greatest literary works of the 20th Century.

Following their acclaimed tour of The Trench, which played at TOM May 2013, award-winning Theatre Company, Les Enfants Terribles tour with their new show, Ernest and The Pale Moon, adapted for the stage with Pins and Needles Productions.

THIS FLESH IS MINE, a new play by Brian Woolland, is being presented in association with Ashtar Theatre (Palestine) and The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, now through 25th May at Testbed1.

The Citizens Theatre today announces its Autumn 2014 season including: A new production of Shakespeare's Hamlet directed by Dominic Hill and starring Brian Ferguson, Roberta Taylor and Peter Guinness; Headlong's 5-star production of 1984, transferring direct from a West End run for its Scottish prem

It makes a change for a farce to take centre stage at the Crucible, but Sheffield Theatres are celebrating this summer with their take on Boeing Boeing, Marc Camoletti's classic comedy about a man trying to keep up three relationships with air hostesses

ALISTAIR McGowan stars in a major revival of one the best-loved plays of the 20th century at The Marlowe Theatre early next month (June).

Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Dundee Rep Ensemble present Woman In Mind by Alan Ayckbourn, and directed by Marilyn Imrie.

Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story - has been seen by over 22 million people worldwide and has since been dubbed 'the world's most successful rock'n'roll musical'.

Canterbury-based Victoria Field took part in Marlowe's Playwrights, The Marlowe's termly course on writing for the stage.