UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1129

Work is well underway at the Urdang Academy's new building in Islington, London.

Renowned Ulster playwright Stewart Parker's Spokesong - which won him the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright - opens at the Finborough Theatre for a limited run of nine Sunday, Monday and Tuesday performances from Sunday, 25 May 2014 (Press Night: Monday, 26 May 2014)

The producers that brought you the record-breaking musical are delighted to announce the return of Helen Forrester's Twopence to Cross the Mersey in a new format of a straight Stage Play.

Gary Naylor sees a rarely performed version of Hamlet and finds it set four or five years in the future and not 450 years in the past

WICKED, the global musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is officially the highest grossing production in the history of the King's Theatre Glasgow, with the largest ever number of tickets sold in a four week run.

Lenny Henry is due to return to the West Midlands to headline Birmingham Repertory Theatre's Autumn and Winter 2014 season.

Local producers The Bubble Club are bringing two gigs to The Marlowe Studio.

Following sell-out shows at VAULT Festival in London, Harry Blake and Alice Keedwell are back with HOUSE OF BLAKEWELL'S HOUSE PARTY.

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.

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.

The Hippodrome's live entertainment programme continues with a varied offering of music, burlesque, cabaret and more including a four night run from popular US songwriter Scott Alan, a concert celebrating the best of The Great British Musicals hosted by Nicholas Parsons, an exclusive preview of awar

I have spent a lot of time at the Bristol Hippodrome in the last couple of years and have seen a range of productions there, but never one on ice.

The Belgrade Theatre Acting Out Company are proud to present a new production of James Graham's Bassett from today 1 - Sat 3 May in the Belgrade's B2 Auditorium.

NUNO SILVA is a highly individual artist whose career spans contemporary dance, classical opera, fado singing and West End musicals.

Today, 1st May 2014 PILOT Nights, the region's best loved work-in-progress performance platform, is teaming up with Birmingham Hippodrome and Independent Outdoor Arts Producer Lou Lomas to present the first ever PILOT Sites.

Royal Albert Hall has announced its May 2014 listings.

A Fevered Sleep/Young Vic production, DUSK, produced in association with Fuel and commissioned by Pontio, Bangor and supported by Stratford Circus will play The Maria at the Young Vic as part of a national tour.

Chase away the Monday blues with an 'alf and a larf! at The Comedy Store on Monday 12th May.

Hux Productions will present the original play Gilead at Friends' Meeting House on Wednesday 7th, Thursday 8th and Friday 9th May 2014.

R&H Theatricals Europe has announced that THE BAKEWELL BAKE OFF, a new musical by The Baking Committee, is now available for professional and amateur licensing in the United Kingdom and Europe.

Henry Blofeld and Peter Baxter cordially invite you to join them on a trip down memory lane to discover fascinating untold stories from the Test Match Special commentary box and beyond.

Young people from across the region will be appearing on two stages at The Marlowe next month as part of National Theatre Connections.

FRESH from wowing audiences across the country with Midnight Tango, TV's Strictly Come Dancing favourites Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace are back with a new show.

Alistair McGowan reprises his West End role as Henry Higgins in a new production of Bernard Shaw's best-known play, which comes to the Belgrade Theatre Coventry as part of a 16 week national tour in Spring 2014 from Mon 12 - Sat 17 May.

In its tenth anniversary year, YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE UK (YMT) launches a groundbreaking season of international work in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland to be produced during the summer of 2014.