UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1135

CLASSIC comedy and songs come to The Marlowe Theatre later this month.

EIFMAN BALLET, founded by its visionary Artistic Director Boris Eifman 37 years ago and still based in the exquisite Russian city of St Petersburg, returns to London in April with the UK premiere of 'RODIN', based on the life of the sculptor and artist Auguste Rodin, and 'ANNA KARENINA' based on the

The Voice Studio is launching a competition to search for its first ever jingle!

Alan Sillitoe's ground-breaking Saturday Night and Sunday Morning will be brought to life this May at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester in a fast-moving stage adaptation by the critically acclaimed writer Amanda Whittington.

Sell A Door Theatre Company will be hosting a Ceilidh at the London Fields Brewhouse on Saturday 10th May, after their swashbuckling production of Kidnapped.

Nurture Rights, the kids entertainment company set up by Peter Curtis and Nick Barrington last year has today announced a multi year deal with the Birmingham Stage Company to produce a stage production of the classic picture book, Dinosaur Roar!.

After selling out within two days in 2013, Will Todd's much-loved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is back this summer, one of the most charming, least condescending operas for children (The Telegraph).

Sheffield Theatres' Artistic Director Daniel Evans today announces the full cast of their production of Marc Camoletti's Boeing Boeing, as the company begins rehearsals.

Children's favourites Charlie and Lola return to the Exeter Northcott Theatre this April with their best bestest play.

Stewart Francis, the star of Mock The Week, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and Live At The Apollo embarks on a brand new stand-up tour, starting in Spring 2015, with his fantastic, hilarious new show Pun Gent!

National Youth Music Theatre will present an exciting season of work for summer 2014, including a new commission to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War.

Cafe Society Swing - a true story is set for Leicester Square Theatre, London on Tues 17th - Sat 21st June 2014 (not Thurs 19th June).

Grease is the word at the Exeter Northcott Theatre in April.

The Confession Room will return to London this summer in a special one-off concert at the St.

To coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Miners' Strike of 1984, Brassed Off, directed by Damian Cruden (director of Olivier Award winning 'Best Entertainment' The Railway Children), will visit the Belgrade Theatre Coventry from Wed 23 - Sat 26 April with a rousing final scene performed by local

One of Russia's most original contemporary theatre directors, Dmitry Krymov, will bring his remarkable Opus No7 to the UK this summer in a national tour, breathing exhilarating emotional life into stories of Soviet oppression and censorship.

Philip McGinley (Game of Thrones, E4's Drifters, Herding Cats; Hampstead) and Jenny Rainsford (Headlong's The Seagull, No Quarter; Royal Court) reunite after starring alongside each other in Straight (Sheffield/Bush) for the world premiere of Matt Hartley's new play which opens for a three-week run

Following a break of six years, Band of Gold star Cathy Tyson returns to the stage this Spring in Sarah Naomi Lee's bitter sweet black hair salon drama Snakes and Ladders.

After an initial workshop showcase at the new St.

Snakes and Ladders is about race identity and the testing of family loyalties and is partly inspired by real-life stories and memories collected from black hairdressers in the South East.

Birmingham's famous outer circle bus route is to be the setting for a new play at Birmingham Repertory Theatre this May.

After taking the US, Australia and Europe by storm, Rasta Thomas' Bad Boys of Dance are to make their eagerly awaited West End debut in Rock the Ballet, a breathtaking fusion of classic ballet, hip hop, tap and acrobatics performed against a backdrop of animated scenery and stadium rock lighting.

City Stories has announce a year-long residency at St.

A four-day theatre festival is coming to the St.

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) will mark Shakespeare's 450th Birthday with a free fireworks display outside the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Shakespeare's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon on the evening of Wednesday 23 April.