UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1175

DIRECT from the West End and Broadway, the feel-good international hit sensation Priscilla Queen Of The Desert is coming to The Marlowe Theatre later this month, beginning 23 Sept.

Gary Naylor enjoys a curious musical.

Permanently Bard have here created a raucous, delightfully silly and beautifully pitched production of one of Shakespeare's more ridiculous works.

Timberlake Wertenbaker, Roy Williams and David Edgar join Simon Stephens for 'Turning the Page: Creating New Writing (1945-2013)' at the University of Reading on Friday 13th -Saturday 14th September 2013.

Full casting is announced today for the three-time Tony Award-winning musical THE SECRET GARDEN, which will be brought to life in an intimate concert staging to tour the UK from October 2013.

Gary Naylor sees another revived musical at the Union Theatre.

Following its recent international success with rediscoveries from his work, J.

Following his sell-out West End show in 2012 and his continued success at the Brighton Fringe 2013, David Watts Professor of Silent Movie Ethno Musicology (SMEMY) presents more silent movie mayhem!

Amused Moose Soho will present its 2013 short comedy season at the Soho Theatre, September 30, October 1 & 2, 2013.

Below are the details for Amused Moose Soho's New Year's Eve comedy night!

Check out Amused Moose Comedy's shows on Saturdays from 28 September until late December 2013.

New Jersey Nights comes to the UK direct from the USA to take audiences on a nostalgic magical journey through the career of one of the biggest selling groups of all time on the Lyceum Theatre stage from Tuesday 24 - Saturday 28 September.

Stage Acts Entertainment's smash hit tribute to one of the greatest movie soundtracks of all time, An Evening of Dirty Dancing: The Tribute Show is embarking on the autumn leg of its UK tour with a re-vamped production and a sparkly new cast.

Children and their families can enjoy a reading of Claire Freedman and Ben Cort's popular children's book, Aliens Love Underpants, with some fun "pantastic" activities and a chance to meet and have photos with the Alien.

The full programme for 4 Squares Weekender is released today.

Birmingham's leading arts organisations are joining forces to stage a major outdoor celebration for the opening of the Library of Birmingham.

Following the critical success of last year's A GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, Northern Broadsides' associate director Conrad Nelson and playwright Deborah McAndrew once again team up, this time bringing their brand of Northern inventiveness and humour to Nikolai Erdman's dark comic classic The Suicide.

In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, Anders Lustgarten's Black Jesus receives its world premiere at the Finborough Theatre, playing for a four week season from Tuesday, 1 October 2013 (Press Night: Thursday, 3 October 2013 at 7.

Today the first images from inside Stephen Unwin's rehearsal room for Ghosts have been released by the Rose Theatre Kingston and English Touring Theatre.

FINBOROUGHFORUM presents EIGHT BURNING QUESTIONS ABOUT PLAYWRITING, curated by Elizabeth Kuti and Luke Holbrook.

Punchdrunk and the National Theatre have today released new production images for The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable.

Everyone has the chance to be creative in a new series of workshops at The Marlowe Theatre.

Afraid of the Dark is making its World Premiere in London this autumn, playing at The Charing Cross Theatre now through 26 October, with a press night on Wednesday 11 September.

Following the 140-date 2014 leg of its tour, Objective Talent Management will be bringing Derren Brown: Infamous to the Hammersmith Apollo for three nights only, from 25th - 27th July 2014.

Gary Naylor sees an old favourite that never gets stale.