UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1193

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Despite a clunky start Nothing is the End of the World (Except the End of the World) ultimately proved to be a thought-provoking piece of theatre.

In an Almeida Theatre and Headlong co-production, Lyndsey Turner directs the World Premiere of Lucy Kirkwood's Chimerica.

Sir Roger Moore, the legendary film star who played the iconic role of James Bond, is to play a series of exclusive dates at theatres around the UK.

Gary Naylor sees a bear in South London!

Stage One, the charity committed to developing and supporting producers for the commercial theatre industry, has announced the two organisations which will take part in its recently launched Regional Apprenticeship Scheme.

Royal & Derngate's Made in Northampton season continues with the multi-award-winning Dancing At Lughnasa, by Irish playwright Brian Friel.

The Theatrical Management Association (TMA), the UK's largest and longest established theatre trade association, announced today that the results of the elections to its ruling council mean that for the first time it will be governed by a female majority.

He's back (with a splash!) - following on from a hugely successful run in the West-End, Omid has announced a thirteen nights of Omid Djalili Live at the Edinburgh Festival this year at The Assembly Rooms, Music Hall.

Celebrating the 80th birthday of playwright and novelist David Storey, the first London production in over 30 years - and the first production in London since the original National Theatre production- David Storey's Early Days plays at the Finborough Theatre for a limited run of nine Sunday and Mond

Jason Manford brings his brand new tour show to the Edinburgh Festival this year then across Scotland! The show promises to feature a wealth of comedy anecdotes, misunderstandings and audience banter delivered with Jason's likeable charm and teasingly intelligent wit.

It is appropriate that in the year that Sheffield Theatres is wearing The Stage's best regional theatre badge it has been showcasing the region.

The roof got lifted off the Birmingham Hippodrome last night with the rapturous audience reaction to Stage Entertainment's UK touring production of Hairspray.

Following the recent sell out run of 20 Tiny Plays About Sheffield, four brand new short stories celebrating Northern cities take to the Studio stage from tonight 23 May - Saturday 1 June.

Hampstead Theatre will present the UK Premiere of Race by David Mamet, directed by Terry Johnson and designed by Tim Shortall with lighting by Mark Henderson, running tonight, 23 May to Saturday 29 June 2013.

LITTLE ME (based on the Novel by Patrick Dennis) is the story of Belle Poitrine's ascent from the wrong side of the railroad tracks in Venezuela, Illinois to the exquisite luxury of Southampton, Long Island.

The lights are low, the audience eager with anticipation and the finalists are selected as Britain's first ever circus competition to find the best acts in the land reaches its climatic final stages.

Today the 1960's sprang back to life in a mist of hairspray and greasepaint as Specialist Hair and Media Make-up students from University College Birmingham showcased their skills to cast members from the hit musical Hairspray at Birmingham Hippodrome, including X-Factor runner up Marcus Collins.

Down Home and Saria Idana have announced that Homeless in Homeland will have its UK/International premiere at Brighton Fringe, in Brighton, UK with 3 shows May 27th, 28th, and 29th, 2013.

GDIF offers the ultimate summer festival experience with its completely free programme of astonishing outdoor arts.

Brighton's legendary Poets vs MCs event has become an unmissable fixture in Brighton's cultural calendar - now in its 10th year, it's sold out venues as large as the Concorde 2 and involves more spats, cusses and wordplay than any hip-hop album you could name.

ATTIC Theatre Company and Sixteenfeet Productions are set to bring a little sunshine to South London this summer, as they join forces to present TWELFTH NIGHT or What You Will in two magical outdoor locations.

The Silent Stream is a one-man show telling the true story of how The Prince Regent, (later George IV) patronised the town, partook of some of the town's women, fathered unwanted children, and engaged in a battle to wrestle the land, on which he wished to build, from the forces of nature.

The Well, which combines physical theatre, haunting songs and evocative lighting, is a powerful drama, set in Victorian Brighton, about the digging of the world's deepest hand-dug well, a well that stretches down as deep as the Empire State Building is high.