UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1198

On the 8th April 2013 Margaret Thatcher proved that in death, as in life, she could still divide the nation.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, For Short.

Rose Theatre Kingston has announced its upcoming shows and events for May-July 2013.

The world premiere of David Hutchison's new play The Blood is Strong plays for a limited run of six Sunday and Monday evening and Tuesday matinee performances from Sunday, 26 May 2013 (Press Night: Monday, 27 May 2013), directed by Bruce Guthrie.

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 Thursday 23 May - Saturday 1 June.

Tickets go on sale today to Menier Chocolate Factory priority bookers for the European premiere of the landmark musical The Color Purple, which runs from 5 July to 14 September.

'Mr Wilde, why are you here?' That is the question posed by a woman who had the most crucial 'power' of the one of the most celebrated men of all time.

READY STEADY COOK LIVE!, the long-awaited tour of the UK's most successful TV cookery show, will hit the road, travelling the length and breadth of the UK from September 2013.

THE GOLDEN VOICE, a new British musical by singer-songwriter Nick Fogarty, will star Darren Day as Mike Chariot when it premieres at the Arts Theatre from Wednesday 19 June, previewing from 12 June, for a strictly limited season until Saturday 31 August.

Cloud Dance Sundays is a new collaboration by Cloud Dance Festival and the Lion & Unicorn Theatre to offer a monthly evening of contemporary dance and modern ballet in the cosy and intimate setting of the Lion & Unicorn Theatre in Kentish Town on Sunday evenings - a perfect way to wrap up the week.

Frazer Flintham's darkly comic, dynamic new play, 179 Hackney Road explores where our society has come from and where we might be heading.

Sell A Door Theatre Company has announced the final casting for their Spring production of Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, adapted from William Archer's Translation by Alfred Enoch.

STELLA , a new play about time, space, women and astronomy, will premiere at the Brighton Fringe Festival {Wed 29 & Thurs 30 May} and then tour to The Rose Theatre Kingston (Tues 4 June), Norden Farm (Tues 11 June), Alan Ayckbourn's Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough (Fri 21June), Oxford Playhous

Lightbox Productions in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre presents OVER THE BRIDGE by Sam Thompson, directed by Emma Faulkner in the first London production in over 50 years of this classic Ulster play.

There are certain things one can expect from any given production of RENT: the Mark will always wear a scarf, the cast will always try to get a bit of a clap-along going in 'Seasons Of Love' and the Benny will do his best with what is a thankless, nothingy role.

Born in Finland in 1883, Ivan Kivinen was a devout communist who moved to St.

Gary Naylor sees a sensational adaptation of Verdi's opera.

Bill Kenwright presents Peter Bowles, Jenny Seagrove and Colin Buchanan in Patrick Hamilton's The Governess opening at the Theatre Royal, Windsor on Tuesday 14 May.

Noma Dumezweni plays Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela and Matthew Marsh plays Eugene de Kock in Nicholas Wright's new play.

Streisand - The Main Event comes to Latest Music Bar on Sunday 5 & 19 May 2013 as part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

Shelf Life, Lotta Quizeen's Guide to Managing the Modern Home will play The Marlborough Theatre, 4 Princes Street, BN2 1RD, 9-12 May (£7/6) as part of Brighton Fringe 2013.

Gary Naylor sees a Celtic fan and a Rangers fan locked in a cell, and locked up by their prejudices.

Robert Redford, Sundance Institute and AEG Europe announced today that following the success of the first-ever Sundance London film and music festival in April 2012, the event will return to the world famous London venue, The O2, for a further two years, in 2013 and 2014.

Now in its third year, Jacksons Lane's Postcards is fast becoming the hot ticket of the circus and cabaret calendar.

Sheffield Theatres will stage Alan Bennett's award-winning modern comedy, The History Boys, for the first time on the Crucible stage from Thursday 16 May - Saturday 8 June, in a new production which sees the play staged in the city where it is set.