UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1212

The Finborough Theatre is sad to report that on Sunday 13 January, actor David Carlyle, who plays the leading role of James in the Finborough Theatre's production of Somersaults by Iain Finlay Macleod was rushed to hospital with viral meningitis.

In 2011 Nice Swan Theatre Company thrilled audiences and reviewers alike with their 'unique and innovative twist' on Shakespeare's As You Like It.

Needless Alley presents THE CABARET VOLTAIRE at the King's Head Theatre, today, 20th, 21st, 27th & 28th of January, 7.

Gary Naylor sees a message from the past for the present and, one fears, the future.

An educational symposium looking into issues around integration into adult life for young people with learning disabilities is taking place at Birmingham Hippodrome in February.

Wilko Johnson, guitarist and founding member of Dr.

Gregory Doran's production of ANJIN: THE SHOGUN & THE ENGLISH SAMURAI, written by Mike Poulton with Sho Kawai, will play eleven performances at Sadler's Wells Theatre from 31 January to 9 February, with the press night on Thursday 31 January.

Dear Edwina, the kid-friendly musical comedy penned by Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler, will make is London premiere at The Lost Theatre February 20th 2013 running until Sunday 24th February 2013 produced by Act Now Entertainment.

100 years after the story was originally written, David Farr and Gísli Örn Garðarsson's spectacular reinvention of a literary masterpiece, Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, returns to the Lyric Hammersmith for a limited time following sell-out runs in 2006 and 2008.

Needless Alley presents THE CABARET VOLTAIRE at the King's Head Theatre, 20th, 21st, 27th & 28th of January, 7.

Full casting is announced for the World Premiere of Paper Dolls, the second production directed by Indhu Rubasingham as Artistic Director of the Tricycle Theatre.

Second Skin Theatre commences the year with a powerful play that invokes a modern twist on a once forgetten legend.

Following an acclaimed international tour, the UK Arts International in association with Mary Cossett Productions return to the UK with Woody Sez at the Crucible Theatre from Tuesday 5 - Wednesday 6 February.

CYNTHIA-REEVES is pleased to announce the Columbus Museum's recent acquisition of twelve panels from Dawn Black's Conceal Project - the artist's magnum opus from the last several years.

Orphaned and vulnerable early in life, Elizabeth Bathory rose to become one of the most powerful women in Europe.

Hit sketch group The Three Englishmen kick off their monthly new-material residency at the Canal Cafe this January! In their surreal and heart-warming style, 'reminiscent of an updated Monty Python", the Englishmen will be bringing you an hour of all-new sketches, plus some old favourites - a winnin

Shakespeare 4 Kidz are launching their UK & international tour of a musical version of Shakespeare's The Tempest with a FREE downloadable programme phone and tablet app aimed specifically at schoolkids, who traditionally don't buy theatre programmes but they do like FREE apps.

Little Angel Theatre has announced the companies selected to participate in the new Little Angel FIRSTS Festival 2013.

Mike Daisy's THE AGONY & THE ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS will make its London premiere at Waterloo East Theatre, directed by Nasser Memarzia, 5-24 February 2013.

Tongue Fu is one of the hottest tickets on the spoken word calendar: a regular collaboration between performance poets, musicians and film.

From the Producers of THREE PHANTOMS comes an evening of equally fantastic 'musical mayhem'.

In recent months, London's Landor Theatre has shot to prominence for premiering musicals by Kander and Ebb (writers of Cabaret and Chicago), Flaherty and Ahrens (writers of Ragtime and Once On This Island) and Howard Goodall.

Produced by Extempore Theatre (the new name for award-winning experimental theatre company The Sticking Place), creators of Showstopper! The Improvised Musical and The Terror Seasons, Britain's only annual festival of horror theatre and Grand Guignol, The 6th Annual London Improvathon takes place ov

You'd be absolutely barking mad to miss this pipe-smoking new show from theatre's funniest parodists as Holmes and Watson embark on their most dangerous adventure yet .

Gary Naylor enjoys children's words in the mouths of adults.