UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 127

Sadler's Wells has announced programming across its four theatres for 2025, including 14 UK premieres, 3 world premieres.

Dom Hartley-Harris has joined the cast of Mozart: Her Story – The New Musical assembling at Theatre Royal Drury Lane for two special performances on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 November 2024.

Underbelly will welcome in the second year of Underbelly Boulevard Soho with the announcement of their upcoming programming slate.

Campus West has announced the return of its beloved annual  pantomime, this year it’s Sleeping Beauty, crafted by the dynamic duo Jonas Cemm and Joe Sargent  from JoJo Panto Scripts.

The comedy musical Murder for Two will take center stage at the Corn Exchange Newbury on Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 November.

Jermyn Street Theatre has announced the cast for their Christmas show, Napoleon: Un Petit Pantomime.

An international company of multi-cultural fools from Italy, France, Ireland, Ukraine, Spain, USA, and Canada will come to Brighton this Christmas, as Slava’s SnowShow, the multi award-winning global phenomenon that recently celebrated 30 years enchanting people of all ages worldwide, returns

Norwich Theatre and Valid Productions have announced casting for their brand new dance co-production CARLOS ACOSTA’S NUTCRACKER IN HAVANA, choreographed and directed by Carlos Acosta CBE, which will visit Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Monday 13 – Tuesday 14 January 2025.

Newly launched theatre company Fuse Theatre will come to Manchester with Follow the Signs - a fully BSL-led hip-hop gig theatre show performed by Chris Fonseca with Manchester’s own Raphaella Julien, alongside Fleur Angevine Rooth and co-writer and director Harry Jardine.

The Holly King and The Oak King opens at BAC this November for the festive season.

The National Youth Music Theatre has announced a rebrand, relocation to Birmingham, and a new vision aimed at empowering young talent, marking a significant shift in its strategic direction.

Professor Brian Cox has announced that he is bringing his acclaimed live show Horizons – A 21st Century Space Odyssey to the US for a string of dates in 2025.

Global Icon Lionel Richie has added a further two new shows to the UK leg of his ‘Say Hello To The Hits’ 2025 tour next summer due to demand for tickets for his first arena shows in the UK since 2016.

Comedians Sikisa (Live At The Apollo, The Stand Up Sketch Show) and Stuart Laws (nominee Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show, Comedian Choice Best Show) will host comedy's premier sporting event - eight comics competing to see who is the Champion Beer Mat Flipper 2025!

Adapted from John Buchan's novel, Patrick Barlow's The 39 Steps will be directed by Ryan McBryde – in a co-production with Mercury Theatre Colchester and Octagon Theatre Bolton.

Since announcing her second nationwide tour, Ania Magliano has gone on to sell out her 12 night Soho Theatre run (until Saturday 26th October).

The Mercury Theatre in Colchester has announced the initial cohort of mentees for the return of their acclaimed mentoring programme Mercury Creatives, funded by Arts Council England, Essex County Council and Tendring District Council for the next three years.

Award-winning producer Ellen Kent will return in March 2025 with the Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv presenting two traditional productions of Puccini’s La Bohème  and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Theatre Royal Brighton on Fri 21 March and Sat 22 March 2025.

Featuring Rimsky-Korsakov’s sensuous Scheherazade, Gershwin’s spectacular Rhapsody in Blue (in its centenary year) and Peter Sculthorpe’s iconic Australian masterpiece Kakadu, KPO artistic director Paul Terracini will lead the orchestra in this concert that spotlights popular international Au

Maureen Nolan and Coronation Street’s Emrhys Cooper are set to head a the cast for St Helens Theatre Royal’s festive family show this Christmas.

The Paddington Bear™ Experience will come to County Hall on London’s South Bank this holiday season.

Leading outdoor arts specialists Without Walls have announced the appointment of esteemed theatre lead Kully Thiarai as Chair.

The cast has been announced for Irving Berlin's White Christmas at The Mill at Sonning, which runs 27 November - 25 January.

West End and Broadway star Lauren Ward (Stranger Things: The First Shadow,  Dear Evan Hansen) and Josie Benson (Kiss Me Kate, Mamma Mia!) will lead the cast in the world premiere of STALLED, a new musical about mothers, daughters and moving on, at the King's Head Theatre.

Matthew Bourne's award-winning THE MIDNIGHT BELL will be returning in 2025, opening at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham on Thursday 15 May.