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As work ramps up on the trio of innovative productions comprising Opera North’s first sustainable season, the Company has revealed some of the transformations it is making in search of more environmentally responsible ways to bring its operas to the stage.

A brand new world-class family friendly music festival celebrating the very best of Britain has been officially unveiled and will take place in Cheshire during Summer 2024.

According to the production's official social media account, the UK tour of Titanic the Musical has been filmed.

Take Me Somewhere, the international, biennial festival and year-round sector support organisation, returns to its live iteration for the first time since the pandemic.

Residents across Salford can look forward to the biggest ever city-wide programme of creative activities and events thanks to a £749,600 funding boost from Arts Council England National Lottery Projects Grants.

A season of play readings at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre which will introduce theatregoers to brand new writing opens with Approved on 25 July.

The cast and creative team has been announced for Great Expectations at Royal Exchange Theatre.

New Beginning is a one-of-a-kind immersive production that blends stunning projections, a newly composed score and soundscape, poetic text and natural materials to immerse audiences in the future of our planet.

Liverpool Theatre Festival returns in less than two weeks – and one highlight of the 11-day programme is Sober Companion, a specially commissioned new play co-written and co-starring Liverpool-born actor Joe McGann and Jake Norton.

Looking at peace negotiations including Dayton peace agreement, those in Northern Ireland and the Middle East, the still-unresolved talks between Kosovo and Serbia, and anticipating the conclusion of the war between Russia and Ukraine, Kosovo’s Qendra Multimedia have brought together a pan Europe

A sensational new production of Alan Plater’s warm and witty musical play Blonde Bombshells of 1943 heads to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre next month after successful runs at Bolton and Keswick.

Full casting has been announced for Séan Aydon’s brand-new adaption of Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein which will start a major UK theatre tour at the Churchill Theatre Bromley on 14 September, before playing 10 further venues around the country.

The full cast for the musical stage adaptation of best-selling novel The Book Thief has been announced, which includes Coventry local Daniel Krikler as 'Max Vandenburg'.

After an Edinburgh Fringe run in 2022, and previous London Fringe theatre success, 'The Importance of Being.

Dynamic Halifax-based company Northern Broadsides has announced the appointment of Debbie Richards as their new Chair.

This summer, Chisenhale Dance Space is launching its reimagined CDS Artist Community and is seeking 200 dance and performance artists to form the artistic leadership of the organisation.

This September, Clonmel Junction Arts as part of ART:2023 presents From Out The Land by Jack Reardon & Áine Ryan - the largest theatrical event that Tipperary has ever staged.

Following the successes of HighTide Rising in May and Herring Girls: greater than we are alone at Lowestoft's First Light Festival in June, HighTide today announces Ghost Stories by Candlelight, commissioned as the first tour under new Artistic Director Clare Slater.

This Summer, be part of a very special live theatre event for all the family.

Shakespeare North Playhouse, a world-class cultural landmark situated in the heart of Prescot, is celebrating its first birthday.

The Mercury Theatre in Colchester has announced the 2023/24 cohort of their Playwrights, Producers and Directors career enhancing programme.

I have always been an academic and an athletic kind of person but when I was first met with having to balance these two components in my course, and maintaining my personal life, it was like a circus.

Annie Get Your Gun comes to the Lavender Theatre from 17 July -  5 August.

Birmingham Hippodrome has partnered with digital agency, Substrakt and leading authority on accessible ticketing, Nimbus Disability to transform the online booking experience for its customers.

The Lowry, Salford has announced the appointment of nine new Trustees to its board.