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Regal Entertainments Ltd  has been shortlisted in four categories at the prestigious National Panto Awards 2023.

Playwright/performer/activist Galinsky has been invited to bring his hit Off Broadway play, The Bench A Homeless Love Story (Directed by Jay O.

Staffordshire’s New Vic is delighted to announce its production of The Nutcracker: A Christmas Fairytale, a rare staging of the much-loved tale as a play, on its in-the-round stage from Friday 17 November 2023 to Saturday 27 January 2024.

Stage One has announced that they are partnering with Bristol Old Vic, Northern Stage, Nottingham Playhouse and Theatre Royal Plymouth to deliver their National Trainee Producer Placement Scheme for 2023.

All new rehearsal photos have been released for Brief Encounter which opens on 4 April at Salisbury Playhouse, with previews from 31 March, and runs until 22 April, before touring to New Wolsey Theatre, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds and finally Northern Stage.

After over 25 years producing and general managing shows in the West End, nationally and internationally, Mark Rubinstein is  joining forces with Dave McNeilly and Sarah Edwards to form Short Street Productions Ltd.

A vibrant new adaptation of one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, a co-production with Prescot's Shakespeare North Playhouse, opens at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre on 30 March.

Let's Dance International Frontiers is the dynamic annual dance festival in Leicester which presents live performances by fast-rising and established dance artists from the UK and abroad.

Inspired by mythology, '90s pop culture and an especially memorable fifth birthday pirate party, How To Be A Pirate invites all adults to dive into a world of saucy storytelling, ludicrous characters and sea-based stupidity in this ludicrous adventure comedy set on the high seas.

All new production photos have been released for Super Power Panto, the accessible venture between the UK’s leading theatre company of visually impaired performers Extant and all-year panto company Simply Smiley currently on tour!

It’s a summer of fun in Newbury, as Corn Exchange announce their April-July programme.

All nursery rhyme characters love to party, perform and have fun! This April, some of the most famous faces from your favourite rhymes are coming together to present a spectacular nursery rhyme cabaret at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre.

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre has announced that CBeebies presenter Evie Pickerill will play the title role of Snow White in this year's spectacular family pantomime from 2 December 2023 – 7 January 2024.

Wagner's masterpiece Lohengrin, in a new production by internationally renowned director François Girard, broadcasts live to cinemas worldwide for the first time on Saturday 18th March at 4pm as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

Paines Plough has announced a number of new appointments across the organisation.

Based on extensive interviews and using an intergenerational ensemble and a capella singing, Ad Infinitum’s new show explores the deeply human and real-life stories of older people’s care in all its complexities in the company’s signature style of physical theatre.

The cast has been announced for Before Anyone Else, a dynamic play platforming the younger generation, which will be showcased with interactive lectures across the UK.

The New Vic Theatre and renowned theatre company Told by an Idiot will collaborate for the first time this April on a rare revival of the cult '60s classic, The Killing of Sister George.

Physical theatre and puppetry company Certain Dark Things tour their latest theatre project, Savage Heart - a gothic thriller rooted in empowering women - from 13 - 30 March 2023.

All new rehearsal photos have been released for Mercury Theatre’s upcoming production of Deborah McAndrews’ They Don’t Pay? We Won’t Pay!, a new adaptation of Dario Fo and Franca Rame’s Sottopaga? Non si paga!.

Theatre Royal Plymouth has announced that Dame Darcey Bussell DBE will become Chair of their Board of Trustees from 1 April.

The Bath Festival 2023 focuses on the theme Opening Up for its internationally renowned annual celebration of music and books in May.

Box of Tricks presents Too Much World at Once, A North-West writer explores growing up queer in rural England and the climate emergency, written by Billie Collins and directed by Adam Quayle, 3 March – 22 April 2023.

Birmingham Rep have released a series of photoshoot photos ahead of the opening of a brand-new production of the stage adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel, Of Mice and Men, which runs at The Rep from Sat 18 Mar – Sat 8 Apr 2023.

A new production from North West theatre company Box of Tricks, who recently brought Last Quiz Night on Earth, SparkPlug and Chip Shop Chips to the Scarborough venue, Billie Collins' Too Much World at Once can be seen at the SJT on 21 and 22 March.