UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 259

The Remains of Logan Dankworth is the third and final instalment of Luke Wright's trilogy of political verse plays.

Jack Dean & Company are to return in Spring with their high-intensity cinematic theatre experience, which reimagines the little-known historical tale of Erik the Red.

Wiltshire Creative has announced full casting for their production of Alan Ayckbourn's How the Other Half Loves.

Jumping The Shark is by a new comedy writing partnership -  David Cantor and Michael Kingsbury, who also directs.

Following the record-breaking smash-hit Robin Hood, Exeter Northcott and Le Navet Bete are teaming up once again to bring you an unmissable family panto for Chrisrmas 2023 - Dick Whittington!

Originally seen at venues around York in summer 2021, the York Theatre Royal production of Around the World in 80 Days is setting off to go around not the world but the UK.

Giffords Circus has revealed the name of it’s 2023 show: Les Enfants du Paradis will take inspiration from French Romanticism in the mid-19th Century.

UK's writers' room for theatre, Stockroom confirms a slate of three new productions for 2023, which sees it team up with four leading venues across the UK.

A new festival which puts Chester's LGBTQIA+ community centre stage is coming to Storyhouse next month.

For spring 2023, ballet's greatest love story returns in Birmingham Royal Ballet's revival of Sir Peter Wright and Galina Samsova's glorious journey into Swan Lake, a lavish production in which the Royal Ballet Sinfonia performs Tchaikovsky's superb music live alongside BRB's spectacular dancers.

Staffordshire's New Vic and Bolton's Octagon Theatre will co-produce Amanda Whittington's life-affirming comedy Ladies' Day this spring.

The Lowther Pavilion Theatre in Lytham, who have been at the heart of entertainment on the Fylde Coast since 1921, has announced they will be supporting a Lancaster- based, retired writer with their first ever in-house musical production, Times Like These.

Continuing their reign of theatrical firsts, Leeds Conservatoire's BA Acting and Actor Musician programmes has announced the regional premiere of The Coup Coup Club, a political musical cabaret set in the heart of Argentina's Dirty War.

Get a first look at photos of The Varna International Ballet's The Nutcracker and Swan Lake! The company is visiting the UK for the very first time in their 75-year history.

Pilot Theatre will be returning to Coventry this month with their award-winning 2019 production of Sabrina Mahfouz's exciting adaptation of Malorie Blackman's critically acclaimed young adult novel of first love in a dangerous fictional dystopia.

Rebecca Thornhill will star as Mama Rose and Evelyn Hoskins will play her daughter Louise in 'Gypsy' at The Mill at Sonning Theatre, running from 24 May - 15 July, 2023.

After making it to the final and coming second in Britain's Got Talent: Ultimate Magician in December, Magical Bones is set to embark on a national tour from March 2023 with the show he premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last year.

Billy Fury is still regarded as the UK's premiere Rock'n'Roll star.

Birmingham Rep and James Seabright have released a set of first look photos featuring the full cast of Ian Hallard’s brand new play, The Way Old Friends Do, which receives its world premiere at The Rep from 17 Feb – 4 Mar 2023.

The New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich has announced the full cast and creative team for their upcoming new production of Dennis Kelly’s acclaimed play DNA, which will run at the venue from 2-9 February 2023.

Full casting has been announced for the 2023 dates of the UK & International Tour of the sensational feel-good musical MAMMA MIA! With the new cast giving their first performance at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre this month from Tuesday 17 January.

A funny and poignant new play exploring the impact of the iconic cooling towers at Ferrybridge Power Station on the lives of the people who lived and worked beneath them is opening at Leeds Playhouse on 3-11 February before heading out on tour across Yorkshire and the North East.

The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, has announced the title of its 2023 pantomime, along with the return of a local panto favourite, following the success of its current production, Dick Whittington and His Cat Tweedy, which many are calling the theatre's 'biggest and best pantomime to date'.

The West End and Broadway smash hit Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - The Musical UK tour opens at Milton Keynes Theatre on 9 February running until 05 March  following a Christmas season at Leeds playhouse.

After the pandemic torpedoed his debut tour, comedian and actor Robin Morgan (Mock The Week, The News Quiz, The Now Show and This England) is back with a new show, Snip Snip, B*tch.