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Full casting and creative team have been announced for the world premiere of BLEAK EXPECTATIONS, a new stage adaptation of the award-winning hit BBC Radio 4 comedy written by Mark Evans and directed by Caroline Leslie (whose previous Watermill credits include Trial by Laughter, The Wipers Times, A B

Students from ALRA are back in the studio, as they resumed their training yesterday as Rose Bruford College students.

Igor Stravinsky's First World War music theatre piece tells the dark Faustian fable of a soldier who makes a trade with the devil on the promise of untold wealth and success.

FLOW is set to be a festival of bold and imaginative arts and culture made with, by and for Children in Birmingham and Sandwell.

The four winners of New Diorama and Underbelly's 2022 Untapped Award, supported by Methuen Drama, can today (Wed 4 May) be revealed.

Glittering array of stars gather to remember iconic talent in special one-off show on 13th June including Stephen Fry, Judi Dench, Bill Bailey, Harry Hill, Maureen Lipman, Barry Humphries and Stewart Lee, plus recorded tributes from the likes of Stephen Merchant, Sandi Toksvig, Emma Thompson & Lee M

The renowned Amici Dance Theatre Company, the world’s first disability-inclusive professional dance company, will celebrate their 40th anniversary with the world premiere of One World: Wealth of the Common People.

Choreographer and MacArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham and pioneering producer and composer Jlin have come together to create a new work exploring death, reincarnation and Black Futurism through a reimagining of Mozart's Requiem in D minor, in Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth.

The Bath Festival is gearing up to take over the country's original wellness destination with every nook and cranny – from bookshops to Roman Baths - transformed into the most impressive, or intimate of stages.

The images show actors Eva Scott and Usman Nawaz moving seamlessly across Designer Warda Abbasi’s vibrant set – reflecting the many places they inhabit as a new couple as they explore the lyrical elements of this beautiful play.

The Royal Opera House has announced two stand-out shows on stage this summer, bringing two of Britain's top performers to one of London's most iconic venues: Horizons - A 21st Century Space Odyssey with Professor Brian Cox; and Bill Bailey: En Route to the Royal Opera House.

Wexford Festival Opera will present a new commission from the WFO Artist-in-Residence 2022 Conor Mitchell.

Northern Ballet's smash hit production of The Great Gatsby is returning to the stage for a new tour this spring.

Tessa Peake-Jones (Grantchester, Only Fools and Horses) and Gwyneth Strong (Only Fools and  Horses, EastEnders) will star together in the touring stage adaption of the hugely popular Ladies  of Letters from April.

Last month, Bauhaus released the new song 'Drink The New Wine' which was recorded last year during lockdown with the four members sharing audio files.

This exclusive one off show comes in the wake of his global hit single ‘As It Was’ that has topped the charts in 13 countries around the world.

All new rehearsal images have been released for Barney Norris’ upcoming production of We Started to Sing at the Arcola Theatre, which marks the reopening of the theatre since March 2020.

A Little Night Music, Sondheim's acerbic musical romance, is set to beguile audiences once more this summer as it makes a welcome return to the Leeds Playhouse stage.

Sheffield Theatres today announces the cast for its trilogy of new plays, Rock / Paper / Scissors, by Chris Bush.

The Next Generation Festival celebrates a wealth of emerging artists from junior companies and premier dance schools drawn from the UK, across Europe and around the world.

Rehearsal images of the critically acclaimed FOXES at the Seven Dials Playhouse have been released.

In partnership with Wandsworth Council, Summer In Battersea Park, Wandsworth Park and Furzedown Rec is a five-weekend takeover of South London’s most popular parks and green spaces.

TaleGate Theatre Productions are working with Bafta winning author, Nicholas Allan, on a new musical adaptation of his best selling book 'The Queen's Knickers' (Copyright, 1993) due to tour UK theatres in 2020.

Since its release on Netflix a week ago, Heartstopper has been creating quite a stir for its heartwarming and positive lgbtq+ love story.

London welcomes the return of 'Ordinary Days' (Music & Lyrics by Adam Gwon) to The Cockpit Theatre from the 13th-15th May 2022! Starring West End leading man Noah Thomas to play 'Warren' (Jamie - Everybody's Talking About Jamie), Jonathan Carlton (Pippin/Kinky Boots) to play 'Jason', Laura Dawn Pyat