UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 343

This Spring, Manchester based dance company, Company Chameleon will tour, The Shadow, choreographed by Co-Artistic Director, Anthony Missen, to theatres across the UK before returning to home for a run at their newly refurbished studio theatre - dates to be added to the Tour soon.

Smith and Brant Theatricals and Ambassador Theatre Group Productions are presenting a new production of Fatal Attraction.

As previously announced, Immersive Everywhere – led by Olivier Award-winning producers Louis Hartshorn and Brian Hook – and Butterfly Theatre are combining their expertise and experience in all aspects of immersive theatre to launch the first bespoke Immersive Acting School in 2022.

The Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS UK and Ireland tour is stopping by Milton Keynes Theatre from Wednesday 23 February.

Shakespeare's Globe has announced the full cast of The Merchant of Venice, performed in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, directed by Abigail Graham and designed by Sarah Beaton.

Join Birmingham Rep for a true one-off, hilarious, and entertaining event, The Covid-19 Variations on 8 & 9 February 2022.

Further details have been announced for KHT50 Barstools to Broadway from The Kings Head Theatre the celebration taking place from 14 – 19 February, marking the successes of the world-renowned pub theatre's first 50 years with a series of readings of plays that started their lives there, with cast

Aimed at 10-14 year olds with an autism spectrum diagnosis, music and drama creative project Turtle Opera comes to Birmingham in 2022.

After 18 months doing a lot of selfless work for charity, The Thinking Drinkers are embarking on a national tour with their brand-new, possibly record-breaking new show - which gets the rounds in, in more ways than one.

RTYDS have announced three talented freelance directors and theatre-makers for their 18-month Residencies at prestigious theatres across the country.

The filmed performance of Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches and of Part Two: Perestroika will be added to the National Theatre Collection 2 on Drama Online in February alongside eight new films announced in November.

Bake Off the Musical will open at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham on 21 July 2022.

Following two critically acclaimed tours and huge popular demand, Footloose The Musical is back and better than ever! The musical which was postponed in 2020 bursts back onto the stage this year and will visit Theatre Royal Brighton from Monday 21 to Saturday 26 February 2022.

After a hugely successful autumn premiere, the inspiring girl power musical Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World will return in 2022 for an extensive UK tour.

With Tim Price's new stage adaptation of Ruben Östlund's Force Majeure currently running, the Donmar Warehouse today announces full cast and CATALYST trainees for Donmar Associate Director Max Webster's production of Shakespeare's Henry V.

Bill Elms Productions and Absolute Children's Opera have collaborated to develop a fun-filled show which introduces children of all ages to the world of Opera.

Go on a thrilling ride full of wonder and excitement this spring, as the world premiere of Ready, Steady, GO! races into Polka's Adventure Theatre.

Sadler's Wells Production The Rite of Spring/ common ground[s], a powerful two-part programme marking the first collaboration between the Pina Bausch Foundation, Ecole des Sables and Sadler's Wells, receives its UK premiere in June.

Second Hand Dance return to live touring this spring with a beautifully crafted, gentle and playful experience that reaffirms the potency of touch.

Based on the book of the same title described by Marcus Berkman in The Daily Mail as 'splendidly effervescent' and 'screamingly funny', the live How to Survive Family Holidays shows are where Lonely Planet meets family memoir as actor and comedian Jack Whitehall is joined by his parents Hilary

UK clubbing institution Secretsundaze is to celebrate 20 years of definitive party experiences with a number of special events throughout 2022.

Sasha Frost and Fred Fergus will star as Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth respectively in Jeff James and James Yeatman's adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion, opening at Rose Theatre on 3 March 2022, with previews from 26 February and running until 19 March 2022.

BAC will also celebrate talented young people in Homegrown festival this spring, a platform for emerging artists to perform and present their own events.

NEVER NOT ONCE, by the award-winning American playwright Carey Crim, is a poignant and emotionally gripping new drama about what happens when a family is forced to confront an unexpected and explosive answer to the question “Where do I come from?”.

2022 marks the 50th anniversary of Manchester Camerata, an innovative orchestra which has continued to push boundaries and challenge traditions throughout its history.