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Lovers of swing and jazz music are in for a treat as the Wiltshire-based ensemble FTO Big Band presents their Big Band Night at the Wyvern Theatre on Sun 21 November 2021.

Strictly’s own Janette Manrara will be dazzling crowds across the UK as she Cha Cha Chas into her new role as host of the 2022 Strictly Come Dancing Live Arena Tour.

The international phenomenon that is STOMP is coming home to the city where it all began in early 2022 - all in the name of raising funds for a much-loved Brighton venue.

From ‘White Christmas’ to ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’, ‘Meet Me in St Louis’, and ‘Christmas Bells’ in ‘RENT’, the festive season figures large in plenty of musicals both onstage and screen.

HighTide and New Wolsey Theatre will present this triumphant play from Olivier Award winning Morgan Lloyd Malcolm – a work which moves forwards and backwards in time across the 21 miles between Dover and Calais as a young swimmer harnesses her mind and body to make the crossing.

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.

The Women's Prize for Playwriting, produced by Ellie Keel and Paines Plough, with Principal Partner 45North and in association with Sonia Friedman Productions today announce the 62 longlisted scripts for The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2021, selected from 850 entries.

Headstrong and obstinate writer Jeremy Roland cannot believe his luck when he inherits an idyllic country cottage, the perfect hideaway to escape Christmas and write his latest crime thriller.

Will Mellor and Ralf Little from the cult sitcom are taking their hit podcast Two Pints with Will and Ralf on the road in 2022 and their 14-date tour will see them call into Warrington on Wednesday, 2 February.

The new role follows a management re-organisation after the departure of Artistic Director Alex Clifton, with a re-focus on the work of managing the charity's substantial Creative Communities portfolio, driving inclusion, and community-led programming.

Corn Exchange Newbury have announced the cast for Cinderella, its Christmassy pantomime which runs throughout the festive period.

To celebrate the milestone moment and to thank its supporters, the theatre is hosting a Gala Night on Monday 15 November with a pre-show drinks reception before the opening night show of the Olivier Award winning box office hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong.

Announcing the cast (but without revealing their much naughtier character names in full…): Michael Pellman will play the title role of Aladdin with Dora Gee as Abanazar, Alice Mills as the Princess, Robert Rees as the Dame and Rachel Warrick-Clarke as Spirit of the Ring/Genie.

My Theatre Mates announced that the Chichester Festival Theatre 60th anniversary season is underway.

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From Bleak House to Sketches by Boz, Dombey and Son to Our Mutual Friend, Dickens had a soft spot for Greenwich – frequently featuring the area in his stories, and so it’s particularly fitting that this acclaimed production comes to Greenwich Theatre this Christmas.

From Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 December Bethlehem Cultural Festival shines a light on the arts, culture and heritage of Palestine and the Mediterranean with live events in London and Glasgow as well as an online programme for global audiences.

Rehearsal images have been released for the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre’s 12th annual panto Aladdin, a magical new adaptation written by award-winning comedian, actor and composer Vikki Stone, directed by Abigail Graham, running at the West London venue from 19 November 2021 to 02 January 2022

From tutu making with Wimbledon College of Arts to carpentry, metalwork and props-buying with the National Theatre, hair and makeup with Disney’s The Lion King and fitting radio mics with the Association of Sound Designers - nearly 60 top theatre organisations from around the country are lifting t

To celebrate its 10th year, the LET Award prizes have been refreshed to include even more support, across a broader spectrum, to help emerging talent get to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB in London’s West End announced today the official daily mobile lottery in partnership with TodayTix for six exceptional £25 seats per performance, including tickets at a cabaret table.

Curve theatre will present its Christmas musical A Chorus Line, featuring world famous dancer Adam Cooper and West End and Curve favourite Carly Mercedes Dyer.

Liverpool's Epstein Theatre reopens its doors next month – and the much-loved venue is promising audiences a season full of sparkling entertainment to mark its return.

Santa Must Die! is a raucous new gig theatre show for the gig economy at the most difficult time of the year!  This production by archipelago, written by Rosie MacPherson, with performers Rhian Liu and Robin Ravi is a different kind of festive story about when Christmas is all work and no play.

As the first statement from new Artistic Director Angharad Jones, New Perspectives in collaboration with Nottingham's Nonsuch Studios are presenting a script-in-hand reading of Lucy Kirkwood's Maryland, a 30-minute response to the murders of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa that was written in just tw