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A homegrown theatre production is coming to a unique venue in Warrington as part of this year's Contemporary Arts Festival.

A brand-new digital learning platform is set to launch with the aim of making the latest academic research available to anyone, anywhere, in a fun and interactive format.

The jury for the Competition this year included Ian Partridge, Catherine Denley, Michael George, Tim Mead and Oliver Mears.

The full cast has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of the landmark musical THE LION KING, including a first look at their new Simba played by Stephenson Ardern-Sodje.

The new play Fritz & Matlock, which opened to rave reviews at The Pleasance Downstairs this month, has received two Offies nominations for Lead Performance in a Play : James Wallwork & Salvatore D'Aquilla and Most Promising New Playwrights: James Wallwork & Salvatore D'Aquilla.

UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK is a celebration of creativity taking place across the UK in 2022, designed to reach millions and bring people together.

The multi-purpose pop-up events space, The Landing Hub, is unveiled today (Wednesday 20 October).

Welcome to Respite is a psychological-thriller that explores the parts of our mind that both help us and haunt us through the lens of a mental illness called Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), formerly known as multiple personality disorder.

Shone Productions Ltd will present Barrow’s Biggest Ever Pantomime.

Marking the first full-length production that Artistic Director Joe Murphy has directed since his appointment in 2019, Sherman Theatre presents a festive treat written by one of Wales's best loved playwrights, Gary Owen (Iphigenia in Splott, Killology).

Due to high demand for tickets, the world premiere of SAMSKARA at The Yard Theatre today announces a five-day extension of its initial run, with new dates from Monday, 22 November - Friday, 26 November.

All new production images have been released ahead of the world premiere this evening (Wednesday 20th Oct) of Department Story, the latest theatre production by Big Telly Theatre Company, presented as part of Belfast International Arts Festival.

Your best friend, acclaimed stand-up, and boaster of appearances in hit shows including Netflix's Feel Good, Catastrophe (Channel 4), and Starstruck (BBC/HBO Max), Jack Barry is taking his hit show Alien to London's Soho Theatre for three nights only from 2nd – 4th December 2021 after debuting the

Following the success of its sold out run in 2019, the Orange Tree Theatre today announces the return of Terence Rattigan's While The Sun Shines, directed by OT Artistic Director Paul Miller.

Created by current Co-Artistic Director for 2021, and newly appointed Creative Director from January 2022, Corey Campbell, SeaView is a family drama with an unsettling supernatural element, rooted in the experiences of working-class communities in the West Midlands.

Mercury Theatre today announces full cast for Aladdin, written by Andrew Pollard with direction from the Theatre's Creative Director Ryan McBryde; the team behind the Great British Pantomime award-winning Cinderella.

After their first crowdfunded noisenights this summer featured members of the Chineke! Orchestra and BBC Young Musician Winner Laura van der Heijden, through the noise today announced that their distinctive concert series will continue this winter.

Virtuoso dancer Aakash Odedra set up Aakash Odedra Company (AOC) ten years ago.

Immersive pioneers Factory 42 have teamed up with Almeida Theatre and Sky to create Lost Origin: a new immersive and interactive world, using innovative digital technology.

Launched by Janie Dee in 2020, the London Climate Change Festival announces today specially curated concert with an all-star line up Song for Nature will be available on Stream.

The cast has been announced for Dog Show, a late-night canine cabaret that cocks its leg at the fetishisation of queer bodies and queer culture, co-written and co-directed by Ginger Johnson and David Cumming.

October's first-class line-up will be hosted by Kane Brown with comedians Mark Palmer, Nick Page and Robert White.

Serial killer expert Cheish Merryweather (as seen and heard on BBC) will focus on the world's most notorious serial killers and mass murderers.

Back in Play festival is headlined by Radical Reinventions, four 30-minute plays that give an irreverent and contemporary twist on the classics.

Michael Harrison and the Really Useful Group have announced that direct from two triumphant seasons at The London Palladium, the sensational brand-new production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat comes to Milton Keynes Theatre from Monday 12th t