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Theatre Royal Brighton has announced the launch of its Local Heroes initiative which offers a 25% discount* on tickets for a range of professions including emergency service workers, armed forces, social workers and teachers.

Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage arrives in Coventry for a dazzling run at the Belgrade Theatre this November.

This year, the Fellowship is now open to both playwrights to write a new play and to directors or writer/directors that can lead the creation of an Indigenous-led new stage work, whether that be a new play, an adaptation or through a devised process.

Following a highly acclaimed digital launch in 2020, SNOWFLAKE will premiere in a semi staged concert production as part of the Lowry’s REWRITES festival, produced by MPTheatricals in association with Grey Area Theatre.

Irving Undead – a one-man play starring award-winning actor James Swanton (the demonic spirit in Host) – will be revived this October.

The Contemporary Circus and Immersive Arts Center, a nonprofit organization based in Troy, N.

Following its sell-out at Liverpool Theatre Festival and Northern tour, Swan Song, a revised comedy by acclaimed playwright Jonathan Harvey, is heading to London for one week only.

To coincide with Wednesday’s opening night at Leeds Playhouse, production images have been released for the premiere of imitating the dog and Leeds Playhouse’s production of Dracula: The Untold Story.

After its postponement in May 2020, the European play Belvedere by Romanian-born playwright Ana-Maria Bamberger is finally set to take over the stage of The Old Red Lion Theatre this November 2-13.

The Australian producers of a Whitney Houston tribute concert bring their smash-hit show to St Helens Theatre Royal next week starring Britain's Got Talent finalist Belinda Davids.

Post-punk pioneers, The Tiger Lillies, return to the Southbank Centre this Christmas with the UK premiere of a brand new concert inspired by Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

A line-up of West End talent will perform THE CHAMBER MUSICAL SESSIONS CONCERT on Monday 4th October at 7:30pm at the Garrick Theatre in the West End.

Nine new pieces of work, read script-in-hand, will be presented across three evenings in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs on 4, 5 and 6 November 2021 at 7.

A trailer has been released today for the world premiere of MUM starring Sophie Melville, Denise Black and Cat Simmons.

The Playground Theatre presents Ida Rubinstein: The Final Act, with Naomi Sorkin – former ballerina with the American Ballet Theatre – in the role of Ida.

Following the overwhelming success of last weekend's inaugural shows, Cream has announced the return of 'On the Waterfront', featuring a series of shows returning to  Liverpool's iconic Pier Head in 2022.

Moscow, 1987.

One of the most iconic characters in children's literature will wiggle back to the stage next month! Following multiple seasons in London and New York, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show returns for an Autumn/Winter tour, opening at Theatre Royal Winchester on Sunday 17 October.

Brand-new musical comedy Bluff, written exclusively for radio by Matt Cavendish and Ed Zanders is available to download on Monday 18 October, following a full studio recording with West End cast and musicians at Masterchord Studios London.

A controversial artist who rose to prominence while capturing the mood of 'Brexit Britain' is bringing 20 of his politically-charged pieces to Warrington.

A new one woman play with music - Virginia Woolf: Killing the Angel - heads to Theatre Royal Winchester on Thursday 14 October.

Founders of The Mono Box, Polly Bennett and Joan Iyiola, have announced that they will be stepping down from their roles as Co-Directors of the trail-blazing company.

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) today announced that Naomi Sheldon will join The Comedy of Errors company to play the role of Adrianna on tour and at the Barbican this winter.

The Luke Westlake Scholarship, is an award designed to provide an actor with financial and developmental support worth over £4,000 in their final year and as they graduate from university or drama school, and begin to navigate their way into the industry.

Su Pollard will be returning to thrill pantomime audiences as the Wicked Queen in Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs from Friday 10 December 2021 – Sunday 2 January 2022.