UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 399

The full offering includes three returning favourites: the classic ROH Tour, designed to give both an overview of the building and an insight into our state-of-the-art theatre technology; Velvet, Gilt and Glamour, focused on the delights of our historic auditorium; and Legends and

Having quickly established itself as one of the most loved boutique family festivals in the country, The Cambridge Club is gearing up to ensure this year's festival is one to remember – by scaling the event to a full weekend and expanding the arts and entertainment on offer.

Oh What a Night! takes a trip back in time on a musical journey through the incredible career of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, now immortalized in the multi-award winning show Jersey Boys.

Ten new public sculptures made entirely from discarded pianos, including a six-metre-tall tripod of giant elephant  tusks, will celebrate the piano's pivotal role in our musical heritage for a free public event as part of the Leeds International Piano Competition this September.

As the country unlocks and live performance returns to London, Korean dancers will once again make the journey to the UK and take to the stage at The Place.

This summer, David Shortland has stepped down from all formal roles at the Belgrade Theatre after 20 years’ service.

Leveraging its existing partnership with short form video and audio content company, StoryHunter, the studio developed a new initiative with Soho Theatre entitled OVERHEARD.

Linda Bassett and John Heffernan have been cast in Caryl Churchill's new play What If If Only, which will be directed by James Macdonald.

Full cast includes Sam Archer, Nandi Bhebhe, Le Gateau Chocolat, Bettrys Jones, Patrycja Kujawska, Nadine Lee, Emlyn Maillard, Sandra Marvin, Kandaka Moore, Renell Shaw, Gareth Snook and Ewan Wardrop.

Key objects from the exhibition will be accessible to audiences around the UK as part of the British Museum's National Programmes.

The 115-year-old, 1,144 capacity Edwardian theatre becomes the 12th venue to be run by HQ Theatres, the UK's largest specialist regional theatre operator.

A festive version of the show, IAN ASHPITEL & JONTY STEPHENS as 'ERIC & ERN AT CHRISTMAS', will play Plymouth Theatre Royal on 27 November and a week-long season at The Lowry in Salford, 6 - 12 December.

In his first solo exhibition, Form & Light, Oliver Cook explores the relationship between light, movement and the translucent properties of alabaster through sculptural forms and everyday objects.

Blending expansive storytelling, innovative technology, and international collaboration, DECIPHERING takes audiences inside a real Indonesian cave network containing the oldest graphic communication ever found.

Host Robin Ince will be joined by a plethora of amazing guests from stand-ups to scientists and musicians to mathematicians.

Noel Sullivan, best known for his part in the record-breaking pop group Hear'Say, has gone on to forge a prestigious acting career with numerous West End credits to his name.

The theatre has also confirmed that actor and musician Pete Peverley and TV Actor Phil Corbitt will play The Ugly Sisters in the productions which marks the return of pantomime to the Hippodrome after a year's absence.

The award-winning Original Theatre Company and Octagon Theatre Bolton present the 2021/22 tour of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most celebrated adventure, The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, The Good Fight) make her YV debut as a new kind of Hamlet, reuniting with her long-time collaborator Greg Hersov, to bring us this tale of power, politics and desire.

Chris Sonnex will begin his tenure as Artistic Director and joint CEO from mid-September 2021, succeeding founding Artistic Director and joint CEO, Adrian Jackson, who stepped down at the end of July but remains an Associate Artist of the Company.

The four-strong cast will be directed by George Richmond-Scott, associate director of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, head of Performance at ALRA and Artistic Director of Both Barrels Theatre.

The show features Mary Tudor, otherwise known as Bloody Mary, as a teenager, performing a snarky stand-up set to explain why she burned all those people at the stake.

After the pandemic cancellation of its premiere in 2020, Bloody Mary: LIVE!-a darkly comedic new play about the notorious Queen of England-is back from the dead.

As a small thank you for all their amazing work over the last 18 months, Pitlochry Festival Theatre are offering all NHS workers up to 4 free tickets to Alice in Wonderland World, the theatre's exciting new interactive, visual, and bilingual sound, walk-through adventure.

Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) announces today that it will support the commissioning and rollout of innovative and thrilling new cultural projects around the capital for families, young audiences, tourists and local residents to enjoy throughout the October half-term (Saturday 23 - Sunday 31 October 2