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From October 2021, across Brecks and Broads, coast and country audiences are invited to uncover something truly memorable in a trio of specially presented events.

Spanning decades of lived experience, GIRLS is a whole-hearted dance that takes the audience on an emotional and empowering journey.

The new work, to be performed outdoors at Portchester Castle in Hampshire this summer, is a response to a colonial and racist production performed at the castle by French captives in the early 19th century.

Liverpool Theatre Festival runs between Wednesday 1 September and Sunday 12 September 2021, and is once again being staged at St Luke's Bombed Out Church in Liverpool city centre.

For 10 days at the end of the summer, the award-winning, in-the-round auditorium will be filled with four world premiere plays performed in rep alongside cabaret, comedy, family shows, drag, a host of activities for young people in partnership with Lambeth ELEVATE and a programme of community events

David Tag, who will take on the role of Ringmaster, is best known for playing Sylvester 'Sylver' McQueen in award-winning Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks where his character has been involved in a number of key storylines.

Anyone looking forward to getting back in to theatres should look no further than Theatre Royal Winchester, which has an exciting season ahead this autumn.

In Soft Wings has announced that the world premiere of Hugh Salmon's moving, effecting and humorous debut play Into Battle will open at Greenwich Theatre from 13–31 October with previews from 7 October.

The live programme includes performances from the extraordinary visual artist and theatre-maker Dimitris Papaioannou, and a Dance Umbrella Festival debut from Japanese artist Takeshi Matsumoto with a new sensory show for under 5's.

The music continues throughout the summer and autumn, with a host of big names heading for the stunning Edwardian landmark including Tony Christie, Toploader, The Animals, James Taylor Quartet, John Power, Space and Shakatak.

A loving tribute to the BBC's classic TV series, the show has been seen by over a million people worldwide since it was born in Australia in 1997.

Written by pioneering Jamaican playwright Barry Reckford, the first Black Briton to have a play staged at the Royal Court, White Witch tells the historical story of a white woman who falls in love with a Black man, and of the terrible consequences of their forbidden affair.

The production will bring together the talents of Debbie Christie (Bette and Joan, Wokingham Theatre; Mogg's War, Old Red Lion Theatre), Andrew Fettes (The Red Lion, The Capitol Horsham; Death and the Maiden, tour) and Philip Gill (Red Skies, East Anglia tour; Sketches, Union Theatre) to tell the st

This production of Singin' in the Rain opened at Chichester Festival Theatre and extended due to unprecedented public demand, before a transfer to London which received huge critical acclaim and four Olivier Award nominations.

The season will include Spuds by Andy McGregor, Sleeping Warrior Theatre Company on Tue 21 September, Girls Night Oot from Inside Out Productions on Friday 24 September, Daniel Sloss - Hubris on Saturday 25 September, Scottish Opera's Opera Highlights Tour on Wednesday 29 September and The Best of T

Last performed in London in 2008, this poetic exploration of the human condition centres around Gerard, a troubled man at the end of youth, trapped by his past.

Sweet peas in the garden; homemade lemon curd in the kitchen; conjugal joy in the bedroom.

The company, from Eindhoven in the Netherlands, bring their explosive tricks to the Peacock Theatre with the UK premiere of Between Us.

Pop-up venue The Mix, designed by Studio Three Sixty, will become The Theatre on the Downs at Breaking Bread on The Downs.

Located in the heart of the building, directly beneath the well-trodden dancefloors of the venue's iconic Press Halls, Inkwells is a brand new space, opening for the first time in the venue's history.

Both the King's Theatre and Theatre Royal closed their doors on Monday 16 March 2020 following Government guidance aimed to limit the spread of Covid-19 before a mandatory closure notice was given by the Scottish and UK Governments on Monday 23 March 2020 as part of a nationwide lockdown.

Follow the (fictional) Cornley Drama Society as they put on a 1920s murder mystery, 'The Murder at Haversham Manor'.

This October choreographer James Cousins invites audiences to immerse themselves in an electric club atmosphere at Battersea Arts Centre.

Catching Comets is two stories told at the same time: a disaster movie about falling in love and a rom-com about the end of the world.

Dirty Dancing is back! Exploding with heart pounding music, breathtaking emotion and sensationally sexy dancing.