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Back in 2019, the duo celebrated a decade in the business with PopLab, a tenth anniversary celebration of their wildly popular brand of musical infotainment, and their first brand-new full-length show since 2014.

Celebrate the Royal Opera House's Jette Parker Young Artists as they draw their year to a close with the annual summer performance.

The Pevensie children are:  Ammar Duffus as Peter, Shaka Kalokoh as Edmund, Robyn Sinclair as Susan and Karise Yansen as Lucy.

Louis Rayneau directs Kyle Birch (Austyn), Amy Di Bartolemeo (Alex), Jacob Fowler (Hunter), Jordan Luke Gage (Grey), Ross Harmon (Charlie), Beccy Lane (Jael), Georgie Lovatt (Sam), Danielle Steers (River) with Roxanne Couch, Millie Cranston, Jack Dargan, Megan

Set in the award-winning foyer space of Bristol Old Vic, the Courtyard Sessions will showcase some of Bristol's finest musicians and an array of musical tastes, from the explosive riffs of Jakabol feat.

The Return of The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show, LIVE! will open at Liverpool Playhouse on Saturday 13 November and will then play Edinburgh Queens Hall  (Monday 15), London Troxy (Friday 19), Manchester Palace Theatre (Saturday 20), Brighton Theatre Royal (Sunday 21), Newcastle Tyne Theatre and Opera

Lessons for Diving by Silas Parry, directed by Matt Steinberg will be workshopped 19-24 July, with showcase on 24 July and performed by Sebastián Capitán Viveros, Patrick McNamee and Dan Wolff.

The trilogy, directed by Kiln Theatre Associate Directors Taio Lawson and Susie McKenna, is now on sale.

A sister event and new strand to Liverpool Theatre Festival, which was first staged in September 2020, Little LTF was launched to champion and showcase new works and rising talent as lockdown restrictions are lifted.

Following a worldwide digital contest to showcase new vocal talents, Vanara have found their winner.

The concert series takes place outdoors surrounded by Harewood House’s stunning landscape.

Tokyo Rose is an electrifying new musical about one of America's most controversial trials, examining a real-life story of scaremongering and scapegoating.

Cupid's Revenge is a 60-minute physical poem that plants Love  under the microscope of the 21st century.

Featuring a score that includes ‘If I Loved You’ and ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, director Timothy Sheader reunites with Jesus Christ Superstar choreographer Drew McOnie.

From the exhilarating high of his star-studded wedding day to the low of lockdown stuck on a farm, a lot has changed since Alan's last tour four years ago, including Alan.

The Barricade Boys are performing at Trentham, Staffordshire, as part of their critically acclaimed national tour.

Nine new, tour-ready, performance works are to be presented in a range of digital settings, alongside seven new projects, supported as part of a 'residency' programme, which enables artists to play with new performance ideas across a range of formats and genres.

The 16 piece orchestra complete with full string sections will perform Dr Dre's 2001, Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Beyonce's Lemonade, Destiny's Child's Greatest Hits, Frank Ocean's Blonde vs Orange and Daft Punk's Greatest Hits.

Uncle Vanya was filmed on stage under strict covid protocols at the Harold Pinter Theatre in the middle of 2020.

Tickets for the Studio season in the Mercury's refurbished theatre, go on sale on Tuesday 20 July at 10:30am.

The season opens with the world premiere of internationally-renowned curious directive's DECIPHERING (7 Sept – 2 Oct, 21).

Full principal casting includes the legendary Kat B as Simple Simon, Zoe Curlett as Fenella Fleshcreep, Julie Jupp as Fairy Fusia, Ellie Ruiz Rodriguez as Jill Higginbottom, Rochelle Sherona as Jack Trot, Tony Whittle as Councillor Higginbottom and Clive Rowe as Dame Daisy Trott.

General public on sale is at 10am, Thursday 22nd July, but fans can sign up for an exclusive presale on 10am, Wednesday 21st July.

The Autumn and Winter exhibitions are Makers Tale from 14 September – 30 October, Linescapes from 9 November – Christmas Closure, 45(A) from 9 November – 4 December and Same Sea, Different Boat from 11 January – 5 March 2022.

The Emoji Project is an intergenerational, participatory anthology of new writing responding to emojis' ever-evolving nuance, as one of the first digital languages created in 90's Japan to their far-reaching, institutionalised use in the present day.