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The production is directed by Ola Ince and starring Alfred Enoch and Rebekah Murrell.

The ROH has announced that former Link Artists soprano April Koyejo-Audiger, tenors Thando Mjandana, Alan Pingarrón and baritone Chuma Sijeqa - will join Young Artists from the 2021 Programme to form the JPYAP 20th Anniversary Company.

Live performances return to the school’s studio theatre in Edgbaston, Birmingham this summer, kicking off with the graduate year students of Elmhurst Ballet Company in Proxemics on 3 & 6 July, and concluding with the whole school performing in Elevate on 7 & 8 July.

Writer Reuben Johnson's new re-imagining of this classic tale will take place outdoors in the beautiful gardens of the Actor's Church and features spoken word, original songs and is led by a cast of actor-musicians.

Learn more about the programme and how to attend, here!

Throughout the tour audiences can enjoy the Under Canvas House band, featuring incredible musicians Ruairidh Gollan, Megan MacDonald and Calum McIlroy.

Storyhouse’s hotly anticipated new adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone will receive its premiere on the main stage this autumn.

MAST Mayflower Studios - Southampton’s ‘new’ theatre in the heart of the city - will launch two new musicals as part of its 2021 season.

Hotter Project and Ellie Keel Productions today announced the return of HOTTER and FITTER, to Soho Theatre.

Park Bench Theatre will return to York's Rowntree Park in July with a new play by Olivier award-winning writer Mike Kenny to celebrate the park's centenary this year.

During the run, the theatre, which has staged all of his plays - some more than once - over the past 38 years,  will honor Mr Cooney by naming the auditorium after him at a star-studded VIP gala evening performance on Saturday 11 September.

The season will see a season of incredible British Drag, including RuPaul's Drag Race favourites Joe Black, and Ginny Lemon both take to the West End stage with solo shows, and more!

Each session will involve indoor and outdoor activities so that participants can enjoy experiencing their local natural environment first-hand.

This innovative production mixes dance, music, theatre and puppetry and will premiere simultaneously at the Manchester International Festival and online this July.

Audiences will be back into Traverse 1 for the first time since March 2020, for the world premiere of Frances Poet's Still – a cathartic story of life, love and loss which takes place in familiar Edinburgh locations.

Alumni include The League of Gentlemen, Sarah Pascoe, Bill Bailey, Saskia Reeves and Michelle Collins.

The devastatingly funny portrait of a couple whose five minutes of candid conversation launches an outpouring of emotions, home truths, wine, nibbles and anarchy is by Gerald Sibleyras with Jean Dell and is adapted and directed by Belinda Lang.

The line up includes shows from London's West End; Adam Kay's This is Going To Hurt Live, Olivier Award Winning Showstoppers the improvised musical and West End in the Park, a night of musicals with Kerry Ellis, Oliver Tompsett, Nadim Naarman and Siubhan Harrison.

This love story is a bold, fresh, and contemporary take on real events.

Performers include Nabil Abdulrashid (The Guardian's Top 10 Comedy Shows 2020, ITV's Britain's Got Talent); Fern Brady (Power and Chaos and Sounds of Misfortune for the BBC); Ivo Graham (BBC's Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week); and Shaparak Khorsandi (BBC's QI, ITV's I'm A Celebrity…, Shapp

Hosted on the historic Coaling Jetty on the River Thames in front of the Grade II* listed Battersea Power Station, London's only open-air cinema and theatre experience will feature special theatre and comedy performances from The Turbine Theatre and film screenings from The Cinema in The Arches, for

Nickcolia King-N'da, Natalie Simpson and Toyin Omari-Kinch performed in this new production which originally premiered at the theatre in 1975.

Love Letters tells the story of an unposted love letter meant to be sent between a passionate young couple‎ dating, only to be delivered sixteen years later.

Pandemic in the City will showcase new works from ten artists including performances, films, audio dramas and exhibitions, inspired by their experiences of the Covid-19 era, and visions of possible post-pandemic futures.

The full line-up of arts and cultural events has been revealed for Hope Mill Theatre’s three-week festival, HOPE FEST, which runs in Ancoats, Manchester from 16th July – 8th August.