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Creating theatrical entertainment for the entire family, Greenwich Theatre are showcasing two spectacular productions in rep this summer.

Bringing to life the poetry of Robert Lax, a new genre-defying circus opera by legendary contemporary composer Philip Glass will unite a team of world-class creatives in a collaboration between Swedish contemporary circus company Cirkus Cirkör and Malmö Opera.

The Play That Goes Wrong, the Olivier Award-winning box office hit, today announces the casting for its return to the Duchess Theatre with performances from Friday 18 June 2021.

Four new productions to follow South Pacific in Chichester’s Festival 2021 have today been announced by Artistic Director Daniel Evans and Executive Director Kathy Bourne.

MUM, an urgent new play by Olivier award-winning playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, and directed by Abigail Graham, will run at Theatre Royal Plymouth from 30 September – 16 October before transferring to Soho Theatre, London from 20 October – 20 November.

Underbelly Festival has announced an upcoming programme of cabaret, circus, comedy, variety, podcasts, and family shows for the Spiegeltent at its brand-new home in Cavendish Square.

The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre today announces a major revival of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, the Tony Award-winning play by Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; The Lieutenant of Inishmore), directed by Artistic Director Rachel O'Riordan in a new co-production with Chichester

​​​​​​​In Rhiannon Faith's new show DROWNTOWN, six strangers, weighed down by individual darkness, come to a deprived coastal land.

Leicester’s Curve theatre has published a brochure reflecting on a year like no other – a story of survival, resilience and ingenuity.

After paving the way for physically distanced events in 2020, The Clapham Grand is excited to open its doors for the first time in 2021 with an eclectic mix of in-person comedy, drag, variety and live music events from 18th May 2021, and from 21st June 2021 is hoping to present shows at full capacit

Former English National Ballet principal dancer Yat-Sen Chang is facing a jail sentence after being found guilty of sexually abusing young dance students.

Clean Break celebrates four decades of creating ground-breaking theatre on women's experience of the criminal justice system with its retrospective exhibition 'I am a theatre': 40 years of Clean Break Theatre Company.

Following their Recharged Festival and knockout series of Sunday Soul concerts, Chiswick Playhouse now announces its summer season.

Final preparations are underway at The Bowdon Rooms in Altrincham ahead of the venue opening to the public next week with a fantastic inaugural season of shows and events.

The Royal Opera House has been providing sector-leading apprenticeships for fourteen years and, as they reopen their doors after more than a year of closure, the Opera House has announced eight new apprenticeships for the start of their new Season.

Eyes On events will be a part of the Iris Theatre's Summer Festival 2021, taking place in the gardens of the Actors' Church in Covent Garden.

Reading Rep Theatre, led by Founding Artistic Director Paul Stacey and Executive Director Nick Thompson, today announces its opening season Reading Rep: Reborn in the company's new permanent home in Reading - classic stories reimagined, a company rejuvenated, and a cultural hub revitalised

GDIF, London's leading outdoor performing arts festival, is today announcing highlights from the 2021 programme, scheduled to take place 27 August – 11 September across Royal Greenwich, the City of London, Canary Wharf, Thamesmead and the Royal Docks.

Through its digital offering, the Arena Theatre has successfully livestreamed 31 events between October 2020 and March 2021, reaching over 1,514 audience members whilst working with 66 artists, 31 of whom were specifically commissioned to produce work.

Following two previous Edinburgh Fringe sell-out shows (the last shortlisted for the BroadwayWorld UK 2019 award for Best Musical Production at the Fringe), Coily Dart Theatre present another brand-new comedy musical, based upon the previously untold story of the life of Helen Carte.

The Royal Ballet returns to live performances on Tuesday 18 May at 7pm after an absence of five months with 21st Century Choreographers, a celebration of some of today's finest international choreographers.

This summer Manchester's iconic Contact Theatre will be presenting a series of outdoor shows taking audiences out onto the streets and into unusual spaces across the city.

A charity transforming the lives of care-leavers using drama and long term support, The Big House returns to their highly praised production The Ballad of Corona V with an updated and remixed version.

Rhum and Clay will at last bring their critically acclaimed adaptation of HG Wells' The War of the Worlds to MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton.

One year ago, in the midst of a pandemic, Tori Allen-Martin, Sarah Henley and Tara Finney launched Burn Bright.