UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 443

The Mercury, Colchester today confirms that bookings will open for its highly anticipated relaunch season on Thursday, 27 May for Priority Booking and Tuesday, 1 June for general on sale, with the Creative Engagement Programme going on sale from Tuesday, 27 April.

GOING THE DISTANCE – the world premiere of a digital production of a new comedy by Henry Filloux-Bennett and Yasmeen Khan, directed by Felicity Montagu (best known for her role as 'Lynn' in I'm Alan Partridge, as well as numerous stage and screen credits) – will launch this autumn, available on

Theatre company Open Bar perform plays in the gardens of pubs around London and the south of England.

Following last week's cast announcement, more details are today revealed about the immersive theatrical adventure Doctor Who Time Fracture.

A radical new reworking of Herman Melville's epic, classic novel, Moby Dick, will be put on at Hull's Stage @TheDock by The John Godber Company this June.

The Maltings Theatre in St Albans presents THE ROMAN THEATRE OPEN AIR FESTIVAL from May 28th to July 11th with a programme of shows designed to appeal to the widest audiences.

Panto magic comes to the Liverpool waterfront next month when Shone Productions' enchanting Sleeping Beauty opens at The Auditorium at the M&S Bank Arena.

Six years since Good Chance built the first 'Theatre of Hope' in the Calais “Jungle” camp and began its ground-breaking international work with artists from refugee backgrounds, the award-winning charity is delighted to announce that Palestinian theatre-maker and playwright, Amir Nizar Zuabi, is

Singer-songwriter and pianist Elio Pacewill tour his award-winning show The Billy Joel Songbook this autumn.

Fake Escape in association with The Old Red Lion Theatre present SAVING BRITNEY, by David Shopland with Shereen Roushbaiani.

Yasmin Joseph’s J’Ouvert broadcasts on BBC Four this evening as part of the BBC’s Lights Up season, ahead of opening at the Harold Pinter Theatre as part of Sonia Friedman Productions RE:EMERGE season, which also includes Amy Berryman’s Walden and Joseph Charlton’s Anna X.

Orange Tree Theatre today announce the full casts for Shaw Shorts: How He Lied to Her Husband and Overruled – a double bill of Bernard Shaw's short plays directed by Artistic Director Paul Miller.

Presented in a specially designed Covid-secure pop-up venue, We Are Kilter's Theatre For Two is a series of personal, interactive meetings between actor and audience member.

The Barn Theatre in Cirencester and The Theatre Chipping Norton have announced that they will be remounting their 2020 production of the Goodale Brothers' Olivier Award-winning comedy Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense to mark the 140th anniversary of o the author P.

Wizard Presents is creating 2,000 special Secret Garden boxes filled with surprises, activities and the well-loved story of 10 year old Mary Lennox leaving India and coming to the UK to live with her uncle on the Yorkshire moors.

The Space is providing four emerging playwrights a platform festival to showcase the world premieres of their work.

The Comeback is the debut play from The Pin's award-winning Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen.

POETRY PICNIC is a snack heavy celebration of music and poetry.

On 4 and 10 June 2021, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the final concerts of his pioneering 13-year tenure as Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra, at the end of a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ondine flows with the water around Abbotsbury, searching for a love that will make her human.

The first ever UK tour of hit musical Dreamgirls, which was due to start in 2020, will now open at the Liverpool Empire Theatre this December before visiting cities right across the country throughout 2022 and into 2023.

The Southbank Centre today announces a four-month reopening programme, Summer Reunion - providing opportunities for people to reconnect, reunite and enjoy a colourful, joyful celebration of art, culture and entertainment.

SHOOK returns to Belgrave Music Hall in Leeds for three dates throughout 2021.

Twenty-three young theatre producers are being given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to present their work in the West End for the first time.

Following its acclaimed run at London's The Actors Centre, Declan, a play written and performed by Alistair Hall, is making its return for an exclusive online run.