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Opera North today announces its 2021/22 season with five new productions opening at the Leeds Grand Theatre before touring to theatres and concert halls across the North of England.

A new steamed concert starring Lewis Cornay (The Book of Mormon, Titanic) and Grace Mouat (& Juliet, SIX) will stream online to support the development of Cornay's new musical, Snowflake.

The North Wall Arts Centre today announces the full programme for its annual festival of new work, Alchymy, which will be available to stream from 3rd - 31st May through the venue's website.

Calling all local Creatives!  The recently announced Preston Live Arts Festival is inviting applications for local artists to create and submit unique work celebrating the city of Preston and its people.

The Donmar Warehouse announces a new award to commission playwrights, in partnership with Access Entertainment, owner of the Th

From Julia Donaldson, bestselling author of The Gruffalo, and award-winning illustrator Lydia Monks, comes the stage show of the much-loved picture book What the Ladybird Heard.

An independent study published today says that restoring the dormant historic building as a centre for arts and culture “could play a major role in leading the post-Covid high-street recovery, developing the 15-minute neighbourhood, increasing localised co-working opportunities and ultimately maki

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Buffer Festival has announced their expansion to London, England and new partnership with the influential, live event organization LifeStyle Edge.

BBC Studios and concert promoter FKP Scorpio UK have announced a new Bournemouth date on Saturday March 19th 2022, adding to their previously rescheduled Planet Earth II Live In Concert arena tour of the UK & Ireland.

The Bridge House Theatre in Penge will relaunch in Summer! After seven years at the helm, Guy Retallack called time on The Bridge House Theatre in December 2020.

Waiting for Lefty is a well-known piece of agitprop theatre, written in 1935 when America was in the midst of the Great Depression and saw no light at the end of the tunnel.

Back by popular demand, No Future returns for a fully captioned performance which will premiere on 6 May and be available to stream on-demand for a two week run.

The national public advisory body for theatres, Theatres Trust, has announced details of its new Small Grants Programme supported by The Linbury Trust.

Following over 5,000 applications, a cast of forty-two performers are ready to begin rehearsals for Doctor Who Time Fracture.

Underbelly, one of the UK's leading producers of large-scale city centre events and live entertainment, has announced the launch of London Wonderground, a major new summer festival on the site of the former Earls Court 2 Exhibition Centre.

Shone Productions are bringing a spectacular magic show, which is set to be the first performance of the year at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena this Summer to mark the venue's post lockdown reopening.

A new concept album has been announced for the original new bilingual musical FOR TONIGHT, with a cast of West End musical theatre actors and a full Welsh ensemble, which will be released on all digital platforms (Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon etc) in Summer 2021.

EDUCATING RITA tells the story of married hairdresser Rita, who enrols on an Open University course to expand her horizons, and her encounters with university tutor Frank.

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Musical will officially re-open at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham on 23 June 2021 before touring to Leeds Grand Theatre, Hull New Theatre, Theatre Royal Bath, Royal & Derngate, Northampton, Glasgow King's Theatre, and more!

Musical theatre star and television presenter Brenda Edwards (Chicago, We Will Rock You, The X Factor, Loose Women and Songs of Praise) will star as Motormouth Maybelle in the UK and Ireland tour of Hairspray.

GLOW festival illuminated the borough and shared a message of hope and togetherness.

Rehearsing via zoom and then on the Storyhouse thrust stage and then outdoors in the park, productions of Merry Wives of Windsor, Pride and Prejudice and The Jungle Book open on Saturday 29 May and run until Sunday 30 August.

Are you a Montague or a Capulet? It's time to choose sides.

Queen’s Theatre Barnstaple will host world premiere of Hilary Bonner’s debut play DEAD LIES prior to its UK tour.