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A new live event venue for the North West has been launched – and is ready to welcome audiences and visitors this Summer as soon as lockdown restrictions have been lifted.

After Dick Whittington's quest was cut short in December disappointing thousands of ticket holders, the Kings Theatre has announced that Dick can complete his journey by returning in the summer to finish what he started.

A new audio art work commissioned by Studio 3 Arts in Barking and Dagenham and created by sound artist Hannah Kemp-Welch has led to a commitment from the Government that will make a huge positive difference to disabled people applying for personal independent payment (PIP).

Elmhurst Ballet School, the vocational school with close links to Birmingham Royal Ballet, and its uniform supplier Dancing Boutique are working together to send over 200 items of dancewear to two ballet schools and charities based over 6,000 miles apart.

THINGS I AM NOT is a series of 10 original 10 minutes-long audio stories, written and performed by 10 female artists who have migrated to the United Kingdom.

In the time of Covid, Outdoor Arts provide important opportunities to reinvigorate our cultural lives whilst supporting the creative economy.

Birmingham Hippodrome have announced two new live streamed events which will put emerging talent from the city in the spotlight.

The Donmar Warehouse has announced that its first Local production ASSEMBLY, originally scheduled in 2020 but postponed due to the pandemic, will be reimagined as an innovative digital performance broadcast live on the Donmar Warehouse YouTube channel on Saturday 20th March at 7.

Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre has teamed up with the Scarborough & North Yorkshire Children's University to present exciting and entertaining online versions of their popular after-school clubs.

Magic Mike Live will be returning to its London home of The Theatre at the Hippodrome Casino on Friday 21 May 2021.

From the creative team behind the award-winning What a Carve Up!, the contemporary take follows influencer Dorian Gray as he makes a deal for his social star never to fade.

Beyond the Border - Wales' International Storytelling Festival has teamed up with storytellers, Festival at the Edge (FatE) and the National Eisteddfod of Wales to create a series of online co-commissioned stories and events for audiences to engage with this March.

Southwark Playhouse announces change of dates for the UK premiere of musical You Are Here, in line with latest government advice.

Following the latest government announcement, Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance has announced it plans to return to face to face training from the 8 March.

The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury and the Mercury, Colchester have announced a brand-new partnership to support theatre-makers from Kent, Essex and Sussex who want to make and test bold new work that reflects our times and region.

Participants will work alongside the Northcott's professional creative team gaining CV-boosting skills and first-hand experience.

Following its sell-out run at the Donmar and alongside transfers to North America and the Netherlands, the acclaimed sound installation Blindness will transfer to Mexico's Teatro De Los Insurgentes for a limited run from 12 March 2021.

James Quaife Productions today announces that the world première production of Paul Harvard's debut play GHBoy is now available to stream online via Vimeo on Demand.

Theatre Centre will release a digital adaptation of new play Birds and Bees by Charlie Josephine (Pops, Edinburgh Fringe 2019) to UK state secondary schools, providing a high-quality blended learning resource for free.

Royal Opera House celebrates International Women's Day this month with several events.

Little Angel Theatre turns 60 and announces its upcoming spring-summer season.

WOW - Women of the World's UK March flagship Festival will, for the first time, take place online.

London's Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance has assembled world-renowned Master Teachers to deliver Online Summer Master-Classes and Workshops in July and August 2021.

Hundred Acre Productions will present 'Locked-Down Online 2.

Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake have been announced for performances at Sheffield City Hall in October.