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Much-loved comedian and actor Karen Dunbar has launched a new venture in partnership with the Citizens Theatre, introducing community groups to the joys of rap with her online Spoken Word Club.

Burn Bright have created and commissioned a unique live event to mark the anniversary of lockdown-living.

Sheffield Theatres today announces the cast for The Band Plays On by Chris Bush, with Anna-Jane Casey (Annie Get Your Gun, Flowers for Mrs Harris), Maimuna Memon, (Standing at the Sky's Edge, Jesus Christ Superstar), Sandra Marvin (Showboat, Waitress), Jocasta Almgill (Rent, & Juliet) and Jodie Pren

Bristol Old Vic today announced an ambitious range of digital work running Feb-May to keep people entertained through the Spring and beyond, allowing stories to be shared and creativity to flourish in new ways once again.

‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’, by Richard Hough and Ben Morales Frost, directed by Charlotte Westenra (‘The Wicker Husband’, Watermill) explores the extraordinary world of a sorcerer and his rebellious daughter, as she discovers the explosive possibilities of her newfound magical po

More than 26,000 students logged on for the first-ever live ReadThrough event held on Thursday 11th Feb, with a cast including Joe Lycett, Pearl Mackie, Remmie Milner and Esther Smith performing Macbeth to aide student's comprehension of the curriculum text.

To coincide with Rare Disease Day on 28th February, Andrew Roach Talent and Ingenious Fools are pleased to announce that Comedian and Actor, Richard Stott, will be hosting an online night of cutting edge comedy to raise much needed funds for Poland Syndrome charity PIP-UK (www.

Orange Tree Theatre today announce that their annual education project Shakespeare Up Close, which offers secondary school students the opportunity to see Shakespeare's plays performed, will go ahead this year, taking place online with new abridged productions of Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth made av

The Southbank Centre today announces new events for Inside Out, an online season of music and literature extended until 6 May.

Few people have transformed the UK’s musical scene more than impresario Raymond Gubbay.

Neal Street Productions today reveals the five recipients of its previously announced screenwriters bursary scheme aimed at supporting and training emerging Black, Asian and ethnic minority screenwriters.

Get a first look at Adeline, a new musical set to premiere this summer, performed by Fiver stars Luke Bayer and Aoife Clesham.

The winners have been announced for the annual National Campaign for the Arts' (NCA) Hearts for the Arts Awards 2021.

Comedy and experiential production company Face Off Unlimited (BATSU!, Goon River)  announces the UK debut of TAP THAT - a new, technology driven dating show, where the voting audience makes the match in real time.

The group, which includes a mixture of West End performers, (Les Miserables, Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia, Book of Mormon, Bat out of Hell and more) performers from across the UK and new performing arts graduates, recorded their parts for the song from their homes to comply with COVID-19

Louis Rayneau directs Kyle Birch (Austyn), Amy Di Bartolomeo (Alex), Hiba Elchikhe (Sam), Jordan Luke Gage (Grey), Ross Harmon (Charlie), Beccy Lane (Jael), Danielle Steers (River), and Luke Street (Hunter), with Erin Bell, Millie Cranston, Jack Dargan, Megan Cerys Holland, Rhianna Richards, and Jas

Black Country born and bred, Dave Pitt is an award-winning playwright, performance poet and storyteller.

THE MALTINGS THEATRE makes its live stream debut this spring with a trio of highly entertaining productions packed with humour, pathos, drama and terrific performances.

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Award winning comedian Elf Lyons has announced the release her critically acclaimed play 'Gorgon: A Horror Story' as a digital audio play.

For the residents of Bilston, West Midlands Gazebo Theatre are playing their part in making the holidays as fun as they may have been in previous years as the Bilston based charity will be making special deliveries to those who may be feeling lonely, isolated, overwhelmed, facing difficulties financ

In late autumn 2020 Rose Bruford College, one of the UK's premiere Theatre and Performance institutions, launched the Centre for Digital Production, one of the first of its kind, which offers two innovative degree courses at the cutting edge of technology and industry practice: Virtual Theatre and D

DEM Productions presents the live stream premiere of  Brother by Robin Simões da Silva and Annabel Mutale Reed.

Jonathan Agnew “Aggers” is joining the line-up for the first ever Test Match Special tour alongside Phil Tufnell and Michael Vaughan.

Hope Mill Theatre announces rescheduled dates for Turn On Fest 2021, the annual LGBTQIA+ festival in partnership with Superbia, Manchester Pride's year round programme of arts and culture.