UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 466

LGBT History Month is an annual month-long observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements.

Anthology Theatre Productions has postponed its run of Happy Days by Samuel Backett at Riverside Studios.

HOTLINE is a new kind of theatre for a world in the midst of a pandemic where isolation is imposed, and theatres are closed.

OneOff and two-time OnComm award-winning, The Show Must Go Online, today announces the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed performed reading of William Shakespeare's Pericles.

Following a highly productive and successful season of online productions, Original Theatre Company is delighted to announce its first live stage production since March 2020, which will be filmed on stage at the Cheltenham Everyman Theatre and released online, before touring UK theatres early summer

Theatr Clwyd has announced new free and low-cost online events.

Theatre Producer, Joseph Hodges, and Casting Director, Jay Gardner are launching an intensive full-time foundation programme in Canterbury, Kent, this September, specialising in outstanding Musical Theatre training.

In 2021 the Donmar Warehouse is continuing its work with young people and the local community through its Donmar Local programme.

Leicester Comedy Festival started in 1994 with 40 events programmed into 23 venues over 7 days throughout Leicestershire.

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has announced James Pidgeon as their new Executive Director and Joint Chief Executive, succeeding William Village who takes up his new position as Chief Executive at Delfont Mackintosh Theatres in April.

Birmingham Hippodrome have selected 16 young people for their new Young Advocates pilot programme, officially launching on Wednesday 3 February.

A group of professionals from television, film and theatre, brought together by theatre company Moya Productions, have launched ReadThrough – a brand new online play reading service designed to improve the comprehension of exam-body English plays for students across the UK, with a particular focus

In celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month, MPTheatricals present an evening exploring queer history through a series of brand new songs.

The University of Wolverhampton is presenting Friday afternoon Zoom panels featuring musical theatre performers and writers as part of LGBT History Month.

The Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) 2018 production of Romeo and Juliet will be broadcast on BBC Two at 2pm on Tuesday 9 February as part of the BBC's Lockdown Learning's Shakespeare Week.

Metta Theatre has announced the release of the studio album for hip hop musical IN THE WILLOWS, in collaboration with Perfect Pitch.

The UK tour of School of Rock has announced its updated tour dates for 2021/2022.

The Almeida Theatre announces live streamed performances of Lolita Chakrabarti's Hymn.

Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre has been awarded nearly £238,000 by the Garfield Weston Foundation to support its work over the coming year.

The Mischief team is delighted to announce a further 10 performances of Mischief Movie Night In, from 5 - 21 February 2021.

The Belgrade Theatre has announced today that it has received a £510,000 grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation’s Weston Culture Fund – which is distributing £30 million to a range of mid to large-scale cultural organisations across the UK.

An urgent fundraising campaign was launched at the end of 2020 to save Frantic Assembly's Ignition programme.

Over a hundred cultural organisations across the UK are being awarded over £30m from a new one-off fund to support the cultural sector set-up by the Weston family in response to the devastating impact of Covid-19.

Revised tour dates have been announced for The Greatest Play in the History of the World… starring multi-award winning, BAFTA nominated actress Julie Hesmondhalgh.

The brand-new Original Studio Cast Recording of Guy Fawkes the Musical has landed, featuring Adam Pearce (Prince of Egypt, Evita, Sunset Boulevard) as the infamous Guy Fawkes.