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Sian Clifford (best known and  BAFTA-winning, Emmy and Critics Choice Award nominated as Claire, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s uptight sister Claire in the global phenomenon ‘Fleabag’) and Nikesh Patel (‘Foaly’ in ’Artemis Fowl’, directed by Kenneth Branagh) are to star in the global online

Christmas Day free live entertainment to stream online from some of the top names in comedy, science, music and more.

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker at The REP will be streamed live from The Birmingham Repertory Theatre this evening, Friday 18th December, from 7.

With the latest round of Government restrictions closing theatres in London, the original Mischief team will not be deterred, and announced that they will be performing their improv show Mischief Movie Night In, streaming a new movie every night from the Mischief emergency comedy bunker at IMMERSIVE

IJAD Dance Company launches its 2021 live-streamed Open Online Theatre (OOT) Festival featuring new pieces by performing artists making work specifically for live-streaming using up to four cameras.

Jongleurs Comedy Club is back and will be launching with performances in London and a UK tour in 2021.

The audio play of A History of Water in the Middle East by Sabrina Mahfouz directed by Stef O'Driscoll is available to listen to now until Saturday 30 January 2021 via the Royal Court Theatre's podcast channel.

Chickenshed premieres Alice's Adventures in Wonderland on Monday 21 December at 7pm.

Living Record Festival is a month-long Digital Arts Festival curating and presenting over 40 original pieces from a range of art forms by independent companies and freelance artists.

Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre announces today an exciting programme of live and online content for their annual LGBTQIA+ theatre festival Turn On Fest which will return between 18th and 31st January 2021.

With London Theatres being forced to close again for the foreseeable future, Gag Reflex and Ben Hart are keen to give everyone in the area some magic to look forward to in the new year.

Following their streamed festival Dazed New World in October, Applecart Arts are opening up their studio and offering up their expertise and equipment to visiting artists and companies, and granting completely free residencies to two artists in January.

After sold out performances in London's West End    in 2019, the producers of Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS are delighted to announce the production will embark on a UK tour, opening on 28 October 2021 at New Victoria Theatre, Woking before visiting Bristol, Canterbury, Manchester, Plymouth and

With London moving into Tier 3 restrictions leading to the closure of all theatres, the producers of  'Here Come The Boys' are moving the show's West End season.

8th February marks the UK's seventh ever UK PunDay, an annual event in which pun fans around the country unite to share their best (and worst) puns on social media, using hashtag #UKPunDay.

Although Coventry will remain under Tier 3 restrictions until the end of the month, the news isn't dampening festive spirits at the Belgrade Theatre, with its Christmas shows and events set to go online instead.

Bold, innovative and brave theatre is back at the Everyman & Playhouse in 2021, as the theatres announce six exciting projects for spring.

The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury has announced that its fun-sized, socially distanced pantomime, Nurse Nellie Saves Panto is now postponed until January, due to today’s announcement that Kent will remain in Tier 3 restrictions for the next two weeks.

Artistic Director Paul Hart and the team at Newbury’s The Watermill Theatre have announced that there will be a filmed version released of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, which opened to critical acclaim on Thursday 3 December, and is currently playing to a socially distanced audience in the theatre until Sun

Theatre Centre has announced that Rob Watt has been appointed as Artistic Director, alongside Emma Rees who will take on the role of Executive Director.

The planning application for the New Filmhouse is now live on the City of Edinburgh Council's planning portal.

‘Still Life’ is the result of two lockdowns and an ingenious example of how theatre can exist and develop even when it is not possible to meet the audience.

Westcountry comedy duo Living Spit will premiere their brand new Christmas show Living Spit's Beauty and the Beast this weekend, in front of a live audience after Bristol was moved from Tier 3 into Tier 2, allowing live performances to take place once more.

The Government has today confirmed that South Yorkshire will remain under Tier 3 restrictions and the Crucible must therefore remain closed.

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre has today announced that the film screening of A CHRISTMAS CAROL and live performances of DEAR SANTA, have been cancelled and patrons automatically refunded.