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Several staff members from Darlington Hippodrome along with their families and some pets donned full Santa costumes to run in this year’s St Teresa’s Hospice virtual 5k Santa Fun Run.

This December, HOME presents a festive selection box of theatrical delights whether you are at home or at HOME.

The Barn Theatre have revealed a first look at their reimagined one-man production of J.

GM Artist Hub today opens a new fund to support independent performing artists in Greater Manchester.

A further 15 theatres in the UK have received vital support from the national public advisory body for theatres, bringing the total helped through its Theatre Reopening Fund to 35.

This festive season, those clever elves at the Gilded Balloon will be serving up some well-deserved Christmas cheer with 12 days of Christmas Crackers jokes from some of the UK’s favourite comedians.

'Gabriel', a new fun, upbeat, and inspiring family musical, with music and lyrics by Andrew Fisher and book by Andrew Fisher and Nick Stimson, will be released on December 14 by SimG Records.

Late Night Staring at High Res Pixels will be streamed on YouTube, 18th January – 18th March 2021.

Manchester International Festival returns with 18 days of original, new work and special events from across the spectrum of performing arts, visual arts and popular culture.

Sasha Regan's award-winning All-Male THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE opens this weekend at the Palace Theatre!

Murder can be such a Drag…! This brand new killer comedy, Death Drop, currently running at the Garrick Theatre until 17 January 2021 is an historic West End first.

Get a first listen to two songs from the DIY musical SAVING CHRISTMAS.

This Christmas, Greenwich Theatre reopens with Russ Tunney’s thrilling festive adaptation of Joan Aiken's classic children's novel, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.

Award-winning Hull theatre company Middle Child have announced an animated panto-inspired show that will be available to watch for free online this Christmas.

Park Theatre has plans to re-open its doors in the New Year, with socially distanced shows in both auditoria: a revival of comedy thriller CORPSE! in Park90 from Thursday 7 – Saturday 30 January.

Rose Theatre reopened its doors to audiences last week following the end of the second national lockdown and has announced several upcoming shows for spring 2021.

Following its critically acclaimed sell-out premiere at Liverpool Theatre Festival in September, Swan Song, a revised comedy by acclaimed playwright Jonathan Harvey, is heading out on tour in February to coincide with LGBT History Month.

Ground-breaking Disabled-led theatre company Vital Xposure has today announced the appointment of Simon Startin as new Artistic Director.

Boundless Theatre today announces the appointment of Rosie Allimonos as Chair of the Board.

Conceived by Feast Creative and spearheaded by WhatsOnStage, the It's Curtains For Theatre Without You campaign launches nationwide today.

For three weeks only, the Olivier nominated creators of Alice's Adventures Underground, Les Enfant Terribles have teamed up with virtual reality company LIVR to present an innovative and immersive online adventure that blurs the lines between theatre, gaming, escape room and board game.

The October world premiere of White Snake Projects' Alice in the Pandemic – a virtual opera by creator and librettist Cerise Jacobs and composer Jorge Sosa – met with well-deserved praise from every corner, for its innovation and the possibilities it revealed for the future of digital opera prod

David Mamet’s provocative drama Oleanna, directed by Lucy Bailey stars Rosie Sheehy and Jonathan Slinger and is running at Theatre Royal Bath’s Ustinov Studio from 3 December to 22 December and again from 4 January to 16 January 2021.

In 2020 Goblin and Cornerstone Arts Centre were planning to present a new musical version of A Christmas Carol.

Theatres in Lockdown is a filmic journey around 53 of London’s most iconic theatres during the nation’s second lockdown.