UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 491

Riverside Studios today announced the first production of their 2020 Christmas season, scheduled to begin following the November lockdown.

This Thursday (5th) SHOUT will be launching their 11th festival programme, which this year has evolved and is taking place entirely online.

Psychodrama will now run 21 - 31 January, 2021.

Following the Government's announcement on Saturday 31 October of a second national lockdown, The Watermill Theatre and Restaurant will temporarily close from Thursday 5 November until further notice.

Between March and August this year whilst nationwide lockdown restrictions were in place, Darlington Hippodrome streamed weekly, fun quizzes live on Facebook giving people the opportunity to have some social interaction, keep minds active and to raise a smile.

Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre will be closing its doors to the public again from Thursday 5 November to Wednesday 2 December, re-opening on Thursday 3 December.

Over the course of 2020, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, so much has changed for everyone.

In light of the recent government announcement regarding a second national lockdown, Culture Warrington is having to temporarily close its venues once again.

The Kings Theatre in Portsmouth has extended its pantomime run of Dick Whittington with performances now scheduled until Sunday 3rd January 2021.

This November, the Belgrade Theatre is commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz by revisiting its critically acclaimed production One Night in November.

With just one day to go until the 2020 US Presidential election, the British Museum announces that it has acquired a major million-dollar artwork by celebrated American artist Jasper Johns.

Edinburgh International Film Festival and Unique Events have announced that audiences enjoyed a fang-tastic Halloween-themed weekend of Drive-in Movies at Edinburgh Airport, supported by Edinburgh Live, in a safe, outdoor environment and from the comfort of their own cars.

Following the recent lockdown announcement, Guildford Fringe Theatre Company has revised this week's performance schedule for its professional production of Jim Cartwright's, Two.

England will be entering its second national lockdown on Thursday, November 5 to help stop the spread of coronavirus, thereby temporarily shutting down non-essential businesses.

English Touring Theatre today announce Maybe We Should All Be Less Afraid of the Dark an open-air fireside storytelling event written and performed by Alissa Anne Jeun Yi.

From 30 October to 27 November, Kali Theatre continues to release its SOLOS series of lockdown monologues with new online plays by Sharmila Chauhan (The Husbands, Kali/Pentabus), Emteaz Hussain (Sweet Cider, Blood, Tamasha), Alia Bano (Shades, Royal Court - Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright

Live Theatre returns to Manchester next month with a new two week, Covid-secure live arts event staged at the Altrincham Garrick Playhouse.

This Christmas The Maltings Theatre is flying into the Alban Arena in St Albans with a spectacular new production of JM BARRIE's timeless tale of the boy who wouldn't grow up, PETER PAN.

Today (30 October 2020) the Bridge Theatre has announced a season of cabaret and burlesque acts - The Bridge After Dark - that will join the previously announced repertoire from December 2020.

The organisations involved have been successful in securing an initial investment of £500,000 from Arts Council England for a pilot year, following an open call in summer 2019 for a consortium to devise and deliver a brand-new performing arts showcase at the Edinburgh festivals from 2021-2023.

Encompass Productions presents the WORLD PREMIERE of HOMECOMING, A New Theatre Festival, 10 – 14 November, 2020.

The 23-year-old business studies graduate has ensured the innovative A Cratchits' Christmas Carol follows government Covid guidelines, with the socially distanced performance taking place in a Grand Pavilion in the lavish gardens of The Beacon restaurant in Tunbridge Wells.

James Quaife Productions announced the world première of Paul Harvard’s debut play GHBoy - opening at the Charing Cross Theatre on 10 November 2020, with previews from 4 November, and runs until 28 November.

Cultural leaders from 18 cities will take part in the latest round of World Cities Culture Forum's Leadership Exchange Program.

The Cockpit Theatre in Marylebone - the only custom-built theatre in the round in Central London, which has been open to socially distanced audiences since July -has announced its Christmas season for 2020, with festive cabaret show A PERFECT CHRISTMAS, playing alongside a show for children, CHRISTM