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As Elmhurst Ballet School students are training daily towards their career in dance, they are also helping the environment in a new uniform made of sustainable fabrics that originate from ocean waste and abandoned fishing nets.

Manchester International Festival (MIF) announces its first event for the 2021 edition of the Festival (1-18 July 2021), with The Walk, the culmination of the extraordinary journey from Gaziantep in Turkey to Manchester of nine-year-old refugee girl, Little Amal in the form of a giant living artwork

One of the most iconic characters in children's literature will wiggle back to the stage this Autumn/Winter! Following multiple seasons in London and New York, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show will return for two socially distanced runs, at London's artsdepot from 24-27 October 2020, and at Hertford

Tall Stories will present its acclaimed stage reimagining of 'The Snail and the Whale' in a series of livestreamed performances this October.

The much-loved and world's oldest surviving grand music hall, Wilton's Music Hall will reopen on 19th January 2021 for a season of socially distanced theatre, music and spoken word from a number of prestigious production companies.

Fuel Director Kate McGrath has today announced a programme of work planned for autumn 2020.

Wayward Productions today announces that Max Porter will read his bestselling first novel, Grief is the Thing with Feathers, at Islington's Union Chapel on Sunday 25 October at 7.

Manchester-based theatre company Box of Tricks and Sky Studios' Innovation Hub, based in Leeds, have teamed up to announce the launch of the inaugural  Screen/Play Award, a ground-breaking initiative to unearth exceptional writers from the North of England.

James Quaife Productions today announces 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.

An autumn season of digital and live events presented by Manchester's Contact Theatre kicks off this October with a celebration of Black History Month, Black Gold Arts Festival, headlined by Metro columnist and trans performer Travis Alabanza.

Ventriloquist Paul Zerdin makes a welcome return to Blackpool Pleasure Beach during half-term, from 27 - 31 October, when he plays a series of shows at the Horseshoe.

Groundbreakers is a new leadership programme for young people aged 16-25 who live in the East London and Essex area.

The Royal Shakespeare Company will focus its programming in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon over the coming year, with the Swan Theatre and The Other Place remaining closed until 2022.

WOW a?" Women of the World, Mulberry Schools Trust and Purposeful have today announced online plans to mark this year's International Day of the Girl taking place across the weekend of 9 a?" 11 October 2020.

Today, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra announces a new programme of concerts at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall from 5 November to 15 December.

At the height of the pandemic when vulnerable members of society were shielding, a community of the UK's most isolated and vulnerable people came together online to create an opera about love after stroke.

Following the announcement last month that Jermyn Street Theatre has joined forces with Digital Theatre to present the major production, 15 Heroines, today the theatre reveals the full casting for this groundbreaking project.

A live, interactive, séance experience will go ahead this October with social distancing measures in place.

Conductor Rebecca Tong, recent winner of the La Maestra Conducting Competition in September, makes her Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra debut on Thursday 8 October and Sunday 11 October.

Birmingham Opera Company will stream its production of FIDELIO, beginning October 24 through February 24, 2021.

Theatres Trust, the national advisory body for theatres in the UK, is awarding £25,000 in grants to six theatres through the Accessible Theatres Scheme to make their buildings more inclusive.

20 Stories High in association with unedited presents CHOKKA, a melodic, beat-infused story in 4 parts, written by Luke Barnes with 20SH Youth Theatre, directed by Nathan Powell.

New events have today been added to Switch ON: Opera Northa??s programme of indoor performance, outdoor events and digital projects taking place this Autumn and reaffirming the companya??s determination to make music with and for audiences across the North.

The Achates Philanthropy Prize, the national campaign to promote support of the arts, has announced the Regional Showcase for the reimagined 2020 Prize.

Live Theatre returns to Manchester next month with a new Covid-Secure live arts event staged at the Altrincham Garrick Theatre.