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BBC Ten Pieces, a long-running school music programme by the BBC that introduces 7-14 year olds to the world of classical music, has launched two new major initiatives ensuring children can continue to get creative and enjoy music this summer term.

Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre has today announced that it will be running its popular Youth Company and creative workshops online, to make sure that young people and adults in Kent still have access to creative activity during the period of lockdown.

Following the recent announcement of its Autumn 2020 Season, the Belgrade Theatre has now launched an online programme of activity to inspire and entertain its audiences during the lockdown period.

Leicester's Curve theatre has announced a host of online initiatives to bring theatre into audiences' homes during lockdown.

No stage, no problem! The cast of critically-acclaimed play TILDA SWINTON ANSWERS AN AD ON CRAIGSLIST launches Zoom-style web series during coronavirus lockdown.

The acclaimed Bradford theatre company Freedom Studios (Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile) are set to release next week a livestream and an audio drama - that will be accessible for free to community radio stations around the UK - of their 2016 production of Tajinder Singh Hayer's play North Country

For the last four years, the Royal Court Theatre's Participation team have been championing the use of current and representative texts and practitioners in the classroom.

Fresh from her sell-out run of Fascinating Aida, singer and comedienne Liza Pulman has announced details of her rescheduled dates in London and released an EP featuring tracks from her forthcoming album.

Recorded for BBC Radio 3 at the Barbican earlier this year, soulful vocal sensation Lianne La Havas joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra led by Jules Buckley for a very special collaboration.

The UK's leading disabled-led theatre company, Graeae, today announces a full eleven-week programme of online activity which will provide audiences with a rich variety of work whilst the country is in lockdown.

The award-winning Leeds theatre company Slung Low are delighted to announce that on Friday 1 May they will be streaming online for free the premiere of their new short film The Good Book by James Phillips (The Flood, Slung Low, Hull 2017 and The Rubenstein Kiss)

Norwegian-American comedy duo Zach & Viggo were in the middle of pitching a sketch series that's been shelved indefinitely, so the duo has posted a bunch of videos online.

Whilst unable to perform live right now, this Monday 20 April Shobana Jeyasingh Dance will broadcast its seminal dance work Configurations live, for free, via Facebook Premiere.

BBC News has shared that theatre and lighting technicians who usually build festival sites and TV sets are among those helping to turn Principality Stadium into a field hospital.

Theatr Clwyd and Papertrail's new site-specific production of Project Hush has been postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

York based Pilot Theatre will be webcasting the online premiere of their current co-production of Emteaz Husain's adaptation of Alex Wheatle's award-winning young adult novel Crongton Knights.

Deafinitely Theatre today announce Deafinitely Digital with a selection of their critically acclaimed past productions available online to watch for free between April and June in a mission to bring theatre to people at a time when accessing live performance is not possible.

Join Peppa Pig and friends as they perform Muddy Puddles live on stage!

According to Deadline, Tom Hardy will read six Bedtime Stories for BBC pre-school channel, CBeebies.

The Playground Theatre Café Covid-19 Food Relief Campaign is making free meals for elderly and vulnerable local people.

In response to its temporary closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Corn Exchange Newbury invited artists from all disciplines to submit an application to receive one of five digital engagement commissions.

Belgian-born Sander Blommaert is a former dancer with The Royal Ballet and a qualified, award-winning ballet teacher who splits a busy career between teaching at Elmhurst Ballet School, Birmingham with his own summer school, workshops and private coaching in and out of the Midlands.

With audiences and artists in lockdown and shows cancelled everywhere, SOLE SESSIONS aims to ease the feeling of isolation by bringing Australian live entertainment into homes across the country and around the world.

Sphinx Theatre, the UK's longest established and a leading women's theatre company, has announced Sphinx 30, a major new writing programme for female playwrights to mark the company's 30th anniversary.

Get Creative is a campaign that shines a light on all the great cultural activity that takes place on a regular basis in local communities and encourages people to try their hand at something new and creative.