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The Barn Theatre in Cirencester have announced a new Shakespeare series which sees the Bard's beloved monologues reimagined to fit into modern day lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Today the first episode of The Lockdown Plays, Cordelia Lynn Fragments, is released on podcast provider platform Acast.

Director Jimmy Walters (The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus, Finborough Theatre; Mrs Orwell, Southwark Playhouse) and actress Alexandra Evans (Silent Witness, BBC; Crown for Christmas, Hallmark) invite you to their virtual book club, Shakespeare in Quarantine, a new weekly podcast exploring the extensive ba

World leaders in devising and collaborative theatre, Frantic Assembly has launched a new virtual resource, Frantic Digital, which will give audiences exclusive insight into the creation of some of the company's most iconic productions, including Beautiful Burnout, Lovesong, Othello and Things I Know

Pens and paper at the ready! On Sunday 19th April at 5:45pm, Jordan Li-Smith (Musical Director and Composer) will be hosting the 2nd #LockdownMTQuizNight, a live-stream musical theatre quiz night via Facebook Live, to raise money for NHS Charities Together.

One family has rewritten and recorded a version of You Will Be Found from the musical Dear Evan Hansen as a tribute to all of the key workers that are currently keeping everything running.

While venues across the UK have temporarily shut their doors in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Belgrade Theatre is already looking forward to an exciting new season, offering plenty to look forward to once the lockdown is over.

Omnibus Theatre Online has launched with a performance of Our Day's coming-of-age comedy-drama DEM TIMES.

The Royal Choral Society will perform Handel's Messiah virtually this Good Friday, to continue a Royal Albert Hall tradition that has been going for 144 years a?" broken only by the Blitz.

Wise Children today announce that Angela Carter's Wise Children, their critically-acclaimed co-production with The Old Vic, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Oxford Playhouse and York Theatre Royal, adapted and directed by Emma Rice, will be available to stream on BBC iPlayer from this weekend for 3 months

Little Angel Theatre has partnered with theatre director IAN NICHOLSON to stream an adaptation of JON KLASSEN's picture book I Want My Hat Back.

BBC Arts has joined award-winning theatre company Headlong and BAFTA winning Century Films, as broadcast partner for Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre from a State of Isolation, a series of short, digital plays written and performed in isolation, which will be broadcast across the nation during lockd

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The Barn Theatre in Cirencester's wardrobe department are doing their part in supporting those on the front line by hand-making scrubs for local NHS surgeries.

Arts organisations across Greater Manchester are joining forces to support local freelance artists during the COVID-19 crisis.

Following the announcement of their partnership earlier this year, the Belgrade Theatre, the Roma Project and Coventry University's Centre for Dance Research are delighted to share an online preview of an exhibition originally scheduled to take place at the theatre this month.

This Easter, despite the lock-down, Regal Entertainments Ltd have created a free online Pantomime for all the family to enjoy, and what better fairy-tale to be presented during a lock-down than that of a young girl locked up in a tower?

Ahead of the launch of their new digital membership, h Club London (formerly The Hospital Club) has announced their celebratory event for this year's World Book Night taking place on Thursday 23rd April at 7pm via Zoom.

The Mercury Theatre Colchester are thrilled to announce that they will be streaming their most recent Mercury Pantomime, Cinderella, to the public via YouTube Premiere this Easter weekend.

Theatrical charity, Acting for Others, today announce the formation of a separate Covid-19 Fund which will be available to its 14 member charities.

Dance fans are in for a special treat this Easter weekend.

Dominic Ferris's Live Piano Requests Shows, which he has broadcast for over a year from his home in Shoreham-by-Sea in Sussex as a fun break from his work as a pianist and music producer, have been entertaining many music fans in recent weeks.

Theatr Clwyd has announced that the building will be used by the Welsh Blood Service as a venue for blood donations, from 15-17 April.

Dance Umbrella, London's leading festival of international dance, has today announced that Tania Wilmer has been appointed as Executive Director.

Wise Children today announce they will be presenting the first video live stream edition of their long-running podcast series, Wise Children's Detention.