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2020 marks the 15th anniversary of Belarus Free Theatre (BFT), the foremost refugee-led theatre company in the UK and the only theatre in Europe banned by its government on political grounds.

imitating the dog, one of the UK's most original and innovative theatre companies have announced that they will be providing online through their website to a selection of their work from the last 20 years.

The Rose Theatre has today launched the #RoseEndures fundraising campaign.

The Barn Theatre in Cirencester have announced a weekly live streamed entertainment series with renowned mountaineer and adventurer Kenton Cool entitled Cool Conversations with Kenton Cool.

Birmingham Royal Ballet is launching Home From Home, a new series of online content which will give an exclusive insight into the company's daily routine and specially curated performances as they stay fit and creative whilst in isolation at their homes across the globe.

In February 2019 the British public were invited to put pen to paper and write a Letter to the Earth in response to the climate and ecological emergency.

Organisers of the annual Hale Barns Carnival have announced a new 'Party At Home' live streaming week-long festival on April 6th-12th, which sees a selection of star names and local acts performing a live concert from their homes each night.

The Mercury Theatre Colchester has announced that they are joining forces once again with Weinberger publishing house to present the brand new 'Mercury Monologues in association with Josef Weinberger Ltd', as part of their 'Mercury Online' digital season.

Darlington Hippodrome, in association with the D Project, will run three free interactive online dance classes each week for the next three weeks, prior to the beginning of the summer term when the venue's regular programme of Youth Theatre and Youth Dance classes will move online.

Following the closure of theatres across the UK in response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak, Shoot Festival, in partnership with the Belgrade Theatre Coventry and Coventry City of Culture Trust, will present their first ever online scratch night on Wednesday 15 April.

This evening Leicester Comedy Festival, the longest running comedy festival in Europe, presented Johnny Vegas with the Legend of Comedy award at their annual ceremony to honour comedians and others involved in the festival.

At the age of 26, in the space of three weeks, Adam Pownall went from being a fit and healthy dancer and performer to a paralysed man unable to blink unaided.

According to The Stage, Pentabus Theatre has announced it will release recordings of past shows on its website and social media channels for free, due to the current health crisis.

Love Story: 10th Anniversary Concert has been postponed at Cadogan Hall until 20th September 2020.

The ETPEP Award, run by Finborough Theatre, is a playwriting prize for people who work in the theatre industry who are new to writing.

Little Angel Theatre has launched a host of video stories and online stay-at-home activity guides to keep children and their parents/carers entertained while schools are closed.

In response to the imposed restrictions from the Covid-19 pandemic, Theatr Clwyd's Artistic Director Tamara Harvey and Executive Director Liam Evans-Ford today announced a major creative programme, Theatr Clwyd Together | Theatr Clwyd Ynghyd.

On World Theatre Day, the Orange Tree Theatre announces the return of the play Amsterdam a?" free to watch online.

This autumn, the legendary BBC Radio 1 & 2 presenter and DJ Jo Whiley will be bringing her sell out 90s Anthems Party to the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill, for an unforgettable night of musical nostalgia.

To mark World Theatre Day (Friday 27 March), the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is inviting people to join a live 'watch along' from their living rooms on Saturday 11 April of a recording of their 2017 production of Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night, featuring Adrian Edmondson as Malvolio and Kara

Jasmin Vardimon Company will offer their Pop Up Space classes FREE online for one month via Zoom.

First-year students studying Applied Theatre at Birmingham City University have created DIY Drama Classes, an online outreach programme for children and their parents to encourage them to take part in teaching together at home during the current Coronavirus crisis.

Isolated Live Theatre was created by Ethereal Theatre to deliver theatre for those in isolation, by those in isolation.

The Lowry in Salford has launched a new fund to help the organisation through the Coronavirus pandemic.

The British Museum's Circulating Artefacts (CircArt) project is a ground-breaking collaborative initiative against the widespread global trade in illicit antiquities, with a current focus on ancient objects from Egypt and Sudan.