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National Student Drama Festival (NSDF) has relaunched as a virtual Festival for 2020 with the support of a string of star artists and speakers including Emma Rice.

BBC has reported that a London-based drama group found a way to save a pre-schooler's birthday party after it was cancelled due to coronavirus.

This week Breach Theatre release their acclaimed bodies of work exclusively via YouTube amid widespread COVID-19 cancellations across the arts, with It's True, It's True, It's True: Artemisia on Trial on Tuesday 31 March and The Beanfield available to stream now.

Following its postponement when the Yard Theatre closed due to the Covid-19 virus, the venue has announced new dates for the premiere of An unfinished man by Dipo Baruwa-Etti.

Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre has today announced that it is to stay closed until June.

101 Outdoor Arts Creation Space and the Corn Exchange Newbury, based in West Berkshire, are looking to work with outdoor artists in innovative ways to reach online audiences.

With its doors currently closed due to coronavirus, The Lowry in Salford has launched a new, free way for people to continue to enjoy the arts.

To ensure the field of arts and culture thrives now and after the COVID-19 crisis, TRG Arts, a global data-driven consulting firm, is offering a range of free resources for cultural and arts professionals throughout the U.

In light of the closure of theatres across the UK due to COVID-19, the Original Theatre Company's productions of Alan Bennett's THE HABIT OF ART and Ali Milles's THE CROFT, both of which were touring the UK, will now each have an online launch performance.

Last Monday, following government advice, Greenwich Theatre suspended all performances in both the main house and the studio.

Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre is closing during the current coronavirus crisis, but is already making plans to be up and running again as quickly as possible once it's able to.

Nottingham Playhouse is releasing a series of videos that will help keep communities in the East Midlands engaged with the arts.

The Coronet Theatre will be closed until the Autumn season.

Let's Dance International Frontiers (LDIF) is the annual dance festival in Leicester which opens every year on April 29th (International Dance Day) bringing diversity to the forefront with a strong programme of performances, workshops, films and discussion featuring dancers and choreographers from a

Manchester arts venue HOME are spearheading a plan to take brand-new live experiences from the homes of artists into the homes of their audiences, defying the coronavirus outbreak.

Dr Dawn Harper, medical professional and star of Embarrassing Bodies, has been officially announced as the newest ambassador of Cirencester's Barn Theatre.

Corn Exchange Newbury, a flagship arts centre based in West Berkshire, is calling out to artists from all disciplines with an exciting commissioning opportunity to help connect communities through the power of the arts.

The Barn Theatre in Cirencester has launched a live streaming service today giving access to entertaining, fun and informative content to the local community.

Responding to the Coronavirus pandemic, Executive Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Catherine Mallyon, said:

The Kings Theatre has closed its doors for all performances until Friday 1 May 2020 with shows during this period being rescheduled.

Today LIFT Festival has announced the cancellation of the 2020 Festival due to take place from 2 June a?' 11 July 2020.

The team at IMMERSIVE LDN today announced that they will be curating the Housetrap Theatre & Arts Festival, which will be streamed live on Friday 3 April from 6.

Lambert Jackson Productions and the Theatre Café today announce the line-up for the first week of their Leave A Light On series.

According to The Guardian, The BBC will open its Writers' Academy to non-professionals for the first time ever.

This week, the stage production of Helen Forrester's By The Waters Of Liverpool was ground to a halt after just three venues into a seventeen venue UK tour.