UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 556

Birmingham Hippodrome have announced that Australian actor, singer and much-loved personality Jason Donovan will make his pantomime debut in this year's long-awaited pantomime, Goldilocks and the Three Bears from Saturday 19 December alongside previously announced returning favourite Matt Slack.

At the start of its 90th year, bbodance has announced that Julie Bowers has become the organisation's Director of Artistic Development.

Helen Forrester, the author who spawned a genre of gritty, working-class memoir with her book, Twopence To Cross The Mersey, is to be honoured with a blue plaque as part of her 100th birthday celebrations.

Dance Attic Studios transfers its in-house produced show Going Ape!, written by Andrew Corbet Bucher, which challenges both religion and science by bringing together various a?oefirsta?? humans, to the Union Theatre in April 2020.

Following their critically acclaimed adaptation of Malorie Blackman's novel Noughts and Crosses , Pilot Theatre, in co-production with Belgrade Theatre, will stage Emteaz Hussain's exciting new adaptation of Alex Wheatle's award winning young adult novel – Crongton Knights.

The Coronet Theatre has announced that the cast for master playwright Brian Friel's Afterplay, directed by John Haidar, will be Mariah Gale and Rory Keenan.

The new relaxed venue was launched at a special event on 7 February 2020 which also celebrated Going Global – Tarek Iskander's first season as Artistic Director of Battersea Arts Centre – and the 10th birthday of activist-artist company Touretteshero.

Three of the country's most recognisable sporting figures will be gracing the Kings Theatre stage in April as part of two exclusive events which will appeal to cricket, football and non-sporting fans alike.

Following a hit run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Theatre503 in 2018, and the publication of the play by Nick Hern Books in February 2020, Lily Bevan brings her critically acclaimed two-hander Zoo to VAULT Festival.

The world's first disability-inclusive professional dance company, Amici Dance Theatre Company, will be celebrating their 40th anniversary in the Main House at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre with their biggest production to date, Amici's One World: Wealth of the Common People.

One of Britain's greatest cricketers, the legendary Graham Gooch OBE, is coming to Liverpool for 'An Evening With Graham Gooch OBE' at The Epstein Theatre at 8pm on Tue 3 March 2020.

A Monster Calls is on a UK tour from 6 February – 6 June 2020.

Warrington Museum & Art Gallery has been presented with a loan that's out of this world, as part of the Hubble telescope goes on long-term display.

The Coronet Theatre has announced that the cast for master playwright Brian Friel's Afterplay, directed by John Haidar, will be Mariah Gale and Rory Keenan.

They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky! Peaches Christ's Addams Apple Family Values is a drag parody of the best movie sequel ever made.

King's Head Theatre presents Puccini double-bill OPERA UNDONE: TOSCA & LA BOHEME which began previews at Trafalgar Studios 2 on 5 February and runs until 7 March with a press night on Tuesday 11 February.

Brand new electronic music festival Waterworks will debut in East London on Saturday August 22nd 2020.

Tron Theatre have announced that spoken word theatre company In The Works will present Within Sight as part of their Spring season of work.

Bill Kenwright's production of the international smash hit Blood Brothers will return to the Belgrade Theatre this March as part of its hotly anticipated Spring Season 2020.

A sporting legend is heading to town next week to tell all about life at the top of the racing world.

Multi-award-winning Lost Watch Theatre Company's new show Shorts and Socks Included will have its world premiere at New Diorama Theatre this spring.

Following the announcement of their 20th anniversary season, London Classic Theatre today announce the full cast of Absurd Person Singular.

Will the recycling be put out on the right day? Who is going to smooth over the top of the margarine? How many lights are on upstairs when everybody is downstairs? Watch Jon Richardson pretend that these aren't his foremost concerns as he leaves home on his first tour since the last one.

Multi-award winning dance theatre company balletLORENT will head to Darlington Hippodrome later this month as part of a 2020 national tour with a brand new fairytale The Lost Happy Endings, an original story by former Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, retold as dance theatre for family.

Theatre Makers Matt Miller and Peader Kirk have come together to co-create a solo theatre performance, FITTING, drawing on spoken-word storytelling, autobiographical accounts and physical theatre to explore themes of identity and belonging.