UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 59

The Shawshank Redemption, the acclaimed stage adaptation of Stephen King's 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, will return to theatres from this Autumn for a national UK tour beginning at The Theatre Royal Windsor.

Bristol Old Vic announced the first cast member for its Christmas production Treasure Island: A New Musical Adventure will be Bristolian legend, comedian and actor, Jayde Adams.

Sadler's Wells has announced the appointment of Aakash Odedra as a Sadler's Wells Associate Artist.

Spider-Man: No Way Home, one of the most successful Super Hero films of all time, will be presented live in concert for a world premiere performance at London's Royal Albert Hall this year, in what will be the ultimate experience for Spider-Man fans.

The National Youth Theatre (NYT) has been selected for the 2025 Grant for Young Artists from The Japan Art Association.

Stratford East has announced the full cast and creative team for the UK premiere of THE HARDER THEY COME, the newly adapted reggae musical based on the cult Jamaican film of the same name.

Actor, director, mentor, and educator, Suzann McLean MBE, received an honorary doctorate from Wimbledon College of Arts and the Creative Computing Institute, part of University of the Arts London (UAL).

The high-energy original romcom Hot Mess will run at Southwark Playhouse Elephant  following its Edinburgh Festival Fringe run at Pleasance Courtyard.

Halifax-based Northern Broadsides Theatre Company announced several new appointments across their Board, Art Squad, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and Finance, Risk & Audit Subcommittees.

25 years since its debut at the Royal Court Theatre, London-based site-specific theatre company Lost Text/Found Space will present Caryl Churchill's modern classic Far Away at the University of Westminster's Ambika P3 space.

Live Wire & Roughhouse Theatre's critically acclaimed production of Charlotte Bronte's timeless classic Jane Eyre: an autobiography is coming to the Greenwich Theatre.

Created in 2009, the famous show OVO by Cirque du Soleil returns to the Royal Albert Hall with reimagined set design, new acrobatic acts, original characters, added costumes and reinvented music.

The Mercury Theatre in Colchester has announced the full cast and creative team for this year's annual pantomime Mother Goose, which will run in the theatre beginning in November.

Isabella Nefar will reprise her starring role in the hit show My English Persian Kitchen, Hannah Khalil's life-affirming play, inspired by an original true story by best-selling cookery author Atoosa Sepehr, directed by Chris White.

The New Vic Theatre in Staffordshire will produce the world premiere production of The Grand Babylon Hotel by famed English author Arnold Bennett this autumn.

Bill Kenwright's production of Blood Brothers will continue later this year when the 2025 Autumn tour opens at Milton Keynes Theatre in August.

The Statesman tells the story of a humourless village and the bitter old man whose job it is to teach them how to be funny.

A play by Lucy Singer and six other local young British playwrights will be performed at Gatehouse Theatre in July.

Fairlight is a brand-new electropop musical about queer invisibility in tennis, which takes place on a tennis court with live tennis playing.

All new production photos have been released from THE ADDAMS FAMILY UK Tour.

Seven Dials Playhouse has announced the first recipients of ‘First Steps' and ‘Next Step', two new artist development initiatives launched as part of its wider commitment to supporting theatre-makers at all stages of their careers.

Brixton House and PlayWell Productions in association with Birmingham Hippodrome and Salford's Lowry have announced the nine-strong cast for the World Premiere of Black Power Desk.

In a year that honours 30 years since Opera Holland Park was established, the 2026 Season will open with a new production of Giacomo Puccini’s La fanciulla del West.

Horror YouTuber, writer, and self-described “Scream Queen” Olivia Cordell will launch her first solo show Bog Body this August as part of Camden Fringe, with additional performances at Lambeth Fringe and the Camden Horror Festival.

Stage One has announced the 13 brilliant rising producers who have been selected for the Bridge the Gap programme for 2025/26.