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'ASSEMBLE' is collection of emerging dance and music makers aged 14-19 from Croydon who have been mentored over the summer by Croydon-based production company, Drum the Bass, and Dance Umbrella, the UK's longest running international contemporary dance festival.

Local theatre company Darlington Operatic Society is just weeks away from curtain up on their next blockbuster musical, Jekyll & Hyde.

Regal Entertainments has announced Strictly Come Dancing star Robin Windsor will join the cast of Aladdin at St Helens Theatre Royal for its festive panto production.

Following the success of last year's nationwide schools tour, a specially staged version of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will be seen by five secondary schools across Wolverhampton in partnership with the Wolverhampton Grand this Autumn.

A brand new play by Oliver Emanuel, co-writer of the National Theatre of Scotland's powerful and profound First World War project The 306 Trilogy, opens at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre in early October and Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre in late October.

Tickets are on sale from Monday 14 October 2019 for Sadler's Wells' Spring 2020 season, which features three world premieres, seven UK premieres, and 12 Sadler's Wells Productions and co-productions, as well as a host of new creative partnerships involving artists from all over the world.

Returning to London after a sell-out run at the Camden Fringe in 2018, Zeus On The Loose is a wild and wanton take on some of the most famous tales from ancient Greek mythology.

The Warehouse Project will host Mercury Prize Nominee slowthai's biggest headline show to date on Saturday 7th December at the newly opened Depot venue in Manchester.

After sell out seasons in the West End and through the UK, Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's hit returns to the stage for one week only at Theatr Clwyd this November.

Award-winning Breach Theatre bring their new show, It's True, It's True, It's True, a court-room drama based on the case of the rape of 17th century Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi, to HOME Manchester for six performances, Tue 8 - Sat 12 October 2019.

With its iconic songs and dance moves, musical Cabaret arrives in Chester next week as part of its 2019 UK tour.

Since becoming the successor to the institution that was Pizza on the Park in Knightsbridge 10 years ago, The Pheasantry in Kings Road, Chelsea has played host to some of the finest musicians and singers in the UK.

Bill Kenwright's production of the international smash hit musical, Blood Brothers returns toBirmingham Hippodrome from Monday 30 September a?" Saturday 12 October starringLyn Paul in the iconic role of Mrs Johnstone for the final time.

INALA, the critically acclaimed South African Dance-Musical sensation, will celebrate World Ballet Day on Wednesday 23 October with a concert spectacular at the Royal Albert Hall, bringing together the South African choral legends, Soweto Gospel Choir with multi-award-winning choreographer Mark Bald

The complexities of childhood trauma, drug addiction and shame are brought to the forefront in Kathryn O'Reilly's second play, Poisoned Polluted, exploring the impact of being nurtured in a toxic environment.

Cirque du Soleil marks its 30th anniversary in the UK with a celebratory exhibition from 19 September to 9 October with free entry at London's historical Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

Following their acclaimed, record-breaking production of 'Guys & Dolls' in 2018, The Mill at Sonning today announces the cast for its 2019 Christmas musical, 'Singin' in the Rain', based on the classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, with 1,000 litres of water pumped onto the tiny stage at every show.

Kirsty Housley directs MEPHISTO [A RHAPSODY], a searing contemporary response to the cult Klaus Mann novel, based on the real life story of Gustaf Gründgens whose dreams of fame led him to betray everything, and at the peak of his career, perform Faust for Hitler.

Casting is announced for a new production of the classic 1980s British farce 'Run for your Wife', directed by its author, Ray Cooney,  at The Mill at Sonning.

Audiences will be given the chance to see how theatre is made at Marlowe ROAR next month (October).

Amnesty International UK and comedy star and host of hit podcast The Guilty Feminist Deborah Frances-White have teamed up in 2019 to relaunch the much revered Secret Policeman's Tour for the 21st century and are delighted to be bringing it to Manchester in December for its third and final stop this

Theatre Centre, the UK's leading producer and pioneer for thought provoking theatre in schools, will tour the world premiere of new politically-charged comedy The Border by Afsaneh Gray.

Coventry's Belgrade Theatre is gearing up for a series of celebrations next month as Black History Month returns in October 2019.

This week, the cast of the fairest panto in the land came together for the first time in costume to officially launch Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which plays atBirmingham Hippodrome from Saturday 21 December 2019 - Sunday 2 February 2020.