UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 637

Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture 2019 today unveils its line-up for Chingfest, a free celebration of music held at Ridgeway Park, Chingford on Saturday 31 August.

The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, has announced an exciting new season of shows, including well-loved musicals, dance and fresh adaptations of literary works.

Enjoy two special summer nights this August as Groundlings Theatre bring some sparkling Shakespeare to Shooters Hill.

RuPaul Drag Race's Charlie Hides will host a local drag queen, king and talent competition at the Assembly Hall Theatre on Friday 16th August at 7.

'Belamour' is a new comi-tragic one-man show that follows the journey of a builder, who's desperately searching for answers after the death of his mother and the birth of multiple sclerosis on his body.

Live at Zedel continues its season of new shows, each with a different theme, hosted by lyricist Mark Petty and with Musical Direction by Henry Brennan.

The much-loved young adult novel by Anthony Horowitz OBE has been adapted for stage in New Old Friends signature style; expect slapstick, comedy songs, a cast for four playing dozens of characters and a fully-realised car chase on stage.

With Traverse Festival 2019 presenting a total of seven Traverse Theatre Company productions - more than any recent year documented - we are thrilled to look ahead to our autumn/winter season, which is similarly abundant with fresh and provocative Traverse Theatre Company new work.

Casting has been announced for the brand new 2019/2020 tour of Queen and Ben Elton's smash hit musical We Will Rock You, which will storm the UK and Ireland from 19 September.

A star-studded programme of headline shows is heading to Storyhouse this autumn, completing a fantastic year of live entertainment at the Chester venue.

Artistic Directors of Paines Plough James Grieve and George Perrin have today revealed the full LATER programme for ROUNDABOUT @ SUMMERHALL at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019.

This week, ahead of the arrival of the world's best-loved musical, GREASE a 1959 pink Cadillac rolled in to Birmingham's Brindley Place bringing those Summer Nights to the people of Brum.

With stories drawn from real-life testimonies collected through 40-hours of interviews with Deaf people from all over the UK, Ad Infinitum presents Extraordinary Wall [of Silence]*, a new production shedding light on a relatively undocumented history of oppression experienced by Deaf people.

Deva Fest, a brand-new music, food and lifestyle festival comes to heart of Cheshire this September, and organisers are delighted to confirm the full programme.

Today, The Albany, Entelechy Arts and Christopher Green announced a groundbreaking immersive theatre experience The Home, the centrepiece to Age Against The Machine, the new cultural festival focussed around the subject of ageing and creative approaches to the issue of growing old.

A new production of the 1966 Tony Award-Winning musical I Do! I Do! is to run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in London this Autumn.

The sensational, striking performer, Jaivant Patel presents a new dance production called YAATRA by Jaivant Patel Dance.

Kiln Theatre today announces the appointment of Taio Lawson and Susie McKenna as Associate Directors.

The Space, the commissioning and development agency promoting digital engagement across the cultural sector, announced today that Sarah Ellis, Director of Digital Development at the RSC, has been appointed as its new Chair.

The 400-seat theatre at Nevill Holt, home of Nevill Holt Opera, has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2019 RIBA Stirling Prize - the highest accolade in UK architecture.

In our age of fake news, victim shaming and #metoo; and hot on the heels of recent documentaries It Happened One Night (Louis Theroux/ BBC) and Sex on Trial (Channel 4), Actually is an urgent exploration into our need for an absolute truth when faced with opposing versions; can we ever truly know wh

PantoCo is a new production company, led by Soho Theatre's former Artistic Director Steve Marmion, uniquely offering year-round education activities attached to their spectacular, entertaining and morally-sound Christmas and Easter shows.

Wayne State University theatre and dance students are heading to Scotland's Edinburgh Festival Fringe - the world's largest international performing arts festival - to perform 'I Am,' a devised theatre performance which illuminates and engages audiences in current socio-political challenges.

English Touring Theatre today announce the appointment of Lizzie Vogler as Executive Producer.

Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival, Suzi Ruffell is taking her new show - DANCE LIKE EVERYONE'S WATCHING - on tour around the UK from October.