UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 678

It's less than one week until family favourite Annie the musical arrives in Chester to entertain audiences.

Students from The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts (PQA) in Wolverhampton have scored great success with their Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) Shakespeare Awards for the fifth year running.

Birmingham Repertory Theatre has announced that Sean Foley will become the theatre's new Artistic Director, Amit Sharma will be Deputy Artistic Director, and Rachael Thomas will become Executive Director.

Some of the region's most exciting up and coming artists will be showcasing their work when SHOOT Festival returns to Coventry in spring 2019.

Storyhouse, Chester's multi award-winning theatre, cinema and library has announced its latest unmissable digital art commission by composer and filmmaker Sven Werner will launch in May 2019.

The horses are saddled, the guns are slung and the chaps are ready.

Following a call-out for applications in December, the Belgrade Theatre is thrilled to announce the three new companies joining its Springboard talent development programme for 2019.

On Saturday 27th July Love Family Park will be inviting 20,000 dance music aficionados for techno explorations under the sun.

Doves have announced a special gig at Parr Hall as a warm-up for their sold-out event at London's Royal Albert Hall.

First production images are released today of Ain't Misbehavin' - now playing at Mercury Theatre Colchester until Saturday 30 March.

The full cast and creative team has been confirmed for Royal & Derngate's world premiere production of a brand new version by Mike Poulton of Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece Ghosts, opening in Northampton in April.

Central School of Ballet announces new MA Choreography programme participants: Anjali Mehra-Hughes from New Adventures and Sandrine Monin from Phoenix Dance Theatre.

Celebrated choreographer and Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Russell Maliphant has collaborated with Oscar-winning composer Vangelis for the stunning new work, The Thread.

THE NIGHTS are finally getting lighter, so April is the perfect time to visit The Marlowe Studio.

AVENUE Q, the award-winning puppet show that's very definitely for adults, returns to Canterbury this spring.

Theatre Royal Brighton's new season goes on sale next week - priority booking will open on Monday 18 March and general sale is Thursday 21 March.

The seminal Sheffield based theatre company Forced Entertainment are to live stream Speak Bitterness from Frascati in Amsterdam on what is currently scheduled to be the evening that the UK exits the European Union.

There is just one week left to see the beautiful artwork created by Warrington group 10 Plus Textiles.

TV presenter and comedian Alexander Armstrong has announced a 'revealing' new one-man show which will call at Parr Hall in November.

What if you were black, gay and a woman in America right now?

Stolen Elephant Theatre are bringing their Sold Out Ed Fringe play 'Shackleton and his Stowaway' to London.

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre has today announced that its sixteen25 youth scheme has relaunched, making it an entirely free membership for those aged 16 - 25.

The Royal Shakespeare Company's West End production of Matilda The Musical has announced that Hannah Selk and Zoe Simon will join Isobel Hubble and Francesca McKeown in the title role of Matilda from 19 March 2019.

The cast of Kinky Boots at Birmingham Hippodrome had a big welcome waiting for Dudley's school boy Drag Queen, Athena Heart when she visited the production this week.

Royal & Derngate, Northampton, and New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, have just announced their co-production of a new musical, The Season, by 2018 Stiles + Drewe Mentorship Award winners, Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, playing in Northampton and Ipswich in November.