UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 728

Prepare to be chilled to the bone when psychological thriller BLOOD RUNS DEEP receives its premiere in Liverpool this autumn.

With Holy Sh!t - the inaugural production in the newly refurbished theatre - in rehearsals, Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham presents  the world premiere of Stephen Sharkey's adaptation of Zadie Smith's White Teeth.

A new contemporary dance show based on the Charles Dickens' classic, Oliver Twist, is heading to stages in Chester and Liverpool this Autumn.

Animal lovers are encouraged to swing by the Grant Museum on the 24th October for a selection of special events on International Gibbon Day, followed a week later by a one-off talk on Halloween to explore how Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has shaped our hopes and dreads around death.

This autumn OLD STOCK: A Refugee Love Story, a humorously dark folktale mixed with a high energy klezmer concert, tours the UK.

Hamilton's Olivier Award-winning actor Giles Terera will present his new play The Meaning of Zong on Bristol Old Vic's stage this Thursday (11 Oct) for a one-night-only workshop performance.

Legendary reggae group The Wailers have just announced a brand new UK tour, which includes a stop at Warrington's Parr Hall.

After its sell-out success over a decade ago, Oily Cart is delighted to announce the return of its not too cool for pre-school show - HIPPITY HOP.

Ahead of opening night tonight, South Staffs Musical Theatre Company have released production images of the classic Hollywood dance musical TOP HAT, which runs at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre until Saturday 13 October.

Northern Broadsides and York Theatre have released production images for the premiere of They Don't Pay? We Won't Pay!,Deborah McAndrew's new adaptation transposed to Brexit Britain of Dario Fo's political satire of civil disobedience Can't Pay? Won't Pay!

How far would you be prepared to go in search of a good story? For acclaimed playwright Leo Butler, an invitation to take part in the world's first LSD drug trials since the 1960s proved just too intriguing to refuse…

'Tis the Season to be jolly, and hilarity is most definitely on offer at HOME this Christmas! Families have not one but two delightful theatre shows to choose from.

How to Hide a Lion - made in collaboration by Pigtails Productions, Polka Theatre and Oxford Playhouse - is at Theatre Royal Winchester on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 October.

Casting has been announced for LOVE, a new play about the housing crisis by Alexander Zeldin, which premiered at the National Theatre to critical acclaim in late 2016, and transfers to the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch from 25 - 27 October.

Cardboard Citizens Theatre Company will tour Femi Keeling's new Forum Theatre play Rising to hostels, prisons, day centres, refuges, and youth centres across London throughout November, as part of its outreach programme working with people most at risk of, or affected by, homelessness.

Shortly after his announcement as incoming Music Director of the Malmo Symphony Orchestra, the fast-rising American conductor Robert Trevino has been named Musical America's new artist of the month.

Last year, after a 20-year hiatus, West End favourite Lorna Dallas (who originally came to prominence in this country when she co-starred opposite Dame Cleo Laine in the landmark revival of Jerome Kern's "Show Boat") returned to the London cabaret stage in her new show, "Home Again.

Acclaimed Bristol-based theatre company Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory brings Shakespeare's greatest history to Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre next month.

Since it first opened in London in June 1973 at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show has become the world's favourite Rock 'N' Roll musical, having been performed worldwide for 45 years in more than 30 countries and translated into over 20 languages.

The son of much-loved Liverpool author Helen Forrester has given an emotional thumbs-up to a new stage sequel to her best-selling tale Twopence To Cross The Mersey.

One of Britain's best-loved and sunniest musicals, Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds' Salad Days, heads to Theatre Royal Winchester from Monday 8 - Saturday 13 October.

Richard Alston Dance Company has announced today that its final tour will take place in 2019-2020.

Papatango today announce full casting for Iman Qureshi's The Funeral Director - winner of their 10th annual New Writing Prize.

Following the huge critical success of The Hamilton Complex, experimental Belgian theatre makers Hetpaleis return to the Unicorn in a co-production with the UK premiere of their new show Truth or Dare, Britney or Goofy, Nacht und Nebel, Jesus Christ or Superstar.

Launching in June 'The Crazy Coqs Presents' is a new monthly showcase each with a different them hosted by lyricist Mark Petty, one half of the transatlantic writing team of Anderson & Petty.