UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 729

Following on from their critically acclaimed sell-out production, DIRTY LAUNDRY, Stoke-on-Trent based Claybody Theatre Company will once again transport the city's iconic Spode Works back to the 1950s for their latest production - HOT LANE.

UK premiere of Rob Rokicki's Monstersongs at The Other Palace, Studio, 5th and 6th Nov 2018.

In this centenary year of the end of World War 1, writer and producer, Breon Rydell, has been determined that the life and work of WW1 Scottish poet, Charles Hamilton Sorley will not be forgotten.

Following the huge success of their previous productions at the Belgrade Theatre, the internationally acclaimed Russian State Ballet and Opera House return to Coventry this November with another trio of traditional ballets, all accompanied by a live 30-piece orchestra.

On the eve of their UK tour, Leeds based theatre/dance company Gracefool Collective are celebrating winning the top prize at the 2018 Stockholm Fringe Festival with their show This Really is Too Much.

Miles Jupp, one of Britain's leading stand-up comedians and revered actors (Mock the Week, Balamory, The News Quiz, Rev, The Durrells), will tour the UK in 2019, with the world premiere of THE LIFE I LEAD by James Kettle, directed by Selina Cadell, opening at the Exeter Northcott on 6 February.

The Lyric Hammersmith has been awarded a 5 Star Creative Green certification from arts and environment agency Julie's Bicycle for 2017/18.

Director Richard Eyre is to be this year's recipient of the Gielgud Award for Excellence in the Dramatic Arts.

From the world of Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical, we are proud to be supporting the launch of The Cockatoo Club at Proud Embankment in partnership with Gaydio.

Thirty years after its professional premiere at the Royal Court in London, the Bridewell Theatre hosts the amateur London premiere of Our Country's Good from 23-27 October, staged by Sedos, the City of London's leading amateur theatre company.

Following rave reviews from critics and audiences Nottingham Playhouse has revealed that Wonderland will be returning to the theatre as part of the 2019 season, prior to a run at Northern Stage in Newcastle.

As Robert Hastie's new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream opens at Sheffield Theatres, he announces further programming to complete the current season.

The Cosmic Shambles Network are back with a bang this Autumn with another three months of inspirational and entertaining digital and live events for people with curious minds.

This October half-term Theatre Royal Winchester has a busy programme of family theatre from some of the country's most exciting children's theatre companies.

The world premiere of the new stage play By The Waters Of Liverpool opened at the Liverpool Empire on Wednesday night.

Following their show-stopping performance of Stand By Me at the Royal Wedding on 19 May 2018, The Kingdom Choir have been announced to perform at the Closing Ceremony of the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 on 27 October 2018.

Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company confirms full cast for Kindertransport including TV star Denise Black.

Troupe today announces the World Premiere of Joy Wilkinson's The Sweet Science of Bruising.

First performed at the Royal Court in 2009, Mike Bartlett's play Cock has been revived as part of the Chichester Festival season at the Minerva Theatre, following on from Michael Frayn's Copenhagen.

Telling the interwoven stories of three men coming home from war, this new work by Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting winner Anna Jordan is directed by Frantic Assembly associate director Neil Bettles and marks the 10th anniversary of Frantic Assembly's award-winning Ignition training programme.

A brand new trailer and production photography have been released for Frantic Assembly and Theatre Royal Plymouth's co-production The Unreturning.

The Barker-Mill Foundation (BMF) is set to donate over £100,000 (£35,000 per year over three years) to Nuffield Southampton Theatres (NST) Laboratory Trainee Associate Programme, which is aimed at developing careers for emerging creative talent.

Following a national Instagram competition run alongside the Chase the Dream UK tour, West Midlands-based Marshon Dance Company are set to perform at the Belgrade Theatre alongside two-time World Dance Champions Flawless.

Trafalgar Entertainment Group (TEG) has today announced a pilot apprenticeship scheme aimed at helping young people break into the theatre and entertainment industry.

Maiden Speech is a dynamic and exciting theatre festival staging brand new work by emerging theatremakers.