UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 730

Soul legends The Drifters are going back on tour in the UK with a brand-new show performing all their classic hits from the last six decades.

The news that two of the biggest forces in electronic music, Tomorrowland and Creamfields, are to team up for a massive Steel Yard show on Liverpool's historic waterfront was game changing in itself.

World-renowned ballet dancer, choreographer and TV personality Wayne Sleep OBE will lead the cast of its 2018 family pantomime, Aladdin, in the role of Abanazar from 29 November to 6 January 2019.

After the success of his company's show Lucid at the RADA Festival and a stint at the National Theatre in early 2018, Tom Kelsey is proud to bring his latest one man show, Tiger Under the Skin, to the Bloomsbury Festival in October 2018.

Spring 2019 at Northern Stage features ambitious new productions made in Newcastle, alongside new shows from some of the UK's most exciting and innovative theatre companies and work made by and for children and young people.

Hampstead Theatre presents the UK premiere of Lauren Gunderson's I and You, which was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

This November, Catriona Ennis (Dublin by Lamplight, Corn Exchange; Test Dummy, Theatre Upstairs, Dublin; Wild Sky, Irish Arts Centre New York and Irish tour) will star as loud-mouthed Iona in the exciting world premiere of Cuckoo and joining her as Pingu, Iona's silent tuxedo-wearing, non-binary bes

Jon Richardson, star of Channel 4's '8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown' and 'Ultimate Worrier' on DAVE, is set to release his third live stand up DVD 'Jon Richardson: Old Man Live' this autumn.

Pegasus Opera company presents two events for Black History Month.

The British Museum today reveals a new exhibition which displays together rare artworks from its collection by some of the world's most famous artists, including David Hockney, Bridget Riley, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Jeremy Deller, Raphael, Edgar Degas and Phyllida Barlow.

Alexander Vlahos (BBC's Versailles & Merlin) has been confirmed to star as Captain Hook in a revival of the original 1904 Peter Pan play by J.

Rose Theatre Kingston today announces the full cast for Hansel & Gretel, a new festive version with original music.

The Stephen Joseph Theatre presents Jess and Joe Forever, by Zoe Cooper, directed by Lotte Wakeham.

Sardoville, a repertoire-esque theatre company fusing dance, design, art and word to tell stories that are moving and entertaining, was founded by Azzura Ardovini, Phil Sanger and Josh Wille, all former performers with Phoenix Dance Theatre, and presents For Only An Hour at Blue Elephant Theatre in

imitating the dog, one of the UK's most original and innovative performance theatre companies are delighted to announce full casting for the UK stage premiere for their bold retelling of Joseph Conrad's extraordinarily influential and timely novel - Heart of Darkness.

The world's hottest all-male boylesque group will grab Christmas by the baubles in their dazzling headlining show BRIEFS: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS as it smashes into Christmas in Leicester Square for the festive season from 9 November 2018 - 3 January 2019 (press night Wednesday 14 November 2018 at 7.

The Hofesh Shechter Company presents SHOW, a wild and mischievous performance in three acts: The Entrance, Clowns, and Exit.

Get a first look at the production Images for the premiere of UK Theatre award-winning playwright Lizzie Nunnery's new play with songs To Have To Shoot Irishmen.

A planning application is to be submitted by Wolverhampton Grand Theatre to expand its premises in the city centre.

After a critically acclaimed 2017 run, Fat Rascal Theatre return to the King's Head with their Offie nominated, gender-swapped musical parody of Disney's Beauty and the Beast ahead of their UK tour.

Following a slew of four and five star reviews for performances in York, Brighton, Salisbury and Oxford, Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art comes to the Belgrade Theatre this November in a new production from Original Theatre Company.

CHUTNEY - a new two hander horror play by Reece Connolly coming to The Bunker from 6th November, has just announced their cast.

Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, it's off to The Epstein Theatre we go as the cast of LHK Productions' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came together this week to launch the show, which is on at the Hanover Street venue from Fri 7 Dec '18 - Wed 2 Jan '19.

The 4th December, sees the London debut of This Show Does Not Contain Nuts, a new wave of exciting, all female comedians performing at the prestigious Clapham Grand.

The Royal Ballet's contribution to this year's World Ballet Day, streamed across the world via Facebook Live, received the largest number of online views in the event's five year history, with 197,000 live views, up 56% on World Ballet Day 2017.