UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 732

Samantha plays Rachel Watson who longs for a different life.

After being crowned 2017 Oldie of the Year and appearing in the first two series of Jack Dee's critically-acclaimed sitcom Bad Move, the ninety-three year old star returns as Golda Meir in this renowned adaptation of William Gibson's Golda.

Have you heard the one about the coked-up Christmas Scrooge, his grumpy best mate, a prostitute and an unruly Elf?

Danielle Hope, best-known for having won BBC One's Over the Rainbow, will be joined by Kevin Kennedy who played the role of Curly Watts in Coronation Street for over 25 years and Darlington's own West End diva Zoe Birkett when the UK tour of Rock of Ages stops off in Darlington next week.

Fame the Musical, currently on a critically acclaimed UK tour, announces that TV star Jorgie Porter, soul legend Mica Paris and theatre star Keith Jack will star in the West End transfer.

A specially staged production of the National Theatre's award-winning play, THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME will be seen by eight secondary schools in Wolverhampton in partnership with Wolverhampton Grand Theatre.

Ryan McBryde directs Nick Perry's lively and rambunctious new play Moll Flanders loosely (in all senses) based on the novel by Daniel Defoe, in a mashup of 18th Century bawdiness and 21st Century humour.

Following a sell-out run at London's Sadler's Wells and a phenomenal 2015 tour, INALA will return to the UK in 2019, bringing together the two-time Grammy Award-winning South African choral legends, Soweto Gospel Choir with multi-award-winning choreographer Mark Baldwin (OBE) in this unique artistic

BBC Radio 2's popular Sounds Of The 60s series will take to the road in 2019 with a brand new live show hosted by the station's iconic DJ, Tony Blackburn.

The songs of Marc Almond and Soft Cell are set to win over new audiences in a ground-breaking new stage musical - "Tainted"

The entries for this year's Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival Open have been labelled the best ever at a celebration of this year's competition.

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UK Theatre has announced the regional and national winners of this year's Most Welcoming Theatre award, after an unprecedented 56,000 votes were cast by members of the public.

The internationally acclaimed Stan's Cafe bring their latest show, The Capital, a bold and visual play about world inequality, to Birmingham Repertory Theatre from 24 - 27 October.

Ex Nihilo Theatre Group in association with Park Theatre are proud to present the World Premiere of Dialektikon by Jacky Ivimy.

With the world premiere double-bill of Nick Dear's Hogarth's Progress currently playing at Rose Theatre Kingston as part of its 10th anniversary season, the company today announces its Spring 2019 season.

On behalf of Elmhurst Ballet School, the associate school of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Principal Jessica Wheeler and Artistic Director Robert Parker are pleased to welcome three new ballet teachers to the school's artistic faculty for this autumn 2018.

Hampstead Theatre announces a new version of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya by Terry Johnson and casting for the world premiere of The Hoes.

Pasek and Paul's A Christmas Story, The Musical receives its European Premier at Waterloo East Theatre this Christmas.

The London premiere of Street Requiem - for those who have died on the street, by Kathleen McGuire, Andy Payne and Jonathon Welch, will take place at 8pm, Today September 28th at the Central Hall in Westminster.

Following successful national tours of That's Amore and Happy Hour, Liverpool's award-winning physical theatre company, Tmesis Theatre premieres new show, Beyond Belief.

Pint of Wine Theatre Company will bring the European professional premier of Michael John LaChiusa's Queen of the Mistto the Jack Studio Theatre in Brockley from the 9thto 27thApril 2019.

The Madness of George III, written by Alan Bennett, is an epic, multi award-winning drama.

Following on from Bristol Old Vic's momentous reopening of its front of house spaces, on Fri 5 Oct the theatre will officially open the newly-built and newly-christened Weston Studio theatre, a magical, flexible space situated in the old barrel cellars beneath Coopers' Hall.

Lost Dog's new show Juliet and Romeo has swept across the UK with enormous success and is stopping off in Liverpool for one night only on Friday 9 November at the Capstone Theatre, as part of Leap Dance Festival 2018.