UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 750

Award-winning actor, playwright and two-time cancer survivor Valerie David is bringing her critically acclaimed, comical one-woman show The Pink Hulk: One Woman's Journey to Find the Superhero Within to Gullivers Northern Quarter in Manchester this August.

Sarah Keyworth has today been awarded a Herald Angel Award for her debut show Dark Horse.

Jersey Boys is the true story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and their rise to stardom from the wrong side of the tracks.

Direct from London's West End, where it is now in its record-breaking 10th year, the show is a spectacular concert created to mark the career of the world's greatest entertainer.

Bill Kenwright's production of the international smash hit musical Blood Brothers announces its 2018 Autumn tour, opening on Tuesday 4 September at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley and visits St Helens Theatre Royal from Tue 11 - Sat 15 September.

Casting has been announced for the new 2018/19 UK tour of DIRTY DANCING - THE CLASSIC STORY ON STAGE, visiting Wolverhampton Grand Theatre from Monday 1 - Saturday 6 April 2019.

Relive the magic of a true music superstar when this spectacular tribute heads to town.

Totally Thames' fantastic annual season of over 100 events celebrating the River Thames is back for the month of September.

American superstar comic and award-winning actor Chris Tucker announces he is returning to the UK to perform a limited five shows later this year.

Following a successful run at Edinburgh Fringe 2017, 201 Dance Company are pleased to present a UK tour of their acclaimed show SKIN.

The production, based on the true story, the film and the award-winning play by Tim Firth, features musical numbers written by Gary Barlow of Take That fame.

Drama offerings are Gulliver Returns, a new play inspired by Jonathan Swift's masterpiece, and Frankie Vah, another new piece, but set in the 1980s against a backdrop of indie venues and politics and written entirely in verse.

Described as "Ocean's Eleven meets the Marx Brothers" The Comedy About A Bank Robbery is touring following a successful run in London's West End.

Gary Crosby presents the sensational Jazz Jamaica All Stars with special guests Brinsley Forde (Aswad), Noel McKoy and rising vocal stars, Dem Three.

Jonathan Agnew MBE, a key figure in the world of cricket both as a former professional cricket player and world-renowned commentator on the game, is back on stage with his successful Evening With Aggers show.

A BLACK COUNTRY NIGHT OUT is one of the longest running shows in the Midlands and returns to Wolverhampton Grand Theatre on Tuesday 11 September.

Former PM and cabaret superstar Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho is back! Alongside her full run of Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho (Pleasance Courtyard, 22:00), she's also hosting a club night! Non-stop 80s hits from a non-stop 80s witch as the Iron Lady drops more beats than Theresa May has dropped

The cast has been announced for musical The Return of the Soldier which has its regional premiere at Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester next month, following its critically-acclaimed London run in 2014.

The role of dance and performance in democratic discussions and forging connections through culture will form the heart of a two-day conference in Liverpool this autumn.

Danielle Hope and Sam Ferriday will join the cast of award-winning smash-hit musical "ROCK OF AGES" which opens at The Churchill Theatre, Bromley on 20 September 2018.

Full casting has been announced for David Walliams's THE MIDNIGHT GANG, adapted by Bryony Lavery with music and lyrics by Joe Stilgoe, which premieres at Chichester Festival Theatre from 13 October - 3 November, directed by Dale Rooks.

Damsel Productions today announces the London tour dates for Abi Zakarian's Fabric, a new production in support of Solace Women's Aid.

Salisbury Playhouse marks the centenary of women being given the right to vote with the regional premiere of Her Naked Skin by Rebecca Lenkiewicz this autumn.

Get ready to dance to the hits like you've never danced before when Flashdance the Musical comes to the Belgrade Theatre this September.

Talented Liverpool artist Billy Scott is staging two new exhibitions of work celebrating some of the biggest and best-loved names in British music.