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It's 1910 and spoilt, lonely Mary Lennox lives a life of luxury in India with her aristocratic parents.

Get ready for a night of laugh-out-loud fun as the next big thing in British comedy heads to town.

It's one of the most hotly anticipated announcements of the year - and now organisers of the hugely popular Vogue Ball can reveal the theme of the 2018 extravaganza.

It's been over forty years since Mike Leigh's gauche hostess Beverly slow-danced her way into theatrical history, but what happened to Abigail? The Queen's Theatre Hornchurch and Derby Theatre have joined forces to commission Abi, a contemporary response to the classic comedy Abigail's Party.

The full cast and creative team have been confirmed for the world premiere of The Lovely Bones, one of the best-selling novels of the 21st century.

Organisers of FamFest Warrington, a new family focused festival due to come to Warrington next month, have today announced the difficult & heart-breaking decision to cancel the event.

The British Museum presents CRW Nevinson: Prints of War and Peace, a new display celebrating a selection of works documenting Nevinson's experiences during the First World War.

dock10, the UK's leading television facility, has announced Ian Dodd as its new Head of Post Production.

A classic play by Alan Ayckbourn receives its 40th anniversary production at the Stephen Joseph Theatre this summer.

SNOWFLAKE, a new play by triple Olivier Award winner MIKE BARTLETT (Doctor Foster, King Charles III), and directed by Olivier Award winner CLARE LIZZIMORE, comes 5-22 December to the Old Fire Station, Oxford.

Life long Prince fan Beverley Knight will be re-united with NPG the backing group for Prince on stage at their London show on Thursday 2nd August, 11 years ago both NPG and Beverley were there celebrating the spectacular 21 nights residency at the O2 for the Earth Tour.

This summer The Point Youth Theatre presents The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Neil Duffield.

Britney Spears will be headlining Brighton & Hove Pride on the Saturday 4th of August, and a renowned dance group and super fan decided to mark this auspicious occasion to welcome her! Brighton-based 201 Dance Company and choreographer Andrea Walker assembled some of Brighton's most talented dancer

Co-created by Lucy J Skilbeck and an ensemble of queer, trans and drag performers, Milk Presents is set to tour its cabaret-inflected take on the myth of the Minotaur.

In 2017, Camden People's Theatre staged Come As You Are, a festival celebrating trans, non-binary and gender-queer identities: this year, for the first time ever, CPT will tour a host of artists, including some of the festival highlights, to venues across the UK with shows that explode and explore i

The Lyric Hammersmith and one of the UK's leading performing arts schools, ArtsEd, are proud to announce the launch of a new bursary scheme on the Foundation Acting course at ArtsEd.

Following their smash-hit run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017, ThisEgg have extended the run of their award-winning comic family show enjoyable for everyone aged five and above, tackling climate change, the ecosystem and the disappearance of bees.

Princess Charming is a contemporary topical exploration of gender identity and stereotypes for children aged seven - eleven.

Immersion Theatre's production of Oscar Wilde's wittiest comedy THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is currently touring the UK.

Theatre Royal Stratford East is pleased to announce the full cast for the world premiere of The Village, a new adaptation by April De Angelis of Lope de Vega's Fuenteovejuna and the first production in Nadia Fall's inaugural season as Artistic Director.

The 14 year old boy from Dudley West Midlands was banned from performing his drag act "Athena Heart" at his school talent show as they dubbed it inappropriate has joined DragWorld.

Liverpool Pride returns to the city's streets this week and will get off to a colourful start with the annual Pride March.

Royal & Derngate Northampton today announced that it will be staging the UK premiere of Katori Hall's Our Lady of Kibeho, in January 2019, directed by Artistic Director James Dacre.

Having packed out rooms in London, LA, Melbourne and Edinburgh, 'Stamptown Comedy Night' is visiting Soho Theatre for one night only this Saturday, ahead of the their trip to Edinburgh Fringe Festival where they will perform for three nights.

Q productions are offering FREE theatre tickets to serving and ex-serving military personnel for Jonathan Lewis's critically-acclaimed hilarious and heart-breaking military play Our Boys at Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 3 - 6 August at 20:30, at PQA Venues @Riddle's Court (venue 277), just off the