UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 78

Award-winning Hull-based theatre company Silent Uproar Productions will present Shit Life Crisis, a brand new sing-along karaoke play about survival and the impediments to living.

The extraordinary rise of Exeter Chiefs ranks among the classic underdog stories in modern sport.

The Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough will turn 70 this summer and will celebrate in style with a gala afternoon hosted by actor Laura Doddington.

Gala de Danza, the international dance, music, and art festival will have its London premiere with three performances this June at Central Hall Westminster.

The Mercury Theatre in Colchester has announced that Fuse Theatre CIC will join the theatre as an Associate Company.

Dance Umbrella has announced the second event for the 2025 festival.

Walking into The Secret Society in the basement of The Walrus pub definitely feels like you’re about to join a cult - and that’s exactly what it is.

Acaprov: The Improvised A Cappella Musical has quite the interesting concept - a group of performers will put on a fully-improvised musical based on audience suggestions, with the music being, as one might guess from the title, completely a cappella.

Comics vs Kids has a title that exactly describes the show itself - it’s a battle of wits between comedians and children to prove who is the funniest and cleverest of the bunch.

Mojisola Adebayo's STARS: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey will return to London following outstanding 5-star responses to its premiere at the ICA in 2023, for which it won the Off West End Theatre (Offie) Award.

Coventry Musical Theatre Society will present the musical Barnum, celebrating the life and legacy of America's ‘Greatest Showman', beginning next month.

Brooklyn Rep UK will present the fourth edition of SCRITCHES, a short play festival that pairs American writers and London-based directors to create a new play inspired by a unique London locale.

Leeds-based Phoenix Dance Theatre will present Inside Giovanni’s Room at Sadler’s Wells East as part of a UK tour.

Tavaziva Dance will return to the Stephen Joseph Theatre next month with Greed, a dynamic, powerful, exhilarating dance piece with a stimulating and infectious soundtrack.

St Helens Theatre Royal is set to stage a brilliant new pantomime title for family audiences this Christmas.

The sweet isn't sweet enough and the bitter not bitter enough in a touring production where the pacing's slow and the laughs don't readily come.

The Koala Who Could is a bestselling children’s book by Rachel Bright and Jim Field, which has been Adapted and Directed for theatre by Emma Earle.

Sophie McCartney: One Foot In The Rave opens with a montage of moments from McCartney’s childhood with “Forever Young” playing in the background.