UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 789

Poet Simon Mole will be bringing Friends For All, his interactive spoken word performance for families, to Watermans Arts Centre, Brentford on 15 April 2018 at 3.

David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams are delighted to announce that, due to overwhelming public demand,  Tim Firth's new musical, THE BAND, with the music of Take That, will now play extra dates on the UK & Ireland Tour.

World renowned pianist IDIL BIRET is to perform in London at the Cadogan Hall on May 13th in an evening titled 'Mythical Trips to Romantic Lands' in which she will present favourite works of two giants of the romantic era in music, Schumann and Rachmaninov.

David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers's presentation of the Sheffield Theatres production of Simon Beaufoy's THE FULL MONTY - which won the UK Theatre Award for Best Touring Production - will tour the UK and Ireland for the final ever time in 2018/19.

From Freedom Studios, the producers of the acclaimed Brief Encounters at Bradford Interchange, Home Sweet Home and North Country comes When We Were Brothers, Ben Tagoe's intimate new play which explores male friendship, masculinity, betrayal and the fragile nature of the male psyche.

Welcome to the second installment of 'Day in the Life of a Publicity Officer'.

Sheridan Smith and Danny Mac were among the winners at the Manchester Theatre Awards - which were announced today at The Lowry.

Eastleigh Unwrapped - a free day of live performance produced by The Point - will return to the Borough on Saturday 23rd June.

Storytelling and gig combine in this contemporary sci-fi fairy tale inspired by H.

Diana Vickers has joined the cast of rock musical Myth: The Rise and Fall of Orpheus to play the female lead character, Eurydice.

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre announced today that Doreen Tipton and Ian Adams will return for a third consecutive pantomime season in SLEEPING BEAUTY from Saturday 8 December 2018 - Sunday 13 January 2019.

Suffragette City, a partnership between the National Trust and The National Archives, will re - create the life of a Suffragette activist in the years before the partial grant of the vote to women in 1918.

Today, Lorna Lee, winner of Best Local Authority Arts Champion - Officer; and Plymouth City Council, winner of Best Local Authority Arts Initiative for their project I.

The world will never be the same again: Brexit, Trump, Boris as Foreign Secretary and a Saturday night without Bruce Forsyth… the global political and social landscape has become almost unrecognisable in the last year.

Birmingham-based choreographer Rosie Kay has been selected as one of the lead artists for the handover of the Commonwealth Games from Australia to Birmingham on 15 April.

The award-winning Holt Festival looks set to celebrate its tenth anniversary in style.

Norwich's popular monthly storytelling event True Stories Live is taking part in the Women of the World Festival with a special all female line up on Sunday 29 April in the main hall at Norwich Arts Centre.

Norfolk's multi award winning Voice Project Choir are inviting anyone (over 16) who would like to sing to join their new project for the 2018 Norfolk & Norwich Festival.

Today it has been announced that David Bintley will step down as Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet on 31 July 2019.

The enchanting world of CBeebies' hit animated series Sarah & Duck will be brought to life on The Epstein Theatre stage this May in a brand new theatrical adventure.

Today, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre announced that Deena Payne is the first of an exciting cast line up to be announced for the in-house production of Amanda Whittington's LADIES' DAY from Friday 13 - Saturday 28 July 2018.

Following acclaimed runs at both the Kings Head Theatre and the Rosemary Branch, Infinite Space Theatre present Siobhan McMillan's one woman show MIRRORS at the Leicester Square Theatre Lounge in March.

Co-Artistic Directors of Morphic Graffiti, Luke Fredericks and Stewart Charlesworth, today announce full casting for their new adaptation of William Wycherley's restoration comedy The Country Wife.

Two world-class Grammy Award-winning artists, Elvis Costello and Angelique Kidjo join Patti Smith, Gruff Rhys, Passenger and Billy Bragg as headline music acts at this year's Festival of Voice (7-17 June, across Cardiff).

Final cast is today announced for Charles Court Opera's smart, stylish, sparkling fresh version of the most loved of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic masterpieces, The Mikado.