UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 792

An all-time favourite picture book of generations of parents and children, The Giant Jam Sandwich is the madcap tale of the eccentric little village of Itching Down which is invaded by four million troublesome wasps.

LHK Productions recently announced that Liverpool's Ray Quinn would be leading the all-star cast in Jack and The Beanstalk at The Epstein Theatre this Easter, and today the full cast were revealed at the shows official launch.

Wales Millennium Centre is delighted to announce the casting of Wynne Evans as Sir Galahad in Spamalot which will play from 20 - 24 March.

Storyhouse in Chester have today announced the award-winning playwright Bryony Lavery will write the brand-new version of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons.

In autumn 2018 into 2019 following its sold-out London run, the National Theatre will tour Shakespeare's most intense tragedy, MACBETH.

The beautiful Art Deco gem in the heart of Coventry, The Albany Theatre, is looking forward to a busy spring season with an ambitious and diverse programme of events alongside the opening of their new studio space.

Due to popular demand and with sell-out shows in Kidderminster and Bewdley at the start of the 2018 tour, The Dancing Club, a new play written and directed by Caroline Jester, has added a very special performance and venue to its world premiere national touring schedule.

For one night only the critically-acclaimed creative team behind Hope Mill Theatre will be taking to the stage to share songs and stories about what it has been like establishing the award-winning venue - alongside special guests from performances past!

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

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF), London's leading festival of outdoor theatre and performing arts, today announces its 2018 dates, running from 21 June - 7 July in locations across Royal Greenwich, Docklands and Tower Hamlets.

English Touring Opera (ETO) in association with Polka Theatre for the first time present a brand new opera for children called This is My Bed, a new opera about bedtimes, bears and dreams.

Historic Royal Palaces and IMG are thrilled to announce that Tom Jones and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra have been added to the line-up for Hampton Court Palace Festival 2018 supported by Viking, award-winning cruise line.

bgroup and China Plate presents Point of Echoes on Wednesday 28th February at The Point, Eastleigh.

The London Student Drama Festival has already had an exciting year, with the announcement of its move to the West End with the support of Nimax co-owner/founder Nica Burns and having hosted the largest student led-theatre festival in the UK in early November.

Here's a first look at the production images for the Pilot Theatre and York Theatre Royal production of Bryony Lavery's exciting new adaptation of Graham Greene's iconic 1938 novel of sin and redemption Brighton Rock.

Congratulations to Mary Brennan, who has been awarded the 2017 Jane Attenborough One Dance UK Industry Award.

The Bristol Hippodrome has today announced that the theatre will be transforming into an interactive gaming hub this Easter.

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre is to hold its first Golf Day in July to raise vital funds to support its charitable work.

Live at Chelsea are pleased to present a musical celebration of Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, as part of the ongoing celebrations for his 70th birthday this year.

Former Manchester City, Wrexham and Northern Ireland midfielder Jim Whitley has exchanged his football boots for tap shoes as he prepares to premier a brand new comedy musical show set to hit the Wyvern Theatre on Thursday 8th March.

A new comedy musical is bringing British Variety back to the theatre with a very quintessentially British twist to a the genre symbolised by the Crooner.

ARA MALIKIAN, the virtuoso violinist and dazzling live performer, is to make his UK debut at the Barbican in London on March 12th 2018.

TRUE STORY - 'FAKE NEWS' to premiere in Salford, an Eighties-set Neon Nightmare Psychodrama.

The Point, Eastleigh's spring programme features a host of great theatre for the whole family to enjoy this season.

Writer, director, performer, poet and jazz singer Cheryl Martin is taking her Billie Holiday inspired show Who Wants to Live Forever? on tour this year, following the show's success in Manchester last Autumn.