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A spellbinding extravaganza will be heading to Warrington's Parr Hall next year to take audiences on a captivating journey in celebration of a true music legend.

High-energy and high-kicking, this acclaimed Watermill Theatre production is the ultimate feel-good musical, with a score from the Gershwin brothers' songbook.

Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres Robert Hastie today announces that Jonathan Hyde and Daniel Rigby will lead the company for Kate Hewitt's regional premi re production of Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon.

Bananaman, the Man-of-Peel, is flying out of the pages of much-loved comic Beano, and the hugely popular TV cartoon, in the world premiere of Bananaman the Musical, the hilarious new musical comedy by Leon Parris.

The Oak Circus Centre in central Norwich will be presenting their Dickens themed cabaret for all ages, A Christmas Circus Carol, today 15, Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 December.

Visit the alpine forest this winter as Pinocchio makes its world premiere at the National Theatre.

The London premiere of White Fang, inspired by the classic novel by Jack London, concludes Park Theatre's 2017 season.

RENT PARTY by Cheryl Martin and Darren Pritchard, a 21st-century austerity Britain immersive show inspired by the 1920s Harlem Renaissance Rent Parties, opens tonight, 14 December, for a run through 23 December 2017 at the Crucible Studio.

Rose Theatre Kingston announces its Christmas show, Alice in Winterland, based on Lewis Carroll's timeless books Alice Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

The Yard Theatre will be kicking off the new year with NOW 18, their annual festival of radical performance.

Today, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre revealed the trailer and production photos for the giant new pantomime - JACK AND THE BEANSTALK which opened to spectacular 5 star reviews and runs until 14 January.

Warwick Davis and Kevin Wood are delighted to announce the full cast for the hotly anticipated new musical for years, EUGENIUS! which is coming to London for a strictly limited run at The Other Palace from 22 January until the 3 March 2018.

Company of Wolves presents Achilles, created and performed by Ewan Downie.

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

One of the most acclaimed film scores of recent decades will be heard live for the first time as the Royal Albert Hall presents The English Patient Live.

New Old Friends present Home for Christmas, a mum's Christmas quest provides a festive adventure for younger audiences, written by New Old Friends and directed by Deb Pugh at the Lichfield Garrick.

Another Soup in association with the Kings Head Theatre presents THE SOUL OF WITTGENSTEIN by Ron Elisha, directed by Dave Spencer.

The European premiere of Little Women The Musical comes to Manchester this Autumn, staged at Hope Mill Theatre in Ancoats through this weekend.

Today, Cardiff's pub theatre The Other Room, located in Porter's and winner of The Stage's Fringe Theatre of the Year Award, announces its Spring 2018 season, entitled LOVESICK.

Created as a collaboration between choreographer Ben Wright and musician/writer Stuart Warwick, Point of Echoes is a haunting tale of love, death and monsters, set on a lighthouse somewhere off the coast of England.

Daintees' frontman Martin Stephenson is heading to the North West this summer to entertain crowds with hits from a career spanning four decades.

Wigan born performer Sam Brady brings his new play, on male family relationships affected by Alzheimer's, to The Lowry.

This December, for the first time, an immersive Christmas performance will be staged in the magnificent State Apartments at Windsor Castle.

Originally seen as a staged reading as part of Vibrant 2017 A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, the world premiere of Imaginationship by Sue Healy runs at the Finborough Theatre, playingSunday and Monday evenings and Tuesday matinees from Sunday, 7 January 2018 (Press Night:Monday, 8 January 201

Storyhouse Chester has revealed the final programme for its very first Spring Season with a line-up packed with showstopping entertainment promising audiences a fantastic start to 2018.