UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 838

Last weekend, Field Maneuvers returned for its fifth year, with its most impressive line up to date.

Sadler's Wells presents the return of 5 SOLDIERS at military drill hall, Yeomanry House, Bloomsbury, as part of a UK tour exclusively to military venues, in a significant new partnership with the British Army now through Saturday 9 September.

The World Premiere of Chris Thompson's OF KITH AND KIN, a Sheffield Theatres & Bush Theatre co-production, stars Joanna Bacon (Lydia and Carrie), Donna Berlin (Arabelle), James Lance (Daniel), Chetna Pandya (Priya), and Joshua Silver (Oliver), running 14 September - 7 October at Sheffield Theatre

Rose Theatre Kingston and Nick Brooke Productions Ltd present The Night Pirates, adapted from the best-selling children's book by Peter Harris and Deborah Allwright.

The Bunker Theatre and Alfred Taylor-Gaunt present Eyes Closed, Ears Covered, opening tonight 8th September for a run through Saturday 30th September 2017.

LUCY LIGHT, written by Sarah Milton and presented by Theatre N16, tells the story of Jess and Lucy.

Widely recognised as one of the world's leading tributes to music legend Roy Orbison, Barry Steele comes to Manchester Palace Theatre on Friday 6 October with Barry Steele and Friends: The Roy Orbison Story.

Cheshire Fest is back later this month for a weekend filled with music, food and drink, a guaranteed end of summer celebration in the heart of the Cheshire countryside.

A new song has been written by members of Ian Dury's band The Blockheads and performer John Kelly exclusively for the musical Reasons to be Cheerful, which opens its UK tour at the Belgrade Theatre this September.

Celebrating the infectious music of Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Reasons to be Cheerful is a punk rock musical and gritty coming of age tale, which always leaves audiences shouting for more.

The Prince - A New Musical by Scott Morgan is premiering at London's Arts Theatre on 10th September, 7:30pm in a concert performance.

Originally devised in 2014, the award-winning Sex Worker's Opera will tour the UK for the first time this autumn following a multitude of sell-out performances around the UK, Ireland and Greece.

Now in its ninth consecutive year, the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre - the coalface of British Theatre - presents Vibrant 2017 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, its annual explosion of new writing, performing on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 19, 22, 23, 26 October

It's new year's eve 1999 and Jennifer and Christopher welcome you to the party of parties.

Boutique panto masters Charles Court Opera return to the King's Head Theatre for a third year of pun-tastic, panto-tastic fun with the world premiere of King Tut - A Pyramid Panto.

Following on from a critically acclaimed run at the Playhouse Theatre in Cheltenham, Jarek Adams' play The Mysterious Gentleman, exploring the eternal question of what lies beyond death, told through the life story of mercurial magician JN Maskelyne and incorporating stage magic, comes to the Courty

Following the success of their first festival last year, Ovalhouse presents BRIXTON CITY FESTIVAL 2017 from Thursday 21 - Sunday 24 September, in and around the streets of Brixton, South London.

Street Hunt is an artist-led treasure hunt, with the chance to win up to £10,000, that is open to everyone to enter.

Joe Lycett, star of Live at the Apollo (BBC One), Taskmaster (Dave) and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4), is delighted to announce a brand-new UK and Ireland tour, I'm About To Lose Control And I Think Joe Lycett.

Justin Audibert directs Debbie Korley as the brave, bold and charismatic Beowulf in Chris Thorpe's searing new version of this epic masterpiece opening in October at the Unicorn Theatre.

Swindon Theatres are delighted to announce that they have helped raise in excess of £1 million for Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity - helping to fund a suite of operating theatres at the hospital which are due to open at the end of this year.

This autumn, the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich will again collaborate with Salisbury Playhouse and Queen's Theatre Hornchurch to produce Graham Linehan's THE LADYKILLERS from Thu 7 to Sat 30 September.

Baroque Theatre Company, a leading independent touring company, are delighted to announce a brand new production of THE THREE MUSKETEERS based on the original classic novel by Alexandre Dumas.

Today, on Thursday 7th September, a dynamic collaboration between a team of music theatre makers and three of the country's leading homeless charities is being launched.

Fans of the famous duo Richard and Karen Carpenter are in for a musical treat, when highly acclaimed concert style production The Carpenters Story comes to Manchester Palace Theatre on Sunday 1 October, showcasing all of their well-loved hits.