UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 855

With support of the London Borough of Waltham Forest and the GLA, new performance venue CentrE17, run by the community for the community, is opening in the heart of Walthamstow.

Continuing a successful UK-wide tour throughout 2017, Chris Ellison and Robert Duncan will join the cast of The Classic Thriller Theatre Company's A Judgement in Stone.

Following Joe Bonamassa's successful tour including two sold out concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall in April 2017, the celebrated blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter, is pleased to announce that he will return to the UK in March 2018 to perform seven concerts.

Following on from presenting the World Premiere in February 2017, All Star Productions are thrilled to announce the Welsh Premiere of MY LAND'S SHORE at Theatr Soar in Merthyr Tydfil.

Final casting is announced today for the world premiere of Outlaws to In-Laws, seven one-act plays by leading gay writers dedicated to the struggles and joys of gay men connecting with each other over the last seven decades.

In a new production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre and originally seen as a staged reading as part of Vibrant 2016 - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, the world premiere of Continuity by new playwright Gerry Moynihan runs at the Finborough Theatre, playing Sunday and Monday evenings and

It is that magical time of year once again, time for Gatecrash Theatre's annual 'Yearn and Learn' production and this year they take on the masterpiece that is Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Final casting is announced today for the transfer to the Arts Theatre of the acclaimed rock musical, The Toxic Avenger The Musical.

Sussex based Shakespearean theatre company, Bowler Crab, had a very successful open air run with their tenth Shakespearean production, Much Ado About Nothing, in June and were applauded with a standing ovation at Raystede Animal Welfare Centre last Today.

Freckle Productions' Tiddler & Other Terrific Tales will be playing at Leicester Square Theatre from Tristan Bates Theatre from Today 8th July - Sunday 3rd September 2017.

It's hard to find something to say about the National's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time that hasn't been repeatedly mentioned already.

Back with a new look, Contact continues to be forward-looking, ambitious and diverse.

A cast of familiar faces return to the stage in an Edinburgh International Festival revival of the 2016 critically acclaimed Oresteia: This Restless House which will also play at the Citizens Theatre this autumn.

Days get hotter.

Television favourites JONNY AWSUM and PAISLEY BILLINGS will star in this year's family pantomime, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, at Croydon's Waddon Theatre at Waddon Leisure Centre from Thursday 7th - Sunday 31st December 2017.

2017 marks 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality.

Dust off those feathers, polish your sequins and don't forget some last-minute practice of those Samba moves, because there is just a week to go until this year's Brazilica.

Three members of one real-life family - father, son and wife - bring Hamlet's incestuous confusion of family life sharply into focus in a brand new production at Park Theatre.

Two of the UK's leading companies creating work for young people have announced a touring show that uses interviews from over 200 teenagers from two areas of Britain that voted Leave and two areas that voted Remain to highlight the opinions of those too young to vote in the referendum.

Tall Stories, the Olivier-nominated producers of The Gruffalo, present a sparkling new musical adventure for everyone aged 5-105 for a limited run of performances at The Vaudeville Theatre from 15 December 2017, prior to a 2018 tour.

This weekend at the Wyvern Theatre, fairy princesses and tiny elves will take to the stage for one big magical adventure that will thrill children and families alike.

Talented boys and girls from Kent are being given the chance to appear in The Marlowe Theatre pantomime.

Storyhouse can reveal the first shows in its Spring Season 2018 - with headline names in comedy, opera and dance all making a date with the Chester venue.

Arlene Phillips CBE is to bring together a host of the world's leading dancers for a special gala to raise funds for the Grenfell Fire victims.

Television favourites SANDRA MARTIN (Channel 4's Gogglebox) and NISHA ANIL (CBeebies) will star in this year's family pantomime, ALADDIN, at Maidenhead's Pearce Suite Theatre at the Magnet Leisure Centre, from Saturday 9th - Sunday 31st December 2017 alongside a cast of West End performers and juven