UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 856

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

For its brand new festival Come As You Are, Camden People's Theatre welcomes a host of gender-anarchists with more questions than answers, as we confront (and solve?) all the world's issues regarding female, male, between and beyond.

Broadway and West End smash hit musical Million Dollar Quartet, which features some of the most iconic rock 'n' roll songs of all time, comes to the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch from 25 - 30 September.

Theatre by the Lake's Summer Season continues with MISS JULIE by August Strindberg in a new adaptation by Howard Brenton, featuring Charlotte Hamblin (Miss Julie), James Sheldon (Jean) and Izabella Urbanowicz (Christine).

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 Saturday.

Regal Entertainments recently announced that their smash hit production of The Wizard of Oz would be heading to Stockport Plaza this summer, and producers are now excited to reveal the full cast.

TODAY DON'T WE ALL NEED SOME COMIC RELIEF? A year into the Brexit process, Brexodus! The Musical will help you put the whole thing into perspective.

Anjali Dance Company announces Genius, a double bill of world premieres by award-winning choreographers Gary Clarke and Lea Anderson.

The creative team behind the critically acclaimed youtube series 'Audition Sessions' and'Audition Sessions : LIVE' (Arcola Theatre, May 2016) have announced their next creative event, a new type of Musical Theatre cabaret aptly named - 'RyCa : Refresh' (August 20th).