UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 878

Drum roll please… The ultimate live pop tribute show is heading to St Helens Theatre Royal this autumn with The Big Pop Party on Friday 10 November!

Following the earliest footsteps of life through a warzone, And Here I Am is a coming-of-age story that witnesses the comedic absurdities of growing up in one of the world's most troubled conflict zones.

The High Kings, the true heirs of Ireland's folk heritage, are the most exciting Irish folk group to come along in years, and they're heading to Warrington on 8 June.

Birmingham Hippodrome is thrilled to announce that global star Jimmy Osmond* (The Osmonds, I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here) will visit Birmingham Hippodrome in the UK Tour of Grease from 29 May - 3 June.

The much-loved and acclaimed Baroque Theatre Company will soon embark on their forthcoming summer tour which will see them perform a Comedy Triple Bill in a staggering 28 venues across England opening Friday 5th May 2017 - Sunday 30th July 2017.

Singing sensation JOE McELDERRY has been back in the studio recording his anticipated new album SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES.

Michael Morpurgo's novel Running Wild is brought to life at The Marlowe Theatre later this month.

UK Theatre has published the 2016 sales figures for its member venues.

Welsh musical theatre star and Eurovision hopeful Lucie Jones is to join the cast of The Wedding Singer, (the hilarious musical based on the hit film Adam Sandler film), after she performs in Kiev this weekend where she will represent the UK in this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

???????From the producers of the recent sell-out hit The Boys in the Band comes another darkly comic masterpiece: Joe Orton's classic farce LOOT, voted Best Play of the Year in the Evening Standard Awards.

The Edinburgh International Conference Centre hosts the spectacular Cirque Eloize alongside Festival favourite Nina Conti and contemporary dance show Requiem for Aleppo as part of the Pleasance's Edinburgh Fringe programme this August.

Physical Fest, in partnership with Unity Theatre, has announced the relocation of the performance programme for this year's festival (26th May - 3rd June 2017).

Theatr Clwyd presents a major new revival of Oscar Wilde's classic masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest, which opened last night, 9 May, and runs until 27 May.

The Quentin Dentin Show has developed a cult following on its journey from London to the Edinburgh Fringe and back, on a trajectory from humble beginnings to a fully blown Off West-End rock musical.

Musical comedians Jonny and the Baptists bring their riotously funny story of friendship, inequality and betrayal to The Point on Saturday 20th May.

A one-off concert bringing together two of Sufi music's brightest female stars, Sanam Marvi from Pakistan and Harshdeep Kaur from India, performing together for the first time as part of Manchester International Festival.

With 50 days to go, Hijinx unveil the line up of disabled performers at this year's Hijinx Unity Festival, 28 June - 2 July 2017.

Based on Mark Haddon's award-winning novel, Curious Incident follows fifteen year old Christopher as he strives to solve the murder case of a neighbour's beloved pet dog whilst facing the real-world challenges of living with autism.

On Sunday 21 May, a feast of dance styles will come together as hundreds of young people from across East London and Essex showcase their talents in the Queen's Theatre's annual dance festival, First Feat.

Due to overwhelmingly positive reviews and unprecedented audience demand The Yard is proudly extending This Beautiful Future for one week only, until 27th May 2017.

Mollie Marriott, daughter of former Small Faces and Humble Pie singer/guitarist Steve Marriott and step-daughter to singer Joe Brown, will perform a rare concert at London's Borderline on Thursday 1st June 2017.

Following two sold out performances at the Hen and Chickens in October, Streetlights, People! Productions are transferring their production of Adam Gwon's award-winning musical Ordinary Days to London Theatre Workshop for a strictly limited three-week engagement (29th May to 17th June, 2017).

Following the huge success of HMS Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance, Sasha Regan's all-male company returns to Exeter next month with The Mikado.

King's Head Theatre has announced the cast of Holy Crap, headed up by West End performers John Addison and Arvid Larsen.

A host of new shows have been added to the Lyceum Theatre's line-up, including master illusionist Derren Brown, a stage adaptation of best-selling novel The Kite Runner, and looking ahead to 2018, the return of everyone's favourite ogre in Shrek The Musical.