UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 910

A range of shows and artists from new musicals to Edinburgh Fringe hits set to tour the country's rural venues this Spring.

After five UK tours the original British musical, Miss Nightingale by Matthew Bugg, finally enjoys an extended London run six years after a small-scale production of the show was first seen in the capital.

Fresh and direct from its recent UK run, renowned young people's theatre company Oily Cart is delighted to take its acclaimed and enchanting multi-sensory production of IN A PICKLE (based on Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale') on a US tour - kicking off on April 18th at Brooklyn Academy of Music.

???????Celebrating its 10-year anniversary this summer, Iris Theatre will present a double bill of Shakespeare and the Brothers Grimm, told in their signature immersive style in St Paul's, the Actors' Church, in the heart of Covent Garden.

A ground-breaking series of festivals will see world class theatre, comedy, music and dance performed in the heart of Hull's neighbourhoods alongside local talent as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017.

Reginald D Hunter returns to the UK in 2017 with his highly anticipated brand new show following a hugely successful year performing across Europe.

Based on Marie Corelli's 1895 controversial bestseller, this new musical play reimagines the story of Faust in the heart of a corrupt 1920s London, where the elite are financially and emotionally bankrupt and one man has a big decision to make.

Artistic Director of Deafinitely Theatre Paula Garfield today announces the launch of the company's new Friends Scheme.

Theatre Royal Stratford East is proud to announce a year-long partnership with the New Musical Development Collective (NMDC), a brand new company focused on dramaturgy and development of British musicals and artists.

Sir John Standing joins celebrity interviewer Neil Sean (Sky news/NBC) n a special afternoon of delightful conversation on Saturday, April 15th at the London Hilton, Paddington in the historical surroundings of the wonderful Grand Western Ballroom.

OLD MONEY.

Philip Ridley's magnificent, award-winning Dark Vanilla Jungle heads to Theatre N16 in March 2017, produced by Brighton Fringe Award nominated Second Sons.

Dan Reed Network embark on their Fight Another Day UK tor on Wednesday 1st March at the Level 3 Club in Swindon.

???????Clapperboard UK is delighted to announce that producers of HOLLYOAKS, Lime Pictures, is supporting Clapperboard's 2016-17 Mental Health and Autistic Film Projects in partnership with Mersey Care NHS and Sefton Autism Hubs.

Run to the Hills: The Iron Maidens are back in town!

Directed by Carla Kingham.

???????On Friday evening 17th February Amy McEntee and Ruaridh Bisset, final year students at Central School Ballet, performed a five minute pas de deux opening and closing the autumn/winter show of renowned fashion designer Joshua Kane at the London Palladium.

University Women in the Arts has announced a day long International Women's Day event for female students wanting to work in the arts in the UK.

England's longest running experimental theatre collective present their 130th show, THE LAST STRAW, an untamed journey through internal politics, the wild west, the plagues of humankind and disaster movies, as part of their 50th Year Celebrations.

The Marlowe Theatre continues to support local talent by making a Whitstable playwright its first 'supported artist'.

Today, DeNada Dance Theatre, headed by choreographer and artistic director and Critics' Circle National Dance Awards 2015 & 2016 nominee Carlos Pons Guerra, announces its 2017 National Tour of Ham and Passion.

Join composer Gavin Brock and some of the most talented cabaret performers on the London circuit for a whirlwind tour of song; from Edwardian England to modern-day Tobago.

Rich Mix will play host to quarterly film festival Sunday Screenings this February, as Cinema Hades returns to the vibrant independent cinema in the heart of East London with an eclectic line up of exciting new short films.

Back by popular demand after their 2014 Liverpool and London shows, Cosmic Trigger is the story behind the notorious conspiracy satire, 'Illuminatus', the extraordinary life and times of the novel's co-author, Robert Anton Wilson, and the unstoppable force that was theatre legend, Ken Campbell.

Internationally renowned Israeli music and dance company, Mayumana, will make its long-awaited UK debut at Hackney Empire for a limited run this Spring.