UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 951

Arcola Theatre and CASA Latin American Theatre Festival present Thebes Land.

Soho Theatre has a packed festival programme and recent weeks have seen the cult hit Fleabag break box office records, twelve shows filmed for its fledgling Soho Theatre Live TV and digital offer, two UK tours, and its latest crop of Soho Young Company's Comedy and Writers' Labs commence.

Family secrets are uncovered after a 40th wedding anniversary party in the latest play by world-renowned playwright Alan Ayckbourn.

A new entertainment by Michael Wynne, The Star, will mark Liverpool Playhouse's 150th anniversary this Christmas in honour of its origins as a Music Hall venue.

Preparation for a production of William Shakespeare's teen tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, begins at New Britain Youth Theater in November.

Mark Lockyer's critically acclaimed Living with the Lights On returns to the Young Vic this December following sell-out run earlier this year.

Transferring from its critically acclaimed sell-out run at the Finborough Theatre earlier this year, the world premiere production of It Is Easy To Be Dead opens at Studio 2, Trafalgar Studios, for a strictly limited four week limited season from 9 November to 3 December.

There are certain traditions over Christmas and New Year that are inevitable - and the trip to the pantomime often tops the list, but this Christmas the bigger boys and girls are in for an extra special, not so traditional treat!

Considered one of the most original and ambitious talents of contemporary dance, Sadler's Wells Associate Artist, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui presented his latest creation, Fractus V, on 27th and 28th October with his company Eastman, and BroadwayWorld was there to cover the production.

The Wyvern Theatre opens its doors on Sat 29 October for the return of their annual free Family Fun Day, and there's lots of fun in store to keep the kids happy.

After 12 years and over a million tickets sold and having rocked up over 3000 live performances Steve Steinman returns as Barron Von Rockula in the all new Vampires Rock Saga VAMPIES ROCK - THE GHOST TRAIN at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre today 29 October.

Children as young as eight who act as carers for their loved ones have seen their favourite images of Warrington's heritage and culture spray-painted onto the side of one of the town's most iconic buildings.

Greenwich Theatre is being taken over for seven weeks from Friday, November 18, by - wait for it - Long Joan Silver, the dynamic dame and driving force behind the panto the others can only talk about, Peter Pan: A New Adventure.

Magic, majesty, mayhem and mice will fill the auditorium of the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch this Christmas.

New Artistic Director Rob Drummer today announces the relaunch of Company of Angels as Boundless Theatre along with his first production as Artistic Director - Natives by Glenn Waldron which opens at Southwark Playhouse in March 2017.

Curve is delighted to announce that its production of Ishy Din's play Wipers has won the Best Stage Production award at this year's Asian Media Awards, hosted yesterday evening in Manchester.

Lazarus Theatre Company are proud to announce the final company of Lazarus Season 2016, the company of John Gay's musical comedy, The Beggar's Opera.

Having received rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe, Simon Slack: The Fantasist is coming to Soho Theatre for 2 nights this November.

The lyrics to Michael Jackson's iconic THRILLER alway set off screams as the Thriller Live zombies crash into the Lyric Theatre auditorium - especially around Halloween.

The Mason Sisters present 'Chaff' at Proud Galleries Camden.

Casting has been announced for the much-anticipated European Premiere of Peter and the Starcatcher, being staged by Northampton's Royal & Derngate this Christmas.

Bryony Lavery's bodice-ripping musical pastiche of the Mills & Boon genre Her Aching Heart comes to The Hope Theatre this winter, rounding off the theatre's Gothic Season with the third in-house show of 2016 following on the heels of this summer's five-star hit Steel Magnolias.

Sheffield Theatres today announce that their major new revival of the Irving Berlin musical Annie Get Your Gun is to extend its run for one week due to public demand.

The Acedian Pirates is the debut play from Jay Taylor (Nell Gwyn, Wolf Hall, Bring up the Bodies) which challenges our understanding of mythology and forces us to ask vital questions about military occupation.

'New York City's King of Halloween' (Out Magazine) makes his London Horror Festival debut with his latest sinisterly sassy storytelling show fresh from a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.