UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 970

Regional theatre seems to be having something of a resurgence with ever more productions being staged in the provinces.

Britain's regional theatre is to receive a full little boost in the form of TaleGate Theatre Productions' new kids' musical: The Giant's Loo Roll.

Francesca Joy's debut play You Forgot the Mince is set to embark on a UK tour.

Singer Elaine Paige comes to Canterbury in October as part of her national tour.

Casting has been completed for the upcoming concert production of Howard Goodall's The Hired Man.

Nigel Harman is to head a first class creative team when he directs a major West End season of Steven Berkoff one-act plays, Lunch and The Bow of Ulysses at Trafalgar Studios for five weeks from Thursday 6 October - Saturday 5 November.

There's a warming winter line-up at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre this year, including a brand new play by Alan Ayckbourn and the Scarborough directorial debut of the theatre's new Artistic Director, Paul Robinson.

Gods and Monsters have made a last minute change to their repertoire this summer, offering 20,000 free seats to a family production celebrating Poland's mythology.

Final casting and creatives have been announced for the world premiere of Zoe Lewis's 'Britten in Brooklyn' at Wilton's Music Hall.

The end of Traverse Theatre's Festival 2016 on 28 August brought the curtain down on another successful year for the theatre and its programme, with productions which have been embraced by audiences, brought brand new artists to international attention and pushed the boundaries of contemporary drama

After a raucous summer season at London Wonderground at Southbank Centre, Canadian Circus Company Cirque Alfonse will bid au revoir to the Spiegeltent on 25 September.

A brand-new show from the Godfathers of the Paranormal - the renowned Ghost and Scientific Historian, Richard Felix and the world acclaimed Spirit Medium, Derek Acorah, is on its way to Swindon.

Following last year's critically acclaimed sold out run, Orange Tree Theatre and English Touring Theatre in association with Exeter Northcott Theatre present French Without Tears, the sparkling comedy by Terence Rattigan.

Bill Kenwright's production of one of the greatest family musicals of all time, The Sound of Music, arrives at The Bristol Hippodrome from Today 30th August - Saturday 3rd September 2016.

Robert Powell and Liza Goddard will star in a new production of Alan Ayckbourn's Relatively Speaking; one of his funniest plays and one that turned him into a household name.

The Crucible Studio hosts two compelling plays highlighting the strength and courage of women this September - The Duchess of Malfi (Iyalode of Eti), an African reimagining of a Jacobean tragedy, from Monday 26 - Wednesday 28 September and TANJA, a story of bravery in the midst of prejudice on Thurs

Staff at Didcot Railway Centre were finally able to see 'Freddie Mercury' alongside the Locomotive used in Queen's video for 'Breakthru', ahead of One Night of Queen performed by Gary Mullen and the Works at New Theatre Oxford on September 15.

Get swept up in passion and heartbreak this autumn as Northern Ballet perform Jean-Christophe Maillot's Les Ballet de Monte Carlo's production of ROMEO AND JULIET.