UK REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 983

LWL Entertainment Ltd, in association with Theatre N16, presents Howard Barker's Gertrude - The Cry, which just celebrated its opening night.

Today, 14 June 2016, Christopher Haydon announced he will step down as Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, leaving in January 2017 after five years of leading the company.

East meets West in ZIK'R, the sensational new flamenco fusion show created by, and starring, Karen Ruimy and Killing Joke bassist Youth, the show traces flamenco's journey from India to Spain.

A sharp, witty satire on sex, sovereignty and shilly-shallying, In or Out is set in an office deep in the House of Commons, where Annie and Jim, MPs on opposite sides of the House, argue about whether and how to jump off the fence, peering into the future while haunted by their shared past.

Part of the Finborough Theatre's summer season of new writing, the world premiere of a first play by an exciting new playwright, Shangri-La by Amy Ng opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 12 July 2016 (Press Nights: Thursday, 14 July and Friday, 15 July 2016 at 7

The Play That Goes Wrong has announced that there will be a new and doubly incompetent bunch of 'would be' thespians taking to the stage at the Duchess Theatre from Wednesday 29 June 2016.

The Tiger Who Came to Tea roars into Chelsea this summer in the truly magical Olivier Award nominated West End production opening at Cadogan Hall on Saturday 6 August 2016 and running through to Sunday 4 September 2016.

Amused Moose Comedy will welcome entries for Amused Moose Comedy Award 2016 from Tuesday 14th June 2016.

?This June, the Belgrade Theatre is thrilled to welcome Oddsocks Productions with their brand new touring production of Much Ado About Nothing; a high octane version of Shakespeare's witty battle of the sexes featuring well-known pop hits from across the decades.

Following their success at the Tony Awards last night, where they won Best Musical Revival for The Color Purple and Cynthia Erivo won Best Actress in a Musical, the Menier Chocolate Factory announces that rehearsals start today in New York for innovative and ground breaking theatre company Fiasco'

?One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years, Urinetown - The Musical, the show with the awful title, is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a Gotham-like city.

A sharp, witty satire on sex, sovereignty and shilly-shallying, In or Out is set in an office deep in the House of Commons, where Annie and Jim, MPs on opposite sides of the House, argue about whether and how to jump off the fence, peering into the future while haunted by their shared past.

Felix Barrett has today been awarded an MBE for his work in the theatre industry.

After selling out its week-long run at the Young Vic theatre, the UK tour of QUEENS OF SYRIA - Developing Artists and Refuge Productions' adaptation of Euripides' great anti-war tragedy - will culminate in a West End Gala Performance at the New London Theatre on Sunday 24 July.

After their smash hit Olivier Award nominated musical Loserville, Busted's James Bourne and award winning writer Elliot Davis team up with critically acclaimed Youth Music Theatre UK for a third time to present electrifying new show What I Go To School For - the Busted musical!

Gary Naylor sees a high octane, fourth wall smashing, hugely enjoyable production of Shakespeare's much loved comedy

Leon Fleming's punk-rock one-man play about hero worship transfers into London's West End after a UK tour, starring Dario Coates (Coronation Street, ITV; Another Country, Chichester Festival Theatre & Trafalgar Studios West End) and directed by Scott Le Crass (Cancel the Sunshine, The Hope Theatre).

A group of 20 artists have been brought together to embark on this year's Emerging Artists Programme in Liverpool.

London Writers' Week has announced new partnerships with BBC Writersroom, Tamasha Theatre Company and Playwrights' Studio, Scotland.

This heart-warming adaptation of Emily Hughes' popular children's book THE LITTLE GARDENER is an outdoor, interactive adventure for all little gardeners.

Premiering in London during Pride Festival, exhilarating Edinburgh Fringe hit THIS MUCH (OR AN ACT OF VIOLENCE TOWARDS THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE) shows three men battling conformity to ask how we define relationships, and how relationships define us.

The London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle perform the world premiere of The Hogboon, a children's opera by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, on 26 June at The Barbican Centre in London.

EDGES by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dogfight, James and the Giant Peach) is a musical song cycle written in their sophomore year at the University of Michigan.

THE FIRST UK tour of Mamma Mia! comes to The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, next year.

"So now you have me, and the country, and everybody's rooting for you, what are you going to do with the "all" that you've got?" In a new production commissioned by Finborough Theatre, the European premiere of MAGGIE AND PIERRE runs at the Finborough Theatre, playing Sunday and Monday evenings an