UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 128

We all know that sport is easily the most straightforward gateway for male friendships.

Prisoners not the only victims of tyranny's dehumanisation of body and soul

The musical adaptation of F.

Mischief has announced their brand new show, The Comedy About Spies – an action-packed thriller from the company behind the multi-award winning The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy about a Bank Robbery.

Recently, we spoke with John Dagleish, who plays the titular Benjamin Button, and Clare Foster, who plays his love interest, Elowen Keene.

English National Opera has announced the first wave of plans for a major new partnership between the company and the city-region of Greater Manchester for the next three years, enabling ENO to be firmly established within Greater Manchester by 2029.

Macbeth will return to the stage for a limited run.

A brand-new version of the ensemble comedy A Christmas Carol (ish) transfers to the West End this Winter.

Lovely to look at, but horrid to contemplate

On 19 November, The Alexandra Birmingham held the gala night for the world premiere of HERE & NOW - The Official Steps Musical.

Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Akram Khan returns to Sadler's Wells Theatre as director and performer in the UK premiere of GIGENIS.

See what the critics are saying about YESYESNONO’s The Glorious French Revolution (or: why sometimes it takes a guillotine to get anything done) at New Diorama Theatre.

See what the critics are saying about By Their Fruits at Theatre503.

Stepping out from behind the ones and twos, Lemon Jelly DJ and club promoter Fred Deakin takes us on an odyssey through his own life and times.

The Royal Court Theatre's production of Mark Rosenblatt's GIANT will have a 14 week limited run at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London's West End.

IF/THEN, the celebrated musical by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning team Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, will make its UK premeire next year, starring Kerry Ellis.

The Wanted band member and 2015 Strictly Come Dancing winner Jay McGuiness will star as Shakespeare during the second leg of the tour of & Juliet, from Bristol to Nottingham.

Internationally acclaimed theatre company Frantic Assembly celebrate 30 years with the  announcement of a dynamic new programme of work.

Despite mince pies being spotted in supermarkets since September, for many, Christmas in London doesn't really begin until Jack Thorne's adaptation of A Christmas Carol opens at The Old Vic theatre.

The dance production MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE, featuring music by Sting, will be available for online streaming.

Amanda Holden and Alan Carr will host the Royal Variety Performance, which will be held on Friday, 22nd November at the Royal Albert Hall, in the presence of Their Majesties The King and Queen.

The forty year celebration of Sheffield based Forced Entertainment comes to a close with six performances of If All Else Fails at the Battersea Arts Centre.

WHY AM I SO SINGLE?, the second musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, the team behind SIX, has released an all new trailer.

Several West End and theatrical-adjacent figures showed up on this year's list, including Andrew Lloyd Webber, James Graham, Sonia Friedman, Tom Holland, Sir Ian McKellen and more!

All new production images have been released featuring the new cast of Stranger Things: The First Shadow.