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Stephanie Mohr’s new production of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s feminist novella The Yellow Wallpaper is described as a “genre-defying production blending theatre, dance, live video and sound” - no pressure then!

Magdalena Miecznicka is set to make her playwriting debut at Hampstead Theatre with Nineteen Gardens, an intimate two-hander directed by Alice Hamilton and starring Olivia Le Andersen and David Sturzaker.

A new hip-hop production of Romeo and Juliet, recommended for 9 – 12+ year olds, will play at the Polka Theatre next year.

The multi-award winning new musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge – winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Musical, UK Theatre Award for Best Musical Production and the South Bank Sky Arts Award – transfers to the West End following sold-out runs at the National Theatre and Sheffield Theatr

Full casting has been announced for Aladdin, the 24th annual pantomime running at Hackney Empire from Saturday 18 November to Sunday 31 December, with a press performance at 7pm on Thursday 30 November.

The full cast and creative team have been announced for the new British musical Kin's staged concert run at Theatro Technis @ 26 Crowndale, London King's Cross.

Chance to Dance will be operating in 23 schools, teaching over 1,500 children about creativity and dance through intensive workshops.

The touring production of Shrek The Musical brings the fairy-tale-inspired story to life.

Leading dance and teaching organisation Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has acquired Dancing Times' photographic archive.

LPO Under 30s offers anyone aged 30 and under the chance to experience the magic of live orchestral music from some of the best seats in the house for less.

Fresh from conquering America with a sold-out debut in New York, The Barricade Boys are back in the UK and ready for the ultimate home-coming tour.

Pure Expression has announced the full cast for the immersive theatrical version of George Orwell’s 1984 created by Adam Taub running at the Hackney Town Hall.

Van Huynh Company presents Re:birth, a dance work which retraces choreographer Dam Van Huynh’s personal experience of rediscovery to explore universal themes of displacement.

Fresh from a sell-out run at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Max & Ivan will be bringing their latest show Max and Ivan: Life, Choices to London’s Soho Theatre for one week only from Monday 15th January until Saturday 20th.

Victoria Blunt will perform a public understudy performance of Chekhov’s VANYA adapted by Simon Stephens at the Duke of York’s Theatre on 6 October at 3pm.

WICKED is celebrating 17 years since its London premiere on 27 September 2006 at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre.

With phenomenal demand for tickets and most performances already sold out, producer Bill Kenwright has added two final weeks to the limited season of Ben Weatherill’s new comedy, Frank and Percy, at The Other Palace in London.

Derren Brown calls his new production, Unbelievable, 'the magic show I've always wanted to see'.

The verbatim script is thoroughly chilling.

Get a first look at Close Up- The Twiggy Musical at Menier Chocolate Factory.

The Royal Opera House welcomes Oliver Mears' captivating production of Rigoletto back to the Main Stage for its first revival this autumn.

Octopolis is an intimate two-hander that initially feels small-scale but reveals itself to be about vastly expansive ideas - essentially about the very concept of humanity.

Sadler's Wells is preparing for its East Bank venue launch next year, by today inviting applications for its new innovative international choreographic school.

Now Onsale: The West End Return of The Unfriend Unfriend-noun.

All new rehearsal photos have been released for The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical.