UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 583

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee published a report on the impact of COVID-19 on the arts.

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While I've enjoyed live-tweeting and reviewing some of the online theatre we've been granted in recent months, it would be nice to get back into a theatre one day.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Beverley Knight will perform at The London Palladium this week, as part of Andrew Lloyd Webber's pilot shows scheme to test the safety of the theatre.

The hit musical Waitress has rescheduled its first ever UK and Ireland tour and will now open at The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, on 1 May 2021.

Final casting is today announced for the first London Fringe production since Lockdown, a brand new socially distanced open-air production of 'Fanny And Stella', a musical with Book and Lyrics by Glenn Chandler, the creator of 'Taggart', and Music by Charles Miller.

Tuesday 21st July will see the launch of the Theatre Super Auction.

Starting from today, Madame Kalamazoo's Magical Mail  will now be available to children across the whole country; delivered via email by the National Theatre.

It was announced that the 40th anniversary production of Willy Russell's EDUCATING RITA will play the Minack Theatre, Cornwall this August.

For Virtual West End LIVE, past and present cast members from Everybody's Talking About Jamie have come together to perform songs from the show and take part in a Q&A!

My Darling Christopher is our first film project and focuses on the real-life story of a man called Clive who, at the beginning of World War II, contracted Meningitis and lost his sight and hearing.

'THE DRIVE IN' at TROUBADOUR MERIDIAN WATER, located in the heart of the regeneration area of Enfield, has announced new films and live performances this summer now booking until Saturday 12 September 2020.

Beverley Knight will perform at The London Palladium this week, as part of Andrew Lloyd Webber's pilot shows scheme to test the safety of the theatre.

Sheffield Theatres has announced that they will not re-open until Spring 2021.

Adam Spreadbury-Maher, Artistic Director of the King's Head Theatre, Islington will step down from his post this September after a decade of service.

A brand new online production of Nigel Slater's critically acclaimed play Toast has been made available to worldwide audiences by Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's LW Theatres has released an audience guide, detailing new procedures that have been put in place to ensure the safest experience possible for those planning to come to the theatre.

York Theatre Royal has announced via Twitter, that they have entered into consultations with its staff, which will lead to redundancies due to the ongoing health crisis.

Offstage workers in the UK are being asked to sign contracts that will require them to repay employer furlough contributions from their wages once shows resume.

Jon Morgan, director of the Theatres Trust, thinks that theatres will need to be completely reopened in order to make any money

Moment of Grace, written by Bren Gosling and produced by Backstory Ensemble in association with The Actors Centre and The National HIV Story Trust, will debut online at The Actors Centre from 7.

Blackpool residents channel spirit of Shakespeare's Henry V in stirring new theatre piece inspired by the hopes and fears of communities leaving lockdown for the first time.

Golden Toad Theatre seeks out the rights to popular children's books to adapt for the stage.

The producers of the first new production in 25 years of Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey's iconic musical GREASE, have announced that the show will tour the UK and Ireland in 2021.

LaplandUK, the multi award-winning production company, has used its renowned creativity to adapt to the challenges presented by Covid-19 and will open as planned this Christmas with tickets going on sale on Monday 27 July.