UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 593

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.

The UK's biggest musical theatre concert continues as West End Musical Drive-In announce four new socially distant celebrations across August and September.

Today Graeae, the UK's leading disabled led theatre company has launched a major new initiative, designed to remove barriers and transform the careers of Deaf and Disabled artists across the UK.

The Barn Theatre in Cirencester has announced the launch of their first Summer outdoor theatre festival, BarnFest a?" Outdoor Theatre Festival, which will run from 25 July until 5 September.

Theatre Producer Paul Taylor-Mills shared via Twitter that he has assembled five West End leading ladies to play a special live concert at The Drive In, Troubadour Meridian Water, prior to a drive-in viewing of the Spice Girls movie Spice World.

The Show Must Go Online today announce the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed reading of William Shakespeare's The History of Henry V.

Today, The Old Vic announces the world premiere of Three Kings, a brand new play by Stephen Beresford written for and starring Andrew Scott, and created especially for OLD VIC: IN CAMERA.

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, is to be staged as the premiere production at The Garden Theatre.

West End stars Jon Robyns and Alice Fearn tell us all about West End Drive-In, life in lockdown, and their hopes for the future of the industry

For anyone lucky enough to have seen a performance at the beautiful Arena di Verona will know that out of the thousands of seats, very few are actually comfortable.

No one could have predicted the catastrophic impact that the coronavirus pandemic has had on the arts industry.

Last night was the online premiere of the Royal Opera House's Faust, broadcast for free as part of the #OurHouseToYourHouse series.

Yahoo Finance has reported that theater is being brought back to life in the UK thanks to the return to theatres' original roots- outdoor performances.

The new lockdown mini-musical from David Hunter and Caroline Kay is a well-realised piece about the impact of lockdown on an already strained relationship.

The Traverse Theatre has announced that it will remain closed through the end of 2020, at the earliest.

The English National Opera is presenting a drive-in production of La boheme 9 Sep - 27 Sep 2020.

The West End Best Friend team's charity single, 'Unity', is now available!

The acclaimed 40th anniversary production of Willy Russell's EDUCATING RITA will play the Minack Theatre, Cornwall this August.

During Covid-19 lockdown, theatre fans like myself are incredibly thankful to the many theatres making filmed performances available online.

It seems almost a lifetime ago that the National Theatre made the decision to start streaming shows from their archive to shine a light in the darkness of these times.

Huge opportunity for 2020 drama school graduates! Performer Louis Rayneau has conceived a brand new project called Spotlight On The Future, which will enable 14 talented graduates to pair up with 14 seasoned performers to showcase their talent and raise money for three worthy charities.

It has been reported that Andrew Lloyd Webber's LW Theatres have begun redundancy consultations, while the Southbank Centre has confirmed 400 jobs are at risk.