UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 730

Basheba Baptiste is a young actor and playwright.

Jane Fallowfield has been appointed as the new Literary Manager for the Royal Court Theatre.

Two opposing dance worlds collide in the exuberant show, BEATS ON POINTE, as a high energy cast of classical ballet and street dancers go toe-to-toe in this glorious mash-up of dance styles.

Harriet Lane's memorably unsettling 2012 novel, about an overlooked sub-editor who infiltrates the literary elite, has been adapted for stage by Lucinda Coxon.

Four women, along with the assistance of their stage manager Chrystal, attempt to create a proposal for a new female-led prison drama - one that this time actually details the truth of the judicial system.

Circa explores the blurred identity of the gay relationship in the modern age.

Last night (6 March 2019), Andrew Lloyd Webber's award-winning show School of Rock - The Musical celebrated its 1000th performance in the West End at the Gillian Lynne Theatre.

Euripides most famous and ruthless female character comes to life again at the hand of director Simon Stone and International Theatre Amsterdam after an award-winning run in the Dutch capital in 2014.

FIVER follows the story of a humble £5 note as it passes through the hands and pockets of different people in London.

Seen for the first time in 35 years, Athol Fugard's play loses none of its relevance as two men and one woman fall apart under the strain of living under the Apartheid regime.

In her first UK theatre role, Felicity Ward will lead the cast of the European premiere of David Finnigan's provocative and incendiary play Kill Climate Deniers.

A comic operetta is a difficult thing to pull off, but the ENO has good form with the genre, having had great success with an irreverent version of Iolanthe last year.

Theatre with lasting cultural impact is not something that's created often.

At the Embassy Ball, wealthy widow, Hanna Glawari, leads her society suitors on a merry dance.

The Phantom of the Opera was how Aliya fell in love with theatre, but then she fell out of love with the show.

The National Theatre today announces the creative partners for the 2019 River Stage Festival.

The full line-up of performers for the week-long festival of letters, My White Best Friend and Other Letters Left Unsaid, has been announced.

Inspired by the pioneering British female boxers who fought for their right to fight, Fighter is a raucously visceral show, combining theatre and live boxing, that packs a real punch.

The National Theatre last night hosted its biennial fundraising Up Next gala, raising a record-breaking £1.

BalletBoyz are back with an innovative double bill of brand new works Them / Us, both set to original scores by world-class composers.

A concert version of the brand new musical 'Cleopatra' will be staged at the Actors' Church in Covent Garden on Saturday May 11 as part of Iris Theatre Company's WorkIn Progress season, co-produced by Cr8tract productions.

Let's Dance International Frontiers - LDIF19 - launches on April 29th - International Dance Day - and focuses on diversity in dance by showcasing new work from emerging local talent and internationally acclaimed performers and companies.

They say that history is written by the victors.

Rehearsals are under way for the critically-acclaimed 50th anniversary production of Hair - The Musical.

The Sick of the Fringe: Care & Destruction announce a line-up of performance and discussion that interrogates health in all its forms.