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West End theatre owner Nica Burns has claimed the industry must adapt to a changing society in which audiences want to eat
Worthing Theatres' annual Christmas show has established itself as a pop-filled commercial panto with some of the spirit of community theatre. Snow
Trish Cooke and Robert Hyman’s adaptation of Rapunzel for Theatre Royal Stratford East may stray wildly from the original story, but that’s
Northern Stage's Alice in Wonderland reunites the creative team behind last year's James and the Giant Peach, and the overall result is
Jude Law, overpriced supermarkets and Arriva Trains Wales all get a mention in Flossy and Boo The Alternativity, a cabaret-style mixture of
St Helens' unassailable resident dame Si Foster, who has co-written this Snow White with Ben Engelen, has taken a gamble stepping from
A major cultural shift " and not before time " has occurred in the wake of the revelations of Harvey Weinstein’s alleged
At the Engage conference in Hull at the end of November, Arts Council England's deputy chief executive Simon Mellor indicated that Arts
This month, I've not done a huge amount. The truth is, I have this weird empty section in my schedule. My next
What to make of this? Julia Jarcho's Obie award-winning 2013 three-hander here making its UK premiere in a lightly immersive staging created
Glasgow's annual panto at the King's has been but sleeping over the last eight years, while Elaine C. Smith was away playing
For all its tricks, the most enchanting sequence in this seasonal show from Paper Balloon involves simple hand puppetry with coats and scarfs
Salisbury Playhouse has created a dream panto team in writer Andrew Pollard, director Ryan McBryde and Richard Ede as Dame for this
Sexual harassment allegations within the theatre sector have prompted the producer of the UK's biggest pantomimes to remove a longstanding routine from
Recipients of a fellowship scheme to diversify theatre leadership in the UK have been announced. Daniel Kok, Jessica Draper and Nicholai La
Mufaro Makubika's Shebeen has won the 2017 Alfred Fagon Award for the best new play by a black British playwright. The play,
The family of Tom Berkeley, co-founder of Guildford-based Split Second Productions, have lived in the fortress-like Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire since the
Alan McHugh returns to His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen for his 13th year as writer and dame of this most northerly of Qdos
We now gladly embrace colour-blind casting in theatre, which means that anyone can play any role " it’s all acting, after all.
Known for its adaptations of Julia Donaldson's children's books, Tall Stories wants everyone to enjoy its shows, whatever their ages. Its co-founders
Following residencies at iconic queer venues like the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, young drag king collective Pecs arrive with a bang at Soho
More a play than a pantomime, the appeal of Derby Theatre's Peter Pan lies in its well-crafted set. The uniform grey windows
A new 150-seat theatre and a performing arts institute are among bids from northern cities hoping to secure a share of a
There’s a unique delight in seeing Tony Christie fumble out gags about his sparkling back catalogue to a baffled audience of entirely
Mike Poulton is the go-to man when it comes adapting plot-dense novels for the stage. Having successfully adapted Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell
