Running alongside its all-singing, all-dancing and intensely enjoyable gender reversal panto for older audiences Cinderfella, Glasgow's ever-dependable Tron Theatre is also staging
German live music promoter Deutsche Entertainment AG has expanded its UK footprint, after taking a 75% share in ticketing company Gigantic. The
Pantomime is set to return to the Winter Gardens in Blackpool for the first time in more than 60 years, under a
Writer and director Ciaran McConville's high-adventure adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's melancholic parable The Snow Queen certainly widens the story's scope, but
Scottish Ballet's 50th anniversary year draws to a close with this seasonal spectacular, making itself at home in Edinburgh throughout December and
This is a curious departure for Little Wolf Entertainment. The company has a reputation for creating first-rate traditional pantos with scripts that
Originally produced on Broadway as Here's Love, Meredith Willson's musical adaptation of the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street is steeped in
Doncaster's Cast theatre's pantomime has always been a more modest, small-scale production, eschewing celebrity casting and gimmicks and this year's Cinderella is
Performance collective Figs in Wigs applies its distinctive style of joyous, high-concept whimsy to the pantomime format in a fantastically imagined and
From Nigeria to rural England; the National Theatre's second opening of the week " after Inua Ellams' translocated version of Three Sisters
Theatr Clwyd has announced plans to screen its pantomime to hospitals and care homes across north Wales. Jack and the Beanstalk "
Last week the National Theatre announced that it will restrict 50% of its rehearsal periods to five days a week from next
An all-female creative team has been assembled by the Royal Opera House to develop the "world's first opera in hyperreality", as part
A US producer has founded a female-led theatre company in the UK to champion underrepresented stories through a mix of bursaries and
This year's pantomime at the Theatre Royal Bath has two elements to it: the Disney-fied tale of the impoverished Belle (Clare Maynard)
Pecsmas is this year's festive offering from Pecs Drag Kings, an all-female/non-binary theatre and cabaret collective. The loosely structured show sees a
There are several references to familiar children's characters in Joyce Branagh's production of Sleeping Beauty. Hayley Russell's Belladonna Bile channels Maleficent with
What can theatre do to be more useful? It feels an important question to be asking in the wake of a general
Snowflake " Kiln Theatre, London Mike Bartlett (Cock, Bull, Albion) brings his play about a complicated father-daughter relationship, which premiered last year
Regularly funded arts organisations in England will be required to report on the socio-economic background of their employees from next year, under
This week's production news includes the announcement of an immersive Doctor Who experience and news that Alexandra Burke is to star in
"How can I be a head of a country and yet subject to a husband?" A reasonable question posed by Queen Elizabeth
Imagine a cross between Giselle and The Wizard of Oz. Death by dancing and scarlet footwear. Matthew Bourne's interpretation of Powell and
Senior Equity official Paul Fleming has called for the "abolition of the arts councils", arguing that current funding structures are "not fit
Chekhov's Three Sisters has been lifted from its Russian roots and transplanted all over the world over the last century or so.