Derby LIVE and Little Wolf Entertainment’s 2024 panto Cinderella has been nominated in two categories at the UK Pantomime Association’s annual awards. Mina Anwar, who played the

Six actors are needed for the première of a play which has taken 20 years to write: Rachel Tobin’s The Last Free Rave. Tobin is also

Freema Agyeman and Nick Blood will play Beatrice and Benedick in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of the romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing at Stratford in

Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre’s Chief Executive Stephen Freeman has resigned after a report into the controversial cancellation of last year’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by

Leicester theatre Curve is to stage Indigo, an “uplifting and heart-warming” new musical, in its studio theatre in summer 2025. Produced by Sing Out, Louise! Productions

James Graham’s play Punch which had its première at Nottingham Playhouse in 2024 will go to Broadway in autumn 2025. The Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) will present

Liverpool’s Theatre in the Rough’s Leadership Lab provides skills development and mentoring for aspiring arts leaders under 25 years old living in the Liverpool region. Workshops will

Improbable Theatre’s annual three-day event Devoted & Disgruntled, posing questions about theatre and the arts, will be at the Warehouse in Leeds 16–18 March. Now in

Stage and screen actress Julie Hesmondhalgh is to bring her intimate, autobiographical show to support the Octagon in Bolton and Live Theatre in Newcastle. Julie

Burnley Youth Theatre welcomed 100 alumni, current and past staff, board members and friends to celebrate its 50th anniversary. It included an exhibition showing magic

Brown Boys Swim is touring the UK after an Edinburgh sell-out run. Writer Karim Khan examines the pressures that surround young Muslim men today in a

Liverpool can boast a magical programme of Christmas shows, from concerts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, to the Wizard of Oz at