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A new adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gatsby will start Derby Theatre’s 50th anniversary season. Produced in partnership with Scotland’s Pitlochry Festival Theatre, the production will feature live music and will be set against the glamorous backdrop of the jazz age in 1922. The Great Gatsby will be on stage from Friday 3 until Saturday… Continue reading Derby Theatre to celebrate 50th anniversary

Three new, female-led shows by emerging Midlands writers will be unveiled at Nottingham Playhouse’s Amplify Seasons: Summer event. Frenemies, a double bill of work in progress, will start the event. It will comprise Spare Goose by Danica Corns of Smashed Avocado Productions, created as part of the Nottingham Playhouse writers’ group in 2024, and F*ck… Continue reading Three new shows amplified in Nottingham

The Stage newspaper has announced the winners of its Debut Awards, which aim to “highlight breakthrough actors, writers, directors, designers, composers or lyricists to help cement their position in the industry.” At a ceremony on 1 October 2023 at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London hosted by Divine De Campo, the winners from 45 nominees across 8 categories… Continue reading Stage debut winners announced

Northampton’s Royal and Derngate has announced its two main theatre spaces are to reopen after a type of concrete prone to collapse was found in its foyers. The building had to be closed at the beginning of September in line with new government health and safety guidance about reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). Performances will resume in… Continue reading Northampton venue reopens after concrete closure

Choreographed by the first black British graduate of the Royal Ballet School, Darren Panton, alongside Patrick Williams of the Alvin Ailey and Paris Opera companies, Island Movements is a thirty-minute ballet that tells the story of Windrush and explores its impact featuring original music by performance youth group Kinetika Bloco. In the aftermath of World War II,… Continue reading Island Movements to tour libraries

Ahead of its East Bank venue launch in 2024, Sadler’s Wells is inviting applications for its new Rose Choreographic School, led by dramaturg and writer Martin Hargreaves with input from artistic faculty members. The first cohort will receive mentorship from William Forsythe, Trajal Harrell and Alesandra Seutin. Over a two-year period, students will have access to… Continue reading Applications open for choreographic school

The UK première of Zona Franca, from Brazilian choreographer Alice Ripoll, will be at Queen Elizabeth Hall in November. It was created by a group of dancers in the favelas and explores the political fall of President Jair Bolsonaro and Lula’s return to power. Can Brazil look towards the future? Blending contemporary dance, contact improvisation, performance… Continue reading Zona Franca comes to London

Manchester’s Ali Matthews returns with a première of Mushroom Language: A Fungal Gothic at The Lowry, October 25–26. It’s a devised eco-horror piece of theatre about the cycles that shape us: eruption, reproduction and decay. As two performers learn and act out ‘mushroom language’, they move between conversation, role play and physical theatre. Running Time: 75 minutes… Continue reading Mushroom première for Lowry

Sheffield Theatres associate artistic director Anthony Lau will stage a new production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible—in the Crucible Theatre. The venue will also stage a world première of Wish You Weren’t Here, staged in the intimate Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse besides touring schools. Roots Mbili Theatre returns to the Playhouse for another world premiere, Lines, in a co-production… Continue reading The Crucible at The Crucible

Factory International in Manchester presents Free Your Mind, a large-scale immersive performance based on The Matrix films and created for the official opening of Aviva Studios, the city’s new cultural venue. Premièring October 18, it’s a dramatic retelling of the classic 1999 sci-fi film through dance, music and visual effects. Featuring more than 50 professional dancers from… Continue reading Matrix re-imagined for Manchester