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The first full production of new musical 42 Balloons plays at The Lowry, Salford 18 April 18 to May 19, 2024. Using a lawn chair and 42 helium-filled weather balloons, truck driver Larry Walters defied all the odds (and airspace regulations) to make his lifelong dream a reality and fly 16,000 feet above Los Angeles. Featuring an… Continue reading 42 Balloons cleared for take-off

The Smeds and The Smoos soar into Blackpool Grand July 11–13. Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler’s star-crossed aliens take an interplanetary exploration with music and laughs for everyone aged three and up. On a far-off planet, Smeds and Smoos can’t be friends. So when young red Smed Janet and young blue Smoo Bill fall in love… Continue reading Making space for Smeds & Smoos

There’s an autumn tour for Livia Kojo Alour’s debut solo show Black Sheep. Fusing physical theatre, spoken word and song, it’s the story of a queer black woman finding love, overcoming institutional racism and leaning into radical vulnerability while building community around her. Black Sheep is at Old Fire Station Oxford September 1; Norwich Arts… Continue reading Black Sheep set to tour

The Royal Academy of Dance’s annual flagship event, The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition, comes to London 22–29 October 2023 for the first live, in-person Fonteyn competition since the pandemic. Beginning in 1931 and offering a launchpad for a professional career, The Fonteyn offers aspiring dancers the opportunity to work with world-renowned choreographers and professionals, as… Continue reading Fonteyn ballet competition comes to London

Octagon Theatre Bolton, with Wiltshire Creative, has announced the full cast and creative team for Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense. Robert and David Goodale’s adaptation premièred at Duke of York’s Theatre 2013 and won the 2014 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. This new production opens Wiltshire Creative’s autumn season September 5–23 with previews from… Continue reading New outing for Jeeves & Wooster

Lichfield Garrick is the first theatre in the country to join the Places of Welcome network, opening its premises every week for people “to feel safe to connect, belong and contribute”. Daniel Buckroyd, chief executive and artistic director of Lichfield Garrick, said, “the thread that runs through everything we do is about creating together, and… Continue reading Garrick first theatre in Places of Welcome

The play’s the thing wherein a theatre director has caught an invite from a King! Jake Murray will enjoy a Shakespeare performance with King Charles at Windsor Castle during Durham’s Summer of Shakespeare—which runs from July 8–30. Elysium Theatre Company, Durham Fringe Festival and Durham University bring a variety of Shakespeare’s plays to life to celebrate… Continue reading Royal invite for Jake Murray

The Tremors by Nikki Mailer plays at 53two in Manchester July 18–22. Set in a bookshop, under threat of demolition, in occupied East Jerusalem it’s about an unequal relationship between two women and explores the magic of books, erasure of history and the Palestinian struggle against occupation.

The Dukes in Lancaster has been creating outdoor theatre for more than 35 years, and this year audiences can look forward to the return of Sunset Screenings. Set amidst Williamson Park’s The Dell it’s a perfect setting, providing great natural acoustics. From September 1–10, The Dukes will be showing ten films including brand new blockbuster Barbie and… Continue reading Ten of the best for Dukes’ Dell

Emul8 Theatre is performing Havisham at Edinburgh Fringe 2023. Written and Performed by Heather Alexander with direction and dramaturg by Dominique Gerrard, it offers a fresh perspective of Charles Dickens’s greatest work of Gothic characterisation. Miss Havisham is the embodiment of stuck trauma and malignant rage. But how did she arrive at this place and what are… Continue reading Miss Havisham’s antecedents