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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.

Comedian and screenwriter Stewart Lee is to rewrite a contemporary version of the Porter scene which will feature Alison Peebles in Wils Wilson’s Royal Shakespeare Company production of Macbeth. Lee said, “I’m delighted to have been asked by Wils Wilson to rewrite the rubbish Porter scene which is in dire need of a post-alternative comedy makeover.… Continue reading Comedian Lee rewrites Macbeth Porter scene for RSC

Sadler’s Wells has released a film on Digital Stage celebrating the first 10 years of National Youth Dance Company and announced choreographer Oona Doherty as Guest Artistic Director for 2023/24. Featuring interviews with every Guest Artistic Directors including Wayne McGregor, Alessandra Seutin, Akram Khan and Jasmin Vardimon, the documentary, directed by Ben Williams, follows the current cohort of… Continue reading 10 years of NYDC dance film

Woodhill – Summerhall, 2–28 August Taking first-hand experiences of three families whose loved ones took their own lives at HMP Woodhill, verbatim theatre company LUNG (Trojan Horse, Who Cares, E15) examines the state of UK prisons. Woodhill is a dance theatre piece that uses verbatim text from the family members read by actors over choreography to question the negligence… Continue reading Edinburgh Fringe dance

Counterpoint, Shobana Jeyasingh’s outdoor dance work for 22 dancers, returns to the fountains at Somerset House with eight performances 19–20 August. Jeyasingh created Counterpoint specially for the 55 fountains of the Somerset House courtyard in 2010. The ten-minute dance work now returns as part of Somerset House’s Summer in the Courtyard and Westminster City Council’s Inside Out festival, bringing walking tours,… Continue reading Jeyasingh’s Counterpoint in the fountains

The first edition of Hong Kong Soul, a platform for dance and performance from Hong Kong, will showcase three programmes at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. There will be a remake of the Lion dance with beatboxing, martial arts, tricking and parkour (TS Crew’s No Dragon No Lion at C aurora), life-and-death stories of human beings, cats and… Continue reading Hong Kong Soul at the Fringe

Chisenhale Dance Space is launching its reimagined CDS Artist Community and is seeking 200 dance and performance artists to form its artistic leadership. The organisation’s renewed focus will be on supporting early-career artists with little or no institutional support. Collectively the artists will develop programmes and opportunities, trialling new approaches and ways of working that… Continue reading Chisenhale Dance seeks 200 artists

This year’s Dance Umbrella programme (6–31 October) will showcase hip hop, performance art, audio-visual experiences and operetta from artists originating from Cameroon, Greece, South Africa, Taiwan and Croydon. The live programme will include: The digital programme includes:

Leicester’s Curve is to hold open auditions for actor-musicians to take part in its Christmas 2023 Studio show The Owl Who Came for Christmas. Curve’s chief executive Chris Stafford and artistic director Nikolai Foster said, “we always look forward to our Made at Curve family Christmas productions and we’re thrilled to be creating the first stage… Continue reading Curve Christmas show should be a hoot

Kirklees Concert Season 2023-24 is a scaled-up programme of orchestral, organ and festive performances in Huddersfield and Dewsbury town halls for Kirklees Year of Music 2023, and chamber concerts extending into next summer. International artists making debuts with the Orchestra of Opera North include Danish cellist Andreas Brantelid in Gulda’s wild Cello Concerto, Nigerian-American soprano… Continue reading Kirklees’ year and more of music