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Birmingham venue the Old Rep is to stage Hysteria, a women-led theatre and arts festival “celebrating the diverse and powerful voices of female-identifying playwrights, directors, actors, creatives and designers”. The festival will showcase new works by creatives from all over the UK and further afield. It aims to highlight the contributions of women to the theatre industry and… Continue reading Old Rep to stage women-led theatre festival

Strictly Come Dancing winner Ore Oduba and actress Wendi Peters will head the cast of Northampton Royal and Derngate’s 2023 panto Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Oduba was crowned Strictly champion in 2016. His musical theatre career has included roles in Grease and the West End production of The Rocky Horror Show. He will play Prince Charming in Snow White. Peters, who… Continue reading Oduba and Peters lead Northampton Snow White cast

“One of the UK’s largest aerial and physical theatre festivals”, TILT23 will bring together “some of the world’s most renowned artists presenting jaw-dropping, breathtaking physical theatre and aerial performances”. Celebrating its eighth year in Birmingham, TILT23 is produced by physical theatre company RoguePlay. Artists already announced for TILT23 include its producer Kim Wildborne, a specialist… Continue reading Aerial festival returns to Birmingham

Erica Whyman has revealed details of her final season of work as acting artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company before she steps down. The season includes two new productions in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, while in the Swan, there will be the return of an Elizabethan classic and a première as well as a… Continue reading Whyman unveils her final season at RSC

Birmingham dance and culinary talents will unite for a fundraising event on 11 July 2023 as Elmhurst Ballet School presents its Centenary Summer Ball and Birmingham-born Michelin star chef Glynn Purnell curates the evening’s menu. Purnell received Birmingham’s first Michelin star in 2005. He has taken part in The Great British Menu, winning twice and appearing… Continue reading Elmhurst and Michelin-starred Purnell join forces

Organisations and individuals interested in rural touring are invited to an annual conference which aims to “help level the playing field for those living in remote areas by providing access to professional performances at affordable prices”. Integrate, a three-day conference organised by the National Rural Touring Forum, will take place over three days in Shrewsbury.… Continue reading Conference to promote rural touring

Nottingham Shakespeare Company is to stage free, open-air productions of Much Ado About Nothing around Nottinghamshire and will also take the play to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s open-air venue The Dell in Stratford. Emma Carlton and Christopher Collins, familiar to audiences from NSC’s 2022 production of The Comedy of Errors, will play Beatrice and Benedick. Newcomer Grace Deavall and… Continue reading Much Ado about free shows in Notts and Stratford

On 17 July, the Royal Opera House will host an afternoon celebrating the 75th birthday of former Royal Ballet Principal dancer Wayne Sleep, with a performance by Sleep himself and guests including Dame Felicity Lott. Sleep rose quickly through the ranks at The Royal Ballet, and many roles were created for him by Frederick Ashton,… Continue reading Wayne Sleep hits 75 at Royal Opera House

The winners of the 2023 National Dance Awards were announced at a ceremony at The Coronet Theatre in Notting Hill Gate, the first time the event has been held there. The awards—voted by the 60 dance critics of the Critics’ Circle—are for performances seen during 2022. The winners came from a list of 70 nominations… Continue reading National Dance Awards 2023

Edinburgh Untapped Awards this year have gone to: The winning shows were chosen from a shortlist of 15 taken from more than 180 applications. The Edinburgh Untapped Award helps early- and mid-career companies to make their Edinburgh Festival Fringe premières with an award of £10,000, a package of paid-for PR and marketing support, an enhanced… Continue reading Edinburgh Untapped Award winners