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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 coming-of-age tale, produced by The North Wall. Age guidance is 14+ and running time is 75 minutes. It’s at Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, October 9–10; Contact Theatre, Manchester October 25–-28.

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 the Empire. The latter runs from December 13 to January 7 and stars Aston Merrygold as The Tin Man and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner and Dancing on Ice star The Vivienne as The… Continue reading Liverpool’s Christmas line-up

Light Up Lancaster returns to the city’s squares and alleyways, creating an immersive world of light art installations, music, art, and dance. The festival is extending its usual two-day duration to a three-day spectacle, November 2–4, from 5PM–9PM. Dalton Square will be lit by city theatre-makers imitating the dog with their project Dear Einstein, an elegy to… Continue reading Lighting up Lancaster

Leicester’s Curve is to stage the Lerner and Loewe musical My Fair Lady at Christmas 2024. Curve’s chief executive Chris Stafford and artistic director Nikolai Foster said, “Lerner and Loewe’s music and lyrics, matched with the words and imaginative brio of George Bernard Shaw, make My Fair Lady one of the finest musicals from the traditional canon. “It’s a… Continue reading Curve Christmas show is My Fair Lady

The casting team of Dear Evan Hansen are searching for the next generation of talent to appear in the first tour of the musical. Performers with or without formal training can apply for any role in the show. Those interested are invited to upload a video on TikTok singing any number from the production with the hashtag… Continue reading Chance to appear on Evan Hansen tour

Dance Umbrella has issued a statement announcing the death of Emma Gladstone OBE, its Artistic Director and Chief Executive from 2013 to 2021, on Monday 22 January, after a short illness. As Artistic Director of the Rolex Arts Festival (Athens, 2023), Director of the Big Pulse Intensive (Creative Europe 2021–24) and former Artistic Director, BBC… Continue reading Emma Gladstone dies at 63

Following the Christmas panto of Aladdin, Regal Entertainments is returning to St Helens Theatre Royal with the panto The Wizard of Oz for February half term, the first of four pantomimes in 2024. Join Dorothy and Toto on their epic adventure to the Emerald City and follow their journey as they meet Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion. Produced… Continue reading Regal brings Oz to St Helens

Michael Starke will perform opposite is real-life wife, Lynn Francis, in Haunted Scouse by Gerry Linford at Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre. Charlie Moon (Starke) is sadly missed and his widow, Molly (Francis), is the one doing most of the missing. She feels guilty about how he passed and wants to make things right with him. If only… Continue reading Husband and wife in Scouse ghost story

Not Too Tame’s production of Twelfth Night at Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot will feature actor, comedian and TV presenter Les Dennis as Malvolio. This “brilliantly bold” production of Shakespeare’s comedy follows the company’s previous production at the same venue of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2022 (featured on the BTG podcast at the time). The new production promises, “a contemporary… Continue reading Les Dennis in Not Too Tame Shakespeare

Former Octagon Artistic Director David Thacker will direct David Mamet’s American Buffalo for Rising Moon Productions at The Kings Arms in Salford. A junk shop. Midwest America. Three small-time crooks plot to carry out the midnight robbery of a coin collection. In the hours leading up to the heist, friendship becomes the victim in a conflict between… Continue reading Thacker to direct Mamet in Salford