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Arts industry leaders have warned that a funding cut of more than 10 cent for Creative Scotland in the Scottish Budget will have a “devastating and potentially irreversible” impact on the country’s cultural sector. The Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. There are fears of a “hollowing out” of Scottish culture and the prospect of a… Continue reading Scottish arts organisations warn Creative Scotland budget cut will have ‘devastating’ impact

Northampton Royal and Derngate’s first production of 2023 will be Roy Williams’s adaptation of Michael Rosen’s children’s story Unexpected Twist, a retelling of Dickens’s Oliver Twist. It will be the last production directed by the venue’s artistic director James Dacre before he leaves after ten years in the role to set up his own production company. Unexpected Twist will… Continue reading Dacre bows out of Northampton with Unexpected Twist

The Royal Ballet and The Australian Ballet have announced that 61 companies will participate in the largest World Ballet Day yet, streaming from six continents. Audiences are invited to take part in the largest ever global dance challenge, and share a video of themselves performing a piece of choreography inspired by The Sleeping Beauty, as… Continue reading Largest ever World Ballet Day

The Forward Prizes for Poetry will be coming to Contact Manchester this November—the first time the ceremony has ventured outside London in its 30-year history. The prizes are the most influential awards for new poetry published in the UK and Ireland, and over the last three decades have lauded Simon Armitage, Thom Gunn, Seamus Heaney,… Continue reading Forward to Manchester

Dead Cats, the latest instalment in Proto-type’s Truth to Power project will be performed at ARC Stockton, Sheffield Drama Studio and Harrogate Grammar School’s Theatre in November. In this new show, two characters are in the kind of room where they use phrases like collateral damage, extraordinary rendition and perception management. And they redact the names.… Continue reading Dead Cats on the prowl

A Durham theatre company is set to stage its first ever world première in the North East with an original production set in the region during the 14th century. Elysium Theatre Company brings Reiver—Tales from the Borders to 11 venues during November and December. During the first COVID-19 lockdown, Elysium began producing a series of one-person Covid-19 Monolgues streamed online.… Continue reading World première for North East

Liverpool’s Theatre in the Rough has been awarded funding for Ground—a new arts project exploring the issue of climate anxiety in young people. They are now seeking 10 participants to create original work for a brand new film and publication. Theatre in the Rough will be hosting two Climate Cafés. These are friendly spaces where… Continue reading Could YOU go to Ground?

The new musical, inspired by Romeo and Juliet, will feature the music of Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo. Casting has been announced for the world premiere of Invincible – The Musical, featuring the music of Grammy Award-winning collaborators Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo. Performances are set to run November 22-December 18 at the Wallis Annenberg Center… Continue reading Invincible – The Musical Announces World-Premiere Casting

As of his death, Press had six shows running on Broadway. Seymour “Red” Press, one of Broadway’s most prolific behind-the-scenes music-makers, has died at the age of 98. He was a music contractor, responsible for hiring all members of a show’s orchestra pit. He began his career as a musician himself, playing saxophone in a… Continue reading Seymour “Red” Press, Prolific Music Contractor for Hundreds of Broadway Shows, Dies at 98

Mercury Theatre Colchester, New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch have worked with Professor Klich and postdoctoral researcher Dr James Rowson from East 15 Acting School, University of Essex to take a snap shot of the position of regional theatre. The report, Theatres Beyond the Stage , looks at the role of theatres in… Continue reading Theatres Beyond the Stage—Regional reconnection