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The Game of Love at Liverpool’s Casa Theatre September 28–30 stars Beth McShane as Carol and Sab Muthusamy as Tony. It’s directed by Phil Halfpenny. Set in the late ’60s, it’s a drama about the night a sex worker and her client reveal more about their lives than they intended and both look back at the… Continue reading Playing The Game of Love again

Farewell Theatre Company will stage a second showing of their new play after a sold-out run. The Death of the English Pub will be at the Talleyrand in Levenshulme, Manchester August 17. Written and performed by Reece Hallam (Me & Thee) alongside Ross Thompson (The Bench) and Ward J Harries (Nobody Loves You & You… Continue reading Last orders for the English Pub

Richard Chappell Dance will tour Infinite Ways Home to Swansea, Ormskirk and Milton Keynes alongside Home Revisited, an evening celebrating dance talent in South West England. Following two previous tours, Chappell’s first full-length production for a mid-scale stage, Infinite Ways Home, returns with performances at Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea (19 October), Edge Hill University, Ormskirk (26 October) and Venue MK,… Continue reading Richard Chappell revisits Home

Royal Academy of Dance and Rambert will introduce for dance students and teachers Rambert Grades, a contemporary dance syllabus created by Rambert School and dance company Rambert. The syllabus was developed by a team of industry experts with additional solo material created by choreographers Hofesh Shechter, Alesandra Seutin and Benoit Swan Pouffer. Training is accessible… Continue reading RAD and Rambert collaborate on syllabus

Making their London debut, New York-based dance theatre duo Welcome to Campfire. will present The Pigeon & The Mouse at The Space Theatre 9–11 September 2023. The sci-fi dance-play is set in the aftermath of a civil war that has forced the city into quarantine, where two lovers shelter together in an abandoned church. An evacuation order… Continue reading New York’s Welcome to Campfire sci-fi danceplay

Outdoor and site-specific company Imagineer has appointed Angus MacKechnie as creative director and chief executive. MacKechnie is director of OutdoorArtsUK. Previously he worked at the National Theatre in London for more than 30 years, running a wide variety of projects largely related to audience engagement. His appointment follows Jane Hytch’s decision to stand down as… Continue reading MacKechnie takes over at Imagineer

Stand and Be Counted and Oldham Coliseum theatres jointly stage Secret Summer—a free, immersive audio adventure for families. The events take place in Oldham’s Alexandra Park and Shaw’s Dunwood Park on the August bank holiday weekend and run every half an hour each day from 12–3PM. The parks become immersive adventure trails, in a project originally… Continue reading Secret Summer outings in Oldham

Liverpool writer and musician Asa Murphy has penned a musical play set to première in the city next month. New Generations looks at the importance of love and support within family life and will be performed at Hope Street Theatre September 22–23 for three performances. The play follows the journey a mother and daughter share when… Continue reading Family life to fore in new musical

We Could All Be Perfect is the debut play by Doncaster writer and actor Hannah Morley, commissioned, developed and produced by Sheffield Theatres and performed in its intimate and flexible Playhouse. The cast includes Anshula Bain, Heather Forster, Rosa Hesmondhalgh, Alice Walker and Jada-Li Warrican, all making their Sheffield Theatres debuts. A teenage girl steps… Continue reading Perfect casting for Sheffield debut play

London Classic Theatre is to tour Brian Friel’s Faith Healer beginning at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Consisting of four monologues delivered by three characters, Faith Healer follows the story of Frank, Grace and Teddy, each of whom takes the audience on a journey of shifting perspectives and conflicting memories as they individually reflect on lives… Continue reading Friel’s Faith Healer tour to start in Staffordshire